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July

L'Étape du Tour de France

France (route follows a Tour de France stage)

One Tour mountain stage, on closed roads, with you in the bunch.

170 km5,400 m ↑
July

Maratona dles Dolomites – Enel

Alta Badia, Dolomites, Italy

Dolomite queen sportive — Sella, Gardena, Giau, and ten thousand cyclists.

138 km4,230 m ↑
July

La Marmotte Granfondo Alpes

Alpe d'Huez, France

Croix de Fer, Télégraphe, Galibier, Alpe d'Huez — French Alpine brutality.

177 km5,000 m ↑
April

Paris-Roubaix Challenge

Northern France

Hell of the North — 30 cobbled sectors, grim spring weather, equipment lottery.

170 km1,400 m ↑
April / May

Mallorca 312

Mallorca, Spain

Spring's benchmark long-day amateur sportive — 312 km round the island.

312 km4,700 m ↑
May

Ride London–Essex 100

London / Essex, UK

UK's mass-participation closed-road classic — 25,000 riders, one day.

160 km800 m ↑
May

Fred Whitton Challenge

Lake District, UK

Hardknott, Wrynose, Honister — the UK's brutal-hills sportive rite of passage.

180 km3,900 m ↑
August

Ötztaler Radmarathon

Sölden, Austria

The hardest amateur Alpine sportive — four passes, 238 km, no negotiation.

238 km5,500 m ↑
March

Peaks Challenge Falls Creek

Falls Creek, Victoria, Australia

Australia's signature alpine sportive — Hotham, Tawonga Gap, Falls Creek, one very long day.

235 km4,500 m ↑
June

Mt. Fuji Hill Climb

Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan

Japan's flagship hill-climb — 24 km uphill TT to Mt. Fuji's 5th station.

24 km1,255 m ↑
October

Around the Bay

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

One of the world's oldest cycling events — 250 km around Port Phillip Bay.

250 km1,500 m ↑
March

Cape Town Cycle Tour

Cape Town, South Africa

35,000 riders, the Cape Peninsula, and the southeaster — the world's largest timed cycle race.

109 km1,200 m ↑
May

Nove Colli

Cesenatico, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Nine hills through the Romagna Apennines — Italy's other spring classic.

205 km3,300 m ↑
May

Istria300 Gran Fondo

Istrian Peninsula, Croatia

300 km around the Istrian peninsula — Croatia's premier road gran fondo.

295 km3,800 m ↑
November

Lake Taupō Cycle Challenge

Taupō, New Zealand

New Zealand's biggest cycling event — 160 km around the world's largest geothermal lake.

160 km1,250 m ↑
November

Tour de Tucson

Tucson, Arizona, USA

Fast Arizona desert road ride — flat, dry, and 4,000 riders strong.

160 km700 m ↑
November

Tour de Okinawa — Citizen 200

Okinawa, Japan

Japan's most prestigious amateur road race — 200 km through subtropical Okinawa.

200 km2,600 m ↑
July

Niseko Classic

Niseko, Hokkaido, Japan

Hokkaido's pastoral road sportive — cool, scenic, and deceptively hilly.

140 km2,400 m ↑
October

Seorak Granfondo

Sokcho, Gangwon-do, South Korea

South Korea's premier sportive — Seorak peaks, autumn colour, mountain roads.

130 km2,200 m ↑
November

L'Étape Brasil by Tour de France

Serra Gaúcha, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Tour de France-branded Brazilian mountain sportive — heat, humidity, and real climbing.

145 km2,600 m ↑
December

Giro de Rigo

Urrao, Antioquia, Colombia

Rigoberto Urán's Colombian altitude classic — raw Andean climbs, thin air, tropical conditions.

160 km4,200 m ↑

Gravel20

May / early June

UNBOUND Gravel 200

Emporia, Kansas, USA

Flint Hills gravel. 200 miles. Wind, sharp rock, and self-support.

322 km3,000 m ↑
March

The Mid South

Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA

Oklahoma red-clay mud. When it rains here, it really rains.

160 km1,800 m ↑
Early December

Edition Zero

Timaru District, South Canterbury, New Zealand

Great Kiwi Gravel's 244 km high-summer event — South Canterbury high country, long daylight, nor'wester winds.

244 km3,885 m ↑
May

SEVEN Gravel Race

Nannup, Western Australia

Australia's premier gravel race — 2026 UCI Gravel World Championships host venue.

125 km3,000 m ↑
August

SBT GRVL

Steamboat Springs, Colorado, USA

Premium Colorado gravel at altitude — smooth dirt roads, dry aesthetic.

225 km2,700 m ↑
July

The Rift

Hvolsvöllur, Iceland

Volcanic gravel across the tectonic rift zone — lunar landscapes, cold wind, 24-hour daylight.

200 km2,000 m ↑
April

Dirty Reiver

Kielder Forest, Northumberland, UK

England's gravel benchmark — Kielder Forest fire roads in unpredictable April weather.

200 km2,800 m ↑
August

Gravel Worlds

Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

Nebraska's flat-but-relentless gravel marathon — dust, heat, and 150 miles of prairie.

300 km2,500 m ↑
August / September

Rebecca's Private Idaho

Sun Valley, Idaho, USA

High-altitude Idaho gravel through Sawtooth country — Rebecca Rusch's backyard.

160 km3,500 m ↑
October

Big Sugar Gravel

Bentonville, Arkansas, USA

Ozark hills gravel in autumn — colourful, hilly, and harder than it looks.

160 km2,800 m ↑
April

Belgian Waffle Ride California

San Marcos, California, USA

San Diego backcountry gravel — 210 km of paved road, dirt, and deliberate suffering.

210 km4,500 m ↑
January / February

Belgian Waffle Ride Arizona

San Tan Valley, Arizona, USA

Desert BWR in warm winter sunshine — rocks, cacti, and mixed-surface gravel.

200 km3,200 m ↑
September

Belgian Waffle Ride North Carolina

Asheville, North Carolina, USA

Appalachian BWR — mountain gravel at its most demanding, in peak autumn.

200 km4,200 m ↑
May

Gravel Locos

Salamanca / Extremadura, Spain

Spain's flagship gravel event — hot, dusty, and technically honest.

200 km2,800 m ↑
September

Houffa Gravel

Houffalize, Belgian Ardennes, Belgium

Belgian Ardennes gravel — wet, technical, and properly northern-European.

200 km3,500 m ↑
June

The Gralloch

Galloway, Scotland, UK

Scottish gravel at its most remote — Galloway Forest, deep ruts, and whatever June throws at you.

160 km3,200 m ↑
February

Swartberg 100

Prince Albert, Klein Karoo, South Africa

The Swartberg Pass, twice — stony Karoo gravel, extreme heat, small field.

100 km3,100 m ↑
May

Santa Vall

Catalonia / Pyrenees, Spain

Catalan Pyrenees gravel ultra — 240 km, 5,500 m, one very long day.

240 km5,500 m ↑
June

Wish One Millau

Millau, Aveyron, France

French limestone causses gravel — fast, technical, and scenically spectacular.

195 km3,800 m ↑
August

FNLD GRVL

Lahti, Finland

Nordic gravel through Finnish forest — long, quiet, and properly Scandinavian.

200 km2,200 m ↑

MTB18

March

Absa Cape Epic

Western Cape, South Africa

Eight days of ruthless South African singletrack, raced in pairs.

~100 km/day over 8 stages (~707 km total)16,000 m ↑
August

Leadville Trail 100 MTB

Leadville, Colorado, USA

High-altitude MTB hundred — thin air, big climbs, one very long day.

160 km3,800 m ↑
June

Stone King Rally

Queyras to Liguria — Southwestern Alps (France / Italy)

Trans-Alpine enduro rally — high Alps to the Mediterranean, six days, 24 timed stages.

~42 km/day over 6 stages (~250 km total, 15,000 m climbing)15,000 m ↑
October

24H of Finale

Finale Ligure, Liguria, Italy

WEMBO World Solo 24H Championship — Italian Riviera trails for one full rotation of the clock.

~250–300 km typical solo distance over 24 hours11,200 m ↑
July

BC Bike Race

British Columbia, Canada

Seven days of Pacific North-West singletrack — the loamy end of the stage-race spectrum.

~60 km/day over 7 stages1,500 m ↑
March

Andalucía Bike Race

Andalucía, Spain

Five days through Andalucía's best singletrack — hot, technical, raced in teams.

~100 km/day over 5 stages (~500 km total)2,000 m ↑
August

Birkebeinerrittet

Rena to Lillehammer, Norway

Norway's iconic MTB marathon — forest trails and mountain passes, 94 km of Norwegian character.

94 km3,000 m ↑
July

Desafio Rio Pinto

Piauí, Brazil

Brazil's toughest MTB marathon — tropical heat, rocky caatinga terrain, serious attrition.

130 km2,200 m ↑
June

HERO Südtirol Dolomites

South Tyrol, Italy

Dolomite MTB marathon — rocky singletrack, big altitude, Italian Alpine scenery.

120 km4,500 m ↑
May

KAP sani2c

KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Three days from the Drakensberg to the Indian Ocean — South Africa's best-loved MTB stage race.

~93 km/day over 3 stages (~280 km total)1,800 m ↑
November

La Ruta de los Conquistadores

Pacific coast to Caribbean coast, Costa Rica

The hardest MTB stage race on Earth — jungle, rivers, volcanoes, mud, relentless climbing.

~125 km/day over 3 stages with extreme daily elevation4,500 m ↑
July

Salzkammergut Trophy

Bad Goisern, Upper Austria

Austria's epic MTB marathon — 220 km, 7,000 m climbing, Alpine lakes and limestone.

220 km full distance; shorter options available7,000 m ↑
January

Strathpuffer 24

Strathpeffer, Scottish Highlands, UK

Scotland's winter 24-hour MTB race — mud, darkness, and a very real chance of snow.

~230 km typical solo distance over 24 hours on the ~7 km circuit7,500 m ↑
August

Swiss Epic

Swiss Alps, Switzerland

Five days of Swiss Alpine singletrack — world-class trails, clean conditions, raced in pairs.

~86 km/day over 5 stages (~430 km total)3,200 m ↑
January / February

Tankwa Trek

Tanqua Karoo, South Africa

Four days through the Great Karoo — extreme heat, dust, isolation.

~95 km/day over 4 stages (~380 km total)1,800 m ↑
April

Titan Desert Morocco

Merzouga, Morocco

Six days through the Moroccan Sahara — sand, heat, relentless desert terrain.

~100 km/day over 6 stages (~600 km total)1,200 m ↑
April

VolCAT Igualada

Igualada, Catalonia, Spain

Catalonia's competitive MTB marathon — rocky Mediterranean singletrack, serious field.

80 km2,500 m ↑
November

Whaka 100

Rotorua, New Zealand

World-class Rotorua singletrack — 100 km on New Zealand's best trails.

100 km2,400 m ↑

Ultra15

July / August

Transcontinental Race

Western to Eastern Europe — route changes annually

Europe's definitive self-supported ultra — 4,000 km, single push, your own route.

~4,000 km over 2–3 weeks (~200–400 km/day depending on pace)
July

Three Peaks Bike Race

Across the Alps and Dolomites, Europe

Road-focused alpine bikepacking race where the free-route format meets huge climbing.

~2,150 km total, ~10–14 days34,000 m ↑
June

Tour Divide

Banff, Canada to Antelope Wells, New Mexico, USA

The halo off-road bikepacking race: huge distance, huge wear, huge maintenance stakes.

~4,400 km total, ~2–4 weeks60,000 m ↑
June

Trans Am Bike Race

Astoria, Oregon to Yorktown, Virginia, USA

Classic self-supported U.S. road crossing where simplicity beats cleverness.

~6,760 km total, ~3–5 weeks55,000 m ↑
September

Transibérica

Southern Europe (Bolzano to Bilbao area, free-route)

Free-route road ultra with long Iberian and southern-European mountain haul.

~2,600 km total, ~10–16 days45,000 m ↑
June

Badlands

Almería / Granada, Spain

Spain's unsupported bikepacking ultra — lunar landscapes, extreme heat, zero shade.

~730 km total, typically 3–5 days12,000 m ↑
February

Atlas Mountain Race

Morocco

Unsupported winter bikepacking across the High Atlas — cold mountains, remote terrain.

~1,200 km total, ~4–8 days20,000 m ↑
August

Silk Road Mountain Race

Kyrgyzstan

1,800 km through the Tian Shan — high altitude, remote, and genuinely self-supported.

~1,800 km total, ~7–14 days30,000 m ↑
June

Race Across America

Oceanside, California to Annapolis, Maryland, USA

The original transcontinental race — 4,900 km, non-stop, coast to coast.

~4,900 km total, ~9–16 days (solo)50,000 m ↑
June

NorthCape 4000

Rovaniemi, Finland to Tarifa, Spain

Arctic to Mediterranean — 4,000 km from the top of Europe to the bottom.

~4,000 km total, ~10–18 days35,000 m ↑
June

Italy Divide

North to South Italy

Italy's self-supported bikepacking ultra — spine of the Apennines, north to south.

~2,000 km total, ~6–12 days32,000 m ↑
May

Hope 1000

Massif Central and French Alps, France

1,000 km of French mountain bikepacking — Massif Central, Alps, unsupported.

~1,000 km total, ~3–6 days20,000 m ↑
January

Race Around Rwanda

Rwanda

Rwanda's circuit ultra — 1,000 km of the Land of a Thousand Hills.

~1,000 km total, ~3–5 days18,000 m ↑
July

The Accursed Race

Albania and Montenegro

LostDot's Balkans ultra — the Accursed Mountains, unsupported, genuinely remote.

~1,000 km total, ~4–7 days20,000 m ↑
March

Indian Pacific Wheel Race

Perth to Sydney, Australia

Australia's coast-to-coast ultra — 5,500 km across the full continent.

~5,500 km total, ~14–22 days28,000 m ↑

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