Sahara Gravel stage 2 recap with Nicolas Roche and Marta Torà

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Payson McElveen

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4.8 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Stage 2 of Sahara Gravel comprised 105km and 1800 meters of climbing. To recap the day, Payson is joined by former WorldTour pro Nicolas Roche and mountain biker Marta Torà, who are taking on the race together in the pairs category. They talk about how they’ve worked out their pacing strategy, what they each bring to the table with their vastly different racing backgrounds, and the tight battle they had today with a pair of men. They also talk about how they’re using Sahara Gravel as training...

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0:00.0	I'm Pace McElvin and this is the WithPace podcast.
0:05.0	Obviously we carried a lot of water and I'd stop to fill up and Marta continued and they had to at some point stop.
0:17.0	But they were in front of us and I told told Marta, they haven't stopped yet.
0:21.2	They have two bottles.
0:21.9	They're going to have to fill in the four bottles.
0:24.1	So I noticed that.
0:25.2	And I was like, when they stop, you continue.
0:27.7	I fill up and I'll catch you on the climb.
0:29.2	Oh, wow. Smart.
0:30.5	So, and then on the final part here, we really hit the speed on the flatter parts.
0:37.3	Yeah. Yeah. part here we really hit the speed on the flatter part yeah okay stage two two new guests
0:47.1	same time today which is fun nicholas roach and martha Dura. You're from
0:54.8	Catalonia, Barcelona?
0:56.2	Yeah, I'm a little in Barcelona.
0:57.9	Okay.
0:58.1	Yeah.
0:59.7	And you guys are doing the co-ed duo
1:01.3	with sort of a special
1:05.9	goal in mind that is a few
1:08.1	weeks from now. Obviously, the goal of this
1:10.1	race too, but there are bigger objectives.
1:14.2	This is sort of like a stepping stone, which we'll talk about.
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