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October 2026 Gravel Calendar

26 Races to Watch · Published August 28, 2026

Here are the 26 gravel races happening in October 2026, rated and ranked by the Gravel God database. From elite-tier classics to hidden gems, this is your complete calendar for the month.

26 RacesAvg Score: 52/100T1 The Icons: 2T2 Elite: 2T3 Solid: 14T4 Grassroots: 8
T1 The Icons 86/100

Big Sugar Gravel

Bentonville, Arkansas
99.6 mi · 6,200 ft · October

The Life Time Grand Prix finale—where the season ends and titles are decided on Ozark gravel.

T1 The Icons 83/100

UCI Gravel World Championships

Nannup, Western Australia, Australia
88.9 mi · 12,182 ft · October

The rainbow-jersey race comes to Nannup: steep, closely spaced climbs on Western Australia's Blackwood Valley gravel.

T2 Elite 66/100

UCI Gran Fondo Hangzhou

Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
87 mi · 5,200 ft · October
T2 Elite 61/100

Yangyang Gran Fondo

Yangyang, Gangwon-do, South Korea
93 mi · 6,800 ft · October
T3 Solid 59/100

Dirty Sheets Gravel Grind

Serenbe, Chattahoochee Hills, Georgia
100 mi · 6,815 ft · October

One hundred miles of punchy Georgia gravel, pavement, and singletrack outside Atlanta.

T3 Solid 59/100

Red Granite Grinder

Athens, Wisconsin (Central Wisconsin)
150 mi · October

A 150-mile Wisconsin gravel day through dairy country, rivers, red granite roads, and peak hardwood color.

T3 Solid 57/100

Toppling Goliath Gravel Grinder

Decorah, Iowa
62 mi · 3,500 ft · October

The Iowa Gravel Series championship: 100 kilometers of Driftless hills, brewery start and finish, and a hard 2:00 PM support horizon.

T3 Solid 56/100

Spotted Horse Ultra

Iowa
150 mi · 8,000 ft · October

Iowa prairie ultra-endurance gravel challenge.

T3 Solid 54/100

Filthy 50

Lanesboro, Minnesota
50.9 mi · 3,251 ft · October

Minnesota fall gravel—50 miles of rolling terrain, 1,000 riders, and peak autumn colors.

T3 Solid 54/100

UCI Gravel Chile

Lago Ranco, Los Ríos Region, Chile
62.1 mi · 2,182 ft · October

A fast first-edition UCI qualifier around Lago Ranco with its decisive climb in the opening 14 kilometres.

T3 Solid 50/100

Hellhole Gravel Grind Stage Race

Jamestown, South Carolina
150 mi · October

Two timed 75-mile forest stages, an optional night prologue, and almost no free speed in coastal South Carolina.

T3 Solid 49/100

Alentejo Gravel

Ourique, Alentejo, Portugal
74 mi · 5,741 ft · October

Portugal's UCI Gravel World Series race through the cork-oak plains of Alentejo.

T3 Solid 49/100

Leuven Legacy Gravel

Leuven / Heverlee, Flemish Brabant, Belgium
82 mi · 2,887 ft · October

The first qualifier for the 2027 Gravel Worlds, through Leuven's rolling Brabantse Wouden.

T3 Solid 47/100

Chino Grinder

Chino Valley, Arizona
63 mi · 3,600 ft · October

Central Arizona high desert gravel in Chino Valley.

T3 Solid 47/100

Gravelista

Victoria, Australia
86 mi · 5,740 ft · October

Victorian rolling gravel in Australia.

T3 Solid 47/100

Montana Gravel Challenge

Huson, MT
65 mi · 4,800 ft · October

Montana Gravel Challenge. 65 miles of gravel through Huson.

T3 Solid 46/100

Gravel Revival

Hickman County, Tennessee
68 mi · 3,000 ft · October

Rolling Tennessee gravel in rural Hickman County.

T3 Solid 46/100

Gravel Roll - Pecan Shaker

Hawkinsville, Georgia
75 mi · 3,000 ft · October

Rolling Georgia gravel in central Georgia's Hawkinsville.

T4 Grassroots 44/100

Fairfield Harvest Rush

Fairfield, Iowa
62 mi · 3,000 ft · October

Harvest-season B-road gravel through Jefferson County — more backroads than most Iowa rides.

T4 Grassroots 44/100

Lowell Classic

Lowell, Michigan
54 mi · 2,150 ft · October

West Michigan gravel in Lowell near Grand Rapids.

T4 Grassroots 44/100

Marys Mayhem

Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia
62 mi · 3,570 ft · October

Ancient rock formations and gold-country backroads through Mudgee, New South Wales.

T4 Grassroots 43/100

Grassroots Gravel

Pueblo, Colorado
75 mi · 3,900 ft · October

Red-rock canyons and Wet Mountain Range views on Pueblo, Colorado gravel.

T4 Grassroots 43/100

Hibernator 100

Laona, Wisconsin
103 mi · 3,398 ft · October

A noncompetitive autumn gravel adventure through the Nicolet National Forest.

T4 Grassroots 41/100

JUST.GRAVEL

Southern Lake District, UK
50 mi · 4,000 ft · October

UK Lake District gravel challenge.

T4 Grassroots 40/100

Old Fashioned Gravel

Hokah, Minnesota
67 mi · 4,000 ft · October

Old Fashioned Gravel. 55 miles of gravel through Hokah.

T4 Grassroots 40/100

Wild Gravel

Gnowangerup, Western Australia, Australia
60 mi · 3,500 ft · October

Australian remote gravel challenge.

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