Here are the 45 gravel races happening in September 2026, rated and ranked by the Gravel God database. From elite-tier classics to hidden gems, this is your complete calendar for the month.
700km crossing the Alps from Italy to France on legendary military roads. Where bikepacking pilgrimage meets high-altitude adventure.
The world's toughest gravel ride where wine bottle sizes determine your suffering quota and 7,000 meters of climbing is just the appetizer.
Idaho's most beautiful gravel race. 100 miles through the Pioneer Mountains. Not made to be easy.
The only mountain bike race crossing Kenya's Great Rift Valley to Maasai Mara
North Wales forest racing: 113 kilometers, 99 percent off road, and almost nowhere flat.
High-altitude Colorado mountain gravel with 10,000 feet of climbing and thin air at 10,000 ft.
Where gravel meets the sky - high-altitude suffering in Colorado's Switzerland
Trans-Pyrenean ultra-gravel through volcanic zones, medieval villages, and Costa Brava coast - Spain's answer to the 200-mile question
Southeast gravel classic—69 miles, 8,777 feet of technical Appalachian terrain in Pisgah National Forest.
One hundred nine miles of Finnish hardpack rollers with almost nowhere to hide.
Technical snowmobile-trail gravel through Minnesota's North Shore at peak fall foliage.
OG gravel party—timed enduro descents, untimed climbs, legendary Quincy vibes since 2015.
A thirty-year Estonian bike marathon becomes 93 percent off-road UCI gravel without losing its festival scale.
113 miles through Trinidad's high desert and Spanish Peaks—long climbing, thin air, and a 31-mile unsupported stretch.
A high-altitude UCI qualifier built from three Pyrenean loops and a late trip to 2,006 metres.
Denmark gets hilly in a hurry: castle cobbles, rugged forest roads, and three laps for the young categories.
Stars and stripes on gravel—the national championship with open entry and a UCI Worlds pathway.
125-mile high-altitude Colorado mountain gravel in Leadville.
Central Wyoming ultra-distance gravel through mountain and high desert.
100-mile rugged Upper Peninsula mountain bike/gravel endurance.
Ninety-nine fast forest kilometres with just enough technical ground to punish lazy positioning.
Route de la Soif — serious Alpine gravel with brooding mountain presence in the French Alps.
North Georgia mountain gravel in Dahlonega.
Tuscan hill gravel out of Massa Marittima.
Japanese Hokkaido mountain gravel.
Girona's UCI Gravel World Series race at the Sea Otter Europe festival.
Seventy-six miles at seven thousand feet — Salida's community gravel banquet.
German Lake Constance rolling gravel.
Vineyard passages and Vercors cliff views through the Drôme and Bez valleys of France.
120-mile Kansas farmland/prairie gravel in Marysville.
Rural Ontario gravel through farmland and forest roads.
Upper Peninsula Michigan wilderness gravel in Iron Mountain.
Virginia state championship gravel race.
Southeast Minnesota gravel in Cannon Falls near Twin Cities.
Wyoming mountain gravel challenge.
Canadian coastal gravel challenge.
Iowa state championship gravel challenge.
Colorado plains gravel challenge.
Loess Hills gravel along the Soldier River Cutoff in western Iowa.
Three distances and family festival vibes through Trough Creek State Park gravel.
Uncle John's Gravel Race. 50 miles of gravel through St Johns.
Dunoon Dirt Dash. 45 miles of gravel through Dunoon.