2026 Season

The full 2026 gravel race calendar — target events, dates, and race details

2026 is a dedicated gravel season - the UCI Gravel World Series, Gravel Earth Series, and the world's most demanding ultra-distance events. Eighteen races across Europe, North America, Africa and Australia, from February through to the World Championships in Western Australia in October.

Season Goals

01
Contest the National Title
Race the British National Gravel Championships — national champion in 2025, silver in 2026.
02
UCI World Series Podium
Compete at the top of the UCI Gravel World Series across multiple events and challenge for podium finishes against the world's best.
03
Complete Badlands
Finish the 800km ultra-distance crossing of Andalusia — the season's defining challenge and the furthest she has ever raced.

Primary Series

Primary Series

UCI Gravel World Series

The sport's premier international circuit, featuring elite gravel races across Europe and beyond. Points accumulate toward the World Championship qualification.

Primary Series

Gravel Earth Series

A collection of iconic independent gravel events spanning Europe's most distinctive landscapes — from the Prosecco Hills to the Scottish Highlands.

Key Objective

British National Championships

Lizzie won the British National Gravel Championship in 2025 and took silver at the 2026 championships at Ae Forest. It remains one of the defining races of the season.

Key Objective

UCI Gravel World Championships

Representing Great Britain for the second consecutive year at the sport's world championship. The 2026 start was earned by winning Graean Cymru, the UCI Gravel World Series round in North Wales.

Race Calendar

Feb 14–15
Completed

Santa Vall

  • Sant Gregori, Girona, Spain
  • ~205 km · 2,700 m elevation
  • ~1,000 riders · 41 nationalities
Official Results →
Feb 22
Completed

Castellon Gravel Race

  • UCI Gravel World Series
  • P11
Feb 24–27
Completed

Sahara Gravel

  • Stage race · GC
  • P3 — GC
Mar 22
Completed

Turnhout Gravel

  • Turnhout, Kempen, Belgium
  • 144 km · 437 m elevation
  • 2,534 riders · 27 countries
Official Results →
Mar 28
Completed

The Hills

  • Prosecco Hills, Treviso, Italy
  • 124 km · 1,915 m elevation
  • Gravel Earth Series · 95% off-road
Official Results →
Apr 11
Completed

Utopia Gravel Fest

  • Gravel
  • P2
Apr 16–17
Completed

Life Time Sea Otter

  • Monterey, California, USA
  • 90 miles (145 km)
  • ~500 gravel riders · Unbound qualifier
Official Results →
Apr 30
Completed

Traka 560

  • Girona, Catalonia, Spain
  • 560 km · First ultra · First night ride
  • ~4,000 riders · 74 countries
  • P5 — Women
Official Results →
May 16–17
Completed

The Gralloch

  • Galloway Forest Park, Scotland
  • 111 km UCI · 323 km Ultra
  • 80%+ gravel · Gravel Earth Series
  • P10 — Elite Women
Race Report →
May 30
Completed

Unbound Gravel

  • Emporia, Kansas, USA
  • 206.9 miles (333 km) · 3,036 m elevation
  • 1,251 finishers · 5,000+ across all distances
  • P33 — Elite Women
Race Report →
Jul 12
Completed

Gravel Suisse

  • Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland
  • 104 km · UCI Gravel World Series
  • UCI Gravel World Champs host 2029
Jul 17–19
Completed

3RIDES Gravel Race

  • Winterberg, Germany · Stage race
  • P6 — GC
Race Report →
Jul 18
Did not start

The Rift

  • Hvolsvöllur, Southern Iceland
  • 140 km / 200 km
  • ~600 riders
Aug 16
Completed

North Yorkshire Grand Prix

  • Ampleforth Abbey, North Yorkshire · National Road Series
  • P22
Race Report →
Aug 23
Completed

National Gravel Championships

  • Ae Forest, Scotland · 90 km
  • P2 — Silver
Race Report →
Aug 30
Did not finish

Badlands

  • Granada → Almería, Spain
  • ~800 km · 16,000 m elevation
  • ~350 riders · lottery entry
Sep 5
Completed

Graean Cymru

  • Llyn Brenig & Clocaenog Forest, North Wales · UCI Gravel World Series
  • ~113 km · Solo win in 3:42:21
  • P1 — Elite Women · +16:31
  • Qualified for the World Championships
Race Report →
Oct 10–11
Upcoming

UCI Gravel World Championships

  • Nannup, Western Australia
  • Representing Great Britain
Official Website →
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