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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
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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