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'If I wanted to chase results, I would have stayed on the road' – Romain Bardet debuts at Unbound Gravel 200 and finds surge in off-road popularity 'a bit strange'

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Romain Bardet of Factor Bikes - RCC (right) congratulates fellow racer Benjamin Perry at the finish of 2026 The Traka 360, Bardet fifth and Perry fourth (Image credit: @ Gravel Earth Series l @ The Traka 360)

Four-time Tour de France stage winner Romain Bardet (Factor Racing - RCC) has won four of his six gravel races so far this season, but the former WorldTour pro emphasised that he is really 'retired' and not chasing results.

He was intrigued by all the tales and mounting prestige of Unbound Gravel 200 in Kansas, so added the race to his calendar this year, his first full season focused on dirt.…

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'If I wanted to chase results, I would have stayed on the road' – Romain Bardet debuts at Unbound Gravel 200 and finds surge in off-road popularity 'a bit strange'