Little Sugar recap with Andrew L’Esperance, points analysis, and listener experiences

With Pace

Payson McElveen

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4.8 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

The second-to-last round of the Life Time Grand Prix shook up the points chase in a big way thanks to a ruthless course that caused a never-ending series of crashes and flats. Payson walks through the standings before the final round this weekend, in which four riders in the men’s field could come away with the series overall. Then, he sits down with Andrew L’Esperance, who got third at Little Sugar and has been on top form all season after fighting his way into the Grand Prix via a wild card...

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0:00.0	I'm Pace McElvin and this is the WithPace podcast.
0:11.7	And I just rode scared because I knew Matt was coming behind and, you know, anything could happen.
0:17.2	That's not who you want to be chased by.
0:18.3	Exactly.
0:19.0	So I just tried to ride as fast as possible, but also, I mean, you're in this situation where
0:26.1	you're in a good position and any little mistake could cost you that.
0:32.1	So you also have to ride like super smooth.
0:34.6	So I was just trying to stay focused the whole time and not not get to the finish line
0:39.6	before I was there.
0:44.3	Hello, everyone, and welcome back to the show.
0:46.5	Today we have our Little Sugar recap episode.
0:49.9	This was the fifth round of the Lifetime Grand Prix and part of a two weekend double header of sorts here in Bentonville, Arkansas.
0:59.5	Little Sugar, of course, is a hundred kilometer mountain bike race.
1:04.4	Big sugar, which happens tomorrow.
1:06.6	I'm recording this on Friday.
1:08.1	Is a hundred mile gravel race, which is a new challenge for the
1:11.8	Grand Prix riders.
1:14.0	And the full party blowout of doubleheader race weekends like this with all the industry in
1:20.9	town and Bentonville being the bike crazed place it is has, yeah, just been a heck of a week. And honestly, getting this recap episode has been a little
1:31.1	touch and go. It'll, I guess this one will be a little bit on the shorter side. It's just been so
1:37.4	busy. Holy cow. I think a month or two ago, I might have referenced how this doubleheader
1:43.2	could end up feeling like a little bit
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