When a ROAD CYCLING WORLD CHAMPION shows up to a GRAVEL RACE: Ranxo 2023

My experience at the UCI Gravel World Series gravel race, Hutchinson Ranxo, in Ponts, Catalunya, Spain. Among the competition were 2018 road World Champion, Alejandro Valverde and current Movistar WorldTour pro cyclist, Ivan Garcia Cortina. See the race on Strava:   / strava   Follow me on Instagram:   / tristantakephoto   View my photography: http://tristantakephoto.com Learn more about Hutchinson Ranxo: https://hutchinsonranxogravel.com Grab a DISCOUNT to help support the channel: 20% off your next ATTAQUER order, use code CR-ATQTRISTANTAKE20: www.attaquercycling.com 15% off BONT cycling shoes and accessories, use code TRISTAN: www.bontcycling.com 10% off your next FUEL+ nutrition order, use code TRISTAN+: www.fuelplus.es Music from Epidemic Sound: (free trial affiliate link): https://www.epidemicsound.com/referra... 00:00 Intro 00:45 About the Ranxo 02:47 BMC race bike 04:18 Race day 05:42 KM1 10:23 Post-race thoughts 11:53 How the race unfolded 12:54 WorldTour cyclist power output 16:37 Feed zones 18:25 Disappointment 19:50 What I learned This race was a qualifying round for the UCI Gravel World Championships happening in Veneto, Italy at the start of October. Last year gravel World Champs was dominated by Alpecin–Deceuninck team rider Gianni Vermeersch, along with Daniel Oss, Mathiew Van Der Poel, Peter Sagan, Greg Van Avermaet, Magnus Cort-Nielsen, Piotr Havik, Alessandro De Marchi, Nathan Haas and Lachlan Morton. The women's race was won by Pauline Ferrand-Privot, Sara Mazzorana and Chiara Ciuffini. The Hutchinson Ranxo featured more than 800 male and female riders across three different race distances, including multiple road, gravel and mountain bike professional cyclists who live in Girona, Catalunya, Andorra and France.