Life Time Grand Prix names series wild cards

With the conclusion of last weekend's Unbound Gravel, promoters Life Time have announced the seven riders who won wild card spots to the Grand Prix series. The three men's wild cards are Martins Blums of Latvia, Skyler Taylor (USA) and New Zealand's Matthew Wilson. The women selected are Americans Jenna Rinehart and Hannah Shell, Danni Shrosbree (UK) and New Zealand's Charlotte Clarke. Among notable results from the first two rounds of the LTGP were Wilson's 12th place at the Sea Otter Classic and Shrosbree's ninth at Unbound. All seven are now eligible for the Grand Prix series title and the $350,000 series prize purse. They will have to wait a bit for their next opportunity, though; the LTGP is on summer break until the Leadville Trail 100 on August 15, followed a month later by Chequamegon MTB Festival before the series wraps with the October 11/17 brace of Little Sugar MTB and Big Sugar Gravel.