Paul Voß wins at Red Bull Rio Grande Gravel

Solo victory for Voß

On the 127 kilometre route, the 36-year-old Voß was able to pull away from his rivals early on and reached the finish line solo after 3 hours 55 minutes and 9 seconds.

"I was able to break away from a group of three after the first lap. It wasn't a real attack, but rather a consistently high pace, which then opened up the gap," said Voß at the Cycling magazines quoted.

Second place went to Innokenty Zavyalov (USA), who lost 4 minutes and 17 seconds to Voß. Third place went to local hero Colin Strickland from Texas, who was hampered by a respiratory infection.

Grant wins the women's race

Meanwhile, Emma Grant won the women's race ahead of Jenn Real and Celine Oberholzer. Britain's Grant put in an extremely dominant performance and crossed the finish line after 4 hours, 40 minutes and 47 seconds, almost 25 minutes ahead of Real.

On the route, the riders had to battle their way over a long mountain, gravel sections and also passages with sand. A total of 1,275 metres in altitude had to be mastered.