Episode 146: Chase Wark -- Professional Cyclist

King of the Ride

Ted King

Sports, Health & Fitness, Business

4.8 • 660 Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

They don't get more genuine than Chase Wark. Maybe that's those northern midwest roots, now living in the hallowed Driftless region of Minnesota (...home to the US national gravel championships, as we'll discuss today). No stranger to big results, to gravel beef controversy, to aero gains, and diving deep in search of the spirit of gravel, Chase brings a lot to the table as you'll learn today. Follow Chase's journey at @chasethebiker And get yourself some AG1 for goodness sakes. Visit drinkAG1.com/tedking to get your $48 value on the house. While you're at it, give yourself a month of WHOOP for free, plus a free band. Visit join.whoop.com/ted

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0:00.0	Hey, all, welcome back to the show.
0:06.7	I am Ted King, welcoming you to a new year.
0:09.0	Welcome to 2025.
0:10.8	A new season, a new season of podcasts.
0:14.1	Actually, I don't know how seasons work on podcasts.
0:16.2	I'm always a bit confused by that.
0:18.6	I think we're still on season one here on King of the Ride.
0:20.8	Episode 146 coming at you now.
0:24.6	Chase Wark is our guest today.
0:27.5	Now he was making waves in 2024, a big win early in the year at Rock Cobbler.
0:32.3	That's something of a California season opening race.
0:35.2	He was second at Valley of Tiers behind a typically very smashing
0:39.6	Keegan Swenson. I was there. A whole bunch of other hitters were there and Chase rode to a very
0:45.2	impressive second place. Chase had a series of strong results over the year, catching the folks
0:51.5	attention in a variety of ways like being a mid-season call-up to
0:55.5	the Lifetime Grand Prix. That was unprecedented. It's something we have not seen in the Grand Prix
1:00.4	yet, so much so that has become a thing here in 2025. Riders who are not in the Grand Prix
1:06.0	can place well in the first two events in hopes of getting the nod into the Grand Prix.
1:12.3	In addition to some other ways that he was making waves, he was in the all-day breakaway at Unbound,
1:17.8	as we're going to discuss today, Chase is doing it all.
1:21.5	And you see, I wanted to talk to him because he's getting his name out there.
1:24.6	He's fast on the bike, and he's doing the things to make a name for himself in this nebulous, nascent, professional gravel world.
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