UEC Gravel European Championships

The 2026 UEC European Gravel Championships will take place in Houffa, location of the yearly Houffa Gravel since 2021 and organized by the team running the 2024 and 2025 UCI Gravel World Championships.  

The course below is the 2025 edition of the event which will get an update towards 2026 with a new final.  It winds around the famous mountainbike city of Houffalize, starting from the main square in the city center.  The steepest climb of the days follows directly after the start with the famous Rue du Saint Roch, one of the steep road climbs during Liège Bastogne Liège.  The first gravel section follows after 5km.  70% of the route is offroad.

The new course includes a 47km lap to be done three times for the younger categories while men over 60 and women over 50 race over 2 laps.

Compared to last year’s editions, this course has less technical downhills but is still challenging with 700m of elevation per lap.