Here are the 28 gravel races happening in April 2026, rated and ranked by the Gravel God database. From elite-tier classics to hidden gems, this is your complete calendar for the month.
The UK's biggest gravel race. 200km through Kielder Forest. Cold, wet, and utterly British.
The OG American Spring Classic. 130 miles of kasseien-crushing brutality where 1 in 3 riders DNF, and the survivors earn their waffles.
New LTGP MTB race—30 miles of technical Bentonville singletrack, pairs with Big Sugar Gravel, pro field guaranteed.
Peille, high above Monaco—116km of steep French Alps climbs, ~2,500m elevation, iconic location.
Tuscan strade bianche—135km of iconic white roads, 2,800m elevation, medieval town charm, Italian gravel paradise.
Canada's Spring Classic. 110km of mud chutes, rail trails, and chaos (70km age-band option for men 65+/women 50+). The race that eats bikes.
USA Cycling National Championship—100km of Texas Panhandle gravel, collegiate field, wind, red dirt.
Where the major series begins and Leadville dreams are made in California sand
340 miles of relentless Iowa gravel where the wind never stops, the terrain never flattens, and 40 hours of continuous riding reveals who you really are.
America's spring classic. 61% dirt, 39% pavement, 100% suffering. The original Paris-Roubaix tribute race on Colorado's Front Range farm roads.
100-mile Georgia mountain gravel through Cohutta Wilderness.
Victorian high country gravel ride in historic gold rush territory — explicitly podium-free, not a timed race.
Vancouver Island gravel through forest roads and coastal terrain.
Creek crossings and red-clay gravel along the Georgia-Alabama border.
Dutch flat gravel in Roden, Drenthe.
Texas Hill Country gravel in Fredericksburg.
Reservoir loops and forest climbing through Clocaenog Forest in North Wales.
Moondust and volcanic terrain through the Silver Island Mountains near Wendover, Utah.
Belgian Ardennes singletrack and Mosane valley terrain near Andenne.
Logging roads and K&P Rail Trail through Ontario's rural backcountry near Calabogie.
Clear streams and mountain ridges through central Pennsylvania's Bald Eagle Valley.
Technical bridleways and forest trails through Devon's Haldon Forest, UK.