Don't miss out: Gravel dates 2025 & 2026
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· 11.09.2025
The Gravel World Championships are also part of the Gravel calendar again
The most important gravel dates for 2025 & 2026 at a glance. What's taking place and what's on offer? We have summarised the dates for you. Whether it's races, festivals & camps or bikepacking events, there's something for everyone.
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Gravel events 2025
Sea Otter Europe - Spain
- Date: 19.-21.9.2025
- This is offered: Gravel festival, rides, almost the last chance to qualify for the 2025 Gravel World Championships
- Website: www.seaottereurope.com
Gravel Ground
- Date: 26.-28.9.2025
- This is offered: Gravel festival with rides, races, testing, camping, learning, listening, connecting, graveling; location: Ehwald colliery, Ruhr area
- Website: event.delius-klasing.de/gravel-ground
Istra Land - Croatia
- Date: 26.-29.9.2025
- This is offered: Gravel racing, bikepacking adventures and everything in between
- Website: www.istraland.cc
Ranxo Gravel - Spain
- Date: 28.9.2025
- This is offered: Last race of the Gravel Earth Series
- Website: ranxogravel.com
Lower Rhine Gravel
- Date: 4.10.2025
- This is offered: 160 kilometre gravel ride with all-round carefree package
- Website: niederrhein-gravel.de
Gravel World Championship 2025 - Netherlands
- Date: 11-12.10.2025
- This is offered: World Championships
- Website: ucigravel2025.com
Jeroboam Mallorca
- Date: 21-23.11.2025
- This is offered: Gravel race 300 km, 150 km, 75 km, 37.5 km
- Website: jeroboam.bike
Gravel race 2026
Wörthersee Gravel
- Date: 12.4.2026
- This is offered: UCI gravel race
- Website: www.woerthersee-gravel.com
Resin Gravel
- Date: 19.4.2026
- This is offered: Gravel race
- Website: harz-gravel.de
Salzkammergut Trophy - Austria
- Date: 18.7.2026
- This is offered: Gravel race
- Website: www.salzkammergut-trophy.at
Tip: Gravel Peaks - Crossing the Alps
- Date: May 2026
- This is offered: Gravel-Transalp lasting several days
- Website: event.delius-klasing.de/gravel-peaks
Festivals & Camps 2026
Mudfoot Camp
- Date: 10.-12.7.2026
- This is offered: Gravel, sauna, music, swimming, campfire, gravel triathlon near Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein
- Website: plattfuss-podcast.de
Grady's Gravel Queens
- Date: 28.-31.5.2026
- This is offered: Gravel community event at Lake Weissensee in Carinthia, Austria
- Website: gradysgravelqueens.com
Into the Wold
- Date: 2.-5.7.2026
- This is offered: Gravel camp in the Bregenzerwald, Austria
- Website: www.intothewold.at
Gravel Ground
- Date: September 2026
- This is offered: Camp, festival, race around the Ehwald colliery, Ruhr area
- Website: event.delius-klasing.de/gravel-ground
Bikepacking events 2026
Seven Serpents Quick Bite
- Date: 11.5.2026
- This is offered: Bikepacking challenge, 520 km, 10,000 metres in altitude in the Slovenian-Croatian border region
- Website: www.seven-serpents.de
Zurich Escape
- Date: 29.-31.5.2026
- This is offered: Self-supported bikepacking adventure, 400 km, 10,000 m elevation gain; start & finish in Zurich, Switzerland
- Website: www.zuri-escape.com
Cowlands Grawendel
- Date: 16.-21.6.2026
- This is offered: Unsupported Bikepacking Challenge, 560 km, 9,500 metres in altitude; from Munich through Kawendel and back again
- Website: www.cowlands.de
Nightmare Bike Challenge
- Date: 31.7.-2.8.2026
- This is offered: Unsupported Bikepacking Challenge Gravel and MTB at Lake Achensee, Austria, 350 km, 8,000 m elevation gain
- Website: nightmarebikechallenge.com
Tip - short and crisp: In many cyclocross races, gravel bikes are also allowed to compete in the hobby class. Find out beforehand! You can find race dates on rad-net.de, for example
Customised
You can find scouted gravel routes at Orbit360, for example. There are new circuits every year, and trail running circuits have also been available since 2025. The idea: to provide an introduction to long-distance running, experiences, adventures and dialogue. For multi-day tours, you can orientate yourself on long-distance cycle routes, retrace tours or book experiences:
How do you like this article?
- Blockline: MTB and gravel adventure in the Ore Mountains with fun challenges; also for kids. Info: blockline.bike
- Rockhead! Gravel tour through Saxon Switzerland and Upper Lusatia. Info: www.rockhead.bike
- Wossa: Gravelling and learning. Info: gravgrav.cc/en/route/wossa-bikepackingroute
- Zig Zag Gravel: Three-day gravel adventure in the foothills of the Alps with luggage transport. Info: zigzaggravel.de
