Is Pete Stetina "RUINING" Gravel?

In what is surely a controversial move, former US road racer Pete Stetina tweeted his upcoming 2020 gravel race schedule with the hashtag #PeteRuinedGravel (a nod to the eternal debate of whether pro road racers pedaling into the growing gravel scene actually undermines the "cool" & "organic" feel of gravel races).

Regardless of your thoughts on that debate, Stetina's race schedule is perhaps the most ambitious gravel season IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. He's racing literally every material gravel event under the sun (with some mountain bike races thrown in for good measure).  Check this out:

• January through May: Grasshopper Adventure Series, (California)
• March 13: Mid South Gravel (Stillwater, Oklahoma)
• April 4: Fish Rock (Bentonville, Arkansas)
• April 16-19: Sea Otter Classic (Monterrey, California)
• April 24-26:  Whiskey 50 Off Road Epic Series MTB (Prescott, Arizona)
• May 3: Belgian Waffle Ride (San Diego, California)
• May 30: Dirty Kanza 200 (Emporia, Kansas)
• June 6: Lost & Found Gravel Grinder (Portola, California)
• June 13: Truckee Gravel Fondo (Truckee, California)
• June 26-28: Carson City Off Road Epic Series MTB (Carson City, Nevada)
• July 11: The Crushar in the Tushar (Beaver, Utah)
• July 25: Iceland Rift Gravel (Somewhere in Remote Iceland)
• August 15: Leadville 100 MTB (Leadville, Colorado)
• August 16: Steamboat Gravel (a.k.a SBT GRVL) (Steamboat, Colorado)
• August 23: Vermont Overland (Reading, Vermont)
• September 19: Stetina's Paydirt Prospect (Location Undetermined?)
• September 26: TBC (Asheville, NC)
• October 24: Big Sugar Gravel Race (Bentonville, Arkansas)

Good luck Pete. Don't ruin Gravel!

*Side note. When Pete tweeted this 2020 schedule, Ted King tweeted back "Hate to break it to you Pete, but I ruined gravel years ago." I love Ted King.