Gravel

Race co-promoter Valtteri Bottas brings his F1 team into the gravel world.

Maude Farrell and Brennan Wertz take overall Grasshopper Adventure Series victories.

I had a blast underbiking on singletrack, but not everyone felt the same.

The Gravelier, a saddle designed specifically with gravel in mind, offers a number of firsts for WTB.

Dutch rider Jasper Ockeloen and last year's BWR champ Alexey Vermeulen finished second and third.

The former pro triathlete was joined on the podium by Flavia Oliveira Parks and Paige Onweller.

The Allroad saddle, flexy carbon seatpost, and handlebar tape promise additional comfort on mixed surfaces without the bulk and weight of suspension.

A new course with '85km of Cali-cobbles' and a deep pro field will race under sunny SoCal skies on Sunday.

Movistar road racer Iván García Cortina and Movistar eTeam racers Ana Dillana and Hayley Simmonds will join the retired WorldTour pro on the dirt.

The project seeks to serve as a resource for outdoor industry ambassadors, influencers, and content creators.

Cycling's most passionate subset weighs in on USAC in gravel, prize money, the women's race, and worlds.

'Gravel is the most appealing entry point into the sport of bike racing. Naturally, more racers on the local level results in a bigger talent pool for producing the American world champions of tomorrow.'

East Texas Showdown promises plenty of beauty and likely even more rain, and I'm going to try to ride it without sleeping.

The event is putting up a $60,000 prize purse, and the top three elite men and women will qualify for the UCI Gravel World Championships.

The new S-Works Recon is more than just an update.

Specialized calls it a gravel shoe, but a multi-surface shoe that's happy both on and off the bike might be a better description.

De Crescenzo repeats after 2022; McElveen adds 2023 to his 2019, '20 wins in Oklahoma.

It's not just a bike race. It's a vibe.

Anna Yamauchi and Alexis Skarda stage a smart race for second and third.

The singletrack-heavy course ended with a decisive move in a sand pit near the finish.

A deep field of pros will race a rowdy and raucous 122 miles at the inaugural event.

The event will take place in Flanders on October 1, one week before the UCI Gravel World Championships.

Women will start 15 minutes before everyone else at the NorCal race on Saturday; they'll also have their own portapotties at the start.

The second event in the off-road Grasshopper Adventure Series was like a "five hour cyclocross race," said race organizer Miguel Crawford.

A Wednesday roundup of events, initiatives, and activities related to off-road riding.

It looks normal enough – until you look at the geometry chart.

The family of late professional cyclist Moriah Wilson will host a cycling-centric fundraiser this spring in Vermont.

Niky Taylor and Maude Farrell competed the women's podium, while Christopher Blevins and Tyler Williams were 2-3 for the men.

From California to Michigan to Finland, you won't miss the Flint Hills one bit.

Expect nothing but fireworks and fun from the first Grasshopper Adventure Series event of the season.

The US-based triathlete has signed with Canyon Bicycles to take on the Life Time Grand Prix series.

The six-episode series will be available for streaming on January 27.

The new rider support program will marry performance training and marketing to help cultivate professional riders.

San Francisco bay area cyclist Nehemiah Brown wants to see more cyclists of color on gravel at at events. This is how he's trying to help.

Co2uT, Telluride Gravel Race, Ned Gravel, and FoCo Fondo make up the four-race series.

Sofia Gomez Villafañe and Russell Finsterwald return after a successful 2022; all three athletes will race the Life Time Grand Prix series.

The 110-mile gravel race will be held September 30 in Trinidad, Colorado.

For 2023, the US national mountain bike champ has planned a dual gravel and cross-country schedule very similar to last year's.

Wertz will ride for the family-run custom bike brand at events like the Life Time Grand Prix, BWR, and the Grasshopper Adventure Series, as well as adventures beyond the race circuit.

3T takes the aero gravel concept to the extremes.

I predict good things on the horizon for gravel in 2023.

The series expands to seven events this year, up from four, and is now spread across three countries with the introduction of races in Mexico and Canada.

So far, it's been mostly positive reactions from the riders who will be affected by the changes.

The men's and women's elite fields will start 10 minutes ahead of all other racers, and they're not allowed to use aero bars.

The series will feature 17 qualifier races for the second UCI Gravel World Championships, which will be held October 7-8 in Veneto, Italy.

The bikes, people, and events that lit up gravel in 2022.

Returning champs Haley Smith and Keegan Swenson join a roster of newcomers and 2022 series veterans.

'We believe that a gravel championship should have a certain standard of both quality and distance of real hardpack dirt roads,' says race organizer Maarten Patteeuw.

Some of Specialized's longtime adventure athletes like Sarah Swallow and Ty Hathaway were let go last week; they say the brand is cutting the entire ambassador program

The five-day stage race that debuted in Tanzania last year will return in 2023 as two 425km stages with a mandatory 12-hour stop in between.

Registration for the UCI Gravel World Series race in Arkansas opens on December 8; UCI gravel worlds returns to Italy on September 30, 2023.

The governing body will launch a gravel national championship in 2023, followed by a junior and collegiate gravel series in 2024.

Girona-based promoter Klassmark will oversee the series, which will unify 6-8 international gravel races under one umbrella.

With the UCI-sanctioned gravel worlds slated for Flanders in 2024, it might be too close to home for Van Aert to avoid.

Significant changes include the addition of a seventh race, race fees paid for all selected athletes, and more doping controls.

The gravel event founded by Ted and Laura King saw three successful editions

The six-event series will feature two timed races in Sweden and Finland, as well as social non-competitive rides of varying distances

Guest contributor Molly Lofton takes us inside the irreverent Stillwater, Oklahoma event

The former professional road racer has found new inspiration in racing on the American off-road, as well as helping others get to the start line

The Hagens Berman Axeon rider took on Big Sugar Gravel aboard BMC's new race-oriented gravel bike.

Just a year after transitioning from World Cup XCO to endurance racing, Cole Paton finished fourth overall in the Life Time Grand Prix series

Finley Aspholm finds herself among strong company at Koppenbergcross.

Grant is retiring at the end of the season, after a nearly 10-year career in which she was a five-time marathon MTB national champion and two-time winner of the Leadville 100

The 19-year-old from California had an offer from a Spanish development team but chose Mazda Lauf Factory gravel for 2023

This is the first dedicated gravel handlebar from the high-end carbon wheel and component company.

Submissions will be accepted November 1 through November 30 and are open to the public

The recently-retired Irish WorldTour pro is going all in on gravel.

The Oregon carbon bike manufacturer's first gravel bike attempts to strike a balance between shredding singletrack and winning races

At Big Sugar Gravel, we took a look at the Grand Prix series winner's gravel bike

The new gravel race rig is aero and fast but more importantly, really fun to ride

The finale to a season full of challenges on and off the bike ended with everyone together at a brewery that felt like "a big house party, with friends left, right, center"

'There were definitely some offers and interest but there wasn’t anything enough to lure me into it,' American off-road star tells VeloNews.

'Obviously my big issue is that every time there’s a descent I’m dropping the wheel and I have to sprint for 5km just to get back to the group,' Irish rider says after fifth in Big Sugar Gravel.

Here are the results from every race in the 2022 series.

'I’m sure that I’m not a mountain biker, and at 41 I've tried to become one, but guys like Swenson and Finsterwald are used to riding mountain bikes since they were kids,' says veteran Dutch rider.

The Abus rider celebrated a breakthrough victory in Bentonville, with Emily Newsom and Alexis Skarda rounding out the podium.