{"id":62727,"date":"2025-04-14T07:28:43","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T06:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isbsport.com\/velocidad-al-limite-en-la-segunda-prueba-de-la-copa-catalana-de-gravel\/"},"modified":"2025-04-24T07:59:52","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T06:59:52","slug":"second-round-catalan-gravel-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isbsport.com\/en\/second-round-catalan-gravel-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"PUSHING THE LIMITS AT THE SECOND ROUND OF THE CATAL GRAVEL CUP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What a race day it was at the second round of the Catalan Gravel Cup!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The second round of the Catalan Gravel Cup delivered a thrilling race day. A lightning-fast 120 km course with under 1,000 meters of elevation challenged riders to push their limits through the scenic yet demanding gravel roads of Agramunt.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top performance from the ISB Factory Team<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Among the standouts was Sergio Guti\u00e9rrez, who rode strongly at the front for most of the race, proudly wearing his Catalan Champion&#8217;s jersey. Despite suffering some mechanical issues, he managed to secure an impressive 3rd place in the elite category in what was his first gravel race of the season.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-62718\" src=\"https:\/\/isbsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_9770-2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"CC Gravel ISB Factory Team 2025\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/isbsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_9770-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/isbsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_9770-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/isbsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_9770-2-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/isbsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_9770-2-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/isbsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_9770-2-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/isbsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_9770-2-700x933.jpg 700w, https:\/\/isbsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_9770-2-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00c0lex Gonz\u00e1lez made a brilliant debut, crossing the finish line as 2nd in the U23 category and 9th overall, showing remarkable promise in his first outing in gravel racing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-62722\" src=\"https:\/\/isbsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_9764-2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"CC Gravel ISB Factory Team 2025\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/isbsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_9764-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/isbsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_9764-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/isbsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_9764-2-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/isbsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_9764-2-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/isbsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_9764-2-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/isbsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_9764-2-700x933.jpg 700w, https:\/\/isbsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_9764-2-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the women\u2019s field, Joana Puig shone bright, finishing as the top woman overall and taking 1st place in the U23 women\u2019s category. She rode a large part of the race solo, tackling the flat and fast terrain with determination and grit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-62714\" src=\"https:\/\/isbsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_9780-2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"CC Gravel ISB Factory Team 2025\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/isbsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_9780-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/isbsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_9780-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/isbsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_9780-2-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/isbsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_9780-2-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/isbsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_9780-2-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/isbsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_9780-2-700x933.jpg 700w, https:\/\/isbsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_9780-2-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, V\u00edctor Fern\u00e1ndez had a strong start, riding in the lead group alongside Sergio during the first hour. Unfortunately, a non-repairable puncture forced him to abandon the race.<\/p>\n<p>An intense and emotional day of racing that showcased the team\u2019s strength and competitiveness in this growing discipline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What a race day it was at the second round of the Catalan Gravel Cup! The second round of the Catalan Gravel Cup delivered a thrilling race day. A lightning-fast 120 km course with under 1,000 meters of elevation challenged riders to push their limits&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":62711,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[483],"tags":[3212],"class_list":["post-62727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cycling-en","tag-isb-factory-team-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/isbsport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/isbsport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/isbsport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isbsport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isbsport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/isbsport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isbsport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/isbsport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isbsport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isbsport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}