Sonam Gotthilf

Iceland’s raw, volcanic landscape is incredible stunning, but it’s hard to capture how brutal it is to race a bike across this terrain. After riding 120km solo I’m grateful to come away with 2nd 🥈 place @therifticeland today! Very impressive ride by @rosaklsr who was flying early in the race. And even that I tried, there was no way to catch her. Thanks to everyone who supported me from near and far! 🤩 #iamspecialized_road #gravel #therift #iceland 📸 @_sonam.cc_

Congrats to @tobiaskongstad the new king of the Traka 360 👑 Every consecutive work feels like my best work yet, never been so proud of something I produced. The Traka is feeling more and more like the home race, super happy to be able to cover it for such cool brands as @pasnormalstudios & @iamspecialized (even tho because they do gravel racing so well I had to wait through every podium ceremony of the weekend 😮‍💨)

By popular demand, here’s @madswurtzschmidt @iamspecialized_road Crux shot in Girona during Traka two days before his win on the 200 😮‍💨

Last stage in Bulgaria and another sad day for @federationfrancaisedelalose thanks to @paul_magnier_ 🥇🇫🇷 We were lucky to have a cool spot in the last bend 100m from the finish but also close enough to the buses so we could see the riders take their luggages to the airport and the mechanics packing EVERY bikes into boxes to take on a flight, Sofia’s airport plane loading staff working overtime last night 😬 Second part of the post is mainly photos by @cvetyna 🤌 that we edited as color blocks as I was busy with the M6 (coming soon) Now the real holidays can begin 🧘‍♂️

Having fun in Велико Търново during the @giroditalia I know it’s supposed to be holidays so I just brought one lens with the a7rV, okay yes maybe it’s the 70-200, but I only brought one Sony body, okay yes maybe I did bring the Leica as well but that’s it for full frame, okay yes maybe I had the Ricoh too… I think I just can’t quit shooting photos 😮‍💨 Loved experimenting with shutters between 1/20 and 4 seconds let me know what you think !

Traka 360° Mads on a 100% winrate at Traka, one of the few (if there’s even someone else??) to win both 200 and 360 😮‍💨 Like for the 200 the next day I was on main video + live edit duty, still had time to snap a couple of photos but Tina’s help was welcome more than ever, I mean just look at this first shot, you can even see the AXS light 🤯 Dynamic duo update 2.0 is probably the best one yet, I hope you enjoy the release 📈 Lastly I know Fortunate Son is a bit cliché but Mads has probably a higher W/kg output than those Huey helicopters so I just had to use it 🚁

TRAKA 200 @sofithevilla with the immaculate 100% winrate in Girona 🏆🏆 Not really surprising since she went up the first climb first and had the mouth still closed in z2 (slide3) 😂 5th time there for me and this time doing videos + photos + live updates for @iamspecialized @specialized_offroadracing And oh boy they did well ! So well in fact that the other half of the dynamic duo @cvetyna helped me even more than usual with some bangers photos 😮‍💨🤌

@madswurtzschmidt making that 8%+ gradient look flat during the @gravel.desert race 😮‍💨

sert - DSQ 🙃 My first ever DSQ yesterday.. What started out with some very good racing ended with a very flat feeling. After the peloton was split on the first climbs on the day, a group of around 15 riders, where @magnusbakklaris and I was in, were chasing a 4 man group which where racing for a P.2. After around 50 km, on a very dusty downhill when going 47 km/t, the group where following an official videographer from the race, while they where filming the group they missed a left turn. As we found out to late, we decided to join the course again later after 2 km. This resulted in the 4 man group in front of us was suddenly 15 sec behind us, originally they had an exact 60 sec lead to us. When we found out we stopped racing and the group came back to us and we decided that we would give them a 80 sec lead to make up for this. All these times is official times from Strava. We then started racing again, chased the group down, made a new 6 man group with @magnusbakklaris and I in, and in the end we crossed the line as P.2 and P.3, after some very hard and prober racing the last two hours. 11 riders where then disqualified. I fully respect and understand the decision from @klassmarkcycling , @crisboschf and @gerardfreixes . As this is the 100% correct decision, as you can’t gradually change the roles and it’s good to set a clear example going forward. I do apologise for anyone who has been affected by this. However, I am still frustrated, that when following an official motorbike, while they are filming, will take you off course, as I know it’s our own responsibility to follow the course and the rules, but some things is not that simple with +180 bpm and covered in dust. Would really have loved to come home from the race with a result, as clearly the shape is there. We try again next time. 📸 and bottles from the power couple @_sonam.cc_ and @cvetyna 🙏 @iamspecialized @iamspecialized_road @Internationalcyclingclub @Pasnormalstudios @rideshimano   @Ionity @gozwift @Velux @Salomon @Ceramicspeed @Sweetprotection     @mnstry.nutrition @aioss.nutrition #pasracing

Yesterday wasn’t only about the legs. Happy with my 🥇 place @gravel.desert after a 120km solo breakaway! When @madswurtzschmidt flew by solo, if for sure gave me the extra motivation to bring home a double win for the @specialized_offroadracing team 🔥 📸 @_sonam.cc_ Thank you @gravelearthseries for another great event!

A very good time in Lisboa with the other 1/2 of the dynamic duo through the lens of the mighty GRII ❤️‍🔥

First time in Portugal, and what a beautiful race, we’ll defo come back ! So much greenery and superb landscapes, really loved it 🤌 About the race Mads went antisocial km20 and then finished with 8mins before the second 😮‍💨