The field setting out at The Traka 2026 (Image credit: © The Traka - Oriol Gonzalvo) Discussion and debate over the way things work, or don't work, after a gravel race is no rarity, but following the 2026 edition of The Traka , the noise following the race seems to have gone up several levels. Whether it's the increased profile of the event itself – which now sits alongside Unbound as one of the premier gravel events in the world – the growing professionalism of the sport or the increasing flow of riders from other more heavily controlled disciplines, there was a flow of concerns being discussed publicly on social media. There were issues surrounding start snaffles with Joe Laverick reporting in a Substack post that the age-group men were unintentionally let go ahead of the women's pro riders at the 306 – the difficulties navigating the course – "15 wrong turns… happened to everyone.…