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GranGuanche Audax Gravel 2023

GranGuanche Audax Gravel 2023

Started: 24:00, 18 March, 2023

The second edition of GranGuanche's Gravel audax takes in five of the Canary Islands with four ferry journeys. In true audax spirit, riders must be self-supported but are allowed to ride together and draft one another.

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Location: Canary Islands, Spain

Length: 700km

Elevation: 16,000m

Terrain: Gravel

Indian Pacific Wheel Race

Indian Pacific Wheel Race

Started: 22:22, 17 March, 2023

A race the width of Australia: from Perth to Sydney, riders take on this Aussie classic emulating the journey of the Overlanders of the 19th century.

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Location: Perth, Australia

Length: 5,475km

Elevation: 34,450m

Iditarod Trail Invitational 2023

Iditarod Trail Invitational 2023

Started: 23:00, 26 February, 2023

The race of many disciplines with a foot race, bike race and ski race. We'll focus on the bike races, both the 350 mile and the 1000 mile versions as our riders cross the Alaskan wilderness on their fat bikes.

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Location: Knik Lake, Alaska

Length: 565/1,600km

Elevation: 2600/5000m

Terrain: Snow

Upcoming races

The Unknown Race 2023

The Unknown Race 2023

Starts: 06:00, 7 April, 2023

This inaugural race around Lyon is a free-route that's adopted an unusual format: the first CP will only be revealed one hour before the start and the second CP at CP1. Into the unknown these trusting souls go!

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Location: Lyon, France

Length: 1,000km

Dales Divide 2023

Dales Divide 2023

Starts: 08:00, 7 April, 2023

This 600km route traverses two of the UK's National Parks: The Yorkshire Dales and the North York Moors. Unsurprisingly, the April weather in the North of England can easily help define this race.

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Location: Arnside, UK

Length: 670km

Elevation: 8,100m

Terrain: Off-road

DEAD ENDS & dolci 2023

DEAD ENDS & dolci 2023

Starts: 04:00, 28 April, 2023

The five checkpoints are situated in very remote, beautiful areas of Ticino, Switzerland, each at the end of a dead end road. This is certainly one for the grimpeurs with a sweet tooth!

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Location: Bellinzona, Switzerland

Length: ~500km

Elevation: ~9,000m

Terrain: Gravel

Italy Divide 2023

Italy Divide 2023

Starts: 05:00, 29 April, 2023

Italy's original mixed-terrain event is back for another year's racing. A season opener for off-road European riders, it's always a great watch as many riders have kick-started a fruitful season from these hillsides.

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Location: Pompei, Italy

Length: 1,250km

Elevation: 22,000m

Terrain: Gravel

BikingMan Portugal #5

BikingMan Portugal #5

Starts: 03:00, 1 May, 2023

A loop of Portugal's Algarve and Alentejo regions with their countless plains and hills that run towards the ocean provide the perfect backdrop for a warm welcome and a great event.

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Location: Faro, Portugal

Length: 1,000km

Elevation: 12,000m

Terrain: Road

Seven Serpents 2023

Seven Serpents 2023

Starts: 24:00, 6 May, 2023

A free-route race between seven checkpoints from Slovenia through Croatia and its islands into Trieste, Italy via gravel and secondary roads.

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Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia

Length: 850km

Elevation: 16,000m

Terrain: Gravel

The Southern Divide - Spring Edition 2023

The Southern Divide - Spring Edition 2023

Starts: 24:00, 11 May, 2023

This Southern Divide of the UK from Land's End on the Atlantic to London's River Thames uses ancient byways, mining trails, woodlands, military gravel roads, canal paths and a bit of single-track, all sewn together with a few bits of tarmac.

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Location: Lands End, UK

Length: 614km

Elevation: 7,700m

Terrain: Gravel

The Wild West Country 2023

The Wild West Country 2023

Starts: 09:00, 12 May, 2023

The Wild West Country is a display of some of the finest roads in the South West of England and ticking off some National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty via some short sharp climbs and winding lanes.

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Location: Tetbury, UK

Length: 825km

Elevation: 12,000m

Terrain: Road

Gravel Birds 2023

Gravel Birds 2023

Starts: 22:00, 12 May, 2023

A loop of the untouched Alentejo region in Portugal will take riders along the many hills of the region, the Guadiana Valley, to the Atlantic coast and inland again.

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Location: Alentejo, Portugal

Length: 750km/270km

Elevation: 7,500m/3,000m

Terrain: Gravel

Hellenic Mountain Race 2023

Hellenic Mountain Race 2023

Starts: 06:00, 13 May, 2023

For this inaugural event, riders will leave the famous perched monasteries of Meteora and head to the north and west of Greece, to the steep, forested slopes of the Pindus Mountains. Hike a bike and mediterannean hospitality have been promised.

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Location: Meteora, Greece

Length: 938km

Elevation: 29,000m

Terrain: Off-road

Kromvojoj 2023

Kromvojoj 2023

Starts: 18:00, 13 May, 2023

A Spanish ultra-distance adventure designed to be ridden at your own pace, an antidote to the high speeds of modern life.

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Location: Reus, Spain

Length: 1,400km

Elevation: 24,000m

Terrain: Road

Race Through Poland 2023

Race Through Poland 2023

Starts: 14:30, 20 May, 2023

The fifth edition of Race Through Poland returns to crossing borders once again with the start and finish in Poland and the 4 checkpoints and parcours in Slovakia, Poland and Czech Republic.

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Location: Wisła, Poland

Length: ~1,500km

Elevation: ~25,000m

Terrain: All-road

MittelgebirgeClassique 2023

MittelgebirgeClassique 2023

Starts: 24:00, 21 May, 2023

Back for its second edition, this event crosses between Germany and France which takes riders over 40 mountain passes in the middle mountains (Mittelgebirge) ranges of the Palatinate Forest, Black Forest and Vosges.

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Location: Neustadt, Germany

Length: 1,100km

Elevation: 24,000m

Terrain: Road

Andean Raid 2023

Andean Raid 2023

Starts: 24:00, 23 May, 2023

In the heart of the Inca culture, the route travels from the high mountains of Cusco to the Cordillera de Vilcanota with its highest point in Abra Jahuaycate (5,070m).

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Location: Cusco, Peru

Length: 617km

Elevation: 13,000m

Terrain: Gravel

All Points North 2023

All Points North 2023

Starts: 23:00, 26 May, 2023

Northern England's free route race offers a dotwatcher's delight as riders meander between the 10 checkpoints on the rugged and exposed countryside of The North. This year's edition includes some out-and-back checkpoints and some unavoidable tough climbs.

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Location: Sheffield, England

Length: ~1,000km

Elevation: ~12,000m

Terrain: All-road

Highland Trail 550 2023

Highland Trail 550 2023

Starts: 07:00, 27 May, 2023

One of the original European bikepacking races and notoriously one of the hardest on the calendar, the HT550 is back for another year of hike-a-bike, bad weather and all that the Scottish Highlands can throw at the hardy souls.

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Location: Tyndrum, Scotland

Length: 880km

Elevation: 16,000m

Terrain: MTB

BikingMan Corsica #6

BikingMan Corsica #6

Starts: 04:00, 29 May, 2023

Corsica is a mountain emerging from the sea and this mythical island is a jewel of the Mediterranean Sea. Riders will ride past enchanting beaches, the Balagne region and through the desert of Agriates to finish with the final bouquet the Cap Corse.

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Location: Biguglia, Corsica

Length: 1,000km

Elevation: 18,000m

The Great British Escapade 2023

The Great British Escapade 2023

Starts: 16:00, 1 June, 2023

A weekend event starting in the South East of England taking in many a bridleway and byway, with the famed North and South Downs en route.

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Location: Canterbury, Kent

Length: 480km

Elevation: 8,000m

Terrain: Off-road

Trans Balkan Race 2023

Trans Balkan Race 2023

Starts: 06:00, 2 June, 2023

Riders of the second TBR will pass through the stunning National Park of the Dinaric Alps, crossing from Slovenia into Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and finallu Montenegro via trails, gravel roads, and a little tarmac.

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Location: Sežana, Slovenia

Length: 1,350km

Elevation: 27,000m

Terrain: MTB

Hydra Epic VI 2023

Hydra Epic VI 2023

Starts: 09:00, 2 June, 2023

The Hydra Epic trail traverses Baltic countries from north to south, from Estonia, through Latvia to Lithuania over technical cross country singletracks, gravel sections and everchanging forest roads via four checkpoints.

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Location: Elva, Estonia

Length: 1,700km / 1,000km / 500km

Elevation: 14,000m / 8,000m / 4,000m

Terrain: MTB

Pedalma’s Madrid to Barcelona 2023

Pedalma’s Madrid to Barcelona 2023

Starts: 16:00, 2 June, 2023

This event takes riders on the lesser-known roads between the two largest cities of the Iberian Peninsula, visiting the rugged River Mesa Valley and Daroca, the city with a long history of various civilisations.

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Location: Madrid, Spain

Length: 700km

Elevation: 7,000m

Terrain: Road

Heading SouthWest 2023

Heading SouthWest 2023

Starts: 24:00, 4 June, 2023

An offering of Portugal's diversity to the ultra-community; this race leads riders from the centre of Portugal through mountains, plains and then south to the Algarve coast.

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Location: Coimbra, Portugal

Length: 1,100km

Elevation: 15,000m

Terrain: Road

Trans Am Bike Race 2023

Trans Am Bike Race 2023

Starts: 13:00, 4 June, 2023

At 6,735km long, the Trans Am Bike Race (TABR) is one of the longest ultra-distance bike races 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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Location: Astoria, USA

Length: 6,730km

Elevation: 50,600m

Terrain: Road

TransAtlantic Way 2023

TransAtlantic Way 2023

Starts: 24:00, 8 June, 2023

This race along the Wild Atlantic Way on the west coast of Ireland returns for 2023. An original of the UK's bikepacking scene, the TAW is well known for its ferry crossings, out-and-back peninsulas and Irish charm.

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Location: Derry, Northern Ireland

Length: 1,700km / 2,500km

Elevation: 15,000m

Terrain: Road

Tour Divide 2023

Tour Divide 2023

Starts: 24:00, 9 June, 2023

Running from Banff, Canada to Antelope Wells on the US-Mexican border, the Tour Divide is for many the halo event of Bikepack Ultraracing. There are both Southbound and Northbound riders racing self-supported along the ACA's Great Divide Mountain Bike Route, always with a few weather re-routes to spice it up.

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Location: Banff, Canada

Length: 4,400km

Elevation: 60,000m

Terrain: Off-road

B-HARD Ultra Race & Brevet 2023

B-HARD Ultra Race & Brevet 2023

Starts: 03:00, 10 June, 2023

B-Hard was designed to boost positive image and promote tourism of a very understated and beautiful country. The route has been carefully crafted to represent Bosnia & Herzegovina “in a nutshell” and passes through National Parks, along rivers, lakes and waterfalls, over 1984 Winter Olympics ski-centers, by UNESCO World Heritage sites and generally over stunning (and hilly) terrain.

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Location: Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina

Length: 1,200km

Elevation: 14,700m

Terrain: Road

Taunus Bikepacking 2023

Taunus Bikepacking 2023

Starts: 24:00, 11 June, 2023

The challenging 1000 km route takes riders over unbeaten paths along numerous sights of a remote region in the heart of Germany.

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Location: Eppstein, Germany

Length: 1,000km

Elevation: 1,000km

Terrain: Gravel

Hope 1000 2023

Hope 1000 2023

Starts: 22:00, 16 June, 2023

The HOPE 1000 rolls out from the Swiss shores of Lake Constance to the finish at the Freddie Mercury statue in Montreux. A true mountain race that can challenge riders with heat and storms, all in one afternoon.

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Location: Romanshorn, Switzerland

Length: 1,000km

Elevation: 31,000m

Terrain: MTB

Race Around the Netherlands GX 2023

Race Around the Netherlands GX 2023

Starts: 05:00, 17 June, 2023

This year the Race Around the Netherlands will hit the gravel tracks. Staying true to its nature with flat fast sections, this time you'll just need a little more tyre to tackle this gravel race.

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Location: Amerongen, Netherlands

Length: 1,230km / 1,932km

Elevation: 3,220m / 6,310m

Terrain: Gravel

Solstice Sprint 2023

Solstice Sprint 2023

Starts: 18:00, 22 June, 2023

In this inaugural free-route event, riders will leave Warwick to pass through the West Midlands before popping briefly into Wales before reaching the rugged South-West where things get a little bumpy for a while. The route flattens out en route to Stonehenge before returning to Warwick.

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Location: Warwick, England

Length: ~1,000km

Elevation: ~7,500m

Terrain: All-road

DEAD ENDS & cake 2023

DEAD ENDS & cake 2023

Starts: 22:00, 22 June, 2023

A free-route adventure with five checkpoints, each at the end of a dead-end path, to explore the most beautiful, remote places of eastern Switzerland. One for the sweet tooths amongst us and a penchant for doing things a little differently.

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Location: St. Gallen, Switzerland

Length: 500km

Elevation: 9,000m

Terrain: All-road

BC Epic 1000 2023

BC Epic 1000 2023

Starts: 07:00, 24 June, 2023

The BC Epic has a few sections of challenging singletrack and the rest is mostly rough gravel forest service road and about 100km paved. The route crosses through a great diversity of terrian and ecosystems with remarkable scenery, trestles hundereds of feet high and multiple tunnels. This is an offroad, unofficial, completely self-supported bikepacking group ride in the spirit the underground 'Tour divide' style and under the same rules.

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Location: Merritt, Canada

Length: 1,066km

Elevation: 11,000m

Terrain: Off-road

Transpyrenees 2023

Transpyrenees 2023

Starts: 18:00, 24 June, 2023

The fixed route of Transpyrenees takes riders from the Mediterranean Pyrenees in the North East of Spain, through the Pyrenees Central and finishes at the wild Atlantic Pyrenees.

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Location: Llançà, Spain

Length: 1,080km

Elevation: 25,000m

Terrain: Road

Ascend Armenia 2023

Ascend Armenia 2023

Starts: 04:00, 25 June, 2023

This inaugural race is the product of a labour of love to invite riders to this small and beautiful country that's tipped as an off-road bikepacker's paradise. With challenges a plenty, riders will need to be prepared for changing weather from the flatlands to the mountain passes, and the many surface types in between.

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Location: Yerevan, Armenia

Length: 1,200km

Elevation: 24,000m

Terrain: Off-road

Unmapping: Sweden 2023

Unmapping: Sweden 2023

Starts: 24:00, 26 June, 2023

Unmapping: Sweden traverses the country from north of the Arctic Circle in Lapland to the southern point of the Scandinavian peninsula. Along the route nature shifts from vast marshes and wide rivers in the north, to wild greenery in the far south. At the start in the Arctic Circle, the sun never sets.

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Location: Kiruna, Sweden

Length: 2,350km

Elevation: 20,000m

Terrain: Gravel

BikingMan France #3

BikingMan France #3

Starts: 03:00, 26 June, 2023

BikingMan France is characterised by a heady dose of climbing along the French Riviera's network of sublime scenic routes and picturesque villages. Riders will discover the Préalpes d’Azur Park, the Gorges du Verdon, Mont Ventoux (1,909m) and highest road in Europe: the Col de la Bonette (2,802m), before arriving back at the Mediterranean Sea again.

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Location: Côte d'Azur, France

Length: 1,000km

Elevation: 20,000m

Terrain: Road

Evolution Gravel Race 2023

Evolution Gravel Race 2023

Starts: 24:00, 27 June, 2023

the 2023 Evolution Gravel Race, a long-distance gravel cycling race through Tanzania. The racers are staggered from the mandatory rest based on the time they arrived, then it's a flat-out race to the sea.

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Location: Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania

Length: 850km

Elevation: 10,000m

Terrain: Gravel

Pan Celtic Race 2023

Pan Celtic Race 2023

Starts: 22:00, 1 July, 2023

For its fourth edition and the first time in the race's history, the Clan will ride through the French Celtic nation of Brittany, before crossing over to England and into Wales to finish at the spiritual home of the PCR and home to the organisers: Llandudno.

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Location: St Malo, France

Length: 2,293km / 1,716km

Elevation: 22,223m / 16,563m

Terrain: Road

Trans Alba Race 2023

Trans Alba Race 2023

Starts: 24:00, 2 July, 2023

A lap of Scotland heading to the Borders before veering due north into the Highlands and back south to the Scottish capital, with three ferry crossings and very little flat land.

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Location: Edinburgh, Scotland

Length: 1,700km

Elevation: 21,000m

Terrain: Road

The Bright Midnight 2023

The Bright Midnight 2023

Starts: 22:00, 8 July, 2023

The inaugural Bright Midnight gifts riders a route through the barren tundra of Forollhogna National Park, dramatic fjords and mystical forests, climbing over 16,000m under the bright watch of the midnight sun.

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Location: Tolga, Norway

Length: 1,000km

Elevation: 16,000m

Terrain: Gravel

Three Peaks Bike Race 2023

Three Peaks Bike Race 2023

Starts: 10:00, 9 July, 2023

One for the grimpeurs! A free-route race between three revered European climbs: Passo del Rombothe in Dolomites on the Italian-Litchenstein border, Pas de Peyrol et Puy Mary in the French Massif Central and finally two climbs in the Pyrenees (Col de la Core and Col de Portet d'Aspet), before heading south to the finish in Barcelona, Spain.

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Location: Vienna, Austria

Length: ~2,500km

Elevation: ~30,000m

Terrain: Road

The Perfidious Albion 2023

The Perfidious Albion 2023

Starts: 08:00, 15 July, 2023

A very Great British adventure from the North to the South of the island through Scotland, Wales and England, tackling iconic British climbs. Riders will need to take photo selfies at a series of checkpoints.

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Location: Lockerbie, Scotland

Length: 1,600km

Elevation: 23,000m

Terrain: Road

Ardennes Monster 2023

Ardennes Monster 2023

Starts: 24:00, 19 July, 2023

A 1000km ride that takes in almost every significant climb they could find. With over 100 climbs, this race has a limit of 100 hours. Who has what it takes to tackle the Monster?

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Location: Namur, Belgium

Length: 1,050km

Elevation: 20,000m

Terrain: Road

Transcontinental Race No9

Transcontinental Race No9

Starts: 22:00, 22 July, 2023

Considered by many as the halo event of the season, the TCR has been the inspiration for much of the European calendar and its influence on the sport it hard to overstate. Pegged as one of the shortest but hilliest editions of the TCR, No9 is sure to be another jewel in the crown of the dotwatching calendar.

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Location: Geraardsbergen, Belgium

Length: ~4,000km

Elevation: ~40,000m

Terrain: All-Road

The Capitals by PedAlma 2023

The Capitals by PedAlma 2023

Starts: 04:00, 23 July, 2023

An epic race connecting the four Catalan Capitals, each as a checkpoint: Barcelona, Tarragona, Lleida and Girona, and riders will reach the Pyrenees by passing through Bagà.

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Location: Barcelona, Spain

Length: 850km

Elevation: 15,000m

Terrain: Gravel

BikingMan 555 Vercors #2

BikingMan 555 Vercors #2

Starts: 11:00, 28 July, 2023

Over the space of a weekend, riders will pass through the Vercors Regional Natural Park and have an elevated gravel experience with connecting segments of asphalt and gravel.

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Location: Vercors, France

Length: 500km

Elevation: 12,000m

Terrain: Gravel

Log Driver’s Waltz 2023

Log Driver’s Waltz 2023

Starts: 12:30, 29 July, 2023

The Log Driver's Waltz is a long-distance, multi-day route through the Ottawa Valley including the beautiful Rideau Canal and Ottawa itself. Join along as the riders take on this gravel-grinding tour of Southern Quebec.

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Location: Ottawa Valley, Canada

Length: 800km

Elevation: 9,500m

Terrain: Gravel

Basajaun 2023

Basajaun 2023

Starts: 06:00, 30 July, 2023

Basajaun passes through some of the Basque Country's undiscovered paths and its vastly diverse surrounds. With the greenery and lush landscapes of Urbasa and the Irati Forest before the starkly contrasting arid lands of the Bardenas Reales semi-desert and Sierra de la Demands. Mandatory rest periods are new for 2023.

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Location: Urbasa, Spain

Length: 760km

Elevation: 15,000m

Terrain: Gravel

Great British Divide 2023

Great British Divide 2023

Starts: 07:00, 5 August, 2023

The third edition of the Great British Divide is set to be wildly exciting with high passes, rough terrain, unreliable ferries and undoubtedly a good sprinkling of the notorious British weather.

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Location: Dover, UK

Length: 1,400km / 2,000km

Elevation: 27,000m / 35,000m

Terrain: Off-road

Utrecht Ultra 2023

Utrecht Ultra 2023

Starts: 16:00, 5 August, 2023

The Utrecht Ultra has a 50:50 mix of free and fixed route: a set route out of Utrech guides riders to Zuid-Limburg, the Netherlands, followed by three checkpoints and corresponding parcours in Eifel, Germany, Luxembourg and the Belgian Ardennes.

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Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands

Length: 1,000km

Elevation: 9,000m

Terrain: Road

BikingMan Aura #3

BikingMan Aura #3

Starts: 03:00, 7 August, 2023

A road route of two halves in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, the first of which routes through the volcanic region of the Massif Central with its high granite plateaus, vineyards and forests, before the contrasting rugged mountainsides of the Northern Alps.

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Location: Beauvallon, France

Length: 1,000km

Elevation: 19,500m

Terrain: Road

Silk Road Mountain Race 2023

Silk Road Mountain Race 2023

Starts: 18:00, 11 August, 2023

Kyrgystan offers one of the wildest and most inhospitable environments for a bikepacking race with its often harsh and unpredictable mountain weather, contrasted with the warmth of the local hospitality. The Silk Road truly is one of the pearls of the mountain bikepacking calendar.

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Location: Karakol, Kyrgyzstan

Length: 1,880km

Elevation: 35,000m

Terrain: MTB

GBDURO23

GBDURO23

Starts: 07:00, 12 August, 2023

It's often referred to as the "scrappy rolling picnic through Britain's ever changing landscapes". In more detail, it's a four-stage mixed-terrain race from the Southern-most tip of England up to Scotland's John O'Groats with three checkpoints in mid-Wales, the Pennines and Scottish Highlands.

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Location: Land's End, UK

Length: 1,880km

Elevation: 30,000m

Terrain: Gravel

Colorado Trail Race 2023

Colorado Trail Race 2023

Starts: 10:00, 13 August, 2023

An original of the world of bikepacking, the Colorado Trail Race is a mountain bike race through the Colorado Rockies. Notorious for its tough terrain and altitude, the CTR is not for the faint of heart.

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Location: Durango, Colorado, USA

Length: 850km

Elevation: 24,000m

Terrain: MTB

TransIbérica 2023

TransIbérica 2023

Starts: 19:00, 19 August, 2023

A free-route race starting in Málaga, Spain for the first time, and finishing in the race's home of the Atlantic coastal city of Bilbao. Riders are required to tick off the 10 checkpoints and parcours across the Iberian Peninsula, including the now visually synonymous windmills of Alcazar.

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Location: Málaga, Spain

Length: ~2,700km

Elevation: ~30,000m

Terrain: Road

Further Perseverance 2023

Further Perseverance 2023

Starts: 22:00, 24 August, 2023

A free-route ultra with numerous checkpoints throughout the Pyrenees. This tough race challenges the fiercest of competitors with chunky gravel, hike-a-bike and different rules for each year. Follow along for some exciting twists and turns.

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Location: Ariège Pyrenees, France

Length: ~500km

Elevation: ~15,000m

Terrain: Off-road

Cotswolds 200 2023

Cotswolds 200 2023

Starts: 23:00, 31 August, 2023

Hosting both a supported and unsupported version, we'll follow the unsupported riders as they traverse the off-road tracks, singletrack, bridleways and everything inbetween along this nook of quintessential England.

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Location: Bath, UK

Length: 322km

Elevation: 6,480m

Terrain: MTB

Past races

Tour Aotearoa 2023

Tour Aotearoa 2023

Started: 24:00, 15 February, 2023

Tour Aotearoa, New Zealand's 3000km bikepacking odyssey. A long race, but a scenic one following a combination of tracks, trails, paths and lanes on many of NZ's Great and Heartland Rides.

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Location: Cape Reinga, Aotearoa

Length: 3,000km

Elevation: 37,000m

Terrain: Gravel

Race Around Rwanda 2023

Race Around Rwanda 2023

Started: 02:30, 5 February, 2023

The Race Around Rwanda is back, 2022 saw riders flock from around the world to tackle the 1000km race around the country. This one is for the fast graveleurs.

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Location: Kigali, Rwanda

Length: 1,000km

Elevation: 15,000m

Terrain: All-road

Atlas Mountain Race 2023

Atlas Mountain Race 2023

Started: 17:00, 3 February, 2023

The 2023 Atlas Mountain Race is back at the start of the year, so very soon after the last edition. With plenty of climbing this race takes riders into the Anti-Atlas and High Atlas before dropping down to the wild Atlantic coast.

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Location: Marrakech, Morocco

Length: 1,300km

Elevation: 20,200m

Terrain: Off-road

Fat Viking 2023

Fat Viking 2023

Started: 06:00, 28 January, 2023

With three distances on offer, this fat-biking snow race gives riders the chance to tackle the elements. Suitable for experienced cold weather cyclists, this adventure is the best way to kick off the season.

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Location: Geilo, Norway

Length: 50/100/150km

Elevation: 1090/2010/3160m

Terrain: Snow

Across Andes 2022

Across Andes 2022

Started: 23:00, 26 November, 2022

ACROSS ANDES TRACKING: This race traversing South America’s cordillera has served racers and dotwatchers with some of the most exquisite landscapes and tales of racing. For the 2022 edition the route is largely unchanged, much to our delight!

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Location: Chile

Length: 1,030km

Elevation: 15,000m

Terrain: Mixed-terrain

Rhino Run 2022

Rhino Run 2022

Started: 05:22, 21 October, 2022

RHINO RUN TRACKING: Rhino Run describes itself as an immersive ultra-endurance expedition with a mandatory donation to the Masaka Cycling Club in Uganda. An all-star cast are set to race this inaugural event.

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Location: Plettenberg Bay, South Africa

Length: 2,750km

Elevation: 27,100m

Terrain: Mixed-terrain

Arizona Trail Race 2022

Arizona Trail Race 2022

Started: 14:00, 20 October, 2022

A stalwart of the MTB bikepacking calendar including a traverse of the Grand Canyon, the Arizona regularly attracts some of the strongest off-road racers and has remained true to its original low-key self-supported ethos.

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Location: Arizona, USA

Length: 1300km

Elevation: 25,000m

Terrain: MTB

Two Volcano Sprint 2022

Two Volcano Sprint 2022

Started: 03:00, 12 October, 2022

A staple of the ultra calendar which has become the European season finale, 2VS is Juliana Buhring's offering to the ultra world and initiative to promote eco-sustainability in South Italy. A road route between Mount Vesuvio and Mount Etna with some spicy climbs and terrain in between.

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Location: Mt. Vesuvio, Italy

Length: 1,600km

Elevation: 36,000m

Terrain: All-road

Arkansas High Country Race 2022

Arkansas High Country Race 2022

Started: 07:00, 8 October, 2022

A race that was designed to "showcase the natural features and the beautiful human environments of these highlands" - Chuck Campbell, race creator.

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Location: Arkansas, USA

Length: 1,600km

Elevation: 24,385m

Terrain: Gravel

Poco Loco 2022

Poco Loco 2022

Started: 07:00, 8 October, 2022

Poco Loco is a 3 race bonanza from Montpellier to Barcelona. With a 700km gravel and road race and a monster 1700km road race.

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Location: Montpellier, France

Length: 700/1700km

Elevation: 15,000m/19,000m

Terrain: Road and Gravel

Atlas Mountain Race 2022

Atlas Mountain Race 2022

Started: 07:00, 1 October, 2022

ATLAS MOUNTAIN RACE TRACKING: Back for its second edition, the Atlas Mountain Race treats riders with some spectacular Moroccan vistas, Berber villages, Atlas mountain tracks and some notorious hike-a-bike.

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Location: Marrakech, Morocco

Length: 1,165km

Elevation: 23,000m

Terrain: MTB

Trans Pyrenees Race 2022

Trans Pyrenees Race 2022

Started: 05:00, 30 September, 2022

Trans Pyrenees Race Tracking: With four control points and two parcours, riders take on 1500km of the most spectacular and remote scenery in the Pyrenees from the Bay of Biscay on France's south west coast to the Balearic Sea on the south east and back again.

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Location: Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France

Length: ~1,500km

Elevation: ~30,000m

Terrain: Gravel

ROUGH & READY - The Southern Divide 2022

ROUGH & READY - The Southern Divide 2022

Started: 07:00, 22 September, 2022

ROUGH & READY TRACKING: This inaugural mixed terrain, gravel bike friendly adventure takes in the stunning scenery of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Wiltshire, and then finishes off in the woodlands, moorlands, river & canal trails of the home counties towards London.

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Location: Land's End, Cornwall

Length: 614km

Elevation: 7710m

Terrain: Mixed Terrain

FURTHER EAST  2022

FURTHER EAST 2022

Started: 06:00, 17 September, 2022

FURTHER EAST TRACKING: FURTHER EAST takes riders deep into the East of England on a gravel epic. Flat and fast; blink and you'll miss it.

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Location: Cambridge, UK

Length: 685km

Elevation: 3,980m

Terrain: Gravel

Cotswolds 200 2022

Cotswolds 200 2022

Started: 11:00, 9 September, 2022

COTSWOLDS 200 TRACKING: Join the MTB Epics UK team on this wild ride across the Cotswolds! Hosting both a supported and unsupported version, we'll follow the unsupported riders as they traverse the off-road tracks along this nook of England.

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Location: Cotswolds, UK

Length: 322km

Elevation: 6480m

Terrain: MTB

SUCH Bike 2022

SUCH Bike 2022

Started: 08:10, 7 September, 2022

The Swiss Ultra Cycling Challenge is a free-route ultra where riders have to pass through all 26 cantons (states) and additional checkpoints dotted around the country. The race always starts on a Wednesday at 10.10am at any train station in Switzerland and finishes at the Bundesplatz in Berne.

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Location: Switzerland

Length: 1000km

Elevation: 10,000m

Terrain: Road

Badlands 2022

Badlands 2022

Started: 06:00, 4 September, 2022

A race renowned for its diverse landscapes and attracting some names well known from within and outside of the sport. From deserts to forests, coasts to summits, Badlands has it all. And all the drama.

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Location: Granada, Spain

Length: 750km

Elevation: 15,000m

Terrain: Gravel

Pure Peak Grit 2022

Pure Peak Grit 2022

Started: 09:00, 3 September, 2022

PURE PEAK GRIT TRACKING: One for the climbers. A formidable road route linking together every categorised climb in the Peak District National Park, and the 'Greatest 100 Cycling Climbs' around it. Riders will face endless hills and spectacular vistas, all while battling the inner torment of Déjà vu. For the hardy, a sub-48 hour completion is the goal.

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Location: Sheffield, UK

Length: 600km

Elevation: 13,500m

Terrain: Road

Race from the Rocks 2022

Race from the Rocks 2022

Started: 20:22, 2 September, 2022

RACE FROM THE ROCKS TRACKING: A change to the usual route from an Aussie coastal town to Uluru, 2022 sees the race start in Sydney Opera House and finish in Adelaide. There's set to be less outback riding than usual but the rough terrain is still on the menu.

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Location: Sydney, Australia

Length: 2,010km

Elevation: 18,280m

Terrain: MTB

Further Perseverance 2022

Further Perseverance 2022

Started: 07:00, 26 August, 2022

Camille McMillan's original Further race kicks off with a typically unorthodox start from the Refuge de Ruhle, a pyreneen refuge at an altitude of 2,185m to which riders will need to make their way to the day before. There's never a dull moment at a race organised by Camille McMillan.

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Location: French Pyrenees

Length: ~500km

Elevation: ~15,000m

Terrain: Mixed-terrain

Colorado Trail Race 2022

Colorado Trail Race 2022

Started: 10:00, 14 August, 2022

An original of the world of bikepacking, the Colorado Trail Race is a low-key mountain bike race through the Colorado Rockies. Notorious for its tough terrain and elevation, the CTR is not for the faint of heart.

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Location: Durango, Colorado, USA

Length: 850km

Elevation: 23,000m

Terrain: MTB

Bentang Jawa 2022

Bentang Jawa 2022

Started: 23:00, 13 August, 2022

Back after a stellar inaugural event last year, Bentang Jawa is back as the first unsupported ultra cycling race across Java Island, Indonesia.

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Location: Jawa Island, Indonesia

Length: 1,500km

Elevation: 16,000m

Terrain: Road

GBDURO22

GBDURO22

Started: 07:00, 13 August, 2022

Often referred to as the "scrappy rolling picnic through Britain's ever changing landscapes", in more detail, GBDURO is a four-stage mixed terrain race from the Southern-most tip of England up to Scotland's John O'Groats with three checkpoints in mid-Wales, the Pennines and Scottish Highlands.

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Location: Land's End, UK

Length: 1,970km

Elevation: 26,700m

Terrain: Mixed-terrain

TransIbérica 2022

TransIbérica 2022

Started: 23:00, 12 August, 2022

A free-route race starting and finishing in Bilbao which requires riders to tick off the 10 checkpoints and parcours across Spain, including one French Pyreneen CP and a gravel parcours in the Spanish Pyrenees.

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Location: Bilbao, Spain

Length: 3,300km

Terrain: Road

Silk Road Mountain Race 2022

Silk Road Mountain Race 2022

Started: 14:00, 12 August, 2022

Kyrgystan offers one of the wildest and most inhospitable environments for a bikepacking race with its often harsh and unpredictable mountain weather, contrasted with the warmth of the local hospitality.

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Location: Kyrgyzstan

Length: 1.900km

Elevation: 34,500m

Terrain: Mixed-terrain