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2026 Gravelking UCI Gravel World Series expands to a record 45 Events Worldwide

The 2026 UCI Gravel World Series 2026 is gearing for it's biggest season. The fifth edition expands to 45 qualifying events, spread across 32 countries on all five continents, with fourteen new events. The 2026 UCI Gravel World Championships take place on October 10 - 11, 2026 in Nannup, Western Australia.

2026 Gravelking UCI Gravel World Series expands to a record 45 Events Worldwide

The 5th edition of the Gravelking UCI Gravel World Series — the UCI’s mass-participation gravel series where elite riders compete alongside amateurs aiming to qualify for the UCI Gravel World Championships — will feature 14 new events in 2026, bringing the total to 45. The 2026 UCI Gravel World Championships are scheduled for 10–11 October in Nannup, Western Australia.

Four events have already taken place in recent weeks following the 2025 UCI Gravel World Championships, including new races in Thailand and Portugal.

The strongest growth comes from South America, starting with a new event in Argentina. Vuelta Altas Cumbres Gravel, traditionally a mountain bike race, will add a gravel category on 29 March. A second event on the continent is planned in Colombia near Bogotá. Gravel Bogotá in Chía is set for 24 May.

The organizers of the 2023 UCI Gravel World Championships in Italy will host a new qualifier on 20 June. Grand Tour 3 Cime Lavaredo in Auronzo di Cadore takes place in an iconic setting known for legendary Giro d’Italia battles.

That same weekend, Canada’s only UCI Gravel event will be held just 35 kilometers north of the capital. OG Classique in Wakefield offers a scenic gravel course on 21 June in Quebec.

Four new events are scheduled for late July and early August. Around the Pot on 25 July in Swellendam, South Africa is organized by the team behind the Cape Town Cycle Tour. One week later, Gravel Tour Hlinsko will debut on a challenging hilly course in central Czechia.

Latvia will also host its first UCI Gravel event: Gravel Weekend in Tukums, featuring a 145 km loop and shorter options for older categories, on 8 August. The following day, Colombia adds a second event in Medellín, organized by the same team behind UCI Gravel races in Brazil, Chile, and Bogotá: Gravel Medellín.

The 9th new race is Gravel Arteaga in Mexico, near the U.S. border, scheduled for 30 August. Denmark joins the series with The Wolf, a race on 5 September in Dronninglund on a 41 km loop that’s surprisingly undulating for the country’s flat terrain.

Gravel Chile will mark the first UCI gravel event in the country, taking place near Santiago on 6 September. One week later, Lahti in Finland — host of the 2027 UEC European Gravel Championships — will organize a UCI Gravel qualifier called Falling Leaves. An ideal moment to come and test the course.

The organizers of the annual UCI Gran Fondo World Series in Tartu, Estonia, will also add a gravel event to their program: Tartu Rattamaraton, the third-to-last qualifier for the World Championships.

For the first time, the UCI Gravel World Championships will be held outside Europe, in Nannup, Western Australia, on 10–11 October. Course details are still being finalized, but expect steep, short climbs and a challenging total elevation. Riders eager to preview the route can do so during the Seven qualifier on 16 May.

The qualifier season for the 2027 World Championships begins one week later, with four events scheduled between mid-October and mid-November. The final new event on the calendar, Gravel of Marathon, will take place in the historic Greek city of Marathon — famously linked to the origins of long-distance running discipline.

With these 45 races, the 2026 Gravelking UCI Gravel World Series continues to expand, blending experienced organizers with exciting new events across 32 countries and all five continents. With the help of our partners Gravelking, Shimano and Santini, we will make this another great season.

2026 UCI Gravel World Series Calendar

Feb 14, 2026 The Ceder Nuwerust Farm, South Africa
Feb 22, 2026 Castellon Gravel Race Llucena, Spain
Mar 8, 2026 Gravel Brazil Camboriú, Brazil
Mar 22, 2026 Turnhout Gravel Turnhout, Belgium
Mar 28, 2026 114 Gravel Race Elvas, Portugal – Badajoz, Spain
Mar 29, 2026 Vuelta Altas Cumbres Gravel Córdoba, Argentina
Apr 12, 2026 Wörthersee Gravel Race Velden, Austria
Apr 19, 2026 Monaco Gravel Race Monaco – Peille
Apr 25, 2026 Gravel One Fifty Roden, Netherlands
Apr 25, 2026 Highlands Gravel Classic Fayetteville–Goshen, USA
May 1, 2026 Giro Sardegna Gravel Sardinia, Italy
May 10, 2026 Marly Grav Race Valkenburg, Netherland
May 16, 2026 Seven Nannup, Australia
May 16, 2026 The Gralloch Scotland, UK
May 24, 2026 Gravel Bogotá Chía, Colombia
Jun 6, 2026 Gravel Adventure Jakuszyce, Poland
Jun 13, 2026 Safari Gravel Race Hell’s Gate, Kenya
Jun 14, 2026 Wish One Millau Grands Causses France
Jun 20, 2026 The Devils Cardigan Derby, Australia
Jun 20, 2026 Grand Tour 3 Cime Lavaredo Auronzo di Cadore, Italy
Jun 21, 2026 Eislek Gravel Vianden, Luxembourg
Jun 21, 2026 OG Classique Wakefield, Canada
Jul 5, 2026 Hegau Gravel Festival Singen, Germany
Jul 12, 2026 The Majestics Villars, Switzerland
Jul 19, 2026  3RIDES Gravel Winterberg Winterberg, Germany
Jul 25, 2026 Around the Pot Swellendam, South Africa
Aug 1, 2026 Gravel Tour Hlinsko Czech Republic
Aug 8, 2026 Gravel Weekend Tukums, Latvia
Aug 9, 2026 Gravel Medellín Colombia
Aug 15, 2026 Gravel Grit ’n Grind Halmstad, Sweden
Aug 22, 2026 Khomas100 Windhoek, Namibia
Aug 30, 2026 2026 UEC European Gravel Championships Houffalize, Belgium
Aug 30, 2026 Gravel Arteaga Coahuila, Mexico
Sep 5, 2026 The Wolf Dronninglund, Denmark
Sep 5–6, 2026 Graean Cymru Wales, UK
Sep 6, 2026 Gravel Chile Valdivia, Chile
Sep 12, 2026 Falling Leaves Lahti, Finland
Sep 19, 2026 Sea Otter Europe Girona Spain
Sep 19, 2026 Tartu Rattamaraton Otepää–Elva, Estonia
Sep 19, 2026 Mammoth TUFF Mammoth Lakes, USA
Sep 26, 2026 Pyrénées Catalanes Gravel Tour France
Oct 10–11, 2026 2026 UCI Gravel World Championships Nannup, Australia

Qualifying Events for the 2027 World Championship

Oct 18, 2026 – Flanders Legacy Gravel – (Leuven, Belgium)
Oct 25, 2026 – Alentejo Gravel – (Ourique, Portugal)
Nov 14, 2027 – Dustman – (Kanchanaburi, Thailand)
Nov 15, 2026 – The Gravel of Marathon – (Marathon, Attica, Greece)
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