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They ride the paris roubaix on road bikes, and that is a lot of cobblestone. You can get away with 2 miles of gravel without suspension. Don't go overkill on this. You can ride gravel on fat tires and no suspension. You don't even need a mountain bike. Get a touring, cyclocross, or hybrid bike with cantilever, disc, or mini-v brakes and put some 35mm or ...

Proviso - my advise presumes you are not looking at forking out $2K or more for a bike, and probably significantly less. At a high price point I might suggest suspension. I also presume the gravel section is well maintained with average (pea - grape) size gravel (Where I ride, we sometime use logging roads, the "gravel" is stones about 2"-3" across.), and ...

It mostly depends on your riding style. If you ride neat asphalt all the time there is no reason for it, on the other hand it helps to maintain control off the road, so the front wheel will stay in contact with the ground and helps to save your joints from the vibrations. IMO in your specific case, it's better to save your wrists and get a short 80mm ...