Here are the 39 gravel races happening in August 2026, rated and ranked by the Gravel God database. From elite-tier classics to hidden gems, this is your complete calendar for the month.
530 miles of high-altitude suffering across the spine of the Rockies - 75% of starters don't finish, and that's the point.
800km self-supported through Spanish deserts and 3,400m alpine passes. Where ultra-endurance meets extreme heat.
The Race Across the Sky. 100 miles at 10,000+ feet. The belt buckle that defines mountain biking.
150 miles of relentless Nebraska rollers. $150K purse. Pirate swords for winners. The grassroots championship.
Windhoek to Gross Barmen on 143 kilometers of fast, rugged Namibian gravel.
OG gravel since 2009—55 miles of Vermont pavé, 7,000 feet of climbing, and Paris-Roubaix dirt roads.
West Virginia's Appalachian gravel grinder: 8,500 feet of relentless climbing through humid forest roads where heat management matters more than fitness.
Mexico's first UCI gravel qualifier starts high, climbs for forty kilometres, and stays in the Sierra Madre.
Deep Tohoku gravel with 8,563 feet of climbing packed into 66 miles.
The happiest gravel in the world. F1 glamour meets midnight sun in a UNESCO Geopark. Fast, flat, and fckng Finnish.
Czech forest gravel in two acts: 86 rolling kilometres, then a second loop for anyone still racing.
Latvia's gravel festival is 91 percent dirt, sold out, and rolling almost every kilometre.
Northern Utah mountain gravel in Wasatch Range near Park City.
A high-altitude UCI qualifier with repeated climbing above Bogotá.
Colorado mountain gravel in Winter Park with high altitude climbing.
British Columbia multi-stage gravel adventure.
150-mile Nebraska gravel challenge in Lincoln.
European Alpine multi-stage gravel event.
180km Massachusetts rolling hills gravel from Greenfield (Deerfield Dirt-Road Randonnée).
Arizona mountain gravel challenge.
Beartooth Pass gateway gravel with immense Montana landscapes around Red Lodge.
Sweden's UCI World Series Saturday — farmland, forest doubletrack, and Nordic grit outside Halmstad.
Houffalize's UCI World Series lap race — Saint Roch every lap, Ardennes all day.
Nebraska rolling farmland gravel in Lincoln.
Belgian heathland gravel challenge.
Belgian Turnhout gravel challenge.
Iowa's original gravel series race, 30 minutes from Omaha through rolling western Iowa farmland.
Southeast Michigan gravel in Dexter near Ann Arbor.
Shaded canopy, Lacey Lake views, and fast Michigan farmland gravel near Charlotte.
Bushranger-country gravel with a tidal river crossing near Nelligen, Australia.
Gates, switchbacks, and quiet farm country gravel in central Pennsylvania.
Two-track and singletrack near Lake Huron's Thunder Bay in northern Michigan.