2025 UCI Gravel World Championships

On 11 and 12 October 2025, South Limburg will be the scene of the 2025 Bolero UCI Gravel World Championships. The best gravel riders in the world gather for this unique event, which takes place on Dutch soil for the first time. With a start in Beek, a beautiful gravel route through Beekdaelen and a spectacular finish on the Green Carpet in Maastricht, the Province of Limburg is once again putting itself on the international map as a leading cycling region.

The organization is in the hands of Golazo, in close cooperation with the UCI, the Province of Limburg, the municipalities of Beek, Beekdaelen and Maastricht, and the KNWU. With 2025 Bolero UCI Gravel World Championships, South Limburg will have the opportunity to link its rich cycling tradition to an innovative, fast-growing discipline within the sport.

A unique and challenging course

The course takes the riders over a mix of gravel strips, forest paths, country roads and climbs in connection with the hilly landscape of South Limburg. Both the elite riders (m/f) and qualified amateurs participate in this championship. Qualification is possible through the international UCI Gravel World Series, including the Marly Grav Race 2025 in Valkenburg last May 11.

Gravel: the fast-growing discipline in cycling

The UCI Gravel World Championships is a relatively new championship, with the first edition only in 2022. The discipline combines elements of road cycling, cyclocross and mountain biking, and is rapidly gaining popularity. The Netherlands is already very successful in this sport: at the previous edition, between Halle and Leuven in Flanders, Mathieu van der Poel and Marianne Vos, among others, were crowned world champions.