What does it take to win the world's biggest ultra bikepacking races? Alex McCormack knows. Despite having only taken up the sport properly two years ago and, at 26, being one of its younger proponents, he is already sitting among the top branches of the ultra-riding tree, having won Morocco's 1,300km Atlas Mountain Race in February.
What it takes, he says, is focus – though his impressive FTP of 380 watts won't hurt either.
