I road the gap yesterday, the first section after leaving Tal-y-Bont on the taff trail a piece of piss, a road bike would be fine. second bit i did involved a climb, bit rocky but not impossible on a cross bike, third section reasonably high level track, again fine a few big puddles, decent down to valley level. First part was loose rocks, pick a line take it easy be fine. the gap climb itself, again no issues, a bit loose a few rocks. The only problem would be the river crossing. This is a problem for anything so no issue.
This leaves the decent from the Gap itself, lots and lots of rocks. rock steps, loose rocks etc. I think with care a cross bike could do most of this. depends on the rider i think as how light they can ride, and tyres. Problem would be pinch punctures.
Then a quick blast through the lanes to the start.