The ranks of nations crowning gravel champions grows as the introduction of a UCI Gravel World Championship reverberates
The first Canadian Gravel Championships, run in April 2023(Image credit: Greening Media)
The list of Gravel National Championships is growing as the global momentum behind the discipline continues to build after the introduction of a UCI Gravel World Series and World Championships in 2022.
Some countries have been crowning a national champion for a number of years. Australia held its first title race in 2018, while Britain, Italy, South Africa and the Netherlands are among those who have joined the fray since 2020. The first titles are being awarded this year in Canada, Belgium and the United States, which is also putting up a $60,000 prize purse. The European Championships will also be launched this season.
The distinctive jerseys of a national or continental champion that we are so used to seeing in road, mountain-bike and cyclocross racing should now become an ever more present sight in gravel, despite the more grassroots approach that has long been the hallmark of the discipline.
To keep track of all these new championships and champions we have put together a list that will be regularly updated when dates are announced and races are run so you can keep up with the growing calendar as well as all the latest national championships news.
Xan Crees (Spectra-Cannondale) outsprinted Danni Shrosbree (Amius) to win the 2023 elite women’s British Gravel Championship(Image credit: RED:ON Events)
Joe Blackmore (Team Inspire) wins ahead of Connor Swift (Ineos Grenadiers) at the men’s elite race at 2023 British Gravel Championships(Image credit: RED:ON Events)
Keegan Swenson (Santa Cruz Bicycles-SRAM) claims the elite men's victory at the first USA Cycling Gravel Championships(Image credit: Craig Huffman/USA Cycling)
Lauren Stephens (EF Education-Tibco-SVB) claims the women's elite victory in the first USA Cycling Gravel Championships (Image credit: Craig Huffman/USA Cycling)
Connor Sens after winning Devil's Cardigan to claim the Australian national gravel title(Image credit: Kristina Vackova)
Justine Barrow (Roxsolt Liv SRAM) gets congratulated after winning at Devil's Cardigan to claim the Australian Gravel National Championships(Image credit: Kristina Vackova)
The first Canadian national gravel champions were crowned in April, with Devon Clarke (The Cyclery) winning the women's title(Image credit: Greening Media)
Evan Russell (Saint Piran) won the first men's Canadian gravel title (Image credit: Greening Media)
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2023 National Championships
Date
Nation
Men's winner
Women's winner
April 30, 2023
Canada
Evan Russell
Devon Clarke
June 24, 2023
Australia
Connor Sens
Justine Barrow
July 29, 2023
Finland/Nordic
Antti-Jussi Juntunen
Tiia Tulokas
August 13, 2023
South Africa
Matthew Beers
Chries Willeit
August 19, 2023
Sweden
Johan Norén
Hanna Johansson
September 9, 2023
United States
Keegan Swenson
Lauren Stephens
September 9, 2023
Netherlands
Lars Loohuis
Fem van Empel
September 16, 2023
Britain
Joe Blackmore
Xan Crees
September 17, 2023
Italy
Matteo Zurlo
Giada Borghesi
October 1, 2023
Europe (continental championships)
Jasper Stuyven
Lorena Wiebes
October 1, 2023
Belgium
Jasper Stuyven
Marthe Truyen
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