2026 UCI Gravel World Series - Qualify NOW!
United States | Midwest | Ohio >> 2025 UCI Gravel World Championships revises start procedure
 
Add to My Favourites
 
Add to My Favourites

2025 UCI Gravel World Championships Revises Start Procedure to Boost Safety and Reward Top Qualifiers

The Bolero 2025 UCI Gravel World Championships today announced an update to the starting procedure designed to improve safety, recognize top performers from the UCI Gravel World Series qualifiers, and streamline race starts for large fields

2025 UCI Gravel World Championships Revises Start Procedure to Boost Safety and Reward Top Qualifiers

The change expands the “priority box” at the front of the start grid to include more top finishers from qualifying races while clarifying registration deadlines and Elite-category procedures.

Since last year, defending World Champions and winners of UCI Gravel World Series age-category qualifiers have been granted privileged placement in the first row, known as the priority box. For Bolero 2025, the priority box will be expanded in categories that start with more than 100 riders: in addition to defending World Champions, all riders who finish in the top three in a qualifying race will now be eligible for priority-box placement. Older categories that are combined into a single start will not receive a priority box even if the combined group exceeds 100 riders.

The update aims primarily to increase rider safety by grouping competitors of similar ability at the front of large starting fields. By reducing the need for faster riders to surge through dense pelotons during the opening kilometers, the change lowers the chance of early-race incidents and congestion. The priority box also serves as a recognition and reward for strong performances in qualifying races and removes the burden of long waits in the regular start boxes for those riders.

To give organizers time to assemble priority lists, registration for the priority box will close at 23:59 CET on September 30. Riders may still register for the Championships until October 6, per the official invitation, but registrations after September 30 will not be eligible for priority-box placement and must begin the race from their allocated regular start box.

The Elite category will follow a separate, individualized starting order. Elite call-up positions will be determined by a combined points system that includes points earned during the UCI Gravel World Series season, results from last year’s World Championships, and 50% of points from UCI rankings in road, MTB XCO, MTB marathon and cyclocross disciplines. Elite riders will be called to the line one by one to ensure clear, fair positioning.

“We’re making this change to keep riders safer and to properly reward those who perform at the top of qualifying events,” said Marianne De Smet, Race Director for Bolero 2025. “Grouping similarly skilled riders at the front reduces risky early-race moves and recognizes the hard work of podium finishers. Closing priority registration early also gives us the time needed to prepare accurate start lists.”

For more information, please visit: https://ucigravel2025.com/en

 
Tag: 2025ucichampionships
 
Oct 09 2025 - NEWS: World’s best riders at the start of 2025 Bolero UCI Gravel World Championships in South Limburg
Sep 20 2025 - NEWS: 2025 UCI Gravel World Championships revises start procedure
Aug 16 2025 - NEWS: 2025 Bolero UCI Gravel World Championships Course Revealed
 
Tag: ucigravelws
 
Aug 23 2026 - NEWS: 2026 UCI Khomas100 Gravel Championship Results: Miller and Preen Retain Titles
Aug 23 2026 - NEWS: 2026 HYSK Gravel Classic Yakurai Results: Toki Sawada and Shu-Wei Hsu Take Victory
Aug 10 2026 - NEWS: 2026 Heathland Gravel Results: Soete and Frain are the winners of the third edition
Aug 08 2026 - NEWS: 2026 UCI Gravel Weekend Results: Marjolein Van't Geloof and Eddy Le Huitouze take Victory
Aug 04 2026 - NEWS: Natalia Franco and Simon Pellaud dominate inaugural UCI Bogota Gravel
Aug 02 2026 - NEWS: Lisa Bone and Matthew Beers fastest at the UCI 2026 Around the POT
Aug 02 2026 - NEWS: Nicole Frain and Jonas Lindberg fastest at 2026 UCI Gravel Tour Hlinsko
Jul 30 2026 - NEWS: Guide to the 2026 UCI Gravel World Championships in Western Australia
Jul 19 2026 - NEWS: Nele Johanna Laing and Kevin Kuhn take Overall Victory 2026 3RIDES Gravel Winterberg
Jul 12 2026 - NEWS: Elena Hartmann and Joel Roth take Victory 2026 UCI The Majestics Gravel Race
Jul 06 2026 - NEWS: Nele Johanna Laing and Petr Vakoc take Victory at 2026 UCI Hegau Gravel Race
Jun 20 2026 - NEWS: Holly Harris and Brendan Johnston fastest and the 2026 UCI Devils Cardigan Gravel Race
Jun 22 2026 - NEWS: Roberge and Smith take Elite Titles at 2026 UCI OG Classique Gravel Race
Jun 22 2026 - NEWS: Karolina Migon and Fabian Rabensteiner conquer the 2026 UCI Grand Tour 3 Cime Lavaredo Gravel
Jun 22 2026 - NEWS: Lorena Wiebes and Niels Vandeputte take Victory at 2026 UCI Eislek Gravel Luxembourg
Aug 30 2026 - EVENT: UEC Gravel European Championships
Sep 05 2026 - EVENT: UCI Graean Cymru
Sep 05 2026 - EVENT: Specialized Gravel Series Limburg
Sep 05 2026 - EVENT: The Wolf
Sep 12 2026 - EVENT: Mammoth TUFF
Sep 19 2026 - EVENT: Tartu Rattamaraton
Sep 19 2026 - EVENT: UCI Sea Otter Europe Girona
Sep 26 2026 - EVENT: Gravel Grit n Grind
Sep 26 2026 - EVENT: Pyrénées Catalanes Gravel Tour
Oct 10 2026 - EVENT: 2026 UCI Gravel World Championships
Oct 25 2026 - EVENT: Alentejo Gravel
Oct 25 2026 - EVENT: UCI Gravelista
Nov 30 2026 - EVENT: UCI Gorilla Gravel Race
Feb 13 2027 - EVENT: UCI Cederberg Gravel Race
Apr 11 2027 - EVENT: UCI Woerthersee Gravel