Races

Started: 07:00, 28 September, 2024

The Tour de Farce is the Adventure Syndicate’s offering to the bikepacking world to take itself less seriously, foster fun and develop a community during the race. With time penalties and bonuses for a wacky mix of trials, the TdF is an antidote to the increasing professionalisation of the sport.

Started: 05:00, 27 September, 2024

With a mix of control points and parcours, riders take on around 2,000km of the most spectacular and remote scenery in the Pyrenees. For the first time, riders will start in Girona before riding west across the Pyrenees to the Bay of Biscay on France's Atlantic coast back again.

Started: 22:00, 26 September, 2024

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.

Started: 09:00, 22 September, 2024

Bikingman X Race Tracking: the Queen Stage of the series, taking place in the unrivalled and unique landscapes of Morocco's Atlas Mountains.

Started: 08:30, 18 September, 2024

BorderLand500 is a new ultra-distance cycling event aimed at bridging the gap between sportives and 1000 + mile ultra races. With three routes to choose from all starting and finishing at the same location, distances are 150, 250 & 500 Mile routes around the stunning Welsh landscape.

Started: 08:00, 13 September, 2024

An off-road challenge tackling one of the most demanding and scenic routes in South Wales. This self-supported bikepacking event begins and ends in the historic town of Abergavenny and takes participants through the rugged heart of the Bannau Brycheiniog National Park.

Started: 05:00, 13 September, 2024

Further East takes riders deep into the disorientating flatlands of the East of England on a gravel epic. It may be fast and flat but there's no rest or respite; what doesn't go up, can't come down again.

Started: 07:00, 12 September, 2024

Illyrian Loop is an unsupported bikepacking event of about 550 kilometres that will take place in Albania. The route will go through gravel and secondary roads in the most scenic routes of north Albania including reservoirs, forests and cultural heritage and historical sites.

Started: 07:00, 12 September, 2024

Le Pilgrimage is a journey inspired by the legendary travels of Saint Roch, the patron saint of pilgrims. Each day, the pilgrims embark on self-supported stages through some of the Alps’ most challenging terrain. Riders will navigate hidden valleys, isolated refuges, and high-altitude mountain lakes. This year’s stages will highlight the incredible beauty of the Parc National des Écrins, offering views of glaciers, glimpses of hidden valleys, and climbs to some of Europe’s highest mountain passes, like the Col du Galibier.

Started: 07:10, 11 September, 2024

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 at any train station in Switzerland and finishes at the Bundesplatz in Berne.

Started: 23:00, 8 September, 2024

In some of the oldest mountains in South America, riders will tackle the Mantiqueira Massif, known as the "mountains that cry" due to the numerous water sources, as well as the dense Atlantic forest and experience the famed Brazilian biodiversity and its multicultural society.

Started: 15:00, 7 September, 2024

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.

Started: 23:00, 5 September, 2024

Riders will follow the unsupported riders as they traverse the off-road tracks, singletrack, bridleways and everything inbetween along this nook of quintessential England.

Started: 06:00, 5 September, 2024

The inaugural Sneak Peaks is an unsupported gravel bikepacking race through the Italian Dolomites and the Triglav Mountains in Slovenia. With three fixed routes of varying distance and elevation, Sneak Peaks promises to be a brutal yet beautiful journey.

Started: 06:00, 1 September, 2024

Badlands is a true test of gravel skill. At 800km, this race is a difficult balance between non-stop riding or adventuring through the Spanish wilderness. With difficult terrain, an always competitive lineup, and deserts to cross, it's always exciting from start to finish.

Started: 03:50, 31 August, 2024

The fourth edition of the Bohemian Border Bash Race follows the ancient borderlands of Bohemia via the remnants of centuries-old road networks that still exist to this day. The riders will compete on an approximately 1300km long journey circumnavigating Bohemia - crossing back-and-forth along national borders - riding through Germany, Austria, Poland, and the Czech Republic.

Started: 04:00, 30 August, 2024

This race is the product of a labour of love to invite riders to this small and beautiful country that's been 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.

Started: 08:00, 28 August, 2024

Best thought of as a beautiful obstacle course to be tackled by bike, this ride is for people looking to take drop bar bikes where they don’t belong. The Cambrians are quickly developing a reputation as offering some of the finest off-road riding and star gazing in the UK.

Started: 08:00, 24 August, 2024

The Supergrevet Vienna-Berlin follows the pioneering passion of those who rode the original event in 1893. While the route deviates slightly due to changes in the roads over the past 130 years, the spirit and flair remains.

Started: 06:00, 24 August, 2024

For the first time in the race’s history, riders will start in the Italian Dolomites town of Bolzano and ride to Bilbao, Spain via ten CPs across Switzerland, France and Northern Spain.

Started: 05:00, 24 August, 2024

The Munich-Milan revives a long-forgotten classic that is considered a pioneering event for crossing the Alps by bike. The route originally ran from Milan over the southern end of Lake Garda and up the long Etschtal valley to Bolzano. From there the mystical Brenner Pass was tackled, which was a real challenge under the conditions at the time and was only overcome by the most skilled athletes.

Started: 06:30, 23 August, 2024

The inaugural edition of this off-road Northern England event will explore the ancient and varied landscapes of Northumberland over isolated fell, along stunning coastlines and through industrial landscapes, both old and new.

Started: 22:00, 22 August, 2024

For the 2024 edition of Further Pyrenees, riders will ride the length of the mountain range with a few familiar CPs and parcours. The curfews are still in.

Started: 04:00, 22 August, 2024

Liège-Paris-Liège is a tribute to the race Liège-Paris-Liège, for which Liège-Bastogne-Liège, La Doyenne was born in 1892: the race that never happened. To make up for it, this road race with three extended Parcour takes riders all over NW France and Belgium. #lplchallenge #lplchallenge24 #lplchallenge2024

Started: 08:00, 17 August, 2024

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.