Gravel Races 2025
Latest News from the Race
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The Mid South cancels gravel race amid intensifying wildfires in Oklahoma
107-mile route was to begin Saturday morning from Stillwater -
Melisa Rollins nursing injury rather than starting 2025 US season at Mid South Gravel
Australian trip ends with a broken wrist after the 2024 Leadville winner crashed at Otway Odyssey mountain bike race -
Sofia Gomez Villafañe and Daxton Mock grab gravel wins at Valley of Tears despite wild weather and compressed course
Snow, sleet, blustery winds and tacky mud leads organisers to shorten long course from 97 to 47 miles, Junior Gravel Series begins
Date | Race | Location | Series | Pro distance | Pro prize money | Junior/U23 status | Notes |
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January 24 | RADL GRVL | McLauren Vale, South Australia | Row 0 - Cell 3 | 106km | $7,000 AUD | Row 0 - Cell 6 | Row 0 - Cell 7 |
January 26 | Low Gap | Ukiah, California USA | Grasshopper | 75km | Row 1 - Cell 5 | Row 1 - Cell 6 | Row 1 - Cell 7 |
February 2 | Old Man Winter Bike Rally | Lyons, Colorado USA | Row 2 - Cell 3 | 112km | $3,000 US | Row 2 - Cell 6 | Row 2 - Cell 7 |
February 8 | BMC Rock Cobbler | Bakersfield, California USA | Row 3 - Cell 3 | 154km | Row 3 - Cell 5 | Row 3 - Cell 6 | Row 3 - Cell 7 |
Feburary 9 | Attck Unrstrktd | Philippines | Global Earth Series (GES) | 240km | Row 4 - Cell 5 | Row 4 - Cell 6 | Row 4 - Cell 7 |
February 15 | Castellon Gravel Race | Castellon, Spain | UCI Gravel World Series (GWS) | 97km | Row 5 - Cell 5 | Row 5 - Cell 6 | Row 5 - Cell 7 |
February 15-16 | Santa Vall stage race | Girona, Spain | GES | 265km | Row 6 - Cell 5 | Row 6 - Cell 6 | Row 6 - Cell 7 |
February 22 | Huffmaster | Maxwell, California | Grasshopper | 143km | Row 7 - Cell 5 | Row 7 - Cell 6 | Row 7 - Cell 7 |
February 23 | Great Otway Gravel Grind | Forrest, Vic, Australia | Row 8 - Cell 3 | 97km | Row 8 - Cell 5 | Row 8 - Cell 6 | Row 8 - Cell 7 |
March 1 | Giro Pio | Costa Rica | GES | 160km | Row 9 - Cell 5 | Row 9 - Cell 6 | Row 9 - Cell 7 |
March 1 | BWR Arizona | Cave Creek, Arizona USA | Belgian Waffle Ride | 166km | Row 10 - Cell 5 | Row 10 - Cell 6 | Row 10 - Cell 7 |
March 8 | Valley of Tears Gravel Race | Turkey, Texas USA | Row 11 - Cell 3 | 148km | $26,000 | US Junior Gravel Series | Row 11 - Cell 7 |
March 9 | Gravel Brazil | Camboriu, Brazil | GWS | 111km | Row 12 - Cell 5 | Row 12 - Cell 6 | Row 12 - Cell 7 |
March 15 | The Mid South | Stillwater, Oklahoma | Row 13 - Cell 3 | 162.5km | Row 13 - Cell 5 | Row 13 - Cell 6 | Row 13 - Cell 7 |
March 23 | Turnhout Gravel | Turnhout, Belgium | GWS | 144km | Row 14 - Cell 5 | Row 14 - Cell 6 | Row 14 - Cell 7 |
March 23 | Rattlesnake Gravel Grind | Sweetwater, Texas | Row 15 - Cell 3 | 169km | Row 15 - Cell 5 | Row 15 - Cell 6 | Row 15 - Cell 7 |
March 29 | 114 Gravel Race | Elvas, Portugal | GWS | 123km | Row 16 - Cell 5 | Row 16 - Cell 6 | Row 16 - Cell 7 |
March 29 | The Hills | Treviso, Italy | GES | 166km | Row 17 - Cell 5 | Row 17 - Cell 6 | Row 17 - Cell 7 |
April 6 | Wörthersee Gravel Race | Velden am Wörthersee, Austria | GWS | 140km | Row 18 - Cell 5 | Row 18 - Cell 6 | Row 18 - Cell 7 |
April 10 | Sea Otter Classic Gravel elites | Monterey, California, USA | Life Time Grand Prix (LTGP) | 145km | $30,000 | Row 19 - Cell 6 | Row 19 - Cell 7 |
April 11 | Sea Otter Classic Gravel | Monterey, California, USA | Row 20 - Cell 3 | 96km | Row 20 - Cell 5 | US Junior Gravel Series, LTGP U23 | Row 20 - Cell 7 |
April 20 | Monaco Gravel Race | Peille, Monaco | GWS | 120km | Row 21 - Cell 5 | Row 21 - Cell 6 | Row 21 - Cell 7 |
April 25 | Giro Sardegna Gravel | Siniscola, Italy | GWS | 122km | Row 22 - Cell 5 | Row 22 - Cell 6 | Row 22 - Cell 7 |
April 26 | Highlands Gravel Classic | Fayetteville,Arkansas, USA | GWS | 109km | Row 23 - Cell 5 | Row 23 - Cell 6 | Row 23 - Cell 7 |
April 26 | Ponderosa Pines/Australian Championships | Mount Crawford, SA, Australia | Row 24 - Cell 3 | 104km | Row 24 - Cell 5 | U23; U19 distance is 72km | Row 24 - Cell 7 |
April 27 | Paris to Ancaster | Paris, Ontario, Canada | GWS | 110km | Row 25 - Cell 5 | Row 25 - Cell 6 | Row 25 - Cell 7 |
April 27 | BWR California | Del Mar, California | Belgian Waffle Ride | 193km | Row 26 - Cell 5 | Row 26 - Cell 6 | Row 26 - Cell 7 |
April 27 | Ukiah-Mendo Gravel Epic | Ukiah, California USA | Grasshopper | 122km | Row 27 - Cell 5 | Row 27 - Cell 6 | Row 27 - Cell 7 |
May 2 | The Traka 360 | Girona, Spain | GES | 360km | Row 28 - Cell 5 | Row 28 - Cell 6 | Row 28 - Cell 7 |
May 3 | The Ceder Gravel Race | Cederberg, South Africa | GWS | 114km | Row 29 - Cell 5 | Row 29 - Cell 6 | Row 29 - Cell 7 |
May 3 | The Traka 200 | Girona, Spain | GES | 200km | Row 30 - Cell 5 | Row 30 - Cell 6 | Row 30 - Cell 7 |
May 10 | The Devils Cardigan | Derby, Tasmania, Australia | GWS | 106km | Row 31 - Cell 5 | Row 31 - Cell 6 | Row 31 - Cell 7 |
May 10 | King Ridge | Duncan Mills, California | Grasshopper | 146km | $2,000 for series | Row 32 - Cell 6 | Row 32 - Cell 7 |
May 11 | Marly Grav Race | Valkenburg, Netherlands | GWS | 120km | Row 33 - Cell 5 | Row 33 - Cell 6 | formerly Gravel Fondo Limburg |
May 17 | Seven | Nannup, WA, Australia | GWS | 125km | Row 34 - Cell 5 | Row 34 - Cell 6 | Row 34 - Cell 7 |
May 17 | The Gralloch | Gatehouse of Fleet, Scotland | GWS | 110km | Row 35 - Cell 5 | Row 35 - Cell 6 | Row 35 - Cell 7 |
May 17 | Stetina's Paydirt | Carson City, Nevada USA | Row 36 - Cell 3 | 111km | $10,000 women only | Row 36 - Cell 6 | Row 36 - Cell 7 |
May 17 | Gravel Primavera Borgå | Finland | Nordic Gravel | 150km | Row 37 - Cell 5 | Row 37 - Cell 6 | Row 37 - Cell 7 |
May 24 | Gravel Locos | Hico, Texas USA | Row 38 - Cell 3 | 241km | Row 38 - Cell 5 | Row 38 - Cell 6 | Row 38 - Cell 7 |
May 24 | BWR Utah | Cedar City, Utah USA | Belgian Waffle Ride | 165km | Row 39 - Cell 5 | Row 39 - Cell 6 | Row 39 - Cell 7 |
May 31 | 3RIDES Gravel Race | Aachen, Germany | GWS | 123km | Row 40 - Cell 5 | Row 40 - Cell 6 | Row 40 - Cell 7 |
May 31 | Life Time Unbound Gravel 200 | Emporia, Kansas USA | LTGP | 322km | $30,000 | Row 41 - Cell 6 | Row 41 - Cell 7 |
May 31 | Life Time Unbound Gravel 100 | Emporia, Kansas USA | Row 42 - Cell 3 | 160km | Row 42 - Cell 5 | LTGP U23 | Row 42 - Cell 7 |
May 31 | Life Time Unbound Gravel 50 | Emporia, Kansas USA | Row 43 - Cell 3 | 80km | Row 43 - Cell 5 | US Junior Gravel Series | Row 43 - Cell 7 |
June 7 | Gravel Adventure | Szklarska Poreba - Jakuszyce, Poland | GWS | 108km | Row 44 - Cell 5 | Row 44 - Cell 6 | Row 44 - Cell 7 |
June 7 | Festivus of Gravel | Thorsby, Alberta, Canada | GES | 190km | Row 45 - Cell 5 | Row 45 - Cell 6 | Row 45 - Cell 7 |
June 14 | Gravel Challenge Blaavands Huk | Blaavands, Denmark | GWS | 162km | Row 46 - Cell 5 | Row 46 - Cell 6 | Row 46 - Cell 7 |
June 14 | Safari Gravel Race | Hell's Gate, Naivasha, Kenya | GWS | 100km | Row 47 - Cell 5 | Row 47 - Cell 6 | Row 47 - Cell 7 |
June 14 | Lost & Found Gravel | Portola, California USA | GES | 161km | Row 48 - Cell 5 | Row 48 - Cell 6 | Row 48 - Cell 7 |
June 15 | Wish One Millau Grands Causses | Millau, France | GWS | 130km | Row 49 - Cell 5 | Row 49 - Cell 6 | Row 49 - Cell 7 |
June 17-20 | Migration Gravel stage race | Kenya | GES | 650km | Row 50 - Cell 5 | Row 50 - Cell 6 | Row 50 - Cell 7 |
June 21 | Eislek Gravel Luxembourg | Vianden, Luxembourg | GWS | 120km | Row 51 - Cell 5 | Row 51 - Cell 6 | Row 51 - Cell 7 |
June 25-29 | Oregon Trail Gravel Grinder stage race | Bend, Oregon USA | GES | 563km | Row 52 - Cell 5 | Row 52 - Cell 6 | Row 52 - Cell 7 |
June 28 | Gravel Suisse | Villars, Switzerland | GWS | 104km | Row 53 - Cell 5 | Row 53 - Cell 6 | Row 53 - Cell 7 |
June 29 | SBT GRVL Race | Steamboat Sprints, Colorado USA | Row 54 - Cell 3 | 182km | $22,000 | US Junior Gravel Series (120km) | Row 54 - Cell 7 |
June 29 | BWR Montana | Bozeman, Montana USA | Belgian Waffle Ride | 160km | BWR series prize purse tba | Row 55 - Cell 6 | Row 55 - Cell 7 |
July 5 | NGS Bergslagen elite men | Nora, Sweden | Nordic Gravel | 173km | Row 56 - Cell 5 | NGS U23 division | Row 56 - Cell 7 |
July 5 | NGS Bergslagen elite women | Nora, Sweden | Nordic Gravel | 110km | Row 57 - Cell 5 | NGS U23 division | Row 57 - Cell 7 |
July 6 | Hegau Gravel Festival | Singen, Germany | GWS | 136km | Row 58 - Cell 5 | Row 58 - Cell 6 | Row 58 - Cell 7 |
July 6 | Gravel México | El Mastranto, Real de Catorce, Mexico | GES | 241km | Row 59 - Cell 5 | Row 59 - Cell 6 | Row 59 - Cell 7 |
July 12 | Gravel One Fifty | Peize, Netherlands | GWS | 150km | Row 60 - Cell 5 | Row 60 - Cell 6 | Row 60 - Cell 7 |
July 12 | Alpine Gravel Challenge | Switzerland | GES | 100km | Row 61 - Cell 5 | Row 61 - Cell 6 | Row 61 - Cell 7 |
July 19 | The Range | Claresholm, Alberta, Canada | GES | 112km | Row 62 - Cell 5 | Row 62 - Cell 6 | Row 62 - Cell 7 |
July 19 | The Rift | Hvolsvöllur, Iceland | GES | 200km | Row 63 - Cell 5 | Row 63 - Cell 6 | Row 63 - Cell 7 |
July 26 | Gravel Desert Monegros | Fraga, Spain | GES | 200km | Row 64 - Cell 5 | Row 64 - Cell 6 | Row 64 - Cell 7 |
August 2 | Megre Gravel | Zarasai, Lithuania | GES | 150km | Row 65 - Cell 5 | Row 65 - Cell 6 | Row 65 - Cell 7 |
August 2 | Dirty Sipoo / Finnish Championships | Sipoo, Finland | Nordic Gravel | 150km | Row 66 - Cell 5 | NGS U23 divisions | Row 66 - Cell 7 |
August 8-9 | Gravel Weekend | Tukum, Latvia | GES | 144km | Row 67 - Cell 5 | Row 67 - Cell 6 | Row 67 - Cell 7 |
August 9 | FNLD GRVL | Lahti, Finland | Row 68 - Cell 3 | 177km | €7,000 | Row 68 - Cell 6 | reg. opens March 12 |
August 10 | Heathland Gravel | Terhills, Maasmechelen, Belgium | Row 69 - Cell 3 | 160km | Row 69 - Cell 5 | Row 69 - Cell 6 | qualifier for 2026 Unbound Gravel |
August 16 | Gravel Grit 'n Grind | Halmstad, Sweden | GWS | 133km | Row 70 - Cell 5 | Row 70 - Cell 6 | Row 70 - Cell 7 |
August 16 | CORE4 | Iowa City, Iowa USA | GES | 161km | Row 71 - Cell 5 | Row 71 - Cell 6 | Row 71 - Cell 7 |
August 23 | Monsterrando | Fubine, Italy | GWS | 142km | Row 72 - Cell 5 | Row 72 - Cell 6 | Row 72 - Cell 7 |
August 23 | Khomas100 | Windhoek, Namibia | GWS | 160km | Row 73 - Cell 5 | Row 73 - Cell 6 | Row 73 - Cell 7 |
August 23 | Lauf Gravel Worlds | Lincoln, Nebraska USA | GES | 241km | $100,000 | Row 74 - Cell 6 | Row 74 - Cell 7 |
August 28-31 | Rebecca's Private Idaho stage race | Sun Valley, Idaho USA | GES | 321km | Row 75 - Cell 5 | Row 75 - Cell 6 | Row 75 - Cell 7 |
August 30 | Houffa Gravel | Houffalize, Belgium | GWS | 110km | Row 76 - Cell 5 | Row 76 - Cell 6 | Row 76 - Cell 7 |
September 6 | Falling Leaves Lahti | Lahti, Finland | GES | 180km | Row 77 - Cell 5 | Row 77 - Cell 6 | Row 77 - Cell 7 |
September 6-7 | Graean Cymru | Llyn Brenig, Wales | GWS | 111km | Row 78 - Cell 5 | Row 78 - Cell 6 | Row 78 - Cell 7 |
September 13 | Saga Gravel | Paredones, Chile | GES | 150km | Row 79 - Cell 5 | Row 79 - Cell 6 | Row 79 - Cell 7 |
September 13 | Mammoth TUFF | Mammoth Lakes, California, USA | GWS | 145km | Row 80 - Cell 5 | Row 80 - Cell 6 | Row 80 - Cell 7 |
September 13 | 66 Degrés Sud - Le Gravel | Les Angles, France | GWS | 100km | Row 81 - Cell 5 | Row 81 - Cell 6 | Row 81 - Cell 7 |
September 20 | Sea Otter Europe Girona | Girona, Spain | GWS | 129km | Row 82 - Cell 5 | Row 82 - Cell 6 | Row 82 - Cell 7 |
September 20-22 | Last Grizzly Gravel stage race | Ogden, Utah | GES | 434km | Row 83 - Cell 5 | Row 83 - Cell 6 | Row 83 - Cell 7 |
September 28 | Ranxo Gravel | Ponts, Spain | GES | 161km | $37,500 series prize purse | Row 84 - Cell 6 | Row 84 - Cell 7 |
October 18 | Life Time Big Sugar Gravel | Bentonville, Arkansas USA | LTGP | 161km | $30,000 | LTGP U23 | Row 85 - Cell 7 |
October 19 | Legacy Gravel | Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium | GWS | 150km | Row 86 - Cell 5 | Row 86 - Cell 6 | 2026 GWS qualifying event |
October 26 | Gravelista | Seymour, Australia | GWS | 135km | Row 87 - Cell 5 | Row 87 - Cell 6 | 2026 GWS qualifying event |
October 26-November 1 | Gravel Burn | Knysna, South Africa | Row 88 - Cell 3 | 850km | $150,000 | Row 88 - Cell 6 | Row 88 - Cell 7 |
Row 89 - Cell 0 | Dustman | Kanchanaburi, Thailand | GWS | 135km | Row 89 - Cell 5 | Row 89 - Cell 6 | 2026 GWS qualifying event |
November 8 | Dirty Warrny | Victoria, Australia | Row 90 - Cell 3 | Row 90 - Cell 4 | Row 90 - Cell 5 | Row 90 - Cell 6 | Row 90 - Cell 7 |
How big is gravel racing in 2025? It's fair to say an avalanche of events emerging on the global landscape, for amateurs and pros alike, proves the off-road discipline is still rising in popularity.
Collections of races now form several regional and multi-national series, the UCI Trek Gravel World Series the largest with 33 events in 21 countries, having grown from just 10 events in 2022. The appeal of the events is not an overall prize or payout, but opportunities to qualify for the UCI Gravel World Championships, the top 25% of finishers in pro and age categories earning invitations to compete for rainbow stripes in the fall.
Another growing global series that does offer an overall classification and a share in a $37,500 prize purse is the Gravel Earth Series, which now boasts 25 races in 15 countries. The first year of the series began in 2023 with seven races. Five of the original competitions continue to be part of GES, with the signature events at The Traka in Girona, Spain the most popular.
In the US, considered the home of gravel racing, the Life Time Grand Prix has a spotlight for their invitation-only field of 50 elite riders who compete across six off-road events for a share in a $200,000 series prize purse. In 2025, Life Time introduced $30,000 cash prizes in the pro categories at the six events, including Unbound Gravel 200. Three of the events are distinctly gravel this year, the other three are mountain bike competitions.
Four races in the Belgian Waffle Ride series comprise a new Tripel-Quadrupel Series in the US and there is a Grasshopper Adventure Series in California, and smaller collections of racers are springing up in the southeast as well. A Nordic Gravel Series offers events across Finland and Sweden this year.
The number of national championships in gravel are also on the rise, last year around 14 countries awarded prizes for at national competitions, as well as Nordic and European regional titles.
There seems to be plenty of room for individual races, with the Lauf Gravel Worlds in Nebraska amping up their notoriety with a $100,000 prize purse in 2020. Gravel stage races are also more prevalent, with GES including six multi-day races on their schedule, Migration Gravel Race in Kenya and Oregon Trail Gravel Grinder in Oregon, both in June, providing bonus scoring in the standings.
Cyclingnews has assembled a list of nearly 100 leading gravel competitions for the 2025 calendar year. We'll provide race reports and news on most of the action this season, so follow along to keep track of the action, as well as tips later on how to register for top gravel events if you are an amateur or a pro.
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