Gravel Racing

The Mid South Gravel Race is one of the most beloved events on the American gravel calendar — and one of the most underrated. Set in Stillwater, Oklahoma in early spring, it’s the first major gravel event of the season, it draws a world-class professional field, and it consistently delivers dramatic racing across Oklahoma’s red-clay […]

Rebecca’s Private Idaho is a gravel race unlike anything else on the calendar. Set in Sun Valley, Idaho — one of the most beautiful mountain valleys in the American West — it was founded by pro road cyclist Rebecca Rusch and carries her signature philosophy: challenge yourself, embrace the wild, leave the ego at the

The Crusher in the Tushar is the most demanding gravel race in Utah and one of the hardest in the American West. Set in the Tushar Mountains above Beaver, Utah, it combines high altitude, brutal climbing, and a remote course that separates it from the managed safety of major events like Unbound or SBT GRVL.

Big Sugar Gravel is Arkansas’s biggest cycling event and one of the best-run gravel races in the country. Held in Bentonville — the cycling capital of America — it uses the Ozark Mountains terrain that has made the region a global destination for mountain biking and gravel riding. Here’s what you need to know about

The UCI Gravel World Championships is the fastest-growing event in professional cycling. What started as an experimental format in 2022 has become the sport’s most prestigious title — and the 2026 edition promises to be the most competitive yet. Here’s everything you need to know about the course, qualification process, and athletes to watch. What

The Belgian Waffle Ride is the most brutally hard gravel race in North America. It’s not the longest — at roughly 140 miles, it’s shorter than Unbound. It’s not the highest — it doesn’t reach the altitudes of SBT GRVL. What makes the BWR uniquely punishing is the combination: relentless climbing, miles of rough cobbled

SBT GRVL is the hardest gravel race in Colorado and one of the defining events of the North American gravel calendar. Set in the mountains around Steamboat Springs, the event combines altitude, sustained climbing, and high-speed descents on fast dirt roads with some of the most spectacular scenery in the sport. Here’s everything you need

Unbound Gravel is the biggest day in American gravel cycling. Two hundred miles of relentless Kansas dirt, 11,000 feet of climbing, and a finish line that can take anywhere from 9 hours to well past midnight. If there’s one race that defines what gravel riding is all about — the suffering, the community, the sheer