FULL GAS GRAVEL RACING – Gravel Rush 2025

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Father & Son Take On Their First Ever Gravel Race | Gravel Rush Winchester

This was our first proper gravel race – and what a way to start! Me and my dad (aka Del boy) headed to the stunning Mattingley Basin near Winchester for the first ever Gravel Rush event. With rolling terrain, fast sections, and plenty of fun, this was a true test of our off-road legs. 🚴‍♂️💨

From nervous start line chats to battling through the dust and grit, we gave it everything. Watch us take on the course, soak in the atmosphere, and find out how we got on!

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the race kit is on which can only mean one thing we are back racing bikes and today we are dipping our toe into the world of gravel bruh but last time and the only time I raced gravel was absolutely grim and it was basically a couple of hours of pure mud bath but today the weather’s looking dry so we might get a good gravel experience some of you may remember the mountain bike pairs world championships that I do every year unfortunately that is not on this year but that is going to be replaced by today the gravel pairs world championship who is my partner you ask the one and only Dellboy is taking to the start line with me we’re going to be racing the gravel rush pears world championship it’s got quite a ring to it that of course but let’s get into it hopefully it’s dry it’s going to be fast hopefully we ride fast but most importantly let’s have some fun it always reminds me of when you say you’re going to rate it reminds me of why I gave up because I used to get nervous right yeah and it was just like well it’s not enjoyable anymore and here I am nervous to get hopefully in the right places nice hopefully the hill carbohydrates you can’t beat it can you your body’s going to be like “What i’m going to be buzzing got creatine as well bloody hell here they are today’s competition the two Ian who’s going first me me versus Mr ianfield get out the way but in all seriousness they should be devastated if they don’t win this today really why why ian’s been training i’ve checked his straa this Ian’s not been training i have i’ve been eating he’s been training his belly because Dellboy is 63 years old that is why and how are we going good i’ve seen you’ve done some part runs is it part run yeah yeah pushing little ones i haven’t done any park runs as we can see he’s done nothing he just rides downhill to dad’s ears so oh here come the 40 here come the excuses next year here’s the partner feet up ready to go how you feeling water come on Gravel granny hey oh he fumbled it reaction but Dellboy is on the new whip today i think the lighting is terrible here how’s it been going uh it’s been going okay um one slight issue but I’m just working on that at the moment just working on the issue today will be the test for him are you You’re not going to do a practice lap are you no no me neither what’s the plan should I go first absolutely and how is your injuries feeling uh we’ll see after the first lap i’m all suited and booted up got my body armor on dad has a leg injury so we might do me do the start loop which is like 18 km dad do a lap and then I’ll finish it off pray for me i bought extra gels in case but we need to go sign on so pass you to mommy let’s go right then sign on complete you can’t see my number because the camera is in the way 278 for me 277 for Dellboy a quick cup of tea this top top athlete Delo has been doing no carbs as well ropey before a race we had carbs today i had a tin of rice pudding that’s the first time and I’ve got the jitters already boy feels like a new man but the goods for me i’ll see ryan Code George 20 i know you know what i actually was like around this morning couldn’t find any decent food i was like George George recommended these so code George 20 but I’ve got if I like them ah there we go there we go without your code without my code so want to sponsor me for this one here they think I could yeah Dboy needs some collagen because uh now he’s hit the big old 63 don’t use code George use Dellboy 30 will get you 30% it will not but anyway my fueling strategy today i’m going to have these in a minute cuz we start in 45 minutes that’s what I normally do before a race got three gels two of them are actually old ones that are now out of date dellboy would be proud of me i found them at I don’t know if I should have them there and I was like “Were they March 2025?” I think you’ll be fine based on what you They’re two months only two months out of date i found them at the bottom of my micro it’s good for the stomach good for the stomach but Velforire actually supporting the race today so you know the drill code George 20 we’re going to go over there in a minute and ask Mr tom Cousins who’s won multiple gravel races are they he’s won battle on the beach a couple of times and stuff like that i think he has i might be lying here he’s won events we’re going to ask his fueling strategy because it’ll be more scientific than Georgie boy just pops gels so here they are with all of the goods and we’re going to ask the main man how he actually fuels a race because I’m expecting Tom’s going to win today no pressure no pressure you have won Battle on the Beach haven’t you have I just made that up you won it two years in a row see I wasn’t making that up there’s his whip there’s the bike there’s the bike and fueling for today or this is his fueling for today all of this all of this yes before he starts no what how do you feel cuz I was just saying for me actually Tom was the person that gave me the the advice on having a pack of chews an hour before the race like chewing on them now which I should be doing which he’s already doing i’ve already done that he’s already started that yeah i think a mistake a lot of people make is they start fueling during the race or an hour into the race when actually from the minute you start racing you’re basically your glycogen is being used so you want to start I guess carbo loading a couple of days beforehand and then the morning of the race so this morning I had some overnight oats and then at 10:00 I had just some plain pasta and then yeah an hour before the race I had this pack of energy chews and then we’ve got about half an hour or so before the race so so you’ve already he’s already had two meals today i need to level up my game here two meals and then during the race once you get going you’ve had to choose so this is the range of all the Velfor stuff so we’ve got the electrolytes the gels the energy chews and then also the energy bars but for racing I’m just today just going to be having the energy gels and yeah we recommend uh one of these every 15 to 20 minutes so it’s working out what you want for you for you but for me what works best is one energy gel every 15 minutes so that hits around to 90 g of carbohydrates an hour plus the contain electrolytes how how many of them are you having in this how long is the race going to take you i’m reckoning around 2 hours 2 hours so So I’m taking eight gels eight gels so a spare one um favorite flavor i think the nice thing about these is there’s a range of different flavors so flavor flavor fatigue is a big thing and the reason why a lot of people don’t fuel correctly because after an hour they get like bored and they just really don’t fancy anything to eat so I think the important thing there is just to mix up the flavors another thing you can do is take a package of energy you choose and mix up the textures that can be a good plan but yeah today I’m just going to take one of each flavor and then I’ve got uh an extra gesto and a few extra reapers um so this is the best flavor someone asked me the other day on Instagram actually and and Tom’s saying about pallet fatigue i’ve been struggling that with running it is much easier to take a gel than chews when you’re running but I’m trying to learn i don’t think I can take chews i’ve worked it out like I’m just too out of breath and like the pounding it’s just easier to knock back a gel but yeah so like I don’t know how well you can see that but that’s like the consistency of the gels so we I’ve just decanted two gels into here so they’re really liquidy and yeah they’re just super easy to consume and the best bit is they’re around half the size of an average gel so yeah around half the amount of ingredients all natural ingredients so no colorings no preservatives that’s just all from natural sources so yeah tastes nice if Tom don’t win today it’s cuz he didn’t have enough gels code George 20 right then it’s time for briefing dale Boy’s just giving Mr ian Field a debrief on how to ride a bike he’s giving me some good tips actually oh so I think pace yourself being on the first little bit so yeah I think I might probably have to walk the top bit yeah yeah I don’t know i can walk up there with you and then I’ll wait for you on the descent i know you’re a little bit tricky on the descent not too good yeah you don’t have the techers and then uh there’s another climb coming out of there so I’ll wait for you at the top there and dad hasn’t actually ridden the course so he doesn’t know i need to get ready to go because we have 30 minutes he knows dboy knows right showtime yeah dude last minute adjustments i lifted my saddle up the other day haven’t actually tested the bike yet long story i don’t know if my legs have got longer or if my saddle had dropped cuz I haven’t ridden this bike since the cross season your front yeah front one’s done also haven’t um the gears are jumping as well which is not ideal but really tried that one treat yourself to some new kit new kit right out of the box it’s a medium it’s a medium let me check the label gone from XXL to medium here we go there’s the evidence ready for seven here we go the calm before the storm got the monster crew ready to lead me out welcome to M Bas okay everybody that’s it make your way out to the start remember this is a selfseeding race an honesty grid so if you are expected to start really fast make your way forward that’s [Music] pretty Heat [Music] heat [Music] heat heat heat heat away [Music] how was it Ian fast george went straight to the front and then dropped himself classic George go on now boy around i was like “Oh I’m done.” How’s that going George i was done that was sold i’m not cut out for that that was pure road race i went to the front i thought I’m blooming Vander Pole here i looked around everyone was just cruising it’s so easy on the wheel but so hard on the front like it’s just windy when you’re going to wind and then we got to one of the uphills everyone went I realized I had no minerals how long have you been here at least five minutes maybe a minute minute d boy will take that back god I don’t know if I can do that again i’m a Got to do more next time i’m a summer cross rider no less for next time one lap oh I’m doing two next lap oh tick well it depends how dad goes i might be doing four i thought his I thought his seat post split in half with his fat asses that fat ass that dropped your fat ass it’s easy when you’re in the wheels he didn’t have a bottle to go out there and put his balls on the line did he bottle or stupidity both done it’s a close run thing isn’t it it is picnic time for the girls daddy is a shell i’ve done one lap i’m not cut out at the moment for any high-end power cycling my legs just couldn’t push on the pedals because I haven’t ridden my bike so what can you expect but yeah I’ve got a minimum of two more laps if me and dad share it equally but I’ll see how he goes after this go on Charlie [Music] come on boy good really good mate hold that wheel so I think the old old boys are winning at the moment i’m not actually sure we think you’re winning aren’t you we think there might be from the official timing we’re going from the from the timing they’re leaving someone who only does 4 hours a week he only trains 4 hours a week he just hides all the rest that’s all the on straa and he doesn’t have a proper job he just like puts stuff into training peaks for people so it don’t count oh it’s hard it’s hard anyway ask your dad about running their own business oh yeah he’s probably on the phone to my dad a lot wondering what Ben’s doing for training but you’re doing two laps two laps one one me and Dell Boy don’t know what we’re doing yet we’re playing it by feel but I can feel I’m going to get cramp [Music] heat heat [Music] [Music] heat sorry how was it um yeah I felt all right on the first climb and then I realized I didn’t have a lot left after the first go together sorry i think we’re going to go out together no yeah george is fighting with legs is he really should we ride around holding hands i feel even more nervous now probably [Music] panic set in for coaching i found some form that’s it game time how you feeling absolutely nothing more i got on your wheel should have just kept it mine yeah when I saw you on my wheel I was like “Oh no.” And then I put a big stint in at the end cuz I saw he got dropped distanced a bit and I thought that’s going to punish him yeah uh power doesn’t go to 700 w spicy meatballs right daddy time hello Bobby hello so here are the leaders back in front the two Ians aka the I used to be national champions he’s looking strong he’s looking strong how badly can you let him down is the question quite badly last year puncture oh yeah oh we don’t want to jinx that we want to battle to the end right let’s wait for Dellboy and then it’s the last lap of [Music] torture yeah well done bike bike is absolutely lovely not missed a beat yeah really pleased really lovely yeah so first engine i’d rather have a a bike pass than a bus pass I tell you that but uh yeah heat heat [Music] get the toilet together [Music] stop heat heat [Music] he’s that annoyed i stole his fun no he’s disappeared don’t know where he is uh there was a little part of me that thought I could bridge back over and then I got to the top of that hill and realized I couldn’t how long have you been finish come on Carol i was like pacing that second to last lap cuz I thought I’m going to go again yes when when you showered Georgio was laughing two laps into the one no it’s hard you need to be fit to do two laps but then one doesn’t feel like one you feel like a champion like I I think my second lap I averaged like 290 watt i was like “Oh yeah i’m doing all right here.” And then yeah when I pulled in around there got to that purple tent and I thought I might turn round well done gravel pairs world champions you got to let them have their one moment of glory that’s all they can do they find an easy race where they can beat us like Dellboy 63 they should be ashamed ashamed dboy’s He went back out done his other lap cuz I stole his lap i feel bad now but I thought he wouldn’t want to do it and yeah I thought I might be able to catch failed coaching it turns out I was horribly wrong sorry Dad i feel bad now did you want to go again oh I feel terrible i did my lap anyway but um No cuz when I came off after that two every Sarah was like “Yeah your dad looks like he’s in a bad way.” So I’m like “Oh maybe he’ll want me to do two.” And yeah I feel terrible now but dad done it how’d it feel yeah it was Yeah the first lap was was hard because it splits all the I just felt all that blood in the old wind pipe thing and that’s horrible and then it just relaxed them a little bit so second lap went a bit easier and the fourth lap just did the same as the second lap yeah I’m not being funny but I didn’t finish that far ahead of you on that last one no but I think we finished second oh did we really oh wow uh but it was really great because Wally gave me a cheer Paul did so Paul was giving me a tone and everyone was just like “Get on the back wheel get on the back wheel.” How was the [Music] bike really really nice thanks to John at Victoria Tires he sorted me out a a new tire before we started so big big thank you to him but that’s really really good isn’t it i mean if you’ve never done a gravel event before it’s so low key and nice and everyone’s accommodating no one’s trying to take you off the circuit or anything so it’s fast it is fast on some of the gravel bits you’re like “Wow.” I had the old foot out a couple of times i’m just thinking you’re going down it out yeah really enjoyed it back to the bus pass now now dad been back next year to try and beat the val coaching pair here we go the reason why I got dropped on lap one by the fast boys cookies sarah’s got one it’s tough day wasn’t it tough day at the office rocket it was tough spectating just lying on a picnic blanket yeah she’s been down there playing games living the dream hasn’t been too bad would you attend another bike race it’s quite a long one ah too long okay and today’s winners is [Music]