The Traka 360 (2024) - Europe's biggest gravel race

Join me back in Girona racing the Traka 360 for a second time! Will I learn from last year's vomit and dehydration shenanigans?
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Thanks to my sponsors for supporting me this year! Ribble, Velocio, Panaracer, Parcours, OTE, Giro Cycles, Wahoo, Chimney Fire Coffee, POC, Selle Italia, Exposure Lights and Cyclowax.
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Thanks to @Josh-Reid for some extra content and Sergi for the thumbnail shot and an extra special thank you to my swanny team.
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Check out my Patreon if you are keen to support me!
patreon.com/MaddyNutt
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Thanks to my sponsors for supporting me this year! Ribble, Velocio, Panaracer, Parcours, OTE, Giro Cycles, Wahoo, Chimney Fire Coffee, POC, Selle Italia, Exposure Lights and Cyclowax.
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Thanks to @Josh-Reid for some extra content and Sergi for the thumbnail shot and an extra special thank you to my swanny team.
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
7:33 Race day
23:18 Post race

[@joef2932]

Swanny killed it. “You’re inspiring the nation” and this race would fall apart without us.

[@maddynutt]

Hahahahah

[@joenutt8647]

Best one yet. Such a good sense of the whole event and Swannie Cam is just hilarious.

[@ScottBaker1]

+5 for such excellent Swanny cam! +10 for a great race! +3 for tan lines and +4 for Pepper!

[@maddynutt]

So many points !!

[@threeohm]

Came to watch Maddy eat rice and for Swanny Cam...stayed for the bike race and Pepper the Cat.

[@maddynutt]

Ahaha Pepper is a cutie

[@flojo7144]

Outstanding racing, and the Swanny cam was fantastic!

[@maddynutt]

Cheers!

[@CyclingSteveL]

Swanny is the Troy Hawkes of the gravel world. Smashing it!

[@Charlieturnerv]

Amazing ride great result. It must feel a bit emotional with swannie cam being so supportive and amazing.

[@maddynutt]

Ahaha very!

[@ramsden35]

Amazing placing! And at the last stop when your girlfriend said “I love you” that got me! Aww what a lovely cat.

[@maddynutt]

Thank you!!

[@mojochaser6383]

Brilliant video! Loved the picnic style feed stop! Swannee cam was ace! Congratulations!! 🏆 Awww, Pepper looks like she's very much at home!!

[@maddynutt]

Ahaha pepper is such a fun cat to look after

[@RickRolling-tc7vb]

Congrats Maddy, that's a brilliant result and a fine reward for all that hard work with training and recces. I knew you had it in you, just needed to get all the ducks lined up. So pleased to see you managing your pace and your fuelling, shows you are really developnig as a racer: Fast, strong and smart. Proud of you! Also - Well done team, she couldn't have done it without you.

[@maddynutt]

Thanks so much and I totally agree RE team!

[@19rovic74]

Great recap on the event. Really enjoyable and funny video.

[@Therogersuk]

Well Done Maddy! Great recap video! Swanny Cam is amazing

[@maddynutt]

Thank you!!

[@wokex]

Awesome to see, that's such a cool race. Well done and congrats on the placement! Swanny cam nailed it as always

[@mistersmith158]

MADDY MADDY MADDY MADDY MADDY MADDY MADDY MADDY!!!!!!!! (8 Maddys for 8th Place) Great effort mate wow awesome on a brutal sloppy course. You paced yourself well girl. Riding solo is a mindset, and I ride alone most of the time. Sometimes you gotta do it cause you are strong girl!!!! You dropped a lot of dudes out there. Swanny cam was and is always emotional and hilarious. Great job to the swanny team. I like the Maddy cam, but swanny cam is the pinnacle of the fan energy and dedication. Lots of love to you girls, and this has been a great racing season so far Maddy. Anything is possible; my mantra feel free to use it. All the best from one of you Utter Nutters and come on people no shame in being an Utter Nutter LOL. Maddy is glowing up on the gravel scene.

[@maddynutt]

Thanks so much!!! I was super happy with this one :)

[@rasmus9311]

Totally sold on the bratty cam

[@manfrommontreal]

Impressive result considering the muddy conditions. Great ride!

[@maddynutt]

Thanks so much!

[@Peo_Sahlin]

Amazing support team. 😊

[@maddynutt]

The best!

[@teeterboy3]

Saw the result posted right after the race, and was stoked you cracked top ten! Eighth! Dude!! In that field what an accomplishment!! Super trooper! Congratulations on the result, and like always love the videos.

[@maddynutt]

Thanks so much!! I was mega chuffed with that result in that field

[@jackbmth7783]

Absolutely awesome result! Chapeau Maddy 💪🥳😎

[@maddynutt]

Thanks so much!

[@immydone9493]

This video just popped up on my recommended. You and the people you surround yourself with have great vibes! Brill riding, I’ve subscribed!! Xx

[@maddynutt]

So glad to hear ☺️ we try and have great vibes ahah xx

[@deblordoutdoors5783]

Awesome video! Well bloody done, and amazing Swanny bants too🙌🏼

[@maddynutt]

Thank you!! and the swannies say thank you too

[@LloydjHardyFishing]

Nice ride, thanks for sharing.

[@mwbev]

Congrats Maddy ! Really enjoyed the video and great result 🙌

[@maddynutt]

Cheers!!

[@thedoginside]

Smashed it! Best video of yours that I've seen yet, you get a real sense of the event 👏

[@maddynutt]

Cheers :) has good fun making this!

[@vander82]

This was really entertaining. Lovelly good vibes. Well done all of you!

[@maddynutt]

Thank you!

[@jamesmarshall1673]

Great ride Maddy! I think you were right to pace yourself. What an epic ride. Thanks for bringing us along with you, it’s a really interesting insight.

[@maddynutt]

Thanks so much! I agree, I reckon I would have blown up if I had gone out harder at the start.

[@Sweeneybyname]

You all doing the 360 are heroes. That was hella muddy a day later on the 200, so can't imagine how grim it must have been in places for you lot. Congrats on the top 10 finish Maddy, huge shift.

[@maddynutt]

Definitely not easy to do any of those courses after that rain!!! Cheers :)

[@hansthijs]

Such an effort, hats off. Your friends did a fine job too, funny while serious when they have to

[@maddynutt]

Thank you :)

[@fraji1]

Yeah Maddy you go girl! You had a plan and you stuck with it. Calm and focused. Great job ! Swannies were on point. Are you coming to the US this year?

[@andygolborne5747]

Excellent film once again. Hard riding. Big efforts. Loving Swanny cam.

[@maddynutt]

Thanks so much!!

[@johnsenior478]

Animals can always identify the nicest and coolest people who won’t mind if you sit on their head…great vlog, great race, great swanny’s ( ies ?) ( Not sure about the plural) Top 10 you said..Top 10 you got. ⚡️👍🔥

[@maddynutt]

Woop woop!!

[@318ishonk]

Great result no doubt thanks to over-the-top swannying. The Swannie had it all under control this time and Maddy just had to ride. Also great to see the inter-team working and motivational scream... I mean chanting. You guys got this 👍

[@maddynutt]

The over the top swannies definitely had it all under control! thank you!! ☺️

[@Martin-on2pp]

First time I saw a race like this (I ride race and cycling holidays) and it was great!!! Nice team you have. At first I didn't understand "swanny" (I am Dutch), but it comes from soigneur. I am going to follow you, seems like fun. To old to start gravelling myself 😁👍🇳🇱🚴‍♀️

[@maddynutt]

Never too old to start gravelling!!!!

[@alanbenham4139]

Super stuff Maddy. Very many congratulations on your result.

[@maddynutt]

Thank you 🤩

[@AntoineThisdale]

9:21 Tabarnak! ahah hello from Quebec i guess ;P

[@Kiwisail]

So much love! Awesome.

[@maddynutt]

Thank you!

[@andrewschirmer3849]

Brilliant all round Maddy + team chapeau all!

[@maddynutt]

Thank you!

[@tomfitz3324]

Great video!

[@terrynottle255]

Great film fantastic performance

[@Noypi_cyclist]

Swanny cam 🙌🙌 great job 👏

[@RonnyChopper-oz5jl]

FANTASTIC WORLD CLASS ongoing from GoPro perspective. INCREDIBLE FANTASTIC

[@maddynutt]

Cheers !!

[@darrin2382]

congrats!

[@wojciechpsk5808]

Congrats Maddy Great result, massive effort👏👏 🦢 Cam 🔝 👏

[@maddynutt]

Cheers ☺️

[@Bikes-n-Stuff]

Missed it , but felt like I lived it through this, thanks. Awesome. And a muddy one, who could have predicted....

[@maddynutt]

Not typical girona gravel!!

[@craigcarr2202]

Fantastic footage loving it Maddy put me to shame got some guts.❤

[@maddynutt]

Cheers!

[@helenbenham19]

Wow, what a ride and many congratulations on a great result 🙌.

[@maddynutt]

Thanks so much! :)

[@sheen675]

Amazing performance, great ride! I love your cat :)

[@maddynutt]

Sadly not my cat but thank youuu!

[@PavelGsport]

Hey! You so pretty and so brave! Grate ride!

[@Satuduatigaempat12]

I really enjoyed swanny cam😂😂😂

[@hugoed3740]

Brilliant result after a fantastic team effort, well done everyone. Your getting quite good at this gravel millarky, just need a race with a little less mud 😂👏👏👏💪🏅☕️

[@maddynutt]

Ahahah I would love a race with no mud

[@NickHansonPhotography]

Excellent video and well done Maddy. Swannie Cam was ace, with Courtney and Amira on top form.

[@maddynutt]

Thanks so much! They were on top form all weekend.

[@victorbozo]

Ahahah, at 17:38 I remember this moment. I had just passed your friends who were dancing during the race! 😂

[@maddynutt]

hahah they are so silly

[@dcorzi]

Great race and video! The kitty is super cute 😊

[@maddynutt]

Thank you!!

[@Rambomname]

Thumbs Up 👍 for the Swanny Cam!

[@maddynutt]

Ahaha they were funny

[@JoePresentsWTF]

The swanny cam production values have gone through the roof

[@maddynutt]

ahahah so glad

[@warrensanders5842]

Maddy - you are so strong this year!!! See you very soon up here in Scotland.

[@maddynutt]

cheers!! Hoping I am not still fatigued for the gralloch

[@jjjjoao]

best pit crew :-)

[@hnurminen]

You guys make such a great Team (yes, with a capital T) - keep doing what you're doing! Sadly, I believe, I will not see you at FNLD GRVL this year...

[@maddynutt]

Sadly can’t make that this year !!

[@gordonmackintosh4996]

Wow 360km of gravel, mud and whatever else the course thew at you. Well Done Miss Maddy Nutt with 8th place, an amazing effort. Kudos to your swannies and their moral boosting support. When you were talking to camera after the race I thought initially Pepper was giving you a neck massage but just chilling.. Hope you managed an end of race ritual ice cream.

[@maddynutt]

I might need to teach her how to neck massage tbh! We need to do ice cream for sure!

[@gordonmackintosh4996]

So cute is Pepper and so good of you to try teach her to be a masseuse. Watch out for the claws. Ah cats like ice cream too.

[@Chloe-ei9iw]

Next race you could have the swannies swap your GoPro for one with a fresher battery at the feed stops, might help get footage from the latter parts of races.

[@maddynutt]

I was thinking this, but honestly I didn't stop for long enough ahah

[@madisonvillavert745]

I love the swannes

[@Hardchoices4aneasylife]

12mins 15 in that's where I losty glasses on that branch sticking out on the right of that massive puddle

[@maddynutt]

Eeeek that doesn’t sound fun!

[@petesjk]

All hands on deck for the Traka! Yea! I feel like it’s easy to forget to eat/drink/have nutrition. And there are never enough portable toilets.

[@maddynutt]

Noooo the peeing has to be done in the open 🫣 much harder for women than men

[@eltribun]

Nutt'n better than big support from your people.... I prefer getting yelled at me "you suck, my granny rides faster than you" 😂 great coverage 👍👍❤‍🔥

[@maddynutt]

hahahaha that is a fun thing to hear

[@enricobailoni6158]

Brava , 🙂

[@ebrahimgora9938]

Great video and love the commentary. Did someone say “get out of my way” at the beginning?

[@maddynutt]

Ahaha I am not sure but someone crashed into me from the side and I was like "wooahhhh" and someone else shouted at them.

[@septemous]

Really a smashing effort. The 200 still has me sore. Racing for 360?? Nutty !!

[@maddynutt]

Next year? 👀

[@septemous]

@@maddynutt I'm thinking a faster 200 for me next year right now!

[@Moriseifel]

Swannie Cam haha

[@alqubes]

next year i want to be your swannie ...

[@inotoni6148]

I lived in Girona for more than 5 years but somehow never heard of this race.

[@maddynutt]

woahh it is huge!!

[@derekcravenPT]

Once again, a fantastic race report from all aspects of the event…pity about the GoPro!

[@maddynutt]

I might need to find another onboard camera or get them to replace it!

[@ponentegravel]

Super Girl 🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝

[@richardmarzec9136]

Pepper the meowseuse

[@adrianmoss1819]

Danger of spin off series , lead actor fading away to swanny cam. Shows it human interest story more than cycling, great film

[@rafaelmedina604]

Congratulation Maddy, you rock it, still there are due dates for 2024 in which I wish you all the best

[@maddynutt]

Thank youuu!

[@Richz2]

i think Swanny Cam Courtney burnt more Kj's than Maddy. She is never still!

[@maddynutt]

hahahha she has adhd ahah

[@julianhowell6351]

Top 10 rule ~ piss your pants 😂 great video girls

[@murranz]

Bought or brought?

[@davidvonslingshot]

what tires used.

[@maddynutt]

Panaracer Gravelking X1s 40

[@ZenEndurance]

All I can think about is the tan lines on her forehead and I love it. Legit cyclist proof activated!

[@maddynutt]

hahahah they are so bad

[@user-vh2qr7dc5x]

Don't eat Pringle junk food will catch up with you