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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

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

Upcoming races

Supergrevet Vienna-Berlin 2025

Supergrevet Vienna-Berlin 2025

Starts: 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

Log Driver’s Waltz 2025

Log Driver’s Waltz 2025

Starts: 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

Further Pyrénées 2025

Further Pyrénées 2025

Starts: 22:00, 28 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.

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Location: Pyrenees, France

Length: ~550km

Terrain: Off-road

Badlands 2025

Badlands 2025

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.

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Location: Granada, Spain

Length: 800km

Elevation: 16,000m

Terrain: Gravel

SUCH25

SUCH25

Starts: 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

Sneak Peaks 2025

Sneak Peaks 2025

Starts: 06:00, 4 September, 2025

The second edition of Sneak Peaks is an unsupported gravel bikepacking race through the Italian Dolomites and the Triglav Mountains in Slovenia. 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

Cotswolds 200 2025

Cotswolds 200 2025

Starts: 23:00, 5 September, 2025

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

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Location: Bath, UK

Length: 170km / 320km / 480km

Elevation: 2,725m / 6,480m / 8,975m

Terrain: MTB

Bohemian Border Bash Race 2025

Bohemian Border Bash Race 2025

Starts: 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

Mountains of the Merfynion 2025

Mountains of the Merfynion 2025

Starts: 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

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

Lakes ‘n’ Knödel 2025

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.

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Location: Fuschl am See, Austria

Length: 750km

Elevation: 15,000m

Terrain: Gravel

The Southern Divide - Autumn Edition 2025

Starts: 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

Further East 2025

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.

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Location: East Anglia, UK

Length: 640km

Terrain: Gravel

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

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

Arkansas High Country Race 2025

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.

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Location: Russellville, Arkansas, USA

Length: 1,600km

Elevation: 23,000m

Terrain: Gravel

Peninsular Divide 2025

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.

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Location: Johor, Malaysia

Length: 1500km

Elevation: 20000m

Past races

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

Super-Brevet Berlin-Munich-Berlin 2025

Super-Brevet Berlin-Munich-Berlin 2025

Started: 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.

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Location: Berlin, Germany

Length: 800km / 1500km

Elevation: 7000/12000m

Terrain: Road

Transcontinental Race No11 2025

Transcontinental Race No11 2025

Started: 18:00, 27 July, 2025

The eleventh edition of the race marks a new chapter in TCR history with five control points and parcours, a ~5,000km route and a new start location in North Spain. Lost Dot's 100Women campaign has attracted a record 79 to the startline.

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Location: Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Length: ~5,000km

Elevation: 40,000m

Basajaun 2025

Basajaun 2025

Started: 07:00, 27 July, 2025

From lush forests, riders will descend to barren plains, after reaching the banks of the Ebro river they will tackle the Sierra de la Demanda. The route culminates around the Pico San Lorenzo, before returning to the Basajaun homelands.

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Location: Urbasa, Spain

Length: 842km

Elevation: 16,000m

Terrain: Gravel

The Hills have Bikes 2025

The Hills have Bikes 2025

Started: 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

VIA Race 2025

VIA Race 2025

Started: 06:00, 26 July, 2025

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

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Location: Giovinazzo, Southern Italy

Length: 4000km

Elevation: 40,000m

Terrain: Road

The Capitals by PedAlma 2025

The Capitals by PedAlma 2025

Started: 05:00, 20 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.

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Location: Barcelona, Spain

Length: 840km

Elevation: 14,000m

Terrain: Gravel

GRAAALPS 2025

GRAAALPS 2025

Started: 17:00, 15 July, 2025

A semi-supported gravel adventure across the Alps crossing France, Italy and Switzerland. Three different route lengths on offer, all featuring support in the form of basecamps, drop bags and bike bag transportation.

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Location: Crans-Montana, Switzerland

Length: 800km, 500km, 300km

Elevation: 16,000m, 9,000m, 6,500m

Terrain: Gravel

The Perfidious Albion 2025

The Perfidious Albion 2025

Started: 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

Unmapping Sweden 2025

Unmapping Sweden 2025

Started: 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.

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Location: Kiruna, Sweden

Length: 2350km / 2150km

Elevation: 20,000m / 18,000m

Terrain: Gravel

The Bright Midnight 2025

The Bright Midnight 2025

Started: 07:00, 6 July, 2025

The Bright Midnight gifts riders a route through the barren tundra of Forollhogna National Park, dramatic fjords and mystical forests, climbing over 16,000m under the bright watch of the midnight sun.

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Location: Tolga, Norway

Length: 1,100km

Elevation: 20,000m

Terrain: Gravel

Three Peaks Bike Race 2025

Three Peaks Bike Race 2025

Started: 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: 1,900km

Elevation: 22,000m

Terrain: Road

Montenegro Mountain Madness 2025

Montenegro Mountain Madness 2025

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.

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Location: Podgorica, Montenegro

Length: 700km

Elevation: 16000m

Terrain: Off-Road

The Smoke Ring Challenge 2025

The Smoke Ring Challenge 2025

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!

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Location: Essex, UK

Length: 320km

Elevation: 3,000m

Terrain: MTB

Transpyrenees (TransIberica) 2025

Transpyrenees (TransIberica) 2025

Started: 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: San Sebastian

Length: 1000km

Elevation: 27000m

Terrain: Road

Pure Peak Grit 2025

Pure Peak Grit 2025

Started: 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

BC Epic 1000 2025

BC Epic 1000 2025

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.

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Location: Merritt, Canada

Length: 1,000km

Elevation: 11,000m

Terrain: Off-Road

Andean Raid 2025

Andean Raid 2025

Started: 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

Monaco di Baviera Classic 2025

Monaco di Baviera Classic 2025

Started: 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

DEAD ENDS & cake 2025

DEAD ENDS & cake 2025

Started: 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

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