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Alex Jerome

Alex Jerome

Director of Road & Gravel at Specialized Bicycles; product leader for gravel and road bike innovation

May 28, 2026

2:33
But is that something you guys saw? The, Alex, the professionalization of gravel and the athletes coming to gravel now.
2:40
Yeah, I mean, even going back to Doug's comment, I would say five years ago, obviously there were some people racing Unbound.
2:46
It's been raced for a while.
2:48
But I think, uh, even five years ago or earlier, probably more of an event versus a race.
2:54
And even just over the course of the last five years, now, I mean, we are just seeing people, like a huge number of people actually racing that event.
3:00
Um, and you see a lot of high caliber racers and riders coming over from Europe, obviously in the US as well.
3:06
And especially with Lifetime Grand Prix, just the level of the racing year over year has gotten faster and faster and faster, and the level of athletes has just continues to rise.
3:57
It's really turned into a race," and, I mean, in many ways, you know, a bit of a road race the way you see the tactics playing out now.

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