It's Gravel Week at Cyclingnews

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In the wake of Unbound Gravel, it's the return of Gravel Week on Cyclingnews, and that means we're looking at all things off-road.

In the past few years, gravel cycling has exploded into an industry with hundreds of races and thousands of new products.

Anyone who tuned into our coverage of Unbound will have noticed that a once small gravel race in a sleepy town in Kansas now attracts thousands of entrants. It's the same picture across all events, with the UK's Dirty Reiver being a fast sellout every year, the five-day Rapha Pennine Rally which occurs this week attracting hundreds, and the Lifetime Grand Prix series in the USA enticing pros from both road and mountain biking to switch up their profession.

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Date	Event
April 23	La Indomable in Berja, Spain
April 29	Swartberg100 in Prince Albert, South Africa
April 30	Gravel Fondo Limburg in Valkenburg, Netherlands
May 6	Gravel Challenge Blaavands Huk in Blavands, Denmark
May 13	Seven in Nannup, Western Australia, Australia
May 13	3RIDES Gravel Race in Aachen, Germany
May 20	The Gralloch in Gatehouse of Fleet (Scotland), Great Britain
June 4	Hutchinson Ranxo Gravel in Ponts, Spain
June 11	Blue Mountains Gravel Fondo in Thornbury, Ontario, Canada
June 18	Wish One Millau Grands Causses in Millau, France
June 24	Highlands Gravel Classic in Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA
July 15	Gravel One Fifty in Veenhuizen, Netherlands
July 22	Gravel Adventure in Świeradów-Zdrój, Poland
August 19	Gravel Grit 'n Grind in Halmstad, Sweden
August 26	Houffa Gravel in Houffalize, Belgium
September 2	La Monsterrato in Quattordio, Italy
October 7	UCI Gravel World Championships in Veneto, Italy
October 28*	Gravelista in Beechworth, Victoria, Australia (serves as qualifier for 2024 UCI Gravel World Championships)

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Date	Event
April 22	Fuego XL 100K cross-country MTB, Life Time Sea Otter Classic presented by Continental in Monterey, California
June 3	Garmin Unbound Gravel presented by Craft Sportswear in Emporia, Kansas
July 8	Life Time Crusher in the Tushar presented by The Creamery in Beaver, Utah
August 12	Stages Cycling Leadville Trail 100 MTB in Leadville, Colorado
September 16	Life Time Chequamegon MTB presented by Trek in Cable, Wisconsin
September 30	Rad Dirt Fest in Trinidad, Colorado
October 21	Life Time Big Sugar Gravel presented by Mazda in Bentonville, Arkansas

As the Tech Editor here at Cyclingnews, Josh leads on content relating to all-things tech, including bikes, kit and components in order to cover product launches and curate our world-class buying guides, reviews and deals. Alongside this, his love for WorldTour racing and eagle eyes mean he's often breaking tech stories from the pro peloton too.

On the bike, 32-year-old Josh has been riding and racing since his early teens. He started out racing cross country when 26-inch wheels and triple chainsets were still mainstream, but he found favour in road racing in his early 20s and has never looked back. He's always training for the next big event and is keen to get his hands on the newest tech to help. He enjoys a good long ride on road or gravel, but he's most alive when he's elbow-to-elbow in a local criterium.