{"id":870107,"date":"2026-08-27T09:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T09:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/870107\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T09:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T09:54:09","slug":"youre-not-going-to-race-him-with-50k-to-go-and-hes-doing-seven-watts-a-kilo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/870107\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cYou\u2019re not going to race him with 50k to go and he\u2019s doing seven watts a kilo&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gavin Quinn is a cycling journalist and ultra-distance cyclist with a BA in Journalism from Dublin City University. Formerly the Press &amp; Communications Officer for Cycling Ireland, Gavin has worked inside the national team at the World Championships and has reported for the Irish Mirror, Mirror UK, and The42.<\/p>\n<p>His expertise is backed by elite-level access, having interviewed stars like Sam Bennett and Ben Healy, as well as immense personal endurance. In 2025, he completed a 12,000km solo cycle from Ireland to Vietnam, following a 4,600km tour across Europe. From the cobbles of Paris-Roubaix to the gradients of the Tourmalet, Gavin\u2019s writing focuses on the &#8220;romance and brutality&#8221; of the sport. Having visited 50+ countries, he brings a global, cultural perspective to his coverage of the pro peloton for CyclingUpToDate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gavin Quinn is a cycling journalist and ultra-distance cyclist with a BA in Journalism from Dublin City University.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":870108,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,79612,245102,85,6494,39562],"class_list":["post-870107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cycling","tag-geraint-thomas","tag-joshua-tarling","tag-sports","tag-tadej-pogacar","tag-vuelta-a-espana"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=870107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/870108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=870107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=870107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=870107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}