Santa Vall recap analysis, team tactics and Olympic gravel vibes

About this episode

The episode discusses the start of the gravel season, team tactics in gravel culture, and personal experiences in gravel racing.

Has the gravel season started? Or does Santa Vall not count if everyone was felt kinda meh fitness-wise? More ruinations on euro-gravel vibes. What is a team and what do tactics mean in 2026 Gravel culture? Who is the Lindsey Vonn of Gravel? Who is the Ilia Malinin of Gravel? Why did I finish one step off the podium at my gravel race? Why do people act insane around me when I ride my new (to me) Lauf Siegla on our greenway? Should I livestream myself brutally mogging gravel dads on Kick at gravel race expos? Let's all make fun of Jutta Leerdamn's fiancee trying to ride a bike. All this and more! Thank you for listening, rate and review or whatever!

Topics covered

• gravel cycling
• team tactics
• Olympic gravel
• fitness
• cycling culture

Keywords

• Santa Vall
• Lindsey Vonn
• Ilia Malinin
• gravel race
• Kick

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Lauf Siegla

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