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April 2026 Gravel Calendar

28 Races to Watch · Published April 01, 2026

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.

28 RacesAvg Score: 60/100T1 The Icons: 3T2 Elite: 14T3 Solid: 5T4 Grassroots: 6
T1 The Icons 83/100

Dirty Reiver

Kielder, Northumberland, England
124 mi · 12,100 ft · April

The UK's biggest gravel race. 200km through Kielder Forest. Cold, wet, and utterly British.

T1 The Icons 79/100

Belgian Waffle Ride San Diego

Del Mar, California
106.5 mi · 7,500 ft · April

The OG American Spring Classic. 130 miles of kasseien-crushing brutality where 1 in 3 riders DNF, and the survivors earn their waffles.

T1 The Icons 77/100

Little Sugar MTB

Bentonville, Arkansas
30 mi · 3,500 ft · April

New LTGP MTB race—30 miles of technical Bentonville singletrack, pairs with Big Sugar Gravel, pro field guaranteed.

T2 Elite 79/100

Flandrien Ride

Oudenaarde, Belgium
99 mi · 5,500 ft · April
T2 Elite 74/100

Monaco Gravel Race

Peille, France (near Monaco)
72 mi · 8,202 ft · April

Peille, high above Monaco—116km of steep French Alps climbs, ~2,500m elevation, iconic location.

T2 Elite 74/100

Nova Eroica

Buonconvento, Tuscany, Italy
81 mi · 6,529 ft · April

Tuscan strade bianche—135km of iconic white roads, 2,800m elevation, medieval town charm, Italian gravel paradise.

T2 Elite 73/100

Tour de Romandie Cyclosportive

Lausanne, Switzerland
100 mi · 8,500 ft · April
T2 Elite 71/100

Granfondo do Porto

Porto, Portugal
81 mi · 5,200 ft · April
T2 Elite 70/100

Paris to Ancaster

Paris to Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
68 mi · 4,000 ft · April

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.

T2 Elite 67/100

Collegiate Gravel Nationals

Turkey, Texas
50 mi · 4,921 ft · April

USA Cycling National Championship—100km of Texas Panhandle gravel, collegiate field, wind, red dirt.

T2 Elite 67/100

Sea Otter Fuego XL

Monterey, California
66 mi · 7,800 ft · April

Where the major series begins and Leadville dreams are made in California sand

T2 Elite 66/100

Gran Fondo San Diego

San Diego, California, USA
101 mi · 6,600 ft · April
T2 Elite 63/100

Iowa Wind and Rock

Winterset, Iowa
340 mi · 8,000 ft · April

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.

T2 Elite 63/100

VeloTurk Gran Fondo Cesme

Cesme, Izmir, Turkey
57 mi · 3,400 ft · April
T2 Elite 61/100

Boulder Roubaix Road Race

Boulder Reservoir, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
30 mi · 1,200 ft · April

America's spring classic. 61% dirt, 39% pavement, 100% suffering. The original Paris-Roubaix tribute race on Colorado's Front Range farm roads.

T2 Elite 61/100

Cohutta Gravel Grinder

Chatsworth, Georgia
100 mi · 9,000 ft · April

100-mile Georgia mountain gravel through Cohutta Wilderness.

T2 Elite 60/100

Gran Fondo Curacavi

Curacavi, Valparaiso Region, Chile
75 mi · 4,500 ft · April
T3 Solid 59/100

MAAP Beechworth Granite Classic

Beechworth, Victoria
71 mi · 4,600 ft · April

Victorian high country gravel ride in historic gold rush territory — explicitly podium-free, not a timed race.

T3 Solid 54/100

River City Gravel Fondo

Campbell River, British Columbia
71 mi · 4,000 ft · April

Vancouver Island gravel through forest roads and coastal terrain.

T3 Solid 47/100

Border Wars

GA/AL border
65 mi · 3,500 ft · April

Creek crossings and red-clay gravel along the Georgia-Alabama border.

T3 Solid 47/100

Gravel One Fifty

Roden, Drenthe, Netherlands
93 mi · 800 ft · April

Dutch flat gravel in Roden, Drenthe.

T3 Solid 47/100

Purgatory Road Race

Fredericksburg, Texas
65 mi · 3,500 ft · April

Texas Hill Country gravel in Fredericksburg.

T4 Grassroots 43/100

North Wales Gravel X

Ruthin, Wales, UK
50 mi · 4,000 ft · April

Reservoir loops and forest climbing through Clocaenog Forest in North Wales.

T4 Grassroots 41/100

Salty Lizard

Wendover, UT
50 mi · 2,800 ft · April

Moondust and volcanic terrain through the Silver Island Mountains near Wendover, Utah.

T4 Grassroots 40/100

Dusty Gravel Series - Andenne

Andenne, Belgium
62 mi · 2,500 ft · April

Belgian Ardennes singletrack and Mosane valley terrain near Andenne.

T4 Grassroots 40/100

Ottawa Valley Gravel Experience

Calabogie, Ontario, Canada
55 mi · 2,500 ft · April

Logging roads and K&P Rail Trail through Ontario's rural backcountry near Calabogie.

T4 Grassroots 39/100

Bald Eagle Gravel Grinder

Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
31 mi · 3,500 ft · April

Clear streams and mountain ridges through central Pennsylvania's Bald Eagle Valley.

T4 Grassroots 39/100

Haldon Heroic

Haldon Forest, Devon, UK
50 mi · 3,500 ft · April

Technical bridleways and forest trails through Devon's Haldon Forest, UK.

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