One of gravel’s top players, Carolin Schiff (Canyon), has announced that she will be sitting out the rest of the 2025 cycling season after a succession of breaks left the winner of Unbound in 2023 to the realisation that something more was going on.
Schiff, who started the season with a win at the UCI Gravel World Series event, Castellon Gravel Race, and tried to chase a third win at The Traka 200, but came sixth while racing with a broken rib.
The health implications of the emphasis on watts per kilogram (w/kg) and consequent pressure to lose weight and spectre of REDS – Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport – and its impact on bone density and reproductive health have been drawn into the spotlight in road cycling through recent times.
French cyclist Cédrine Kerbaol, who has a diploma in nutrition studies, launched an Instagram account, @f.e.e.d_powr (Fuelling for Endurance, Energy, and Durability), to raise awareness of and speak out on the topic.
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