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The Southern Divide - Autumn Epic 2025

The Southern Divide - Autumn Epic 2025

Started: 05:30, 18 September, 2025

This Southern Divide of the UK from Land's End on the Atlantic to the Kent coast uses ancient byways, mining trails, wild moors, forests, military gravel roads, and a bit of single-track, all sewn together with a few bits of tarmac.

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Location: Land’s End, UK

Length: 670km

Elevation: 8,850m

Terrain: Gravel

Upcoming races

Istra Land 2025

Istra Land 2025

Starts: 22:00, 25 September, 2025

Istra Land is the ultimate gravel race around the Istrian peninsula. 400 km of dust, wild coastlines, and sun-baked roads — all leading to the sea and a party to bid summer farewell, together.

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Location: Basovizza, Italy

Length: 400km

Elevation: 5,000m

Terrain: Off-road

Pirenaica 2025

Pirenaica 2025

Starts: 24:00, 28 September, 2025

Based on the TransPirenaica MTB route, this mixed-terrain route across Pyrenees mainly follows hard-packed gravel roads and secondary lanes, including a few rocky descents and short single tracks.

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Location: Montjoi, Cap de Creus, Spain

Length: 1,000km

Elevation: 24,000m

Terrain: Gravel

Peninsular Divide 2025

Peninsular Divide 2025

Starts: 05:00, 12 October, 2025

The Peninsular Divide is a Malaysian self-supported ultra. The route takes riders through all terrains, from smooth roads to rugged gravel paths, and racers must be prepared for the hot and wet weather of the rainy season.

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Location: Johor, Malaysia

Length: 1500km

Elevation: 20000m

Past races

Borderland500 2025

Borderland500 2025

Started: 06:00, 10 September, 2025

Three distances to choose from, the 500-mile epic Borderland500 is a road ultra exploring the Welsh Borderland.

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Location: North Wales

Length: 800km

Elevation: 12,000m

Terrain: Road

Lakes ‘n’ Knödel 2025

Lakes ‘n’ Knödel 2025

Started: 09:00, 8 September, 2025

Lakes 'n' Knödel crosses the borders of Germany and Austria, whilst prioritising cycling, community and culinary art. It's dubbed as ideal for a rookie rider, due to the format, plentiful accommodation and excellent food.

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Location: Fuschl am See, Austria

Length: 750km

Elevation: 15,000m

Terrain: Gravel

Alps Divide 2025

Alps Divide 2025

Started: 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

Mountains of the Merfynion 2025

Mountains of the Merfynion 2025

Started: 08:00, 6 September, 2025

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.

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Location: Abergavenny, Wales

Length: 730km

Elevation: 14,000m

Terrain: Gravel

Bohemian Border Bash Race 2025

Bohemian Border Bash Race 2025

Started: 03:50, 6 September, 2025

The fifth edition of the Bohemian Border Bash Race follows the ancient borderlands of Bohemia via the remnants of centuries-old road networks crossing back-and-forth along the borders of Germany, Austria, Poland, and Czech Republic.

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Location: Srbská Kamenice, Czechia

Length: 1,300km

Elevation: 24,000m

Terrain: Gravel

SNEAK PEAKS 2025

SNEAK PEAKS 2025

Started: 06:00, 4 September, 2025

The second edition of SNEAK PEAKS is an unsupported bikepacking expedition through the highest mountain ranges in northern Italy. There are three fixed routes of varying distance and elevation, none are easy.

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Location: Bolzano, Italy

Length: 490km / 780km / 1,100km

Elevation: 17,000m / 28,000m / 40,000m

Terrain: Gravel

Seven Serpents: Illyrian Loop 2025

Seven Serpents: Illyrian Loop 2025

Started: 06:00, 4 September, 2025

Illyrian Loop is an unsupported bikepacking event over gravel and secondary roads in the most scenic routes of north Albania including reservoirs, forests and cultural heritage and historical sites.

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Location: Shkodër, Albania

Length: 650km

Elevation: 13,000m

Terrain: Gravel

SUCH25

SUCH25

Started: 08:10, 3 September, 2025

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.

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Location: Switzerland

Length: ~950km

Elevation: ~10,000m

Terrain: All-Road

Badlands 2025

Badlands 2025

Started: 06:00, 31 August, 2025

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.

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Location: Granada, Spain

Length: 800km

Elevation: 16,000m

Terrain: Gravel

Ride Across Girona 2025

Ride Across Girona 2025

Started: 04:00, 30 August, 2025

TarmacWays.cc brings you a 100% paved Girona bikepacking adventure. This year riders choose a 400 or 700km distance and have 60 or 80 hours, respectively, to get back to Banyoles. If last year is anything to go by, it's going to be hot!

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Location: Banyoles, Girona, Spain

Length: 700km / 400km

Elevation: 11,000m / 6,000m

Terrain: Road

Further Perseverance Pyrénées 2025

Further Perseverance Pyrénées 2025

Started: 07:00, 29 August, 2025

Starting and finishing at Refuge of Rulhe, riders will travel old routes that are forgotten to most and used by the more adventurous mountain randonneur. This year the trackers will use cell coverage only.

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Location: Pyrenees, France

Length: ~550km

Terrain: Off-road

Log Driver’s Waltz 2025

Log Driver’s Waltz 2025

Started: 12:00, 23 August, 2025

The Log Driver's Waltz is a long-distance, multi-day ride through the Ottawa Valley including the beautiful Rideau Canal and Ottawa exploring the endless network of lonely backcountry gravel and dirt roads, forest paths and charming towns.

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Location: Ottawa Valley, Canada

Length: 380km / 800km

Elevation: 9,500m / 1,600m

Supergrevet Vienna-Berlin 2025

Supergrevet Vienna-Berlin 2025

Started: 08:00, 23 August, 2025

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.

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Location: Vienna, Austria

Length: 800km

Elevation: 7,000m

Terrain: Gravel

The Land Between 2025

The Land Between 2025

Started: 06:30, 22 August, 2025

The 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.

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Location: Northumberland, UK

Length: 530km

Elevation: 6,700m

Terrain: Off-Road

North Wales 400 2025

North Wales 400 2025

Started: 23:00, 20 August, 2025

The North Wales bikepacking weekend is a social and competitive event with a “group finish format” where riders are expected pick their own start time and date to aim to finish by Monday Bank Holiday afternoon.

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Location: Llandegla, Wales

Length: 410km

Elevation: 10,000m

Terrain: Off-road

Liège Paris Liège 2025

Liège Paris Liège 2025

Started: 16:00, 20 August, 2025

A road race with three extended Parcours that will take riders all over NW France and Belgium. A tribute to the race that never happened.

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Location: Liège, Belgium

Length: 1111km

Elevation: 10000m

Transibérica 2025

Transibérica 2025

Started: 04:00, 19 August, 2025

For 2025 the Transibérica route takes riders from Bolzano, Italy to Bilbao, Spain via some brutal mountain passes across the Iberian Peninsula including the Petit San Bernard, Alpe d'Huez, the Aubisque and many more.

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Location: Bolzano, Italy

Length: 2600km

Elevation: 45000m

Terrain: Road

Silk Road Mountain Race 2025

Silk Road Mountain Race 2025

Started: 12:00, 15 August, 2025

One of the pearls of the calendar, SRMR 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.

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Location: Kyrgyzstan

Length: 1900km

Elevation: 30,000m

Terrain: Off-Road

Colorado Trail Race 2025

Colorado Trail Race 2025

Started: 10:00, 10 August, 2025

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.

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Location: Durango, Colorado, USA

Length: 850km

Elevation: 21,200m

Terrain: MTB

Bentang Jawa 2025

Bentang Jawa 2025

Started: 04:30, 10 August, 2025

Once again, we return to the tropical Jawa Islands to follow the Indonesian Audax scene in their crown event, Bentang Jawa.

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Location: Jawa, Indonesia

Length: 1,500km

Elevation: 16,000m

Terrain: Road

GBDURO25

GBDURO25

Started: 07:00, 9 August, 2025

It's often referred to as the "scrappy rolling picnic through Britain's ever changing landscapes".

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Location: Land's End, UK

Length: 2,000km

Elevation: 30,000m

Terrain: Gravel

Munich Milan Gravel 2025

Munich Milan Gravel 2025

Started: 22:00, 8 August, 2025

Munich Milan Gravel is a gravel bikepacking challenge that leads over fast gravel paths, narrow single trails and small asphalt roads from Munich to Milan. The route crosses the Alps from north to south.

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Location: Munich, Germany

Length: 800km

Elevation: 13,500m

Terrain: Gravel

Mother North 2025

Mother North 2025

Started: 07:00, 3 August, 2025

Unsupported Bikepacking Adventure in the Norwegian lands through remote trails, ancient forests, and pristine fjords all under the magic of the midnight sun.

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Location: Lillehammer, Norway

Length: 1000km

Elevation: 16,000m

Terrain: Gravel

Utrecht Ultra XL 2025

Utrecht Ultra XL 2025

Started: 06:00, 2 August, 2025

Utrecht Ultra XL offers double the climbing of its sister race (Utrecht Ultra) on a mixture of free and fixed route roads. At the adventures farthest point, a stunning yet demanding parcours through the Vosges mountains awaits riders.

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Location: Utrecht, Netherlands

Length: 1,600km

Elevation: 16,000m

Terrain: Road

Dorset Divide 2025

Dorset Divide 2025

Started: 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

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