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Taunus Bikepacking No. 8 2025

Taunus Bikepacking No. 8 2025

Started: 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

The Touriste Routier

The Touriste Routier

Started: 05:00, 15 June, 2025

Samuel Thompson will be attempting to complete the Tour De France Randonneur in 13 days. Created in 1958 and overseen by US Métro Cyclo, it is a permanent Brevet tracing the perimeter of France.

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Location: Manosque, France

Length: 4800km

Elevation: 45000m

Terrain: Road

Race Around the Netherlands GX 2025

Race Around the Netherlands GX 2025

Started: 05:30, 14 June, 2025

Fast and flat, but far from easy. The Dutch gravel delivers wind instead of climbs. In its second year, the race sticks to its roots—quick, flat sections—though this time riders will need a bit more tyre to handle the tougher gravel.

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Location: Amerongen, Netherlands

Length: 1,230km/ 1,930km

Elevation: 6,310m

Terrain: Gravel

Hope 1000 2025

Hope 1000 2025

Started: 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

Tour Divide 2025

Tour Divide 2025

Started: 15:00, 13 June, 2025

The Tour Divide is considered by many to be the halo event of bikepacking ultra-racing. Following the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route, riders will aim to go the distance from Banff, Canada to Antelope Wells on the US-Mexican border.

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Location: Banff, Canada

Length: 4,400km

Elevation: 60,000m

Terrain: Off-Road

TransAtlantic Way 2025

TransAtlantic Way 2025

Started: 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

Trans Am Bike Nonstop Check Point Edition 2025

Trans Am Bike Nonstop Check Point Edition 2025

Started: 13:00, 1 June, 2025

This year brings a new format, marking the 11th anniversary of Ride Yr Bike Events. Riders must navigate three virtual unmanned check points in Oregon, Wyoming and crossing the Mississippi River, to achieve a recorded finish. Similar to 2024, the 2025 event combines the classic paved Trans Am Bike Race with the mixed terrain of Bike Nonstop USA. Still featuring a mass start on June 1st, in Astoria, Oregon, riders have a myriad of options to choose for their route traversing the USA. Riders can decide to head for the classic Trans Am finish line destination of Yorktown, Virginia, or the modern Bike Nonstop finish in Washington D.C. With the Trans Am route largely unchanged in almost 50 years, for riders and dotwatchers alike, this is a progressive twist on a classic calendar highlight.

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Location: Astoria, USA

Length: 5,500km

Elevation: 6900m

Terrain: Road

Upcoming races

Summer Solstice: Solstice Sprint 2025

Summer Solstice: Solstice Sprint 2025

Starts: 09:00, 19 June, 2025

As the sun rises on the longest day of the year, riders gather to embark on an unforgettable 1000KM race—the Solstice Sprint.

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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

Monaco di Baviera Classic 2025

Monaco di Baviera Classic 2025

Starts: 03:00, 21 June, 2025

The second edition of Monaco di Baviera Classic is a semi-free road route of 1200km and 27,000 meters elevation gain.

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Location: Munich, Germany

Length: 1,288km

Elevation: 23,230m

Terrain: Road

Andean Raid 2025

Andean Raid 2025

Starts: 11:00, 25 June, 2025

The mixed terrain and steep slopes make the Andean Raid a one-of-a-kind race. From the Cusco historic city to the heights of the valley of Amparaes & Lares.

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Location: Cusco, Peru

Length: 300km/660km

Elevation: 7105m/15245m

Terrain: Road & Gravel

BC Epic 1000 2025

BC Epic 1000 2025

Starts: 23:00, 27 June, 2025

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 terrain and ecosystems with remarkable scenery.

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Location: Merritt, Canada

Length: 1,000km

Elevation: 11,000m

Terrain: Off-Road

Pure Peak Grit 2025

Pure Peak Grit 2025

Starts: 07:00, 28 June, 2025

Dubbed as the hilliest long distance cycling event in the UK, Pure Peak Grit returns for 2025. Linking together every famous and categorised road climb by bike, the hardest way up, in the Peak District National Park.

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Location: Birchover, UK

Length: 600km

Elevation: 13000m

Terrain: Road

Transpyrenees 2025

Transpyrenees 2025

Starts: 06:00, 29 June, 2025

The fixed route of Transpyrenees takes riders from the Atlantic coast to the Mediterranean Sea, climbing some of the most mythical and challenging Cols of The Pyrenees such as Aubisque, Tourmalet, and Ax-3-domaines.

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Location: Pasaia, Spain

Length: 1,074km

Elevation: 27,000m

Terrain: Road

Montenegro Mountain Madness 2025

Montenegro Mountain Madness 2025

Starts: 06:00, 4 July, 2025

The route crosses the rocky mountain ridges of the Dinaric Alps and its remote huts, the misty canyons and deep gorges of Tara and Piva rivers, and the Adriatic’s dramatic coastal cliffs.

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Location: Podgorica, Montenegro

Length: 700km

Elevation: 16000m

Terrain: Off-Road

The Smoke Ring Challenge 2025

The Smoke Ring Challenge 2025

Starts: 06:00, 4 July, 2025

A route circumnavigating the Big Smoke - London. This ride takes riders off the beaten track to take a whole loop of England's capital using national trails, areas of outstanding national beauty and the odd road!

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Location: Essex, UK

Length: 320km

Elevation: 3,000m

Terrain: MTB

Three Peaks Bike Race 2025

Three Peaks Bike Race 2025

Starts: 10:00, 5 July, 2025

One for the grimpeurs! A free-route race between three revered European climbs with a twist for 2025: riders can choose the order in which they ride the parcours.

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Location: Vienna, Austria

Length: 2,300km

Elevation: 35,000m

Terrain: Road

The Perfidious Albion 2025

The Perfidious Albion 2025

Starts: 08:00, 12 July, 2025

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

The Hills have Bikes 2025

The Hills have Bikes 2025

Starts: 07:00, 26 July, 2025

This second edition will take riders from the Netherlands into Germany in search of hills! With 60% of the route off-road, riders will need a little more tyre for this adventure.

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Location: Amerongen, Netherlands

Length: 1,150km

Elevation: 11,850m

Terrain: Gravel

Dorset Divide 2025

Dorset Divide 2025

Starts: 08:00, 31 July, 2025

Dorset is the home of the Jurrasic coast. Well-known for its beautiful landscape and coast line this 320 mile route takes in its iconic places and best kept secrets! Although the landscape may be breathtaking so is the route.

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Location: Dorset, United Kingdom

Length: 530km

Elevation: 6700

Alps Divide 2025

Alps Divide 2025

Starts: 15:00, 6 September, 2025

Mixed-terrain route along the Western Alps crossing back and forth along the borders of France, Italy and Switzerland.

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Location: Menton, France

Length: 1,050km

Elevation: 32,000m

Terrain: Off-road

Istra Land 2025

Istra Land 2025

Starts: 22:00, 25 September, 2025

Unveil the 3 colours of Istria County: White limestones on mountain peaks; Grey fertile inner lands & Red coastal clay.

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Location: Basovizza, Italy

Length: 400km

Elevation: 5,000m

Terrain: Off-road

Past races

Trans Alba Race 2025

Trans Alba Race 2025

Started: 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

Nordic Chase 2025

Nordic Chase 2025

Started: 05:00, 14 June, 2025

The ultimate cycling event in the Nordics. Ride 400km on scenic roads through the beautiful nature of Denmark and Sweden, connected by an epic ferry crossing. You can choose to complete this adventure in one or two days.

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Location: Copenhagen, Denmark

Length: 400km

Elevation: 2000m

Terrain: Road

B-HARD Ultra Race & Brevet 2025

B-HARD Ultra Race & Brevet 2025

Started: 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

Kromvojoj 2025

Kromvojoj 2025

Started: 17:00, 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

Hamburg's Backyard 2025

Hamburg's Backyard 2025

Started: 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: 680km

Elevation: 3000m

Terrain: Gravel

Monumental Gravel 2025

Monumental Gravel 2025

Started: 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

Heading SouthWest 2025

Heading SouthWest 2025

Started: 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

MittelgebirgeClassique 2025

MittelgebirgeClassique 2025

Started: 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: 1,100km

Elevation: 23,500m

Terrain: Road

Laba Gravel 2025

Laba Gravel 2025

Started: 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

Madrid to Barcelona by PedAlma 2025

Madrid to Barcelona by PedAlma 2025

Started: 08:30, 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

Terrain: Road

Trans Balkan Race 2025

Trans Balkan Race 2025

Started: 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

Amersfoort-Sauerland-Amersfoort 2025

Amersfoort-Sauerland-Amersfoort 2025

Started: 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

The Great British Escapade 2025

The Great British Escapade 2025

Started: 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

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

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

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