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September 2026 Gravel Calendar

45 Races to Watch · Published August 28, 2026

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.

45 RacesAvg Score: 60/100T1 The Icons: 4T2 Elite: 18T3 Solid: 14T4 Grassroots: 9
T1 The Icons 87/100

Torino Nice Rally

Turin, Italy to Nice, France
435 mi · 52,493 ft · September

700km crossing the Alps from Italy to France on legendary military roads. Where bikepacking pilgrimage meets high-altitude adventure.

T1 The Icons 81/100

Jeroboam

Bergamo, Italy
186 mi · 23,000 ft · September

The world's toughest gravel ride where wine bottle sizes determine your suffering quota and 7,000 meters of climbing is just the appetizer.

T1 The Icons 80/100

Rebecca's Private Idaho

Ketchum, Idaho
104 mi · 6,860 ft · September

Idaho's most beautiful gravel race. 100 miles through the Pioneer Mountains. Not made to be easy.

T1 The Icons 80/100

Rift Valley Odyssey (RVO)

Kiambu County to Maasai Mara, Kenya
295.2 mi · 32,808 ft · September

The only mountain bike race crossing Kenya's Great Rift Valley to Maasai Mara

T2 Elite 76/100

Graean Cymru

Llyn Brenig, North Wales, United Kingdom
65 mi · 6,795 ft · September

North Wales forest racing: 113 kilometers, 99 percent off road, and almost nowhere flat.

T2 Elite 74/100

Gunni Grinder

Gunnison, Colorado
120.5 mi · 9,785 ft · September

High-altitude Colorado mountain gravel with 10,000 feet of climbing and thin air at 10,000 ft.

T2 Elite 74/100

Ouray Gravel Grinder

Ouray, Colorado
80 mi · 7,800 ft · September

Where gravel meets the sky - high-altitude suffering in Colorado's Switzerland

T2 Elite 74/100

Pirinexus 360

Girona, Catalonia, Spain
211 mi · 11,150 ft · September

Trans-Pyrenean ultra-gravel through volcanic zones, medieval villages, and Costa Brava coast - Spain's answer to the 200-mile question

T2 Elite 73/100

Pisgah Monster Cross

Pisgah Forest, North Carolina (near Brevard; Pisgah National Forest)
69.2 mi · 8,777 ft · September

Southeast gravel classic—69 miles, 8,777 feet of technical Appalachian terrain in Pisgah National Forest.

T2 Elite 73/100

Race Across Spain

Santander to Valencia, Spain
621 mi · 35,000 ft · September
T2 Elite 73/100

Seorak GranFondo

Gangwon-do, South Korea
129 mi · 11,500 ft · September
T2 Elite 71/100

Falling Leaves Lahti

Lahti, Finland
108.7 mi · 5,203 ft · September

One hundred nine miles of Finnish hardpack rollers with almost nowhere to hide.

T2 Elite 71/100

Heck of the North

Two Harbors, Minnesota
100 mi · 3,400 ft · September

Technical snowmobile-trail gravel through Minnesota's North Shore at peak fall foliage.

T2 Elite 70/100

Grinduro California

Quincy, California (Plumas County)
51 mi · 7,200 ft · September

OG gravel party—timed enduro descents, untimed climbs, legendary Quincy vibes since 2015.

T2 Elite 70/100

Tartu Rattamaraton Gravel

Otepää to Elva, Estonia
78.3 mi · 4,921 ft · September

A thirty-year Estonian bike marathon becomes 93 percent off-road UCI gravel without losing its festival scale.

T2 Elite 69/100

Gran Fondo Coimbra Region

Coimbra, Portugal
91 mi · 6,500 ft · September
T2 Elite 69/100

The Rad Dirt Fest

Trinidad, Colorado
113 mi · 10,613 ft · September

113 miles through Trinidad's high desert and Spanish Peaks—long climbing, thin air, and a 31-mile unsupported stretch.

T2 Elite 67/100

Pyrénées Catalanes Gravel Tour

Font-Romeu, Pyrénées-Orientales, France
62.1 mi · 7,500 ft · September

A high-altitude UCI qualifier built from three Pyrenean loops and a late trip to 2,006 metres.

T2 Elite 63/100

The Wolf

Dronninglund, North Jutland, Denmark
102.5 mi · 4,587 ft · September

Denmark gets hilly in a hurry: castle cobbles, rugged forest roads, and three laps for the young categories.

T2 Elite 63/100

USA Cycling Gravel Nationals

La Crescent, Minnesota (2025-26); previously Gering, Nebraska (2023-24). 2027 host not yet announced.
110 mi · 7,500 ft · September

Stars and stripes on gravel—the national championship with open entry and a UCI Worlds pathway.

T2 Elite 63/100

Vapor Trail 125

Leadville, Colorado
125 mi · 9,000 ft · September

125-mile high-altitude Colorado mountain gravel in Leadville.

T2 Elite 61/100

WYO 131

Lander, Wyoming
131 mi · 7,500 ft · September

Central Wyoming ultra-distance gravel through mountain and high desert.

T3 Solid 59/100

Marji Gesick

Marquette, Michigan
100 mi · 6,000 ft · September

100-mile rugged Upper Peninsula mountain bike/gravel endurance.

T3 Solid 59/100

Wyścig Niepołomice

Niepołomice, Małopolska, Poland
61.5 mi · 889 ft · September

Ninety-nine fast forest kilometres with just enough technical ground to punish lazy positioning.

T3 Solid 56/100

La Resistance

Talloires, France
81 mi · 7,100 ft · September

Route de la Soif — serious Alpine gravel with brooding mountain presence in the French Alps.

T3 Solid 53/100

Fools Gold Gravel Grinder

Dahlonega, Georgia
65 mi · 6,000 ft · September

North Georgia mountain gravel in Dahlonega.

T3 Solid 53/100

Grinduro Italy

Massa Marittima, Tuscany, Italy
62 mi · 4,921 ft · September

Tuscan hill gravel out of Massa Marittima.

T3 Solid 51/100

Niseko Gravel

Niseko, Hokkaido, Japan
62 mi · 5,580 ft · September

Japanese Hokkaido mountain gravel.

T3 Solid 51/100

Sea Otter Europe Gravel

Juià / Girona, Catalonia, Spain
68 mi · 3,084 ft · September

Girona's UCI Gravel World Series race at the Sea Otter Europe festival.

T3 Solid 50/100

Salida 76

Salida, Colorado
76 mi · 7,000 ft · September

Seventy-six miles at seven thousand feet — Salida's community gravel banquet.

T3 Solid 49/100

King of the Lake

Lake Constance, Germany
65 mi · 3,500 ft · September

German Lake Constance rolling gravel.

T3 Solid 49/100

La Drômoise Gravel

Die, Drôme, France
43 mi · 4,921 ft · September

Vineyard passages and Vercors cliff views through the Drôme and Bez valleys of France.

T3 Solid 49/100

Pony Express 120

Marysville, Kansas
120 mi · 4,000 ft · September

120-mile Kansas farmland/prairie gravel in Marysville.

T3 Solid 47/100

Back Forty Highlander

Mississippi Station, Ontario
62 mi · 3,500 ft · September

Rural Ontario gravel through farmland and forest roads.

T3 Solid 47/100

Lone Wolf Gravel

Iron Mountain, Michigan
62 mi · 4,000 ft · September

Upper Peninsula Michigan wilderness gravel in Iron Mountain.

T3 Solid 47/100

Unravel Gravel (VA State Championship)

Cumberland, VA
60 mi · 4,500 ft · September

Virginia state championship gravel race.

T4 Grassroots 44/100

Gray Duck Grit

Cannon Falls, Minnesota
62 mi · 3,000 ft · September

Southeast Minnesota gravel in Cannon Falls near Twin Cities.

T4 Grassroots 44/100

The Mane Event Gravel

Sheridan, WY
54 mi · 3,188 ft · September

Wyoming mountain gravel challenge.

T4 Grassroots 43/100

Forbidden Gravel

Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
68.4 mi · September

Canadian coastal gravel challenge.

T4 Grassroots 43/100

Iowa State Gravel TT Championship

Amana, Iowa
40 mi · 1,500 ft · September

Iowa state championship gravel challenge.

T4 Grassroots 41/100

Mad Gravel

Elbert, CO
55 mi · 3,200 ft · September

Colorado plains gravel challenge.

T4 Grassroots 41/100

Soldier Cutoff Hillduro

Pisgah, Iowa
56 mi · 4,000 ft · September

Loess Hills gravel along the Soldier River Cutoff in western Iowa.

T4 Grassroots 41/100

Trough Creek Gravel Grinder

Trough Creek State Park, Pennsylvania
71.4 mi · 6,224 ft · September

Three distances and family festival vibes through Trough Creek State Park gravel.

T4 Grassroots 41/100

Uncle John's Gravel Race

St Johns, Michigan
50 mi · 2,000 ft · September

Uncle John's Gravel Race. 50 miles of gravel through St Johns.

T4 Grassroots 39/100

Dunoon Dirt Dash

Dunoon, Scotland, UK
45 mi · 3,000 ft · September

Dunoon Dirt Dash. 45 miles of gravel through Dunoon.

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