Gravel Worlds recap, with Keegan Swenson, listener Q&A, and dispatches from Team USA

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Payson McElveen

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4.9 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2023

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

The second-ever Gravel World Championships took place in Veneto, Italy earlier this month, and we’re bringing you a full episode about it. Payson chats with Keegan Swenson about his fifth-place finish in a field dominated by Europeans who were well-versed in the kind of tight, twisty terrain that the course had to offer. They discuss road versus gravel tactics, the questionable start positions, and how his sprint with Alejandro Valverde played out. Payson also answers listener questions about...

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0:00.0	Like I took a few polls and I noticed that it was like it was a little too hard and that Paul
0:05.2	was starting to come off and so these guys were starting to crack and then like Valverde said we need to
0:09.2	like keep it together. So then like him and I seemed like we were doing the most work.
0:16.3	But I think it was almost like the rowdy mentality of like the group eventually we got told they were like two and a half, three minutes up.
0:22.5	And I think at that point they were like, okay, well, it's gone.
0:25.3	It was like I was racing with the mentality of like, this is a gravel race.
0:29.2	The odds of one of those guys crashing or flatting is very high.
0:32.2	So it was like we're not out of racing for the podium yet.
0:35.0	It's showtime everybody.
0:37.2	Showtime!
0:39.8	You've been living in a dream world, Neil.
0:43.5	This is the world as it exists today.
0:48.4	Life moves pretty fast.
0:50.7	You don't stop and look around once in a while.
0:53.0	You could miss it.
0:56.4	Listen, we're talk about practice.
0:59.6	Repeat on the dude's room.
1:01.1	Donnie, you're out of your element.
1:03.5	I see, you think this has nothing to do with you.
1:07.4	Don't ever trash talk black Jesus.
1:12.0	This is the adventure stash with Payson McElvin.
1:16.7	Hello everyone.
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