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Unbound Gravel XL: Tour Divide record holder Robin Gemperle claims victory in horrible conditions, forced to walk for 21km
Results Svenja Betz wins women's division for second time, 34 minutes ahead of Maddy Nutt
The mud mayhem arrives again at Unbound 200 with fields shattered early
News Within the first hour, much of the field is off the bike with the mud-clearing paint sticks out
'Muddy, tired, but happy' – Tiffany Cromwell claims a second Australian elite women's gravel title at Ponderosa Pines
News Canyon-SRAM rider wins with a gap of 20 minutes in wet and muddy conditions
Who will step up to challenge defending champions Karolina Migoń and Cameron Jones? – Analysing the Unbound 200 contenders
Contenders Running a ruler over the key players in Emporia from former winners Sofia Gómez Villafañe and Keegan Swenson to a raft of riders hoping to make a new addition to the honour list
'Into the unknown' – Michael Woods steps into first Unbound with finishing as primary goal but top 10 would be 'super cool'
News Former road professional says the 200+ mile event will 'be a big test of endurance but you never know – hopefully I can do well'
Unbound clash sees several top names missing from Australian Gravel Championships, but Tiffany Cromwell and Mark O'Brien set to defend titles
News Racing once again set to unfold at South Australia's Ponderosa Pines, with separate day of racing for elite women and elite men
'Tectonic shift' with technology, horsepower of WorldTour riders a game-changer at Unbound Gravel 200 for 2015 champion Yuri Hauswald
News Gravel Cycling Hall of Famer returns for 13th time and sets new target with start at back of the field
'Mechanics dread excitement' – Meet the people who navigate pit-stop chaos to keep the pros rolling at Unbound Gravel
Features What keeps members of an elite rider's support crew from sleeping the night before racing in Emporia? Rain and mud. We spoke to mechanics for riders like Alexey Vermeulen and Carolin Schiff to find out more about their critical role
'If I wanted to chase results, I would have stayed on the road' – Romain Bardet debuts at Unbound Gravel 200 and finds surge in off-road popularity 'a bit strange'
News French rider culminates one-month US holiday with family in Emporia to settle curiosity about 'biggest gravel event of the year'
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'It was survival' - Romy Kasper shepherds PAS Racing teammate Morgan Aguirre through mud, rain, crashes, doubts and train stops at Unbound Gravel 200
Kasper goes from wondering if her race was over to sprinting to seventh in the brutal conditions of first Unbound as Aguirre clinches 11th -
Tribute to a man's best friend - Alexey Vermeulen's custom-painted 'Sir Willie' Enve bike for Unbound Gravel
Vermeulen celebrated his dog with a custom-painted bike at Unbound Gravel -
Unbound Gravel decides Life Time Grand Prix wildcards with Danni Shrosbree and Martins Blums topping the table of new recruits
Balance of US and international riders among the seven to join the series fray, with two riders from New Zealand following in the footsteps of Cameron Jones
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'I rode with one eye for an hour and a half' – Could I survive the elite Unbound Gravel 200 as an indoor cyclist?
What started as a challenge to see if I could complete gravel's biggest race with a training plan based almost completely indoors turned into a battle for survival as the mud piled up and storm clouds rolled in -
Dodging lightning, five hours of hiking, and a trip to hospital – Maddy Nutt recounts three key mistakes and plenty more stories from her 'absolute adventure' at Unbound XL
'When Svenja passed me she was just carrying her bike on her back' The Traka 560 winner said about having to walk in the deep mud for five hours -
'I made some beginner mistakes but I want to do it again' – Young Red Bull road pro Emil Herzog impresses on gravel debut with a top 10 at Unbound 200
'It was a super cool experience' says 21-year-old after shining as part of Specialized cast
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Telemetry boxes, years of recon and very complex math: Matt Beers explains how Specialized dominated Unbound 2026 with its new bike
New gravel bike claims 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 5th in men's Elite 200 mile race, as well as 1st and 2nd in the women's -
'This rainstorm that came in changed everything' - An inventory of crashes, mechanicals and course chaos at a muddy 2026 edition of Unbound Gravel
From Lachlan Morton to Nicole Frain and Peter Stetina there were plenty of riders who had a spanner thrown in the works through the Flint Hills of Kansas -
'Savage day out' – No smooth run for Brendan Johnston at Unbound Gravel but celebrates going one better
'Might have to come back three more times and who knows' says Australian after comes fourth at Unbound 200 this year, after fifth in 2025
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'I two-quads, one-hamstringed my way around Kansas' – Taylor Phinney spends 130km only clipped into one pedal amid eventful return to Unbound Gravel
US rider says ‘gravel is road now’ when comparing to his previous appearance in 2019 -
Profound shakeups, spills, splashes and wild wheel changes at Unbound Gravel 2026 - Conclusions on what unravelled and what worked
Mother Nature dictated how unpredictable the 20th anniversary of Unbound 200 would be with 'biblical' weather -
Prototype bikes and self-lubing chains: We peel back the mud at the Unbound Gravel finish line to reveal some curious tech choices
More new bikes, 32in wheels and a whole host of nerdy tech finds
