Wörthersee Gravel

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Gravel bike tours on Lake Wörthersee - for the first time also for professionals.(Bild: Chris Perkles)

The Wörthersee Gravel Race is celebrating its debut in Velden am Wörthersee this weekend. The cycling event with the World Cup on Sunday attracts former top athletes such as Paris-Roubaux winner Niki Terpstra and ten Tour de France starters. And is a turbo boost for local tourism.

The first edition of the Wörthersee Gravel Race, a race for off-road bicycles, promises to be an incomparable spectacle, as it will bring together the strongest professionals in Carinthia. Race director Julius Rupitsch is enthusiastic: "It is probably the strongest gravel pro field that has ever competed in a World Championship qualifying race."