DotWatcher.cc
Races
Live coverage
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.
View live coverage
Fact File
Location: Ardennes, Belgium
Length: 300km/700km
Elevation: 4000/11000m
Terrain: Gravel
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.
View live coverage
Fact File
Location: Tyndrum, Scotland
Length: 880km
Elevation: 16,000m
Terrain: MTB
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.
View live coverage
Fact File
Location: Meteora, Greece
Length: 880km
Elevation: 27,800m
Terrain: MTB
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.
View live coverage
Fact File
Location: Polanica Zdrój, Poland
Length: ~1,500km
Elevation: ~22,000m
Terrain: All-road
Upcoming races
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.
View preview
Fact File
Location: Canterbury
Length: 485km
Elevation: 8000m
Terrain: Off-road
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.
View preview
Fact File
Location: Amersfoort, Netherlands
Length: 1000km
Elevation: 8600
Terrain: Road
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.
View preview
Fact File
Location: Madrid, Spain
Length: 700km
Elevation: 7000m
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.
View preview
Fact File
Location: Sežana, Slovenia
Length: 1400km
Elevation: 27000
Terrain: MTB
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.
View preview
Fact File
Location: Basque Country, Spain
Length: 110km / 170km / 270km
Elevation: 1400m/3000m/5500m
Terrain: Gravel
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.
View preview
Fact File
Location: Neustadt, Germany
Length: 1100km
Elevation: 23,500m
Terrain: Road
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.
View preview
Fact File
Location: Astoria, USA
Length: 5,500km
Elevation: 6900m
Terrain: Road
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.
View preview
Fact File
Location: Aveiro, Portugal
Length: 1,000km
Elevation: 18,000m
Terrain: Road
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.
View preview
Fact File
Location: Heverlee, Belgium
Length: 700km
Elevation: 10,000m
Terrain: Gravel
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.
View preview
Fact File
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Length: 630km
Elevation: 3000m
Terrain: Gravel
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.
View preview
Fact File
Location: Reus, Spain
Length: 990km / 1425km
Elevation: 17,370m / 25,115m
Terrain: Road
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.
View preview
Fact File
Location: Cork, Ireland
Length: 2500km
Elevation: 29,000m
Terrain: Road
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.
View preview
Fact File
Location: Banff, Canada
Length: 4,400km
Elevation: 60,000m
Terrain: Off-Road
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.
View preview
Fact File
Location: Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Length: 1,215km
Elevation: 16,000m
Terrain: Road
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.
View preview
Fact File
Location: Romanshorn, Switzerland
Length: 1,000km
Elevation: 31,000m
Terrain: MTB
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.
View preview
Fact File
Location: Amerongen, Netherlands
Length: 1,230km/ 1,930km
Elevation: 6,310m
Terrain: Gravel
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!
View preview
Fact File
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Length: 400km
Elevation: 2000m
Terrain: Road
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.
View preview
Fact File
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
Length: 1610
Elevation: 21000
Terrain: Road
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!
View preview
Fact File
Location: Eppstein, Germany
Length: 1,000km
Elevation: 20,000m
Terrain: Mixed-terrain
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.
View preview
Fact File
Location: Brännland, Sweden
Length: 1213
Elevation: 11743
Terrain: Road
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.
View preview
Fact File
Location: Warwick, United Kingdom
Length: 1000km
Elevation: 12000m
Terrain: Road
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.
View preview
Fact File
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.
View preview
Fact File
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.
View preview
Fact File
Location: Basovizza, Italy
Length: 400km
Elevation: 5,000m
Terrain: Off-road
Past races
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.
Look back at the race
Fact File
Location: Magdeburg, Germany
Length: 530km
Elevation: 7000m
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.
Look back at the race
Fact File
Location: Rogerstone, United Kingdom
Length: 500km
Elevation: 11500m
Terrain: MTB
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.
Look back at the race
Fact File
Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Length: 850km
Elevation: 16000m
Terrain: Gravel
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.
Look back at the race
Fact File
Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands
Length: 1,000km
Elevation: 7,000m
Terrain: Road
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!
Look back at the race
Fact File
Location: Lucerne, Switzerland
Length: 300km
Elevation: 8300m
Terrain: Gravel
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.
Look back at the race
Fact File
Location: Manchester, United Kingdom
Length: 322km
Elevation: 6,040m
Terrain: Off-Road
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.
Look back at the race
Fact File
Location: Shkoder, Albania
Length: 1600km
Elevation: 37000m
Terrain: Off Road
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.
Look back at the race
Fact File
Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Length: 520km
Elevation: 10000m
Terrain: Gravel
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.
Look back at the race
Fact File
Location: Castro Verde, Portugal
Length: 330km / 750km
Elevation: 4,000m / 8000m
Terrain: Gravel
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.
Look back at the race
Fact File
Location: Land's End, UK
Length: 2700km
Elevation: 16000m
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.
Look back at the race
Fact File
Location: Cirencester, UK
Length: 835km
Elevation: 11,040m
Terrain: Road
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.
Look back at the race
Fact File
Location: Land's End, UK
Length: 670
Elevation: 9000
Terrain: Off-Road
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.
Look back at the race
Fact File
Location: Black Canyon, Arizona
Length: 400km
Elevation: 12,500m
Terrain: Trail Running
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.
Look back at the race
Fact File
Location: South Wales, UK
Length: 200km
Elevation: 4500m
Terrain: MTB
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.
Look back at the race
Fact File
Location: Eupen, Belgium
Length: 500
Elevation: 10000
Terrain: MTB
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.
Look back at the race
Fact File
Location: Naples, Italy
Length: 1250
Elevation: 23000
Terrain: off-Road
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.
Look back at the race
Fact File
Location: Girona, Spain
Length: 560
Elevation: 7000
Terrain: Gravel
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.
Look back at the race
Fact File
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Length: 800km
Elevation: 13800m
Terrain: Gravel
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.
Look back at the race
Fact File
Location: Arnside, United Kingdom
Length: 600km
Elevation: 8000m
Terrain: Off-road
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.
Look back at the race
Fact File
Location: Lucca, Italy
Length: 1000km
Elevation: ???
Terrain: Road
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.
Look back at the race
Fact File
Location: Norfolk, UK
Length: 580km
Terrain: Off-Road
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.
Look back at the race
Fact File
Location: Ghent, Belgium
Length: 1200
Elevation: 12,200
Terrain: Road
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.
Look back at the race
Fact File
Location: Ozark National Forest, Arkansas
Length: 680km
Elevation: 14000m
Terrain: Off Road
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.
Look back at the race
Fact File
Location: Lanzarote, Canary Islands
Length: 800
Elevation: 17000
Terrain: Gravel
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.
Look back at the race
Fact File
Location: Delta de l'Ebre, Spain
Length: 83 - 500km
Elevation: 600 - 8000m
Terrain: Gravel