The Nibelungen Gravel Ride Edition 2023: Worms, Germany – by Timo Rokitta
2023 marks the sixth year of the Nibelungen Gravel Ride in Worms. The number of participants has increased over the years from 34 starters in 2018 to well over 300…
VELOWINO: Classic Gravel Cycling Retro Style in the Weinheim & Odenwald, Germany
"The VELOWINO is a cycling event that revives the old days of cycling with appropriate equipment in the beautiful surroundings of Weinheim and the Odenwald." The seventh running of Velowino…
The Montnegre & Montseny Gravel Grinder – Santa Susanna, Spain: The First Edition, by Timo Rokitta
This year marked the premiere of the M&M Gravel Grinder. There were over 100 participants across the three distances (20 for the 85K, 55 for the 120K, and 25 for…
The Traka 360 in 2023: From Dawn till Dusk by Timo Rokitta
The Traka started in 2019 and has been ongoing since that time. The first year of The Traka saw an impressive turnout of nearly 100 participants. In 2020 and 2021,…
The OPEN U.P.P.E.R. Scolor Edition: 7kg / 15.43lb Gravel Bike – by Timo Rokitta
As I was a child I was ill, but every year was an improvement in my health, and a holiday of several weeks on the Catalan Costa Brava. The sun,…
The Pirinexus Challenge: Gravel Ride across the Pyrenees, the Empordà & the Costa Brava – By Timo Rokitta
The 2022 Sea Otter Festival in Girona, Spain, expanded to feature seven bike races, including the long-distance gravel ride, the Pirinexus Challenge. When Jordi Cantal traversed the Pirinexus route of…
Nibelungen Gravel Ride Edition 2022, Germany: by Timo Rokitta
The organizers have come up with something special for the fifth edition of the legendary Nibelungen Gravel ride. 34 participants took part in the first Nibelungen Gravelride five years ago.…
2022 Saarvertikal Gravel Ride: Saarland, Germany – by Timo Rokitta
Ride a gravel bike and do good at the same time! Whether wildfires, floods or other disasters. Again and again, the dimensions of the beautiful federal state of Saarland serve…
THE TRAKA 200: Girona, Spain – by Timo Rokitta
The Traka was reaffirmed once again on the weekend of May 1st in Girona/Spain, as one of the leading gravel events in Europe. Event promotion company, Klassmark, has earned a…
Gravel Adventure in Spain on the “Ruta Vía de la Plata”: by Timo Rokitta
The "Ruta Vía de la Plata", also known as the Silver Route, is an old trade route of almost 1,000 kilometers from the time of the Romans. The route follows…
Report: WST-RBX / Winestreet-Roubaix – Bockenheim, Germany, by Timo Rokitta
It’s almost the end of the season, but there’s always time for Timo Rokitta to squeeze in one last gravel event in 2021. At the end of a year when…
Orbit360 Gravel Series: Germany 2021 – Part Two by Timo Rokitta
Part Two: Orbits Five to Eight Greetings! I am riding my fifth Orbit in the mountains of the Rhön. The Orbit is called BIG BANG and is 160 kilometers with…
Siegfried Gravel / SiegfriedGRVL Report for 2021 – Germany, by Timo Rokitta
The organizers of the legendary Nibelungen gravel ride organized a very special Gravel event on July 31, 2021 - the Siegfried Gravel or SiegfriedGRVL. Why SiegfriedGRVL? “Siegfried was the best…
Nibelungen Gravel Ride Edition 2021, Germany: by Timo Rokitta
Just in time for the beginning of July 2021, the corona restrictions in the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate were further relaxed. Thus, the Nibelungen gravel ride could take place for…