There will be unprecedented access as the racing unfolds at Unbound Gravel 200 for 2025, with the prestigious race introducing free live streaming for the first time and Cyclingnews also adding a live report to its already extensive coverage. Wherever you are in the world, here are all the details of how you can follow the 200-mile race through the Flint Hills of Kansas.
A win at Unbound delivers the most prized title in gravel and this year as the competition unfolds in the closely watched Unbound 200 on May 31 event owners Life Time have said they will be introducing a free live stream on YouTube which will run for nearly seven hours of the 200-mile (321km) event.
The racing in the elite men's ategory starts at 5:50 CDT (11:50 BST), with the field set to include 2023 winner Keegan Swenson, 2024 third-place finisher Tobias Kongstad, two-time Belgian Waffle Ride California winner Matthew Beers, 2023 Unbound runner-up Petr Vakoč and 2024 Australian gravel champion Brendan Johnston. 2024 Unbound 200 winner Lachlan Morton has opted for the even lengthier XL this year, which will also be finishing on Saturday.
It is then a 6:05 CDT start for the elite women, where Rosa Klöser won't be willing to easily hand over her Unbound 200 crown to her rivals, vowing to "make their life as hard as possible". Ferce competitors include 2022 Unbound 200 champion Sofia Gomez Villafañe, two-time Traka 360 winner Karolina Migoń, Life Time Grand Prix contender Paige Onwellier and 2024 Migration Gravel winner Sarah Sturm in the mix through the Flint Hills.
The YouTube coverage is set to begin at 10:00 CDT (16:00 BST), starting with a summary of what has already unfolded to bring viewers up to date and then settling in with live cover to the end of both races and the post-race interviews.
Payson McElveen, who was eighth in 2024 but is out of the race due to injury this year, Meredith Miller and Bill Elliston will be leading the commentary with Nat Ross and Lauren Hall delivering updates from out on course.
Other ways to follow along as the racing unfolds
In another first for 2025, Cyclingnews will be delivering a regularly updated live report. The live report will start at 12:00 CET/6:00 EDT/5:00 CDT and run right through to the finish.
This will bring you the latest from the race as we draw information from a wide array of resources, including our reporters on the ground in Emporia, and also deliver insights from our pre-race interviews. Whether you are watching the live streaming, roadside in Kansas or taking a quick peek at how the races are unfolding at half time at the football, it'll help keep you up to date on how the race is unfolding.
Then of course once the racing is done there will be plenty of reports, news, tech, interviews, features and analysis to get your teeth stuck into as well.
The Life Time Grand Prix and Unbound Gravel Instagram accounts have been ever-reliable and regularly updated sources of information before, during and after the event with fantastic insights generally delivered on the stories during the event.
Additionally, Life Time deliver a highlights package on its YouTube channel at a later date.
Unbound Gravel start and finish times
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Date
Race
Start time
Expected finish
May 30, 2025
Unbound Gravel 350 XL mass start
3:00 p.m. CDT
11:05 a.m. CDT (May 31)
May 31, 2025
Elite Men Unbound 200
5:50 a.m. CDT
3:00 p.m. CDT
Row 2 - Cell 0
Elite Women Unbound 200
6:05 a.m. CDT
4:30 p.m. CDT
Row 3 - Cell 0
Unbound 200 mass start
6:30 a.m. CDT
various
Row 4 - Cell 0
Unbound 100 mass start
7:30 a.m. CDT
12:30 p.m. CDT
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Simone is a degree-qualified journalist that has accumulated decades of wide-ranging experience while working across a variety of leading media organisations. She joined Cyclingnews as a Production Editor at the start of the 2021 season and has now moved into the role of Australia Editor. Previously she worked as a freelance writer, Australian Editor at Ella CyclingTips and as a correspondent for Reuters and Bloomberg. Cycling was initially purely a leisure pursuit for Simone, who started out as a business journalist, but in 2015 her career focus also shifted to the sport.
