UCI Gravel World Championships

Cycle speedway, bike polo, and a reprisal of the iconic Sallanches road circuit to feature in the UCI 2027 combined format 'super world championships.'

UCI confirms move to the Netherlands for gravel world championships after 'various constraints' forced shift from original venue.

Governing body scrambling for new venue and date for UCI gravel world championships after ‘various constraints’ torpedo racing out of bustling French city.

The series heads next to Brazil on March 9 where top riders qualify for the UCI gravel world championships.

From Damian Hurst to muddy happy people, Shoddy Dave takes us on a whirlwind tour of the best video of 2024.

The octogenarian competed in Flanders last October, with a singular goal: to become a world champion.

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

Gravel worlds served up plenty of interesting tech both expensive and cheap.

A new Cannondale gravel bike, Vos' Gravaa Gear, Lapierre's Crosshill and many more bikes made an appearance at the race in Belgium.

Shoddy Dave headed to the gravel worlds for a weekend of racing like he's never experienced.

Yes, indeed, the world champs had the "gravel" vibe very much flowing.

Mathieu van der Poel carried over his excellent form from road worlds to pick up another set of rainbow bands.

Tour de Hoody: Rivals wary to follow Pogačar's wheel, Poole breaks through, Lefevere laments UAE's financial muscle, and tweaks to the '3km rule'.

Marianne Vos used a redeveloped Gravaa regulator when she won gravel worlds. Will it help push tire pressure pumps onto the pavé of the spring classics?

4th-placed rider Jasper Stuyven says fellow Belgians prioritized their Alpecin-Deceuninck trade team ahead of the national squad.

Dutchman follows up on his bronze in the road worlds with his first-ever gravel world title.

Dutchwoman Vos outsprints road world champion Lotte Kopecky after lengthy two-rider breakaway.

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.

Shoddy Dave takes in the gravel World Cup at Sea Otter Europe in Girona, Spain.

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.

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

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

The second annual event will be held in Gering, Nebraska on September 8, 2024.

Will the gravel world champion's Tour training pay off over 200 miles of Kansas gravel? 'I hope so, it’s a long flight to go just to participate,' he says.

Bottas finished sixth at the Swartberg 100 gravel race in South Africa, stamping his ticket for worlds in October.

The Arkansas gravel race qualified dozens of riders for the UCI Gravel World Championships in Belgium in October.

Elite women will race 133k and elite men 179k through the Flanders region of Belgium.

The pro driver is no stranger to the gravel racing scene at this point, having put up some impressive results in between his intense Formula 1 schedule.

Lauren De Crescenzo reflects on her experience in the Life Time Grand Prix, which included learning how to mountain bike.

'It’s super hard, but I feel like always after winning and suffering in a sufferfest, you feel so satisfied to do more,' said the world champ after Big Sugar Gravel.

Diving into the power files from the 2023 UCI Gravel World Championships in Italy

40 mm tires, 1x mullet gearing, and a new handlebar system dominate Tiffany Cromwell's new Canyon Grail gravel bike.

From trying to do the UCI's work in broadcasting the race to reconning the course, I had a lot of fun. Evidently, so did all the racers.

Vollering, Mohorič, Vermeersch, and other gravel newbies give their takes on on the UCI Gravel World Championships race.

From the Euros dominating the UCI gravel worlds to the collapse of the 'mega merger', the 2023 season ended with a collective bang.

First-ever gravel race sees a world class performance from explosive Slovenian.

Belgian puts in impressive fight back after bike problems and a crash.

Swenson clawed out of a bad start position to race in the front all day, chase back after a crash, and sprint Alejandro Valverde to the line.

Vermeersch and Swift second and third, Valverde beats U.S. specialist Swenson for fourth.

Swenson has a nearly impeccable track record for choosing — and not abusing — his equipment for the races.

At the finish line on Saturday, Kasia Niewiadoma, Lauren Stephens, Demi Vollering, Sarah Sturm and others tell us about the day.

Four year victory drought ends with first-ever rainbow jersey.

Team USA is rallying around Keegan Swenson for Sunday's UCI Gravel World Championships race.

Polish rider dazzles with first big victory in four years.

UCI issues tardy apology but no explanation is given.

How they got into gravel, their expectations for the race and how they keep their motivation so late in the season.

Governing body urges fans to follow racing via live tracker and social media.

This Specialized Crux is ready for the ever-changing terrain of the UCI Gravel World Championship 2023 in Italy.

GCN will broadcast the men's event on Sunday.

Van Aert's Cervelo Aspero-5 ahead of the UCI Gravel Worlds includes a Sram 2x drivetrain and immense saddle to bar drop.

Illness and injury sideline the two contenders.

Tarmac, doubletrack, steep climbs, and singletrack, all tucked into the folds of Veneto's Prosecco Hills, will make for a gravel race unlike any other.

Will Vermeersch repeat? Can Swenson beat Van Aert? What about Petr Vakoç? The elite men's event at gravel worlds is anybody's race.

Pauline Ferrand Prevot, Lorena Wiebes, Demi Vollering, Sofia Gomez Villafañe, and Tiffany Cromwell are just a few standout names in a deep field of 110 elite women's riders.

Q&A: We catch up with the top American ahead of the elite men's 2023 UCI Gravel World Championships in Italy.

The Specialized Off-Road pro has put in the work and is more prepared than ever

The reigning gravel world champion will skip the inaugural European Gravel Championships this weekend; her participation at the UCI Gravel World Championships on October 7 is TBD.

The second edition of the UCI-sanctioned gravel worlds is expected to see more of the established gravel stars to compete in Italy next month.

New gravel national champions Keegan Swenson and Lauren Stephens headline Team USA's elite 23- rider squad.

Men will race 169k and women 140k on courses that "are much harder and hillier than last year," says Erwin Vervecken.

The event will move from Vicenza to Treviso and be produced by Pedali di Marcha. Course details remain scant.

When CX, classics, Tour de France, and road worlds aren't enough: Van Aert dominates gravel tune-up in preparation for push at UCI gravel worlds.

MTB Marathon World Championships race organizer Massimo Panighel is rumored to be creating a 'more demanding track than that of 2022' for the October 8 championship race in Italy.

A weekly roundup of what's happening in the off-road.

13 races remain for riders hoping to qualify for October's UCI Gravel World Championship.

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

VeloNews' editors highlight the biggest stories of 2022 in our 22-stage grand tour of the cycling year-in-review.

'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.

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

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

A look at the bikes and tech of the Gravel World Championships.

Thoughts from an experienced, inexperienced gravel connoisseur

Mullets, moustaches and craft beer come face-to-face with European bike racing sensibilities.

The Australian heaped praised on the opening sections of the inaugural worlds course.

What it took to podium in cycling's inaugural gravel world championships.

Italian rider a firm convert to gravel racing after world championship experience.

Off-road background comes in handy as top-level road pros fight over the first gravel rainbow jersey.

Dutch rider got the most possible after key breakaway pulled clear, vows to race more gravel soon.