Gravel Races 2025

Elite women compete at Unbound Gravel 200 (Image credit: Life Time / @chaseincolor)

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Comprehensive calendar of global gravel races 2025

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.

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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.

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. A new season-ending stage race was added in 2025 - Gravel Burn, with 800km across seven days in South Africa.

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Date	Race	Location	Series	Pro distance	Pro prize money	Junior/U23
January 24	RADL GRVL	McLauren Vale, South Australia	Row 0 - Cell 3	106km	$10,000 AUD	Row 0 - Cell 6
January 26	Low Gap	Ukiah, California USA	Grasshopper	75km	Row 1 - Cell 5	Row 1 - Cell 6
February 2	Old Man Winter Bike Rally	Lyons, Colorado USA	Row 2 - Cell 3	112km	$3,000 US	Row 2 - Cell 6
February 8	BMC Rock Cobbler	Bakersfield, California USA	Row 3 - Cell 3	154km	Row 3 - Cell 5	Row 3 - Cell 6
Feburary 9	Attck Unrstrktd	Philippines	Global Earth Series (GES)	240km	Row 4 - Cell 5	Row 4 - Cell 6
February 15	Castellon Gravel Race	Castellon, Spain	UCI Gravel World Series (GWS)	97km	Row 5 - Cell 5	Row 5 - Cell 6
February 15-16	Santa Vall stage race	Girona, Spain	GES	265km	Row 6 - Cell 5	Row 6 - Cell 6
February 22	Huffmaster	Maxwell, California	Grasshopper	143km	Row 7 - Cell 5	Row 7 - Cell 6
February 23	Great Otway Gravel Grind	Forrest, Vic, Australia	Row 8 - Cell 3	97km	Row 8 - Cell 5	Row 8 - Cell 6
March 1	Giro Pio	Costa Rica	GES	160km	Row 9 - Cell 5	Row 9 - Cell 6
March 1	BWR Arizona	Cave Creek, Arizona USA	Belgian Waffle Ride/Quad-Tripel Crown	166km	Row 10 - Cell 5	Row 10 - Cell 6
March 8	Valley of Tears Gravel Race	Turkey, Texas USA	Row 11 - Cell 3	148km	$26,000 US	US Junior Gravel Series
March 9	Gravel Brazil	Camboriu, Brazil	GWS	111km	Row 12 - Cell 5	Row 12 - Cell 6
March 15	The Mid South	Stillwater, Oklahoma	Row 13 - Cell 3	162.5km	Row 13 - Cell 5	Row 13 - Cell 6
March 23	Turnhout Gravel	Turnhout, Belgium	GWS	144km	Row 14 - Cell 5	Row 14 - Cell 6
March 23	Rattlesnake Gravel Grind	Sweetwater, Texas	Row 15 - Cell 3	169km	Row 15 - Cell 5	Row 15 - Cell 6
March 29	114 Gravel Race	Elvas, Portugal	GWS	123km	Row 16 - Cell 5	Row 16 - Cell 6
March 29	The Hills	Treviso, Italy	GES	166km	Row 17 - Cell 5	Row 17 - Cell 6
April 6	Wörthersee Gravel Race	Velden am Wörthersee, Austria	GWS	140km	Row 18 - Cell 5	Row 18 - Cell 6
April 10	Sea Otter Classic Gravel elites	Monterey, California, USA	Life Time Grand Prix (LTGP)	145km	$30,000 US	Row 19 - Cell 6
April 11	Sea Otter Classic Gravel	Monterey, California, USA	Row 20 - Cell 3	96km	Row 20 - Cell 5	US Junior Gravel Series, LTGP U23
April 20	Monaco Gravel Race	Peille, Monaco	GWS	120km	Row 21 - Cell 5	Row 21 - Cell 6
April 25	Giro Sardegna Gravel	Siniscola, Italy	GWS	122km	Row 22 - Cell 5	Row 22 - Cell 6
April 26	Highlands Gravel Classic	Fayetteville,Arkansas, USA	GWS	109km	Row 23 - Cell 5	Row 23 - Cell 6
April 26	Ponderosa Pines/Australian Championships	Mount Crawford, SA, Australia	Row 24 - Cell 3	102km	Row 24 - Cell 5	U23; U19 distance is 72km
April 27	Paris to Ancaster	Paris, Ontario, Canada	GWS	110km	Row 25 - Cell 5	Row 25 - Cell 6
April 27	BWR California	Del Mar, California	Belgian Waffle Ride/Quad-Tripel Crown	193km	Row 26 - Cell 5	Row 26 - Cell 6
April 27	Ukiah-Mendo Gravel Epic	Ukiah, California USA	Grasshopper	122km	Row 27 - Cell 5	Row 27 - Cell 6
May 2	The Traka 360	Girona, Spain	GES	360km	Row 28 - Cell 5	Row 28 - Cell 6
May 3	The Ceder Gravel Race	Cederberg, South Africa	GWS	114km	Row 29 - Cell 5	Row 29 - Cell 6
May 3	The Traka 200	Girona, Spain	GES	200km	Row 30 - Cell 5	Row 30 - Cell 6
May 10	The Devils Cardigan	Derby, Tasmania, Australia	GWS	106km	Row 31 - Cell 5	Row 31 - Cell 6
May 10	King Ridge	Duncan Mills, California	Grasshopper	146km	$2,000 for series	Row 32 - Cell 6
May 11	Marly Grav Race	Valkenburg, Netherlands	GWS	120km	Row 33 - Cell 5	Row 33 - Cell 6
May 17	Seven	Nannup, WA, Australia	GWS	125km	Row 34 - Cell 5	Row 34 - Cell 6
May 17	The Gralloch	Gatehouse of Fleet, Scotland	GWS	110km	Row 35 - Cell 5	Row 35 - Cell 6
May 17	Stetina's Paydirt	Carson City, Nevada USA	Row 36 - Cell 3	111km	$10,000 women only	Row 36 - Cell 6
May 17	Gravel Primavera Borgå	Finland	Nordic Gravel	150km	Row 37 - Cell 5	Row 37 - Cell 6
May 24	Gravel Locos	Hico, Texas USA	Row 38 - Cell 3	241km	Row 38 - Cell 5	Row 38 - Cell 6
May 24	BWR Utah	Cedar City, Utah USA	Belgian Waffle Ride/Quad-Tripel Crown	165km	Row 39 - Cell 5	Row 39 - Cell 6
May 30	Life Time Unbound Gravel XL 350	Emporia, Kansas USA	Row 40 - Cell 3	563km	Row 40 - Cell 5	finish Sat
May 31	3RIDES Gravel Race	Aachen, Germany	GWS	123km	Row 41 - Cell 5	Row 41 - Cell 6
May 31	Life Time Unbound Gravel 200	Emporia, Kansas USA	LTGP - elit men	322km	$30,000 US	Row 42 - Cell 6
May 31	Life Time Unbound Gravel	Emporia, Kansas USA	LTGP - elite women	322km	Row 43 - Cell 5	Row 43 - Cell 6
May 31	Life Time Unbound Gravel 100	Emporia, Kansas USA	Row 44 - Cell 3	160km	Row 44 - Cell 5	LTGP U23
May 31	Life Time Unbound Gravel 50	Emporia, Kansas USA	Row 45 - Cell 3	80km	Row 45 - Cell 5	US Junior Gravel Series
June 7	Gravel Adventure	Szklarska Poreba - Jakuszyce, Poland	GWS	108km	Row 46 - Cell 5	Row 46 - Cell 6
June 7	Festivus of Gravel	Thorsby, Alberta, Canada	GES	190km	Row 47 - Cell 5	Row 47 - Cell 6
June 8	BWR British Columbia	Duncan, BC, Canada	Belgian Waffle Ride	195km	Row 48 - Cell 5	Row 48 - Cell 6
June 14	Gravel Challenge Blaavands Huk	Blaavands, Denmark	GWS	162km	Row 49 - Cell 5	Row 49 - Cell 6
June 14	Safari Gravel Race	Hell's Gate, Naivasha, Kenya	GWS	100km	Row 50 - Cell 5	Row 50 - Cell 6
June 14	Lost & Found Gravel	Portola, California USA	GES	161km	Row 51 - Cell 5	Row 51 - Cell 6
June 15	Wish One Millau Grands Causses	Millau, France	GWS	130km	Row 52 - Cell 5	Row 52 - Cell 6
June 17-20	Migration Gravel stage race	Kenya	GES	650km	Row 53 - Cell 5	Row 53 - Cell 6
June 21	Eislek Gravel Luxembourg	Vianden, Luxembourg	GWS	120km	Row 54 - Cell 5	Row 54 - Cell 6
June 25-29	Oregon Trail Gravel Grinder stage race	Bend, Oregon USA	GES	563km	Row 55 - Cell 5	Row 55 - Cell 6
June 28	Gravel Suisse	Villars, Switzerland	GWS	104km	Row 56 - Cell 5	Row 56 - Cell 6
June 29	SBT GRVL Race	Steamboat Sprints, Colorado USA	Row 57 - Cell 3	182km	$22,000	US Junior Gravel Series (120km)
June 29	BWR Montana	Bozeman, Montana USA	Belgian Waffle Ride/Quad-Tripel Crown	160km	BWR series prize purse tba	Row 58 - Cell 6
July 5	NGS Bergslagen	Nora, Sweden	Nordic Gravel	173/110km	Row 59 - Cell 5	NGS U23 division
July 6	Hegau Gravel Festival	Singen, Germany	GWS	136km	Row 60 - Cell 5	Row 60 - Cell 6
July 6	Gravel México	El Mastranto, Real de Catorce, Mexico	GES	241km	Row 61 - Cell 5	Row 61 - Cell 6
July 12	Gravel One Fifty	Peize, Netherlands	GWS	150km	Row 62 - Cell 5	Row 62 - Cell 6
July 12	Alpin Gravel Challenge	Switzerland	GES	100km	Row 63 - Cell 5	Row 63 - Cell 6
July 19	The Range	Claresholm, Alberta, Canada	GES	112km	Row 64 - Cell 5	Row 64 - Cell 6
July 19	The Rift	Hvolsvöllur, Iceland	GES	200km	Row 65 - Cell 5	Row 65 - Cell 6
Juy 19	FoCo Fondo	Fort Collins, Colorado USA	Row 66 - Cell 3	190km	Row 66 - Cell 5	Row 66 - Cell 6
July 26	Gravel Desert Monegros	Fraga, Spain	GES	200km	Row 67 - Cell 5	Row 67 - Cell 6
August 2	Megre Gravel	Zarasai, Lithuania	GES	150km	Row 68 - Cell 5	Row 68 - Cell 6
August 2	Dirty Sipoo / Finnish Championships	Sipoo, Finland	Nordic Gravel	150km	Row 69 - Cell 5	NGS U23 divisions
August 8-9	Gravel Weekend	Tukum, Latvia	GES	144km	Row 70 - Cell 5	Row 70 - Cell 6
August 9	FNLD GRVL	Lahti, Finland	Row 71 - Cell 3	177km	€7,000	Row 71 - Cell 6
August 10	Heathland Gravel	Terhills, Maasmechelen, Belgium	Row 72 - Cell 3	160km	Row 72 - Cell 5	Row 72 - Cell 6
August 16	Gravel Grit 'n Grind	Halmstad, Sweden	GWS	133km	Row 73 - Cell 5	Row 73 - Cell 6
August 16	CORE4	Iowa City, Iowa USA	GES	161km	Row 74 - Cell 5	Row 74 - Cell 6
August 23	Monsterrando	Fubine, Italy	GWS	142km	Row 75 - Cell 5	Row 75 - Cell 6
August 23	Khomas100	Windhoek, Namibia	GWS	160km	Row 76 - Cell 5	Row 76 - Cell 6
August 23	Lauf Gravel Worlds	Lincoln, Nebraska USA	GES	241km	$100,000 US	Row 77 - Cell 6
August 28-31	Rebecca's Private Idaho stage race	Sun Valley, Idaho USA	GES	321km	Row 78 - Cell 5	Row 78 - Cell 6
August 30	Houffa Gravel	Houffalize, Belgium	GWS	110km	Row 79 - Cell 5	Row 79 - Cell 6
September 6	Falling Leaves Lahti	Lahti, Finland	GES	180km	Row 80 - Cell 5	Row 80 - Cell 6
September 6-7	Graean Cymru	Llyn Brenig, Wales	GWS	111km	Row 81 - Cell 5	Row 81 - Cell 6
September 13	Saga Gravel	Paredones, Chile	GES	150km	Row 82 - Cell 5	Row 82 - Cell 6
September 13	Mammoth TUFF	Mammoth Lakes, California, USA	GWS	145km	Row 83 - Cell 5	Row 83 - Cell 6
September 13	66 Degrés Sud - Le Gravel	Les Angles, France	GWS	100km	Row 84 - Cell 5	Row 84 - Cell 6
September 20	Sea Otter Europe Girona	Girona, Spain	GWS	129km	Row 85 - Cell 5	Row 85 - Cell 6
September 21	UEC European Gravel Championships	Avezzano, Italy	GWS	148/88km	Row 86 - Cell 5	Row 86 - Cell 6
September 27	Wasatch All-Road	Heber City, Utah, USA	Row 87 - Cell 3	132km	Row 87 - Cell 5	Row 87 - Cell 6
September 27	The Rad Dirt Fest	Trinidad, Colorado, USA	Row 88 - Cell 3	177km	Row 88 - Cell 5	Row 88 - Cell 6
September 28	Ranxo Gravel	Ponts, Spain	GES	161km	$37,500 series prize purse	Row 89 - Cell 6
October 4	BWR North Carolina	Asheville, North Carolina, USA	Belgian Waffle Ride	187km	Row 90 - Cell 5	Row 90 - Cell 6
October 11-12	UCI Gravel World Championships	Zuid Limberg, Netherlands	World Championships	180/131km	Row 91 - Cell 5	Row 91 - Cell 6
October 18	Life Time Big Sugar Gravel	Bentonville, Arkansas, USA	LTGP	161km	$30,000 US	LTGP U23
October 19	Legacy Gravel	Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium	GWS 2026	150km	Row 93 - Cell 5	Row 93 - Cell 6
October 26	Gravelista	SEYMOUR, Victoria, Australia	GWS 2026	135km	Row 94 - Cell 5	Row 94 - Cell 6
October 26-November 1	Gravel Burn	Knysna, South Africa	Row 95 - Cell 3	850km	$150,000	Row 95 - Cell 6
November 1	Dustman	Kanchanaburi, Thailand	GWS 2026	130km	Row 96 - Cell 5	Row 96 - Cell 6
November 9	Alentejo Gravel	Ourique, Portugal	GWS 2026	119km	Row 97 - Cell 5	Row 97 - Cell 6
November 23	BWR Mexico	Queretaro, Mexico	Belgian Waffle Ride	180km	Row 98 - Cell 5	Row 98 - Cell 6

Jackie has been involved in professional sports for more than 30 years in news reporting, sports marketing and public relations. She founded Peloton Sports in 1998, a sports marketing and public relations agency, which managed projects for Tour de Georgia, Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah and USA Cycling. She also founded Bike Alpharetta Inc, a Georgia non-profit to promote safe cycling. She is proud to have worked in professional baseball for six years - from selling advertising to pulling the tarp for several minor league teams. On the bike, she has climbed l'Alpe d'Huez three times (not fast), and spends time on gravel around horse farms in north Georgia.

Gravel Races 2025

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Gravel Earth Series 2025

Life Time Grand Prix series 2025

UCI Gravel World Series and World Championships 2025

Comprehensive calendar of global gravel races 2025