Races

Started: 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.

Started: 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!

Started: 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.

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.

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.

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.

Starts: 23:00, 10 July, 2025

Unmapping: Race Series is a bikepacking challenge that traverses the diverse landscapes of northern Europe, from above the Arctic Circle in Lapland to the southern tip of the Scandinavian peninsula.

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.

Starts: 22:00, 19 July, 2025

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: 06:00, 20 July, 2025

Starts: 06:00, 26 July, 2025

The second chapter of VIA begins in Italy, following another historical journey all the way to the Netherlands.

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.

Starts: 07:00, 27 July, 2025

From the lush forests of Urbasa and Irati (home to Basajun), riders will descend to the most arid and barren plains through Bardenas Reales, returning to the banks of the Ebro river before facing the Sierra de la Demanda, a mountainous massif in “land of cameros”of transhumants who face very harsh lands in terms of climate, to culminate around the Pico San Lorenzo and return to the forests of the Basque Country, through the Izki Natural Park.

Starts: 06:00, 31 July, 2025

A classic in the German long-distance scene, riders either have 64 hours to complete the route one way, or 128 hours to ride the entire route back to Berlin.

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.

Starts: 06:00, 13 August, 2025

The fourth chapter of a 1000km ride that takes in almost every significant climb the organisers could find. With over 100 climbs, this race has a limit of 100 hours. Who has what it takes to tackle the Monster?

Starts: 01:00, 16 August, 2025

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: 06:00, 19 August, 2025

For the second year, riders will start in Bolzano, Italy and ride to Bilbao, Spain through France connecting 10 challenging checkpoints. With 2,600 km and a range of stunning contrasts, this route includes climbs like Gavia, Splügen Pass, and Alpe d’Huez, along with incredible roads such as Villard Raymond and Comb de Laval, plus a few surprises.

Starts: 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.

Starts: 12:00, 23 August, 2025

The Log Driver's Waltz is a long-distance, multi-day route through the Ottawa Valley including the beautiful Rideau Canal and Ottawa itself, passing within a few hundred metres of Canada's Parliament Buildings before heading back out into the wilds of Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec again.

Starts: 22:00, 28 August, 2025

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.

Starts: 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. With difficult terrain, an always competitive lineup, and deserts to cross, it's always exciting from start to finish.

Starts: 08:10, 3 September, 2025

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.

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.

Starts: 09:00, 8 September, 2025

The Alps region is seeing an upsurgence in off-road bikepacking events, and Lakes ‘n’ Knödel is among this trend. This brand new race that prioritises cycling, community and culinary art is dubbed as ideal for a rookie rider thanks to the plentiful accommodation and excellent food at the mountain refuges.

Starts: 05:00, 25 September, 2025

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

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.

Starts: 24:00, 28 September, 2025

New to the calendar, a mixed-terrain bikepacking route across the Pyrenees. From the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean, across high mountains, untamed forests and charming villages. Based on the TransPirenaica MTB route, the Pirenaica mainly follows hard-packed gravel roads and secondary lanes, including a few rocky descents, short single tracks and about two hours of hike-a-bike.

Starts: 13:00, 4 October, 2025

The Arkansas High Country Route has it all, there are three route options available taking in a plethora of sparkling streams, hills and hollows, shady rivers, mountain views, waterfalls, swimming holes, historic sites and bustling cities.

Starts: 05:00, 12 October, 2025

The inaugural Peninsular Divide is a Malaysian self-supported ultra covering 1500km with 20000m ascent. 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.