A winner of four Grand Tour stages, Michael Woods retired last summer after 15 years of road racing. After completing his fifth Tour de France, he decided new challenges would put him outside his comfort zone and onto a beautiful new path. This weekend begins that track at the two-day Santa Vall in Spain as a gravel privateer convert.
The Gravel Earth Series opener near his home in Andorra will be his first off-road race with new partner Ventum bikes, then on to Sea Otter Classic Gravel and Unbound Gravel 200 in the US and a UCI Gravel World Series stop in Québec at OG Classique, as well as a qualification event for Ironman World Championships.
