Gravel World Champion
The Gravel specialty is run with bicycles that combine the uses of road and mountain and is held in Veneto (Italy).

Joan Horrach Ripoll is a Spanish cyclist born on March 27, 1974 in the Majorcan village of Deià (Mallorca, Spain).
He made his professional debut in 2000 with the Portuguese team Milaneza-Maia.
The most important victory he has achieved in his career as a professional cyclist came in the 12th stage of the Giro d’Italia 2006. He escaped along with fifteen other riders in a stage starting in Livorno and finishing in Sestri Levante. He managed to break away from his fellow flight and arrived alone at the goal, with five seconds ahead of a group of Addy Engels, Emanuele Sella, Manuele Mori, Fortunato Baliani and Wladimir Belli. More than seven minutes he entered the large group headed goal by Paolo Bettini.
Excerpt of Joan's sporting successes
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