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Hardennes Gravel Tour 2025

Hardennes Gravel Tour 2025

Started: 09:00, 28 May, 2025

The Hardennes Gravel Tour returns to the dense forests and green countryside of the Belgian and French Ardennes. Riders can anticipate some grimaces along the offroad paths and tracks.

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Location: Ardennes, Belgium

Length: 300km/700km

Elevation: 4000/11000m

Terrain: Gravel

Highland Trail 550 2025

Highland Trail 550 2025

Started: 07:30, 24 May, 2025

A gem of the European bikepacking calendar, attracting riders from across the world. The HT550 promises another year of hike-a-bike, unpredictable weather, and river crossings.

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Location: Tyndrum, Scotland

Length: 880km

Elevation: 16,000m

Terrain: MTB

Hellenic Mountain Race 2025

Hellenic Mountain Race 2025

Started: 06:00, 24 May, 2025

The second event in the Mountain Races Series, the Hellenic Mountain Race is back for its third edition and returns to the unknown mountains of Greece.

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Location: Meteora, Greece

Length: 880km

Elevation: 27,800m

Terrain: MTB

Race Through Poland 2025

Race Through Poland 2025

Started: 03:00, 24 May, 2025

This free-route race’s seventh edition will focus on the Bohemian Massif. With its natural beauty, interesting and rich culture, and demanding land, riders will be tested by their own routing, weather and elevation.

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Location: Polanica Zdrój, Poland

Length: ~1,500km

Elevation: ~22,000m

Terrain: All-road

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The Great British Escapade 2025

The Great British Escapade 2025

Starts: 16:00, 29 May, 2025

An off-road loop through areas of outstanding beauty and National Parks, the Escapade seeks the best trails in Southern England including the North and South Downs Way.

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Location: Canterbury

Length: 485km

Elevation: 8000m

Terrain: Off-road

Amersfoort-Sauerland-Amersfoort 2025

Amersfoort-Sauerland-Amersfoort 2025

Starts: 04:00, 30 May, 2025

A challenging 1000km road adventure on quiet roads with amazing views through the most beautiful regions of the Netherlands and Western Germany.

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Location: Amersfoort, Netherlands

Length: 1000km

Elevation: 8600

Terrain: Road

Madrid to Barcelona by PedAlma 2025

Madrid to Barcelona by PedAlma 2025

Starts: 06:00, 30 May, 2025

The fifth edition of this adventure between the two largest cities of the Iberian Peninsula. The route seeks out quiet roads and passes through some spots of special beauty, including the town of Brihuega, the valley of the Mesa River, and the cultivated fields of Lleida.

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Location: Madrid, Spain

Length: 700km

Elevation: 7000m

Trans Balkan Race 2025

Trans Balkan Race 2025

Starts: 07:00, 30 May, 2025

Now in its fourth edition, the Trans Balkan Race is an off-road adventure across the Balkans. 1,400km through remote mountains, wild landscapes, and rugged borderlands — deep into one of Europe’s last untamed regions.

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Location: Sežana, Slovenia

Length: 1400km

Elevation: 27000

Terrain: MTB

Laba Gravel 2025

Laba Gravel 2025

Starts: 03:00, 31 May, 2025

Amongst spectacular scenery, through the Basque country valleys of Leitzaran, Artikutza, Bidasoa and Aralar. There are several distances on offer, where the terms 'gravel' will extend to muddy slopes and difficult descents.

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Location: Basque Country, Spain

Length: 110km / 170km / 270km

Elevation: 1400m/3000m/5500m

Terrain: Gravel

MittelgebirgeClassique 2025

MittelgebirgeClassique 2025

Starts: 04:00, 1 June, 2025

Back for its fourth 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: 1100km

Elevation: 23,500m

Terrain: Road

Trans Am Bike Race 2025

Trans Am Bike Race 2025

Starts: 13:00, 1 June, 2025

At over 6,000km 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: 5,500km

Elevation: 6900m

Terrain: Road

Heading SouthWest 2025

Heading SouthWest 2025

Starts: 04:00, 7 June, 2025

An offering of Portugal's diversity to the ultra-community; for 2025 this event heaads into the North of Portugal and through its harsh but beautiful landscapes.

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Location: Aveiro, Portugal

Length: 1,000km

Elevation: 18,000m

Terrain: Road

Monumental Gravel 2025

Monumental Gravel 2025

Starts: 06:00, 7 June, 2025

A bikepacking event that celebrates the Belgian Classics, cycling's most awaited events. Starting in Heverlee it'll tour the landmarks in true Flandrien spirit.

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Location: Heverlee, Belgium

Length: 700km

Elevation: 10,000m

Terrain: Gravel

Hamburg's Backyard 2025

Hamburg's Backyard 2025

Starts: 08:00, 7 June, 2025

An ultra-distance gravel race perfect for beginners, starting in Hamburg. You're never too far away from civilisation but you're definitely out in the wild.

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Location: Hamburg, Germany

Length: 630km

Elevation: 3000m

Terrain: Gravel

Kromvojoj 2025

Kromvojoj 2025

Starts: 18:00, 7 June, 2025

A Spanish ultra-distance adventure traversing iconic locations and cols in the French and Aragonese Pyrenees, 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: 990km / 1425km

Elevation: 17,370m / 25,115m

Terrain: Road

TransAtlantic Way 2025

TransAtlantic Way 2025

Starts: 08:00, 12 June, 2025

The stalwart bikepacking road race that follows Ireland's famous Wild Atlantic Way route along the West coast of Ireland.

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Location: Cork, Ireland

Length: 2500km

Elevation: 29,000m

Terrain: Road

Tour Divide 2025

Tour Divide 2025

Starts: 15:00, 13 June, 2025

The Tour Divide is considered by many to be the halo event of bikepacking ultra-racing. Following the Adventure Cycling Association's Great Divide Mountain Bike Route, riders will aim to go the distance from Banff, Canada to Antelope Wells on the US-Mexican border. With both southbound and northbound options, there will be the usual variety of challenges: from snowfall to intense heat, and peanut butter mud to washed out singletrack.

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Location: Banff, Canada

Length: 4,400km

Elevation: 60,000m

Terrain: Off-Road

B-HARD Ultra Race & Brevet 2025

B-HARD Ultra Race & Brevet 2025

Starts: 03:00, 14 June, 2025

B-HARD's 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 grounds.

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Location: Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina

Length: 1,215km

Elevation: 16,000m

Terrain: Road

Hope 1000 2025

Hope 1000 2025

Starts: 04:00, 14 June, 2025

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 2025

Race Around the Netherlands GX 2025

Starts: 06:30, 14 June, 2025

Fast and flat; what the Netherlands lacks in elevation and terrain it more than makes up for with its wind and characterful villages. Don't let the elevation profile fool you, this is not an easy race. For the second year of the gravel edition, the race stays true to its nature with flat fast sections, this time the riders will just need a little more tyre to tackle this gravel race.

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Location: Amerongen, Netherlands

Length: 1,230km/ 1,930km

Elevation: 6,310m

Terrain: Gravel

Nordic Chase 2025

Nordic Chase 2025

Starts: 07:00, 14 June, 2025

The ultimate cycling event in the Nordics. Ride 400 km on scenic roads through the beautiful nature of Denmark and Sweden, connected by an epic ferry crossing. The race starts and finishes in vibrant Copenhagen. You can choose to complete this adventure in one or two days. Registrations open on March 5th, 2025. All riders are welcome!

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Location: Copenhagen, Denmark

Length: 400km

Elevation: 2000m

Terrain: Road

Trans Alba Race 2025

Trans Alba Race 2025

Starts: 23:00, 14 June, 2025

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: 1610

Elevation: 21000

Terrain: Road

Taunus Bikepacking 2025

Taunus Bikepacking 2025

Starts: 06:00, 15 June, 2025

The challenging 1,000 km route takes riders all through the Taunus region over unbeaten paths along numerous sights of a remote and quiet region in the heart of Germany with plenty of small climbs to keep the legs awake!

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Location: Eppstein, Germany

Length: 1,000km

Elevation: 20,000m

Terrain: Mixed-terrain

Midnight Sun Randonnée 2025

Midnight Sun Randonnée 2025

Starts: 21:00, 15 June, 2025

The fourth edition of an epic round trip across the Scandinavian peninsula. The route follows river valleys, lake shores and fjords - and crosses coniferous forests, marshlands, and snow-capped mountains. Experience 24-hour daylight conditions during the summer solstice.

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Location: Brännland, Sweden

Length: 1213

Elevation: 11743

Terrain: Road

Summer Solstice: Solstice Sprint 2025

Summer Solstice: Solstice Sprint 2025

Starts: 09:00, 19 June, 2025

Endure the trials and tribulations of the road under the watchful sun during its longest days. As the sun rises on the longest day of the year, riders gather to embark on an unforgettable 1000KM race—the Solstice Sprint. The Sprint will lead cyclists through the breathtaking landscapes of The Midlands, The South West and Wales, where every climb, descent, and turn reveals a new vista. From the rolling hills of the Cotswolds to the rugged beauty of Eryri National Park, this journey is as much a celebration of the land as it is a test of strength and resolve.

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Location: Warwick, United Kingdom

Length: 1000km

Elevation: 12000m

Terrain: Road

DEAD ENDS & cake 2025

DEAD ENDS & cake 2025

Starts: 04:00, 20 June, 2025

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

Alps Divide 2025

Starts: 15:00, 6 September, 2025

Alps Divide is a mixed-terrain bikepacking route, weaving along the Western Alps, from the Mediterranean Sea to Lake Geneva. Crossing back and forth along the national borders of France, Italy and Switzerland. A journey filled with high mountain passes, alpine pastures, turquoise lakes, and historic military gravel roads.

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Location: Menton, France

Length: 1,050km

Elevation: 32,000m

Terrain: Off-road

Istra Land 2025

Starts: 22:00, 25 September, 2025

Istra Land has been designed to unveil the secrets of the three colors of Istria County: White Istria, as the limestones around the mountain peaks; Grey (or Yellow) Istria, as the fertile inner lands; and Red Istria, as the clayey land near the coastline.

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Location: Basovizza, Italy

Length: 400km

Elevation: 5,000m

Terrain: Off-road

Past races

Peaks and Plains 2025

Peaks and Plains 2025

Started: 16:00, 23 May, 2025

Peaks & Plains is an unsupported ultracycling road bike challenge that takes you through the highest peaks and across the vast plains in the heart of Germany.

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Location: Magdeburg, Germany

Length: 530km

Elevation: 7000m

Headstock 500 2025

Headstock 500 2025

Started: 10:00, 23 May, 2025

Taking riders through some of the most breathtaking landscapes of the UK, visiting the Black Mountains, the Cambrian Mountains and the Brecon Beacons National Park.

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Location: Rogerstone, United Kingdom

Length: 500km

Elevation: 11500m

Terrain: MTB

Seven Serpents 2025

Seven Serpents 2025

Started: 06:00, 18 May, 2025

From Ljubljana to Trieste through Croatian islands, by gravel and secondary roads, Seven Serpents is a fixed route that embraces a diverse selection of natural and urban environments.

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Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia

Length: 850km

Elevation: 16000m

Terrain: Gravel

Utrecht Ultra 2025

Utrecht Ultra 2025

Started: 16:00, 17 May, 2025

Utrecht Ultra offers a mix of free and fixed route, with 98% of the course on tarmac. Riders begin on a fixed route from the starting point in Utrecht, after which they will have to pass through three different checkpoints in the Eifel, Luxembourg, and the Ardennes before returning to The Netherlands.

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Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands

Length: 1,000km

Elevation: 7,000m

Terrain: Road

303Lucerne 2025

303Lucerne 2025

Started: 07:30, 17 May, 2025

A relatively new challenge is taking place for the second time in Lucerne. Over two days, 100 riders will cycle through the most scenic dirt roads the region has to offer!

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Location: Lucerne, Switzerland

Length: 300km

Elevation: 8300m

Terrain: Gravel

The Bee Line 200 2025

The Bee Line 200 2025

Started: 11:00, 16 May, 2025

Riding through Cheshire, Staffordshire, Yorkshire and Lancashire, the many highlights will include some of the best off-road biking trails found in the North West.

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Location: Manchester, United Kingdom

Length: 322km

Elevation: 6,040m

Terrain: Off-Road

The Accursed Race 2025

The Accursed Race 2025

Started: 07:00, 13 May, 2025

The Accursed Race is Lost Dot’s first fixed-route, no-fly, off-road event. Traversing the Balkans, this race is the culmination of years of expertise gained by Lost Dot in this stunning region of Europe.

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Location: Shkoder, Albania

Length: 1600km

Elevation: 37000m

Terrain: Off Road

Seven Serpents: Quick Bite! 2025

Seven Serpents: Quick Bite! 2025

Started: 04:00, 11 May, 2025

The smoother and shorter little sibling to the Seven Serpents, riders on this more digestible route tackle smooth gravel and mountain climbs, with almost no hike-a-bike.

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Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia

Length: 520km

Elevation: 10000m

Terrain: Gravel

Gravel Birds 2025

Gravel Birds 2025

Started: 06:00, 10 May, 2025

Departing from the town of Castro Verde, this adventure loops across the remote inland areas of Guadiana Valley and the majestic Atlantic coast.

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Location: Castro Verde, Portugal

Length: 330km / 750km

Elevation: 4,000m / 8000m

Terrain: Gravel

Sarah Ruggins: LEJOGLE World Record Attempt

Sarah Ruggins: LEJOGLE World Record Attempt

Started: 23:00, 9 May, 2025

Sarah Ruggins will attempt to set a new world record by cycling the length of the UK and back—2,700KM in total. If successful, she’ll make history taking the overall LEJOGLE record.

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Location: Land's End, UK

Length: 2700km

Elevation: 16000m

The Wild West Country 2025

The Wild West Country 2025

Started: 07:00, 9 May, 2025

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: Cirencester, UK

Length: 835km

Elevation: 11,040m

Terrain: Road

The Southern Divide - Spring Edition 2025

The Southern Divide - Spring Edition 2025

Started: 05:00, 8 May, 2025

Spring Edition - Coast to coast, from Cornwall to Kent, this beautiful route includes sections of the Jurassic coast and the glorious gravel of the New Forest. The event is split into two time limits.

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Location: Land's End, UK

Length: 670

Elevation: 9000

Terrain: Off-Road

Cocodona 250 2025

Cocodona 250 2025

Started: 12:00, 5 May, 2025

This 250 mile running race across the heart of Arizona started in 2021 and is now an international superstar of the ultra-running world.

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Location: Black Canyon, Arizona

Length: 400km

Elevation: 12,500m

Terrain: Trail Running

Headstock 200 2025

Headstock 200 2025

Started: 10:00, 3 May, 2025

The Headstock 200 is an exhilarating journey through South Wales’ post-industrial heartland. It’s a place where the past and present intertwine to create an unforgettable endurance cycling experience. Covering approximately 200km of diverse terrain, this off-road adventure takes riders through wild landscapes, forest roads, drovers roads, and some challenging climbs.

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Location: South Wales, UK

Length: 200km

Elevation: 4500m

Terrain: MTB

A-Cross the 3 2025

A-Cross the 3 2025

Started: 08:00, 2 May, 2025

A-Cross the 3 is an unsupported MTB bikepacking adventure across 3 countries (Belgium, Germany & Luxemburg). For those looking for an additional challenge, they can attempt to ride it within 72 hours. The others can just ride it and have fun.

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Location: Eupen, Belgium

Length: 500

Elevation: 10000

Terrain: MTB

Italy Divide 2025

Italy Divide 2025

Started: 06:00, 1 May, 2025

It is easy to be tempted into a romantic vision of this race - a route that traverses eight different regions of landscape, food and wine - but the Italy Divide will challenge even seasoned riders with a mixture of unpredictable weather and technical trails in remote parts of the country.

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Location: Naples, Italy

Length: 1250

Elevation: 23000

Terrain: off-Road

The Traka ADVENTURE 2025

The Traka ADVENTURE 2025

Started: 04:00, 1 May, 2025

Following cancellation last year, the Traka program will include a 560km distance for the first time, attracting riders of all backgrounds: from ex World Tour pros, to contemporary gravel privateers, and seasoned ultra-distance amateurs too. Beginning from Girona, the event continues to appeal as one of Europe's premier off-road start lines.

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Location: Girona, Spain

Length: 560

Elevation: 7000

Terrain: Gravel

Le Tour De Frankie 2025

Le Tour De Frankie 2025

Started: 15:00, 25 April, 2025

Le Tour De Frankie is the first self-supported race in Mexico. A ride through the gravelly landscape, expect an exciting ride.

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Location: Mexico City, Mexico

Length: 800km

Elevation: 13800m

Terrain: Gravel

Dales Divide 2025

Dales Divide 2025

Started: 08:00, 18 April, 2025

Now established as one of the UK's premier off-road races, the Dales Divide always draws a wide variety of experience to the start line, from those chasing the FKT to ultra-distance first timers. The route loops across the English countryside, traversing from coast to coast and back, following bridleways and bogs, tarmac and double track, and everything in between. Unsurprisingly, the springtime weather in the North of England can easily help define this race.

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Location: Arnside, United Kingdom

Length: 600km

Elevation: 8000m

Terrain: Off-road

The Unknown Race 2025

The Unknown Race 2025

Started: 05:00, 17 April, 2025

The third instalment of this unique free-route race. The format creates many unknowns but is simple in design: first CP will only be revealed one hour before the start. At CP1 riders will receive the location of CP2. At CP2 they will recieved the location of CP3, etcetera. The final distance will be around 1000km.

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Location: Lucca, Italy

Length: 1000km

Elevation: ???

Terrain: Road

Norfolk 360 2025

Norfolk 360 2025

Started: 06:00, 12 April, 2025

Designed to be an entry level event for those starting out their ultra-cycling journey, Norfolk 360 is four laps of the same route, which will weave through a variety of English countryside and along the coastline too. With a checkpoint located centrally, riders can sleep and store essentials in order to be fresh for each lap.

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Location: Norfolk, UK

Length: 580km

Terrain: Off-Road

Classics Story, The Northern Way 2025

Classics Story, The Northern Way 2025

Started: 05:00, 7 April, 2025

A 1,200 km self supported cycling adventure on the legendary roads of the Northern Classics with lots of Bergs and Cobbles on routes used in Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix, La Flèsh Wallonne, Liège Bastogne Liège and Amstel Gold.

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Location: Ghent, Belgium

Length: 1200

Elevation: 12,200

Terrain: Road

Doom 2025

Doom 2025

Started: 12:00, 6 April, 2025

Experience the true Ozark backcountry. Expect rough Forest Service and County roads, with longer routes featuring rugged, remote singletrack.

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Location: Ozark National Forest, Arkansas

Length: 680km

Elevation: 14000m

Terrain: Off Road

GranGuanche Audax Gravel 2025

GranGuanche Audax Gravel 2025

Started: 11:00, 30 March, 2025

A collection adventure departing in traditional audax spirit, riders must be self-supported but are allowed to ride together and draft one another. The route mainly keeps to gravel, but also includes single track, sandy sections and hike-a-bike. And there is the extra challenge of connecting multiple ferries between the Canary Islands.

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Location: Lanzarote, Canary Islands

Length: 800

Elevation: 17000

Terrain: Gravel

La Garba Gravel 2025

La Garba Gravel 2025

Started: 07:00, 28 March, 2025

With six distances available, La Garba Gravel invites riders to explore the Ebro Delta Natural Park and the Ports Natural Park, in the Catalan region of Spain.

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Location: Delta de l'Ebre, Spain

Length: 83 - 500km

Elevation: 600 - 8000m

Terrain: Gravel