The rapidly expanding world of gravel racing continues to grow in 2025 with the UCI Gravel World Series comprising 33 events worldwide.
From Italy to France, passing by Australia and Namibia, thousands of riders will take to roads and off-road tracks in the search of thrills, fun, stiff competition and, for the best of them, a chance to battle for the rainbow jerseys at the 2025 UCI Gravel World Championships.
Hard on the heels of the 2024 Bolero UCI Gravel World Championships in Belgium’s Flemish Forest of Brabant at the beginning of October, the UEC European Gravel Championships in Asiago, Italy, kicked off the current UCI Gravel World Series. Towards the end of October, it was already time for the Gravelista in Australia, and now the races are coming thick and fast, with 31 more events in 2025.
The proven concept of the UCI Gravel World Series stays the same: UCI-sanctioned qualifier events are held around the world. Each race qualifies the top 25% in each age group for the UCI Gravel World Championships at the end of the season. In the UCI Gravel World Series, amateur riders can compete as well as professionals, representing the inclusive spirit of gravel.
Stars from all horizons
Some 800 participants will thus roam Spain’s mountainous region of Llucena this Saturday, with the introduction of the Castellon Gravel Race in the UCI Gravel World Series. Local figures Alejandro Valverde (UCI Road World Champion in 2018) and Sofia Rodriguez (winner of the 2024 Castellon Gravel Race and recent Spanish National Cyclo-cross Champion) headline a start-list also featuring German Gravel Champion Carolin Schiff.
The German topped last year’s women standings in the UCI Gravel World Series with dominant performances throughout the year, including three wins in the Wish One Millau Grands Causses (France), the Hegau Gravel Festival (Germany) and the Gravel Adventure (Poland), all events that are back on the calendar for 2025.
On the other hand, Gravel Brasil, early March, is a newcomer and the first race of the series in South America. Its introduction to the calendar will be yet another opportunity to explore new lands, around the coastal city of Balneário Camboriú. Expect a thrilling mix of riders, with local and global talents, including Italy’s Daniel Oss, silver medallist in the inaugural edition of the UCI Gravel World Championships.
33 global events: Belgium, Canada, Namibia…
Brazil is far from being the only new rendezvous of the UCI Gravel World Series, as the number of rounds keeps on increasing, 11 rounds in 2022, 16 in 2023, 26 in 2024, and now 33 in 2025. It also means the series visits 21 countries this year, compared to 18 in 2024.
Some venues will be familiar, especially for the Turnhout Gravel (Belgium), designed in the same area where close to 2,000 riders battled for the rainbow jersey in 2024.
Other races will take the UCI Gravel World Series to uncharted territories, such as the Canadian trails of Paris to Ancaster and Namibia’s Khomas100. The 114 Gravel Race will also bring another novelty as it connects two countries, starting from Portugal and finishing in Spain.
Well established events such as Italy’s Monsterrando complete a comprehensive and varied calendar for the 2025 UCI Gravel World Series.
2025 UCI Gravel World Series calendar
13 October 2024: UEC European Gravel Championships Asiago (Italy)
27 October 2024: Gravelista (Australia)
15 February 2025: Castellon Gravel Race (Spain)
9 March 2025: Gravel Brasil (Brazil)
23 March 2025: Turnhout Gravel (Belgium)
29 March 2025: 114 Gravel Race (Portugal and Spain)
6 April 2025: Worthersee Gravel (Austria)
20 April 2025: Monaco Gravel Race (Monaco)
25 April 2025: Giro Sardegna Gravel (Italy)
26 April 2025: Highlands Gravel Classic (USA)
27 April 2025: Paris to Ancaster (Canada)
3 May 2025: The Ceder (South Africa)
10 May 2025: The Devils Cardigan (Australia)
11 May 2025: Marly Grav Race (the Netherlands)
17 May 2025: Seven (Australia)
17 May 2025: The Gralloch (Great Britain)
31 May 2025: 3RIDES Gravel Race (Germany)
7 June 2025: Gravel Adventure (Poland)
14 June 2025: Gravel Challenge Blåvandshuk (Denmark)
14 June 2025: Safari Gravel Race (Kenya)
15 June 2025: Wish One Millau Grands Causses (France)
21 June 2025: Eislek Gravel Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
28 June 2025: Gravel Suisse (Switzerland)
6 July 2025: Hegau Gravel Festival (Germany)
12 July 2025: Gravel One Fifty (the Netherlands)
16 August 2025: Gravel Grit’n Grind (Sweden)
23 August 2025: Monsterrando (Italy)
23 August: Khomas100 (Namibia)
30 August 2025: Houffa Gravel (Belgium)
6-7 September 2025: Graean Cymru (Great Britain)
13 September 2025: Mammoth TUFF (USA)
13 September 2025: 66 Degrés Sud - Pyrénées Catalanes Gravel Tour (France)
20 September 2025: Sea Otter Europe (Spain).