Gravel Burn stage 5 recap with Tom Pidcock

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🗓️ 30 October 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Stage 5 of Gravel Burn was slow despite being more than 50% paved, and it finished on a 2500-foot climb. Tom Pidcock took the stage win and joins Payson to recap the day. They also discuss the logistics of his Il Lombardia / UCI Gravel Worlds double-header earlier this month, why he decided to take a break from his off season to come to South Africa, and how he chooses which events and disciplines to put on his schedule. This episode was made possible by TrainingPeaks. Gravel Burn GC st...

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0:00.0	I'm Pace McElvin and this is the WithPace podcast.
0:11.8	I think I've got the mental capacity for one like effort.
0:15.6	You know, like the other day it was over that middle climb, stay in the front.
0:18.4	And today it was, yeah, just luckily it was super slow all day.
0:21.7	Yeah, had a headwind.
0:22.9	Yeah, I just kind of chanced it just before we started this proper climb.
0:28.6	Had a little gap and then one at that point I was committed, you know.
0:33.1	I was only, I could only lose, really.
0:36.5	So I had to, yeah, keep going with the suffering.
0:42.4	Hello, we're back with our stage five gravel burn recap.
0:46.3	Uh, we have Tom Pitcock on today to recap the stage and also chat a little bit about
0:51.4	his infamous Lombardia gravel world's double header, which I found interesting
0:55.5	and wanted to hear a little bit more about.
0:58.7	Today's stage was 137 kilometers,
1:02.6	a little under 2,000 meters of climbing.
1:04.6	Really interesting in that it was almost 70% paved,
1:08.5	but ended with a really gnarly gravel summit finish.
1:13.2	2,500 foot climb, it's like 900 meters, I think, give or take, 800 meters.
1:20.9	Steep, 10% average with like 15% kickers.
1:28.0	And pretty dynamic.
1:31.4	Go through a couple numbers here.
1:33.6	Four hours, three minutes for the stage,
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