Sahara Gravel stage 2 recap with Oti Zolati and Janosch Wintermantel

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Payson McElveen

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4.9 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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It's day two of Sahara Gravel and the general consensus is that the scenery was pretty mind-blowing on this 68 mile mountain stage. Payson sits down with Oti Zolati, the only Moroccan in the race, to talk about being a tourist in his own country and his bikepacking trip across Africa that got him hooked on cycling. Then he talks to the founder of the race, Janosch Wintermantel, about how he went from living in Switzerland and working at Scott to event organising in Morocco. Instagram: @...

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0:00.0	I'm feeling like a tourist as well.
0:01.8	Really?
0:02.3	By old country, like the scenery, I've never seen this scenery in Morocco.
0:06.6	Really?
0:07.0	To be honest, yeah.
0:08.0	It was so mismarizing.
0:09.3	Like this mountain, especially today.
0:10.9	Today was insane.
0:12.2	Yeah, like when at the end of that climb and then I saw this mountain, I was like,
0:15.5	I wish I brought my cameraman.
0:17.0	It was really beautiful.
0:18.5	Even we were like very tired to enjoy the whole thing.
0:21.7	But like yeah, sometimes like I have right now back in my mind some glimpse.
0:26.7	It's really nice.
0:28.1	It's showtime everybody. Showtime!
0:32.9	You've been living in a dream world, Neo.
0:36.6	This is the world as it exists today.
0:41.4	Life moves pretty fast.
0:43.8	You don't stop and look around once in a while.
0:46.4	You could miss it.
0:49.4	Listen, we talk about practice.
0:52.6	Repeat on the dude's room.
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