Unbound Gravel 2025
Latest News from the Race
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From learning to fly planes to mastering two sports - Annabel Fisher takes 'complex journey' to Life Time Grand Prix
Second race of 2025 gravel season positions British gravel champion for debut in US off-road series, including do-over at Unbound Gravel in May -
Chasing a winning trajectory for Unbound – Brendan Johnston opens third US gravel season with Salty Lizard win
'I learn more and more every race' says Australian gravel champion -
'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
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

Opinion: Pro gravel racing is good for the Spirit of Gravel
By Will Jones published
Opinion The more pro it becomes, the more gravel there is left for the rest of us

10 contenders at Unbound Gravel – Can Swenson or Schiff make it two in a row?
By Simone Giuliani, Jackie Tyson published
Analysis Defending champions face a raft of challengers in the unpredictable 200-mile gravel race with a stacked field

'Being a good gravel racer is problem-solving' - Sarah Sturm on Unbound preparation, challenges in women's race
By Jackie Tyson published
News Colorado rider says no drafting regulations just extra start gap ahead of amateurs still leads to elite women mixing with 'group of dudes'

‘You need to have a perfect day’ – Unbound 200 defending champion Schiff prepared but pragmatic
By Simone Giuliani published
News German recovers from 'deep and dirty' knee injury ahead of Kansas, 'I did everything in the preparation I can do. If that is not enough I can accept that as well’

Unbound organisers respond to backlash amid controversial race number rule
By Will Jones last updated
Tech 'Do not bend, fold, cut, or wrap your number plates' Instagram post states

'I'm a little scared' - Greg Van Avermaet to channel Paris-Roubaix cobbles experience at Unbound Gravel
By Kirsten Frattini published
News 'Gravel racing is also more about luck; you have to be lucky'

Gravel World Champion Mohorič to make Unbound debut with teammates Govekar, Wiśniowski
By Laura Weislo published
News Slovenian to tackle 200-mile gravel main event in Emporia, Kansas

Former Unbound champion Ivar Slik injured in collision during training ride in Arkansas
By Jackie Tyson published
News Dutch gravel cyclist taken to hospital in Bentonville after crash involving motor vehicle
Top News on the Race
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Who's going to Kansas? Life Time confirms lottery winners for Unbound Gravel, reveal five qualifier events
Jelle Van Damme, Lauren Stephens, Laurens ten Dam among thousands of lottery applicants to receive 'you are headed to the capital of gravel riding' confirmation -
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
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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 -
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
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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 -
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
Related Features
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From learning to fly planes to mastering two sports - Annabel Fisher takes 'complex journey' to Life Time Grand Prix
Second race of 2025 gravel season positions British gravel champion for debut in US off-road series, including do-over at Unbound Gravel in May -
'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