Very impressive. Last two races I did really cramped up in my legs so bad. 😣😩 just pushing hard , gravel so hard when we push hard but the severe leg spasm cramping is just killing me. I am not young 56 and a half
I rode this with Pathfinder Pro, without silicon however, still clogged super quick with 42s on a Diverge. Hike a bike was the only option in the mud consistency we had later in the day.
Fantastic bike control....👌 But once the thread packed up with mud, it would be impossible to keep propelling forward. Cyclocross tire might have been better suited. Assuming the whole route is more or less in similiar condition.
Someone needs to tell the announcer's that in mud you actually want a slightly narrower slick tire. All the knobs would do is cause the mud to cake on more until it begins to interfere with the clearance between the frame. Would not help traction at all and in fact would hurt it.
I think the 9mi mud you all were talking about was when I rode in 2015- that stuff was mind blowing, how slick and sticky and heavy it was. I didn't get off my bike on a single climb all day, but the second you faltered or slowed too much on the mud, you were done.
I have to think her multi day epic with Hailey Batten, which they won💪🏆. Had to help her, with not only the physical but the mental side. All these top 5 are just machines, Sofia just was the best today. Thank you Flo Sports and your sponsors, for taking Cycling coverage to a whole new plain. This is like a Dakar type coverage without the Carbon footprint of the Tour. Chapeau 🎩👏💯💪🌻
Why is this called "gravel" racing? This is mud racing. I've seen other videos of "gravel" races, featuring mud slogs like this, ponds of water to have to ride through, as well as rock garden trails that could be featured in mountain bike trail or enduro racing. In these days of bicycle specialty manufacturing, where we have XC, trail, enduro, downhill, and even bikes specially engineered for mtb parks, what does it really mean to designate a race as "gravel"? Just curious.
Gravel really just means unpaved roads. Since they are on a bunch of under maintained farm roads in Kansas, it gets like this when it's wet. If they did the ride later in the season, I imagine it would be fine, but they would then need to deal with the full heat of summer.
Mountain biking requires mountains and single track. Kansas has neither. MTBs are way too slow for this kind of racing and lack drops and hoods to alternate positions on the bike.
@@dragonrider269 whatever. she probably called out 'on your left' and he looks back and sees her starting to pass and that's when he almost takes her down with his dumbass move.
Guy in the blue seemed like he purposely tried to force her off to the side then sped up hard to try and pass again. Affectively brake checking that jerk and getting going again was a good call.
That was a rash, childish thing for him to do. I get it, the conditions are frustrating, but come on. Thankfully she didn't get hurt. I'm sure she's dealt with that kind of asshattery before.
It looked to me like he was making room for her by getting out of the way just as she was passing. So just a miscommunication. But we wont know unless we talk to both riders.
She's a mtbr then she downgraded to gravel bike riding. For me gravel bike riding is a stepping stone to riding xc. When you're riding xc you don't go gravel bike riding anymore. That's just backwards.
She’s tough. Also, she’s not “from Argentina.” Her family moved to America when very young and she acts and talks like an American. Went to Fort Lewis College in Durango. She has dual citizenship so riding for Argentina was the way to get to the Olympics. So for my money she’s basically “from America.” Riding with Keegan Swenson has obviously been a plus. They almost went 1st and 1st. Basically they are the First Couple of MTB/gravel.
I was born and raised in Argentina. Moved to the US when I was 12. Yes I have become very “Americanized” but my roots and where I grew up have a profound impact on the person I am today. I really don’t appreciate you making the assumption that Riding for Argentina was a way to make it to the Olympics because it was not, plus by UCI rules my racing nationality will always be ARG. You say I “and and talk” like an American yet you have no idea the struggles I went through as a young kid trying to “fit in” and not be different from everyone else, hello major identity crisis at 15. I took me a long time to be proud of being different, to embrace my background and all the struggles we faced to just move to America for a better future.
@@sofiagomezvillafane5660 Thanks for responding. Let’s be fair. Everybody struggles to fit in and everyone goes through identity crises-that’s called life. Nobody can say, nor should we claim, that ours were somehow worse than others. You should, in fairness, have noted how your obvious athletic talent helped you navigate those crises. You had advantages lots and lots of people don’t have as well as struggles. I appreciate your dedication to cycling and your results continue to improve which shows grit and determination. Also let’s be fair about riding for Argentina versus trying to make the US team. The US team is deeper and harder to make. Now, if a female US rider went to, say, France or the Netherlands to try to make that team, it would be a lot, lot harder. That’s just the way things are and I certainly don’t denigrate you for it-opportunity you had that you I’m sure are grateful for. Let’s return to my first statement. “She’s tough.” You might focus on that and I’d love to hear more about all the people who helped you along the way become such a tough, resilient rider who could solo away like this. I’m grateful for athletes like you. What are you grateful for? I’d love to hear either one particular thing that happened in this race or perhaps in preparation. Would be awesome. Thanks!
Pro MTB’r who doesn’t know how to clear mud out of her cleats by banging the shoe sole against the pedal while mounted or scrapping it in the grass/bush next to the road.
This makes the finishing avg speeds of 21 mph even more impressive.
If the wind blows from the right direction, it lifts you up and you can maintain your momentum.
The guy who won the XL race (350 miles) had over a 17 mph average. That’s bananas.
What a Beautiful sport
That mud is so exhausting - you almost go anaerobic just trying to stay upright. Brutal!
Boy, this looks fun.
Looks like my local trails for 10 months of the year 😅
Might want to consider moving.
Thanks for sharing
such great coverage thanks so much
Very impressive. Last two races I did really cramped up in my legs so bad. 😣😩 just pushing hard , gravel so hard when we push hard but the severe leg spasm cramping is just killing me. I am not young 56 and a half
Specialized Pathfinder pro is the tire for this. Knobs only serve to collect more mud.
Also, spray tire with silicon before ride.
I rode this with Pathfinder Pro, without silicon however, still clogged super quick with 42s on a Diverge. Hike a bike was the only option in the mud consistency we had later in the day.
Crazy conditions! She’s actually done well there. 🚵♀️
This is an average winter ride in the Uk gravel scene lol! 😊
Fantastic bike control....👌 But once the thread packed up with mud, it would be impossible to keep propelling forward. Cyclocross tire might have been better suited. Assuming the whole route is more or less in similiar condition.
Fantastic effort of everyone
Someone needs to tell the announcer's that in mud you actually want a slightly narrower slick tire. All the knobs would do is cause the mud to cake on more until it begins to interfere with the clearance between the frame. Would not help traction at all and in fact would hurt it.
i was really motivated to try Unbound next year and then I saw this video... lol
Most “ultra” endurance events are just “ultra” lame.
I think the 9mi mud you all were talking about was when I rode in 2015- that stuff was mind blowing, how slick and sticky and heavy it was. I didn't get off my bike on a single climb all day, but the second you faltered or slowed too much on the mud, you were done.
Amazing.
amazing....treck....
Ouch!!!
RIP Mo.
Unfortunately those tyres (specialized pathfinders) are hopeless in mud
Gravel race? More like Sludge race!
oh yea. i ate it on that same road at mile 165-167. got up and kept riding!
I have to think her multi day epic with Hailey Batten, which they won💪🏆.
Had to help her, with not only the physical but the mental side. All these top 5 are just machines, Sofia just was the best today.
Thank you Flo Sports and your sponsors, for taking Cycling coverage to a whole new plain. This is like a Dakar type coverage without the Carbon footprint of the Tour. Chapeau 🎩👏💯💪🌻
Don't mind riding through that stuff, but hate cleaning the bike afterward.
dude couldnt say camel back? caught himself and said hydration pack. lol my bottles are now hydration tubes
OMG the cleats 🤣
was colin racing
I’d have I’ve subbed for a month just to watch Unbound but not $150 when most of the races don’t show in 🇬🇧
Perfect conditions for flat pedals and fixie straps
the way she uncleated almost immediately is impressive
Gravel racing gets funnier and funnier.
Why is nobody using mudguard or asssaver ? 😮
Dutch Mafia rules !
Why is this called "gravel" racing? This is mud racing. I've seen other videos of "gravel" races, featuring mud slogs like this, ponds of water to have to ride through, as well as rock garden trails that could be featured in mountain bike trail or enduro racing. In these days of bicycle specialty manufacturing, where we have XC, trail, enduro, downhill, and even bikes specially engineered for mtb parks, what does it really mean to designate a race as "gravel"? Just curious.
Gravel really just means unpaved roads. Since they are on a bunch of under maintained farm roads in Kansas, it gets like this when it's wet. If they did the ride later in the season, I imagine it would be fine, but they would then need to deal with the full heat of summer.
Mountain biking requires mountains and single track. Kansas has neither. MTBs are way too slow for this kind of racing and lack drops and hoods to alternate positions on the bike.
Frankie, you fighting a cold?
@05:57 total asshole... looks back, sees her coming on the left and what does he do? moves over to the left in an attempt to get on her wheel.
She was on his right. He probably didn't see until the second look.
@@dragonrider269 whatever. she probably called out 'on your left' and he looks back and sees her starting to pass and that's when he almost takes her down with his dumbass move.
Guy in the blue seemed like he purposely tried to force her off to the side then sped up hard to try and pass again. Affectively brake checking that jerk and getting going again was a good call.
That was a rash, childish thing for him to do. I get it, the conditions are frustrating, but come on. Thankfully she didn't get hurt. I'm sure she's dealt with that kind of asshattery before.
It looked to me like he was making room for her by getting out of the way just as she was passing. So just a miscommunication. But we wont know unless we talk to both riders.
Not so,I suspect he thought she was coming through on the right.
@@lorcain7525 nnnnb
@@lorcain7525 kbz
Doing this race is worth probably 60 dollars, not 200 and a lottery.
DIRTY KANZA !!!
This section would be easy with some sort of flying machine.
Yeah that section was nasty! Had to walk a lot. Just rode it earlier while it was still raining...
❤
Can anyone remind me the name of the male commentator again?
Looks miserable this year
Donnut style
This makes me think the UCI hravel race is better
Just what I like about gravel grinding....NOTHING !!!
Yup the reason for the name Dirty Kanza… duh
She's a mtbr then she downgraded to gravel bike riding. For me gravel bike riding is a stepping stone to riding xc. When you're riding xc you don't go gravel bike riding anymore. That's just backwards.
MTBers drive their trucks or Subarus 2 hours to ride for one hour gravel cyclist ride 6 hours to get to the trails.
lmao bro
Great but not for me
She’s tough. Also, she’s not “from Argentina.” Her family moved to America when very young and she acts and talks like an American. Went to Fort Lewis College in Durango. She has dual citizenship so riding for Argentina was the way to get to the Olympics. So for my money she’s basically “from America.” Riding with Keegan Swenson has obviously been a plus. They almost went 1st and 1st. Basically they are the First Couple of MTB/gravel.
I was born and raised in Argentina. Moved to the US when I was 12. Yes I have become very “Americanized” but my roots and where I grew up have a profound impact on the person I am today. I really don’t appreciate you making the assumption that Riding for Argentina was a way to make it to the Olympics because it was not, plus by UCI rules my racing nationality will always be ARG.
You say I “and and talk” like an American yet you have no idea the struggles I went through as a young kid trying to “fit in” and not be different from everyone else, hello major identity crisis at 15. I took me a long time to be proud of being different, to embrace my background and all the struggles we faced to just move to America for a better future.
@@sofiagomezvillafane5660 Thanks for responding. Let’s be fair. Everybody struggles to fit in and everyone goes through identity crises-that’s called life. Nobody can say, nor should we claim, that ours were somehow worse than others. You should, in fairness, have noted how your obvious athletic talent helped you navigate those crises. You had advantages lots and lots of people don’t have as well as struggles. I appreciate your dedication to cycling and your results continue to improve which shows grit and determination. Also let’s be fair about riding for Argentina versus trying to make the US team. The US team is deeper and harder to make. Now, if a female US rider went to, say, France or the Netherlands to try to make that team, it would be a lot, lot harder. That’s just the way things are and I certainly don’t denigrate you for it-opportunity you had that you I’m sure are grateful for. Let’s return to my first statement. “She’s tough.” You might focus on that and I’d love to hear more about all the people who helped you along the way become such a tough, resilient rider who could solo away like this. I’m grateful for athletes like you. What are you grateful for? I’d love to hear either one particular thing that happened in this race or perhaps in preparation. Would be awesome. Thanks!
feat of bike handling...(riding on flat dirt road, almost falls over 10 secs later)...continue to walk with bike
you do it then if its so easy
@@yoloswaggins372 yeah I was wondering why this dude was talking smack....this is crazy hard
@@yoloswaggins372 hello SJW, i've been doing it like her at 10 yrs old...now it would be much better than that
Dude....you don't know anything about riding in thick mud with gravel tires clearly
Eat mud!
Pro MTB’r who doesn’t know how to clear mud out of her cleats by banging the shoe sole against the pedal while mounted or scrapping it in the grass/bush next to the road.
Ha ha. Id put a lot of money on her knowing exactly how to clear her cleats. 😀
You could do that here until the cleat or pedal broke, the mud would have remained, think peanut butter super glue concrete.
That's not gravel.