← All eventsBelgian Waffle Ride Montana
The newest BWR and final race of the Quad-Tripel Crown — ~87mi/~2,800m of climbing-heavy Montana mountain gravel + singletrack. Date approximate.
Around 9,186 ft of climbing packed into just 87 miles of Montana mountain gravel. The newest Belgian Waffle Ride, and the race that closes the Quad-Tripel Crown.
It is a hybrid in the BWR mould: big sustained climbs, chunky forest doubletrack, and loose singletrack sectors, stitched together on big-sky terrain near Bozeman and Missoula.
The vert is the whole event. Five to eight hours of climbing, deep in the season, with loose descents that punish tired legs. Get your gearing low and your fuelling dialled.
Who finishes, and how
Patterns like these, drawn straight from 2025 race data, are baked into how Beina coaches you for this event.
Is Belgian Waffle Ride Montana for you?
- Strong climbers with real power to weight. This course is decided on the climbs, not on the flat, so W/kg is what pays.
- Riders confident on loose terrain. Chunky gravel and forest singletrack descents separate the field, especially late when legs are cooked.
- Athletes who can fuel a long day. Five to eight hours of hard climbing makes it easy to under-eat and bonk in the final ascents.
- Crown-chasers who can arrive fresh. As the season finale, freshness beats one more block of fitness.
Training plan for Belgian Waffle Ride Montana
A training plan for Belgian Waffle Ride Montana isn't a generic base build. Beina reads the event's exact demands, looks at your specific profile and the time you actually have, and maps a highly adapted plan to the start line.
- Around 9,186 ft in under 90 miles: sustained and repeated climbing, not flatland power
- Loose mountain gravel and forest singletrack that demand handling under fatigue
- A 5 to 8 hour climbing day needing 60 to 90g of carbs an hour to hold together
- A Crown finale deep in the season, so accumulated fatigue has to be managed
- Progressive big-vert long ride, building 3hr toward a 5 to 6hr peak with maximal climbing
- Sustained climb repeats, 3 to 5 x 15 to 30min at climbing threshold
- Loose-descent practice on the gravel bike to sharpen handling on chunky terrain
- Event-simulation long ride, 5 to 6hr at target effort with full fuelling rehearsed
- Built from your current fitness and the time you actually have
- Adapts every week as Beina learns how you respond
- Syncs your sessions straight to Garmin and Wahoo
- One clear next session, never a wall of spreadsheet
