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Great British Escapade

Badlands 2020 is the inaugural gravel event brought to you by the organisers of Transibérica and Transpyrenees.

Due to COVID-19, this event was rescheduled from its original date in May.

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Badlands

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Trans Atlantic Way

SUCH Bike is short for the Swiss Ultracycling Challenge which takes riders around each of the 26 cantons of Switzerland starting and ending from any point they choose.

SUCH Bike

Race Around The Netherlands is a staple in the ultra-endurance calendar and the first pure road race of the year. Renowned for its lack of hills and its trademark winds, the Netherlands is a challenge for any rider especially during its spring time slot.

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Race Around The Netherlands

Originally slated for the Easter weekend, the Dales Divide takes riders on a 600km tour across two of the UK's National Parks: The Yorkshire Dales and the North York Moors.

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B-HARD Ultra Race

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Silk Road Mountain Race

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1250 unsupported kilometres between Naples and Torbole with a mix of fast rolling gravel roads and technical mountain bike trails.

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Italy Divide

From Vienna to Nice via three of the hardest climbs in Europe: Grossglockner, Col du Sanetsch and Mount Ventoux.

Three Peaks Bike Race

What was the NAVAD 1000, is now the Hope 1000 and 2020 sees the race in its sixth year. During this unprecedented scene for events, we're excited to bring this event live to your screens.

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Hope 1000 2020

The inaugural off-road bikepacking race across the Atlas Mountains opens up the season of unsupported ultra-distance cycling for the year.

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Atlas Mountain Race 2020

It's Rich vs the clock for what could be the first completion of a winter HT550 ITT.

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Rich Seipp's Winter HT550 ITT

The cherry on top of a brilliant year's racing.

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3,500km around the Iberian Peninsula with checkpoints in some of the highest peaks available.

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The four-yearly 1200km randonnée is back for its 19th edition. Originally a race, this brevet is a prestigious event steeped in the history of long-distance cycling.

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Paris-Brest-Paris 2019

The most prestigious race on the calendar returns with four new checkpoints and a route reversal.

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Transcontinental Race 2019

A 950km traverse of the Pyrenees mountains across the French and Spanish border.

Transpyrenees Ultracycling Race 2019

Land's End to John O'Groats on road, gravel, singletrack and everything in between across four stages.

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Running from Banff in Canada to Antelope Wells on the Mexican border, the Tour Divide is for many the halo event of Bikepack Ultraracing. With both South Bound and North Bound riders racing self-supported across approx. 2,745 miles (4,420km) of the ACA's Great Divide Mountain Bike Route, with a few diversions to spice it up. The 2019 edition had perhaps the deepest starting field ever, with prior winners of Tour Divide, TCR, TransAm, Terra Australis and Italy Divide all lining up. This year's race was epic!

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Tour Divide 2019

The race along the Wild Atlantic Way on the west coast of Ireland returns for 2019.

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The longest race on the calendar takes riders from one side of the USA to the other.

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Trans America Bike Race 2019

After riders succumbed to torrential rain within the first two days, the 2019 HT550 had a surprise around every corner of the trail.

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Highland Trail 550

1150 unsupported kilometres between Naples and Torbole with a mix of fast rolling gravel roads and technical mountain bike trails.

Race To The Rock is a 3,500km off-road epic held annually in the wilds of the Australian Outback. Uluru Rock has marked the finish line every year since its 2016 inauguration, but the start line, and route to it, have always been changed - with Tasmania marking the start of the 2018 edition. Dreamt up by the 'chief instigators' of the Indian Pacific Wheel Race, and with Sarah Hammond as the race's only ever victor, the race is anything but a ride for the faint hearted.

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Race to the Rock

The first edition of most bikepacking races usually involve a makeshift start and a field of riders selected from the organiser’s closest friends. Not the Silk Road Mountain Race, which has assembled a lineup of veterans and rookies and convinced them to a race a fixed 1,700km route through Kyrgyzstan’s Tien Shan mountains -- with a wince-inducing 26,000m of climbing thrown in for good measure, too. With only three manned checkpoints, unfamiliar terrain, and scant resources, the race is set to make essential dotwatching.

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First dreamt up and organised by Mike Hall in 2013, the Transcontinental Race has come to be recognised as somewhat of a genre-defining event. Starting in Belgium, and finishing in Greece, with four checkpoints en route that change with every passing year, this 4,000km, self-navigated epic is as arduous as it is adventurous, and therein lies its appeal. 

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On June 16th 2018, Scottish ultra cyclist Jenny Graham set off from Berlin in an attempt to break the women's 'Around-the-World' record. Her 18,000 mile ride will take her across 14 countries and 4 continents. She'll be spending up to 16 hours in the saddle every day to hit her target of 180 miles per day, and beat the record by a projected 34 days. It's an ultra-distance effort that will test her mile after mile; country after country, and we'll be following her for the duration.

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Jenny Graham 'Round-the-World' Record 

For many people, the Tour Divide is the original bikepacking race. It's an event that has inspired many riders, and laid the foundations for an entire calender of ultra-distance bike races to thrive. Following the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route, the Tour Divide stretches 4418km from Banff, Canada, to Antelope Wells on the USA-Mexico border. Off-road; self-supported; as fast as possible!

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Tour Divide

The TransAtlanticWay Race is a 2500 km one stage, self-supported road bike race between Dublin and Cork - via The Wild Atlantic Way. With the pounding swell of the Atlantic as your constant companion, you follow the blue zig-zag signposts through seven of Ireland’s westernmost counties.

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At 6,900km long, the Trans Am Bike Race (TABR) is the longest ultra-distance bike race out there. Traversing the USA from Astoria, Oregon, to Yorktown, Virginia, the route covers the Rockies, the plains of the Mid-West, and the Appalachians, on its cross-continental path. A true test of stamina, and a calendar highlight for riders and dotwatchers alike.

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Trans Am Bike Race

The Italy Divide is a 900km unsupported bikepacking race, following a mixture of gravel roads and technical MTB trails through Italy's mountainous interior, from Rome to Lake Garda. The 2018 edition sees 88 riders, and one former winner, take on the challenge.

Race	Year	Rank	Rider	Cap/Bib	Class/Category		Result	Bike	Finish Time
Transcontinental Race	2019	92	James Illman	131	Solo	M	Finished	Traditional/Geared	15d:20h:21m
Atlas Mountain Race	2020	88	James Illman	54	Solo	M	Finished	Traditional/Geared	06d:22h:58m
Transcontinental Race	2018		James Illman	131	Solo	M	Finished (OTL)	Traditional/Geared

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