Where did the race specific training plans go?
TR had a variety of race specific plans…Road, rolling road, climbing road, gravel etc.
I’m trying to create a winter plan that has the goal or training to do Gravel races in the Spring.
When I create my plan, the final phase (Specialty) has me doing a Gran Fondo plan.
When you are in the Training Plans area, below the Custom Training Plan area that is emphasized / recommended, there is an area for Training Phases. Click on the “view phase” link and you can then find all the usual options (sustained build, gran fondo, rolling road race, etc)
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As @Power13 said, you can find all of our individual plans by going to the Training Plans tab and then clicking on the “View Phases” link towards the bottom of the page. Here’s a screenshot of what that should look like:
To clarify on your Plan Builder plan, the Specialty Phase that PB is slotting in for you should be correct. The Gran Fondo Specialty Phase is what we’d recommend for preparing for gravel races. Here’s that phase’s description:
For athletes who are targeting long gravel races, gran fondos, or spirited multi-hour group rides, the Gran Fondo plans are the ideal choice. These specialty blocks primarily focus on muscular endurance, equipping you to pedal powerfully for hours on end over widely varied terrain. But they also include some higher-intensity VO2 max efforts, so you’ll have the fitness you need to stay at the front when the pace rises.
So while fondos are generally on pavement and gravel races aren’t, both event types have a lot of overlapping fitness demands. The Gran Fondo plan will get your fitness where it needs to be for your gravel races in the spring. 
Hope that helps clear things up – let me know if you have any other questions!
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Am I correct to assume that there is very little difference in the training plans between the Rolling Road race the Gran Fondo/Gravel?
I tried creating both plans and they look very similar.
There are certainly some similarities – the biggest difference, though, is that the Rolling RR plan will incorporate more surges into your training than the Fondo plan would.
Here is an example week from the Rolling RR plan:
And here is an example week from the Gravel/Fondo plan:
Hopefully that helps display the differences between the typical workouts you’d see in each plan. Road racing generally has more attacks/counterattacks/surges than gravel races do, so that’s reflected in the Rolling RR plan. The Gravel/Fondo plan focuses more on pure, sustained power efforts.
Either plan could ultimately work for a gravel race – it really depends on how you’d like to approach the event. If you’re the kind of racer who prefers surges/attacks and then recovering more than maintaining a steadier pace, then the Rolling RR plan would be good race prep for that kind of strategy. Many athletes, however, prefer to take a more “conservative” or steady approach to longer events like gravel races.
Thanks Zack
I think Rolling Road race is the place to be.
I’ve done both the Barry-Roubaix and Paris to Ancaster races and the groups I try to stay with turn up the heat on hills and the flats.
Cheers
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No problem! If the heat’s on, I agree, it sounds like Rolling RR is the way to go. 
Happy training!