Episode 33: Pete Stetina — World Tour Professional (& Dabbling Gravel Racer)

King of the Ride

Ted King

Sports, Health & Fitness, Business

4.8 • 660 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2019

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Pete Stetina is a stalwart American professional cyclist. A billygoat of a climber, this Californian returned home from Liege Bastogne Liege and went straight into the Belgian Waffle Ride on Cinco de Mayo. Former colleagues out on the road, Ted and Pete caught up with one another to talk the strategics and logistics that make gravel a possibility amid a World Tour schedule. Check out the YouTube video of all the BWR action here: https://youtu.be/3gebox-sdQ0 Check out RootedVermont.com, especially on June 3 at 10am EST as the final 100 spots will become available. And a huge thanks goes out to Splats Sunscreen for supporting this podcast. Head to www.splatssunscreen.com and use code KING at checkout for a whopping 20% savings.

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0:00.0	Ola, amigos. Hello and welcome to King of the Ride podcast. I am Ted King, your host here on King of the Ride.
0:13.3	Ola, because this very special edition podcast comes recorded at a taco shop in the burbs of San Diego.
0:21.0	Studies have shown that people actually study better, learn better, read better,
0:26.6	and rumor is that they podcast better with some white noise in the background.
0:31.8	Our guest today, Pete Stetna, this conversation takes place while Pete and I are in the final pre-race prep leading
0:41.9	up to Belgian Waffle ride, fittingly on Cinco de Mayo this spring. So the gnauching of chips and
0:47.7	sipping of orchata might be heard in the background as well as a bit of mariachi music and the
0:52.7	ESPN to poor taste on TV as well.
0:56.0	Definitely a fun conversation.
0:58.0	Pete Stetna, longtime stalwart staple of the European Palaton,
1:03.7	a member of the Slipstream program for a good long while.
1:07.3	Then Pete first-turned professional with that outfit in 2010.
1:11.2	He's a gentleman who is built for the mountains.
1:15.0	Pete goes uphill like a rocket.
1:17.6	He's understated but eloquent.
1:19.3	Pete is very professional about his position
1:21.3	and is beginning to try his hand in the gravel scene.
1:26.8	If you paid attention to BWR, Pete was clearly well-fueled with those tacos.
1:32.6	And in this gnarly race of attrition, Pete Young Eddie Anderson of the auction Hagen's Burman
1:37.3	Squad and I emerged from the dust of Lemon Twistenberg.
1:42.1	And the three of us went into the finale, bumping bars and racing for the win.
1:46.1	For visual reference, I highly recommend you take a minute, take 10 minutes, check out my
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