Betsy Welch

From bike swaps and fresh kit to team signings and solo endeavors, here’s the breakdown of all the biggest name changes in gravel.

Meet Axelle Dubau-Prévôt, Pauline's younger sister, who will compete in Unbound Gravel, Leadville, and the other Life Time Grand Prix events in 2025

Beginning Feb. 1, Life Time will release 50 slots in the 100-mile race and 25 slots in the 200-mile race for women only.

The MTB pro from Colorado climbed the 55.59-mile and 15,127-foot segment in 6:12:51, besting the previous record by nearly an hour.

The 21-year-old multi-discipline rider joins Keegan Swenson, Alexis Skarda, and Tobin Ortenblad and plans to race gravel and cross-country.

Gaimon set a new record on "the world's longest paved climb" on Maui in 2:23:36, just 28 seconds ahead of the previous fastest time.

King and Nauman, along with LeLan Dains and John Hobbs, will be inducted at a ceremony in Emporia, Kansas ahead of Unbound Gravel.

Also, are those Hammerhead computers too?

For the most part, pro riders and event organizers think that purses should be the new norm. As for the spirit of gravel? 'It died a long time ago.'

Events are stepping on each other's toes, and athletes have to make tough choices about where to race. Does this mean gravel needs a governing body?

Jason Krasley was fired from SafeSport last year over a different criminal charge; his latest arrest surfaces question's about the agency's hiring process.

For those who lost everything, anything helps.

In 2025, Team Amani is fielding a UCI Continental squad with goals of dominating African road races. It's a new take on an old theme: to show that Africa deserves a place on the cycling map.

Vermeulen, a professional off-road cyclist, launched Phase II last year to give up-and-coming juniors a taste of the pro-level experience.

Gravel Burn, set to debut in South African on October 26, is putting up $150,000 to the top riders at the eight-day stage race.

Thanks to a partnership with Skipstone Winery, there will be $156,000 up for grabs at this year's Growler, Levi Leipheimer's California road race.

The Vail Police Department used Apple AirTags to track down 20 high-end bikes that were stolen across the Colorado Rockies.

There is no way to survive Canadian artist Marie LeBlanc Flanagan's 'Loser Lane.' And that's exactly the point.

Riding with friends, Bentonville's art scene, sweet sunglasses and women-designed socks, and the joy of nearly instant hot water all day long - here are a few of my favorite things from 2024.

Smaller events? New equipment standards? A changing of the guard? Four Velo editors make predictions about the state of gravel cycling and racing in 2025.

Different race formats, more mud, and an ENVE mountain bike were a few that topped the list.

Langvad, who had her first child in August, will race a mixed gravel and cross-country calendar in 2025, joining Sofia Gomez Villafañe, Matt Beers, and Howard Grotts on the Specialized Off-Road team.

The proposed legislation would require auto manufacturers to implement automatic emergency braking systems that can detect cyclists, pedestrians, and other vulnerable road users.

We talked to Matej Mohorič, Christopher Blevins, Lauren De Crescenzo, and Sofia Gomez Villafañe about their time off the bike: turns out, they enjoy the time more than you'd expect.

The route links six standalone segments through Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and North Dakota, and is set to be fully mapped by early 2025.

Hashimi, 21, will join Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling for the 2025 season.

From a 10 day tour in Michigan's Upper Peninsula to a fringey ultra-endurance race from LA to Vegas, I just want to ride my bike in cool places with good people.

A new report from Parity surveyed 500 professional female athletes from 55 sports on their 2023 earnings and found the majority of them are still barely getting by.

On Thursday, December 12, the virtual cycling platform MyWhoosh is hosting a free virtual ride with the Slovenian wunderkind.

From Emporia to the Alps, multi-day races to single day affairs, here are some of the gravel races we're excited to follow in 2025.

"The Cannibal" is in good hands at a hospital in Herentals, Belgium, according to his family.

So long, Lapierre: French team confirms supplier switch to Specialized for the Vollering era.

Riders age 18-22 will have a chance to vie for a spot in the 2026 Life Time Grand Prix with top results at the series' races in 2025.

Kevin Vermaak says that Gravel Burn, which debuts October 2025, "has a realistic shot at being bigger and better than the Cape Epic."

Get a top spot at one of five Life Time events to earn the right to tackle the Flint Hills gravel race.

Next year's national champs events kick off in February with eSports and end in December with cyclocross.

The short film from Canyon digs into all of the elements that contributed to Niewiadoma's 2024 Tour de France win.

Pedal, Pedal, Pedal is a new short film from Ventum.

The 20-year-old went to the brink mentally during his 76 days on the road, but he never gave up.

Bond Almand left Prudhoe Bay, Alaska on August 31 and arrived in Ushuaia, Argentina on November 15, besting the previous record by just under nine days.

Two-time Unbound winner Amanda Nauman and her partner David Sheek founded Mammoth Tuff in 2022 and have struggled with participation numbers since. Next year, they're trying something different.

It's nuanced, says off-road pro Haley Smith. "Four degrees and raining is, in fact, much worse than subzero and snow."

With races from Kenya to Tasmania to Wales, the 2025 gravel worlds' qualifier calendar is the most diverse yet.

'On the Up' shows how the three friends and competitors took a different approach to prepping for the 100-mile mountain bike race this year.

The former WorldTour pro turned gravel pro turned media mogul is adding another job description to his post-retirement palmares.

The chatbot was created by the Belgian Waffle Ride's founder Michael Marckx in an effort to engage with the community in a less serious and more BWR-ish way.

The San Francisco-based Hellman Foundation is earmarking the funds to specifically support USAC's high performance women's programming.

Keegan and Sofia are back, along with 15 riders from abroad and a whole lot of series veterans.

The global gravel series will feature six races in the United States, as well as 19 others across the globe.

This may be the best cycling film since 'Breaking Away.'

Nominations for athletes, event organizers, innovators, storytellers, and advocates who have left a mark in gravel cycling will be accepted November 1-30, 2024.

U.S. cross-country mountain biking had a banner year in the World Cup and Olympics. What would take the sport to the next level? 'Americanize it in the best way so there are more fans,' says Christopher Blevins.

'The first step towards riding in the Olympics or the Tour de France or a MTB World Cup? Why shouldn’t it be the 50 miler at Unbound?' says Brendan Quirk, USAC's CEO.

The organizers of Colorado's Bighorn Gravel race are resurrecting a historic road event in the hopes of bringing more high-quality road cycling options to participants.

Upcycled steel frames become grocery-getting, human-hauling, fun-making machines otherwise known as 'Gnargos.'

In 2025 Lauf Gravel Worlds will put up $100,000 for the top 10 male and female elite racers who are the fastest to the finish line; the event will also donate that amount to local bike-based charities.

Sofia Gomez Villafañe and Keegan Swenson win again; the battle for second was decided at Big Sugar Gravel; and most importantly, the series will be back in 2025.

The FKT attempt was one thing. The bigger thing was riding in honor of his dad Doug who lives with Multiple Sclerosis.

Melisa Rollins and Cecily Decker take second and third in the women's race, while Colby Simmons and Simen Nordahl Svendsen round out the men's podium.

Unbound, as well as the five other races in the Life Time Grand Prix series, will have $30,000 up for grabs for the top five men and women finishers, regardless of whether they're in the series or not.

The 2025 Grand Prix will see smaller fields, less races at altitude, and more mountain biking. What do riders like Lauren De Crescenzo, Haley Smith, Keegan Swenson, and Alexey Vermeulen think?

Americans Sarah Sturm and Griffin Easter come in second overall in the international series.

One new gravel race and one new mountain bike race join Unbound, Leadville, and others for the fourth edition of the series.

More than a year of divisive community debate over SBT GRVL is resolved after Routt County Commissioners conditionally approved new two-day format for June 2025.

The 13th annual edition of the event has set a goal to raise one million dollars for the residents of Polk County, NC at the October 19 event.

As the coach of the Dutch national team, Ten Dam has superstars like Van der Poel and Vos in the running for the rainbow stripes this weekend. But he wants them to enjoy the spirit of gravel along the way.

'Gravel worlds' kicks off in Flanders on October 5-6 with headliners like Mathieu van der Poel, Pauline Ferrand Prévot, Lotte Kopecky, and Matej Mohorič.

Swenson's win locks up his overall lead in the Grand Prix series; Sofia Gomez Villafañe is second on the day and continues to lead the women's overall.

A course suited for team tactics, lack of USAC financial support, and the competing interest of the Life Time Grand Prix made it a no-go for riders like Keegan Swenson.

Although the 26-year-old from India won't break the record for fastest circumnavigation of the globe by bike, she will be the first to have ridden around the world twice.

National champions Brennan Wertz and Lauren Stephens headline the squad headed to Belgium October 5-6, 2024.

After county commissioners said that SBT GRVL had to reduce participation by more than 40 percent and change the format from a race to a ride, organizers are pivoting to keep the event alive.

"Gravel is the gateway discipline to distance MTB riding," says dual discipline athlete Haley Smith. "If you like gravel, chances are you’d like marathon MTB even more."

The California chef often finds inspiration for the kitchen while riding his bike in Northern California.

On September 11, Wilcox set the female Guinness World Record for fastest circumnavigation of the globe by bicycle. This is how she kept her Specialized Roubaix running ‘flawlessly’ for 18,125 miles.

Both riders win in sprints; solidify overall leads in the Life Time Grand Prix series.

Wilcox, 38, rode 18,125 miles miles during her journey.

At 6'5" and 200 lbs Wertz has had to figure out which gravel races suit him best. With that, he's finding success.

The newly-minted XCO world champion is skipping the rest of World Cup season to fight for two more sets of rainbow stripes.

Tight racing in Gering, Nebraska on September 8 saw Stephens and Wertz walk away with $10,000 each, as well as automatic qualification for the 2024 UCI Gravel World Championships in Belgium.