Unbound Gravel 2025
Latest News from the Race
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'1,000 women is the baseline, not the goal' - Unbound Gravel and Lauf Gravel Worlds raise the bar in off-road cycling for women
2025 International Women's Day - How Girls Gone Gravel and 1,000 Women of Gravel make impacts beyond the US Midwest -
Sea Otter Gravel and Unbound Gravel 100 decide selection for Life Time Grand Prix U23 Program, offer Junior Series races
U23 Program keeps women's registrations open through February 28, while Valley of Tears welcomes Junior Gravel National Series March 8 -
Geerike Schreurs back on gravel podium in 2025 debut but more 'anxious' for first road race in 11 years
Unbound Gravel runner-up adds more US races to calendar along with pair of road races in Belgium with WorldTour team
Races
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Unbound Gravel 202531 May 2025 | Kansas
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LTGP #2 - Unbound 200 Elite men | Emporia2025-05-31 200mile
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LTGP #2 - Unbound 200 Elite women | Emporia2025-05-31 200mile
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Unbound 100 - Elite women and men | Emporia2025-05-31 100mile
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Latest Content on the Race

‘Matej Mohorič will be the rider to beat’ - Greg Van Avermaet names Gravel World Champion as Unbound favourite
By Stephen Farrand published
News ‘Unbound is 327 km of slowly dying’ says former Paris-Roubaix and Olympic road race winner

Emporia adjusts to growing pains of Unbound Gravel's 12,000 visitors
By Jackie Tyson published
News Three-time winner Rebecca Rusch and infamous mud year of 2015 put Emporia on the world map

Justine Barrow flips from doubts over Unbound Gravel start to winning streak
By Simone Giuliani published
News Australian champion wins two races post-surgery but stays cautious on Unbound chances

Why is Unbound Gravel mud so bad, how can racers cope, and can we predict where the worst sections will be in 2024?
By Will Jones published
Tech Studying the geology and topography of Lyon County can provide helpful insight about where this year's mud pits will be

Dutch riders Zonneveld, Terpstra, Ockeloen try to focus on Unbound after helping injured Ivar Slik in 'critical situation'
By Jackie Tyson published
News 2022 Unbound Gravel champion remains in Arkansas hospital after surgery for broken nose, lingering concussion

From shock to belonging – Brendan Johnston lays groundwork for Unbound turnaround
By Simone Giuliani published
News 'I don't see myself being on the back foot unless we have some kind of major disaster' says Australian who has been working his way up results table at Life Time Grand Prix

Stetina, Ten Dam, Morton agree 'fast and intense' are a new normal for pack racing at Unbound Gravel
By Jackie Tyson published
News 'I don't want it to just be road racing off road though' says US rider at his fifth Kansas 200-mile race

The 'original spirit of gravel' heads to Europe with Flanders Classics' Unbound qualifier in Belgium
By Kirsten Frattini published
Interview 'I love things that come out of the community, and participation is a very good indicator of where a certain discipline is going and what people out of the community want and do' says CEO Tomas van den Spiegel
Top News on the Race
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Unbound, Big Sugar and Leadville get prize money with Life Time Grand Prix purse trimmed
Series tally cut to $200,000 from $300,000 but now there is $180,000 on offer across the six events -
Unbound Gravel sets earlier lottery dates, VBR TWENTY24 adds new sponsors for 2025 - North American Roundup
US Gravel Championships move to Minnesota next two years, 'Ride for Magnus' in Colorado attracts 4,000 participants -
Bypassing the Unbound Gravel lottery – Rad Dirt Fest added as qualifier
September event first North American qualifier, adding to Belgium's Heathland Gravel as way to snare sought after entry
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Mattia De Marchi replaces 'fear' with 'fun' to take fifth place at Unbound Gravel
'I love this situation. It is just a race' says three-time winner of The Traka 360 -
Unbound 100 winner Lauren Stephens travels to Volta Catalunya Femenina focused on petition to make Olympics
'It's never over till it's over' says US Pan American road champion -
Laurens ten Dam and Thomas Dekker spend night in US jail before Unbound Gravel
Former road pros arrested for taking shower in restaurant car park
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Unbound gravel unwound – A catalogue of mishaps and misadventures
A rider's strength isn't always revealed in the results, not when there are more than 200 miles for things to go wrong -
Unbound Gravel 2024 highlights – Watch the key moments of the elite races unfold
An hour of action from the gruelling 203 mile long race in Kansas, interspersed with rider interviews -
Greg Van Avermaet overcomes 'mentally hard' Unbound Gravel to take top 10 finish
Belgian forced to chase back after two punctures but pleased to make it back into the mix
Related Features
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'1,000 women is the baseline, not the goal' - Unbound Gravel and Lauf Gravel Worlds raise the bar in off-road cycling for women
2025 International Women's Day - How Girls Gone Gravel and 1,000 Women of Gravel make impacts beyond the US Midwest -
'A dream I didn't even know I had' - Unbound Gravel winner Rosa Klöser on the unlikely path from commuter to WorldTour rider
Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto rider talks late arrival to cycling, plans for 2025 and dreams of racing Strade Bianche and Paris-Roubaix -
Ivar Slik rallies six months after horrific crash to return to Unbound Gravel 200 in 2025
'It's the ultimate race' says 2022 winner of Kansas race, who made history as first European to conquer Flint Hills -
Chad Haga: Gravel racing isn't a transition from road, it's the start of a new career
American reflects on second place in Unbound 200 and his first gravel season so far -
Unbound Gravel 2024 conclusions – The spirit of gravel closes the gender gap
Women-only pro race rules the day, dry conditions deliver fast times, international riders dominate in Kansas, and crazy tech innovations push the limits