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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
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
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
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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