Badlands 2021 – The Race! – The Spanish Challenge: by Sebastian Breuer
It's over. Successful? Phew, I'm not so sure. Was it good? Yes, definitely! Hello and welcome to my last blog post entry here on Gravel cyclist in the category "Road…
Press Release: Ned Gravel (Nederland, Colorado), Declared Resounding Success Despite Numerous Hurdles
Ned Gravel, Colorado’s Newest and Most Inclusive Bike Race, Sells Out "In its first year and founded on the theory that cycling can and should be a more inclusive sport,…
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…
Press Release: Lauren De Crescenzo & Alex Howes Win 2021 SBT GRVL: Steamboat Springs, Colorado
"3,000 riders, including a number of current and former U.S. professional national champions, Olympians, World Tour riders and many of the world’s most accomplished gravel riders descended on Routt County’s…
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…
Inaugural Grinduro Wales a Big Success: Forced hiatus results in the Perfect Party-To-Race Ratio!
Grinduro first landed in California back in 2015 and set an immediate benchmark for what the future of gravel events could be. Rather than being solely a race, Grinduro set…
Orbit360 Gravel Series: Germany 2021 – Part One by Timo Rokitta
Due to the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic in Germany, many bike events had been canceled. But, this didn’t mean the end of cycling. The organiser of Orbit360, Raphael Albrecht, and his…
2021 Unbound Gravel 200, by Gravel Newbie (not any more), Caroline Worrall
I’m starting this out with my thank-you's. Often these come as the wrap-up to a race report, but my report is long and I wouldn’t want you to fall asleep…
Race Report: 2021 Spring Valley / Almanzo 100 – Meteor Theory vs Heat Wave, Gravel vs Skin
This article comes to us from our good friend, Nicholas Garbis, founder and host of the Gravel News Network (GNN). Quick Background on Almanzo (and Meteor Theory) The Almanzo 100…
Throwback: A Snowy Edition of the Ironbull Red Granite Grinder Race: Wausau, Wisconsin
Held on October 17, 2020, a layer of snow added to the racers’ challenge at the 2nd Red Granite Grinder cycling event. Riders began the race in downtown Wausau early in the…
Greffelründsche 2020 aka “Gravel Around Frankfurt”, Germany: by Timo Rokitta
During the abbreviated gravel season for 2020, my highlight was undoubtedly the Greffelründsche (the name comes from a German dialect and means "Gravel around Frankfurt"), a 303-kilometer long gravel race…
Gravel Racing in a Pandemic: unPAved Pennsylvania in Pandemic Times – By Karen Brooks
What does a bike race look like in the time of COVID-19? This is a question that, like many, I thought could only be rhetorical. Nearly everything got canceled. The…
Press Release: Arkansaw High Country Race Ends with Records Broken
The 2020 Arkansaw High Country Race set new race records and pulled ultra-endurance cyclists from 10 states to Fayetteville, Arkansas, to compete in the self-supported 1,000-mile bikepacking race. Starting and…
Belgian Waffle Ride Cedar City, Utah 2020 – Race Day Action Photos by Ian Matteson / ENVE Composites
The inaugural edition of BWR Cedar City, Utah, was held this past weekend, Saturday, October 17. Running such a large and well-attended event during this time of Covid-19 (hopefully, one…