2026 will be a season built with intention, with a clear direction: moving forward the right way.
A season where pleasure takes its place again, where choices are deliberate, and where desire matters as much as performance.
And above all, a season to share: meaningful routes, adventures ridden as a pair, and that particular dynamic that exists only when you move forward together.
The Gravel Earth Series — Santa Vall, Gravel Desert, The Traka — are stepping stones.
Fast, nervous races, perfect for finding benchmarks, testing the engine, and assessing my condition. High pace, no concessions. Ideal for knowing where I stand before switching to longer efforts.
In the middle of this preparation sits FlatLandes, the event Phil and I are developing.
The 200 km remains the core, the 100 km needs to be confirmed, and the idea of a future ultra floats in the background — but not for 2026. Before going longer, we need to consolidate, refine, validate. Build before stretching the line.
He was there in the hardest moments, from the first days of my Guillain-Barré. Today, our levels have aligned. We ride with the same rhythm, the same intent. After losing our father this year, riding together takes on another meaning — something strong, demanding, almost necessary.
Two events define this direction:
2026 will also be a year of off-format adventures: trips, long routes, no race number, no event logistics. Moving forward for the sake of moving forward. Finding myself alone with the distance. Picking up my camera again — documenting, creating, telling another kind of story.
2026 will be a simple and honest season: races to test myself, projects to build, adventures to share, and the will to trace lines that matter.
