Sahara Gravel stage 1 recap with Luise Valentin and Matteo Fontana

The Adventure Stache

Payson McElveen

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4.9 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

It's stage one of the four-day Sahara Gravel stage race in Morocco and Payson is sitting down with the stage winners Luise Valentin and Matteo Fontana. They tell us how their days unfolded, what they do when they're not training (Luise is an engineer in Zurich and Matteo is a former triathlete and bike fitter outside Milan), and how they're feeling about the race so far. Instagram: @theadventurestache YouTube: Payson McElveen

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0:00.0	Honestly, it's insane.
0:01.0	Like, I have already decided I want to come back.
0:03.2	Like, I want to do at least one week of backpacking here.
0:05.4	I was considering, like, so when we finish,
0:08.0	sorry, when we finish the race, we'll have like an eight-hour transit back on the shuttle.
0:13.2	And I was looking into whether or not you could bike that.
0:15.8	I think that would be insane.
0:17.7	It's showtime, everybody.
0:19.9	Showtime!
0:24.8	You've been living in the dream world, Neil.
0:35.3	This is the world as it exists today. Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while.
0:39.0	You could miss it. Listen, we talk about practice.
0:42.2	Repeat on the dude's room.
0:43.8	Donnie, you're out of your element.
0:46.1	I see, you think this has nothing to do with you.
0:50.1	Don't ever trash talk black Jesus.
0:54.7	This is the adventure stash with Payson McAlvin. This is the adventure stash with Payson McAlvin.
0:59.4	Hey folks and welcome to a very special episode of the podcast.
1:03.9	This is actually going to be a series of episodes this week, four in a row.
1:07.9	Starting today, we're recording post-race recaps from the four-day Sahara gravel
1:13.1	stage race. And this race honestly wasn't even on my radar until very recently, but after
1:18.9	missing out on my originally planned first race of the year, I wanted to find a replacement.
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