Alvin Holbrook

1 week ago | velo.outsideonline.com | Alvin Holbrook

We met with so many of the top athletes of Unbound Gravel 2025 that we had to make a part two of the best pro tech from the biggest gravel race in the world, Unbound Gravel. How are the pros preparing? We found out all of that and more by meeting with Greg Van Avermaet, Melisa Rollins, Torbjørn Andre Røed, and Alexis Skarda to figure out exactly how they're preparing this year.

1 week ago | velo.outsideonline.com | Alvin Holbrook

Unbound Gravel has quickly become a hotbed of new and unreleased tech, perhaps more so this year than any other. We got the chance to check out the race expo, meet the pros, and get a brief glimpse of the latest and greatest gear they have. We also dug into their setups prior to the race to learn about strategy, tire choice, and more. This video includes an unreleased Pinarello under Axelle Dubau-Prévôt, and another unreleased Orbea gravel bike under Pas Racing's Morgan Aguirre.

1 week ago | velo.outsideonline.com | Alvin Holbrook

We went to Emporia, Kansas, to learn how the pros are setting up their bikes for whatever might come from the biggest gravel race in the world, Unbound Gravel. This gallery pulls from our first video in our Unbound Gravel video series. We got into the nuts and bolts with Alexey Vermeulen, Keegan Swenson, Hannah Otto, and Petr Vakoc to figure out how they're preparing for what is one of the most chaotic bike races in the world.

1 week ago | velo.outsideonline.com | Alvin Holbrook |Hannah Gross

Unbound Gravel is here, and that means it's time for our annual attempt to predict the future. After days of rain in the leadup to Unbound Gravel, race conditions Saturday are shaping up to be a bit different from the dry Unbound of 2024. With the race changing so much depending on weather, last year's results mean little for trying to predict this year's outcome. Winning a hot and dry Unbound of 2024 versus a Mudbound™ à la the chaos of the 2023 Unbound - those are two entirely different things.

1 week ago | velo.outsideonline.com | Alvin Holbrook

Mattia de Marchi needs no introduction, at least in Europe. The three-time winner of the Traka 360 finished fifth in the 2024 Unbound 200, however, showing he has the chops to keep up with the best riders at Unbound. This year, he's taking this Basso Palta to Unbound Gravel 200 this year. What's the difference between this bike and the others? He appears to have a set of prototype tires from Pirelli, as well as a 13-speed wireless Campagnolo groupset on his bike, among many other things.