GRAVEL50–100 mi· 6,560 ftMid South Gravel
Stillwater, OKMarch 14, 2026
6,560 ft elevation gain
Race-day execution · for cyclistsThe race-day plan
The race-day plan
you can actually
follow.
FinalClimb turns your FTP, weight, and goal time into a race-day plan that lives where you need it — on your Garmin, on your top tube, and in your crew's hands. Built for gravel, MTB, road, and ultra-endurance cycling.
104mi
Leadville Trail 100
+11,865ft
Climbing
10:15
Goal time
Every screen on this page is one real plan — the founder's 2025 Leadville ride, plate 143.
143
LEADVILLE 100 · MTB
Goal 10:15 · 278W FTP · 72kg
ElevationAidYou
12,540 ft
9,200 ft
PIPELINEMI 24
TWIN LAKESMI 40
COLUMBINEMI 50
TWIN LAKESMI 60
FINISHMI 104
MI 18.4
0255075100 mi
TARGET NP
186w
FUEL/HR
96g
GOAL SPLIT
10:15
HIGH POINT
12,540 ft
FINALCLIMB · IQ
MI 18.4
ETA · AID 1
02:47
PIPELINE · 24.2 MI
PWR
186w
+4 of target
FUEL
96g
in 12 min
NEXT 25 MI+ 3,100 FT
FINALCLIMB · IQ
MI 18.4
ETA · AID 1
02:47
PIPELINE · 24.2 MI
PWR
186w
+4 of target
FUEL
96g
in 12 min
NEXT 25 MI+ 3,100 FT
Built forGravelMountain BikeRoadUltra-EnduranceCyclocrossDelivered viaGarmin Connect IQTop-tube stickerCrew PDF
The race guide
Every major gravel & MTB race. One place.
Courses, dates, elevation, aid stations, and registration for the races that matter — free to explore, growing every week.
8+
Races loaded
Every course, cutoff, and aid station — free to explore. Browse the full race guide →
MI 0 · The gunPower targets
Power targets set before the gun.
Enter your FTP once. We adjust for altitude, zone your terrain, and hand back targets for the climb, the roller, and the flat — so you never light the match at mile 22.
- Altitude-adjusted FTP calculations
- Terrain-specific power zones
- Effort modes: Conservative, Tempo, Pushing
- Normalized power recommendations
MI 24 · PipelineCheckpoint splits
Every checkpoint, timed in advance.
See exactly when to hit each checkpoint for your goal time. Cutoffs, supplies, and crew windows, printed on your top tube and streamed to your Garmin.
A1PipelineMI 2402:47
A2Twin LakesMI 4005:04
A3ColumbineMI 6007:22
FIN6th & HarrisonMI 10410:15
MI 40 · Twin LakesNutrition plan
Fuel on schedule — not on feel.
Grams of carb, milliliters of water, milligrams of sodium, laid out against the clock. Add your favorite products; we map them to the hour.
96g/hr
Carbohydrate
750ml/hr
Hydration
600mg/hr
Sodium
3,100kcal
Total race
MI 50 · ColumbineThe outputs
One plan, three places.
Splits stream to your Garmin, print as a top-tube sticker, and ride in your crew's back pocket as a one-page PDF.
ETA · AID 1
02:47
PIPELINE
PWR
186
FUEL
96g
01 · Garmin IQ
Live on your head unit
Connect IQ data field for Edge 540, 840, 1040+. ETAs, target power, fuel cadence.
02 · Top-Tube Sticker
No battery required
Print-ready PDF sized to your top tube. Print at home, or on waterproof vinyl at any print shop.
FINALCLIMBLEADVILLE · 10:15
Athlete 143
A1 PIPELINE02:47
A2 TWIN LAKES05:04
A3 COLUMBINE07:22
FIN HARRISON10:15
FUEL · 96g/hr · 750ml/hr
03 · Crew PDF
Hand it to your crew
Full race plan: splits, supplies, drop-bag contents, nutrition schedule. One page, printable.
MI 78 · PowerlineCommunity intel
See what the front of the pack ran.
Log your rig: tires, gearing, hydration, crew notes. Browse setups from last year's field, filtered by finish time.
Tires45c Riddler68%
Gearing46 / 10-4652%
Bottles2 + 1.5L pack61%
ShoesCarbon gravel73%
Sample data: community pages fill in as each year's field logs their setups.
How it works
Race-ready in minutes.
Three steps from sign-in to start line.
01STEP
Tell us who's on the bike.
FTP, weight, altitude tolerance, nutrition habits. Takes five minutes. No sensor pairing, no activity uploads.
02STEP
Pick your race.
Choose from the pre-loaded race library and set a goal time. The plan recalculates live.
03STEP
Execute the plan.
Sync to your Garmin. Print the top-tube sticker. Hand the PDF to your crew. Then ride it.
Prediction accuracy
We check our math against real races
FinalClimb doesn't guess your finish from averages. It simulates the ride from first principles — gravity, rolling resistance, aero drag, momentum — solved point by point over the actual course file, then layered with altitude, fatigue, hike-a-bike, and stop strategy. We calibrate that physics against real race files, checked not just at the finish line but at every aid-station arrival in between — currently within ~5% on every course we've checked. When the model misses, we fix the physics, not the marketing.
4
Races calibrated against real ride files
<5%
Finish-time error, every race checked so far
20
Aid-station arrivals checked, not just finish lines
Triple Bypass: 0.7% off. Chequamegon 40: 0.6% off. SBT GRVL Black: 2.6% off. Leadville Trail 100: 4.3% off — our largest miss so far, still inside 5%. All four are the founder's own race files — 12,000-foot summits and washboard descents included, not lab conditions.
What the model accounts for
- Course elevation, mile by mile
- Surface mix & rolling resistance
- Your tires — casing and width
- Altitude & acclimatization days
- Aid-station stop strategy
- Hike-a-bike sections
- Technical descent speeds
- Fatigue over race duration
Methodology: predictions are checked against real ride files (FIT/GPX) — official chip time where the event publishes one — not simulated averages. These same rides tune the model, so we call it calibration, not independent validation — that comes as the set grows beyond the founder's own files. Raced one of these events? Send your ride file to support@thefinalclimb.com and we'll run it through the harness. Your own prediction is only as honest as the FTP and weight you enter.
Chris Winterhack
Founder · Leadville 100 finisher · 2025
From the founderRead the full story
“The plan was perfect. I just had no way to carry it up the mountain.”
In 2025 I lined up at Leadville with a year of training, a world-class coach, and a printed race plan. The fitness was there. The plan was there.
What I didn't have was a way to follow it on the bike. I ended up gluing together Google Docs, spreadsheets, and Facebook threads at 3 AM the morning of the race.
FinalClimb is the instrument I wanted at mile 72. One plan, one place, on the bike.
MI 104 · 6th & HarrisonLine up with a plan
Line up with a plan
worth following.
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