Southern Austria region 'more than ready' to host UCI Gravel World Championships and confirms application with proposed courses

Austrian Sebastian Schönberger wins elite men's division of Wörthersee Gravel Race 2024
Austrian Sebastian Schönberger wins elite men's division of Wörthersee Gravel Race 2024 (Image credit: Wörthersee Gravel Race)

It has been one month since the UCI made a surprise announcement that the 2025 Gravel World Championships would need a new home, and most likely a new October date as well, leaving a gapping hole in the calendar just eight months before the fourth edition of the event.

The City of Nice withdrew as the host venue, citing "difficulties of organising the event in the capital of the French Riviera on that date [October 18-19]". 

Jackie Tyson
North American Production editor

Jackie has been involved in professional sports for more than 30 years in news reporting, sports marketing and public relations. She founded Peloton Sports in 1998, a sports marketing and public relations agency, which managed projects for Tour de Georgia, Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah and USA Cycling. She also founded Bike Alpharetta Inc, a Georgia non-profit to promote safe cycling. She is proud to have worked in professional baseball for six years - from selling advertising to pulling the tarp for several minor league teams. She has climbed l'Alpe d'Huez three times (not fast). Her favorite road and gravel rides are around horse farms in north Georgia (USA) and around lavender fields in Provence (France), and some mtb rides in Park City, Utah (USA).

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