Brennan Wertz on winning Gravel National Championships

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Payson McElveen

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🗓️ 15 September 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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When Brennan Wertz lined up at Gravel National Championships last weekend, he was coming off of a bad case of covid and wasn’t sure if he would make it to the end of the race. When he came across the finish line, he was National Champion. Brennan sat down with Payson to talk about his last-minute decision to attend the race and how it all went down, from the cagey tactics to his surprise attack that snagged him the victory. He also talks about how working with coach Dennis Van Winden has tran...

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0:00.0	I was about to close on the group and then I see somebody else attacked.
0:04.0	I thought, I should probably actually just hang back here for a second.
0:08.0	And then as soon as he got absorbed, just came straight by on the side.
0:12.0	And they were all decelerating as I was accelerating.
0:15.0	It came from far and up behind and with this element of surprise that no one saw me coming.
0:19.0	And I knew with my setup, my gearing, my size, my power, everything,
0:23.6	like I had fully optimized everything for that last 2K.
0:26.6	And then I was just head down, 10 seconds,
0:30.6	just as hard as I could go, look over my shoulder,
0:33.6	and I just couldn't believe it.
0:34.6	Like, I looked behind me and I see shoulders right across the road.
0:38.2	It's showtime, everybody!
0:40.2	Showtime!
0:43.2	You've been living in a dream world, Neil.
0:45.2	This is the world as it exists today.
0:52.0	Life moves pretty fast.
0:54.0	You don't stop and look around once in a while.
0:56.4	You could miss it.
0:59.6	Listen, we talk about practice.
1:02.8	Repeat on the dude's room.
1:04.3	Donnie, you're out of your element.
1:06.7	I see, you think this has nothing to do with you.
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