Races

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.