Keegan Swenson talks about racing UCI Road Worlds

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4.9 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Keegan Swenson returns to the show to talk about his experience racing the UCI Road World Championship in Australia at the end of September. Though he spent years racing on the mountain bike World Cup circuit, this was his first experience competing in a WorldTour level road race, and it came just a week after securing his win for the overall Lifetime Grand Prix title at Chequamegon. He talks about his whirlwind preparation, the white-knuckle tactics that the rest of the racers were throwing ...

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0:00.0	I got more comfortable with it as the race went on, but I felt my heart rate was probably 10 or 20 beats higher the entire race.
0:05.7	It should have been just because you're just sitting in the bunch.
0:08.5	And it was really hard to trust the riders around me that they weren't just going to take you out every turn.
0:14.3	I got my front wheel taken a few times.
0:16.1	And there was lots of sketchiness going on out there.
0:20.0	It's showtime, everybody.
0:22.1	Showtime!
0:24.8	You've been living in a dream world, Neil.
0:28.4	This is the world as it exists today.
0:33.3	Life moves pretty fast.
0:35.7	You don't stop and look around once in a while.
0:38.1	You could miss it.
0:41.3	Listen, we talk about practice.
0:44.5	Repeat on the dude's room.
0:46.1	Donnie, you're out of your element.
0:48.4	I see, you think this has nothing to do with you.
0:52.3	Don't ever trash talk black Jesus.
0:57.1	This is the Adventure Stash with Payson McElvin.
1:01.8	Hello everyone.
1:02.8	Welcome back to the show.
1:03.9	Really excited to have Keegan Swinson back on today for I think the third time this year.
1:08.4	Today we talk UCI Road World Championships.
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