Unbound Gravel 2025
Latest News from the Race
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Lachlan Morton plans to 'chill' on big challenges for a while and spend year exploring international gravel events
'I'm back at a racing level now but it took a lot of work from when I finished, I was pretty broken' says Morton of recovery from around Australia record -
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 -
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
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
![Lauren De Crescenzo reacts to finishing second at 2023 Big Sugar Gravel](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/D5kXTimX4b6bU9MWkRsCE5-320-80.jpg)
Lauren De Crescenzo: Gravel feels like the Super Bowl of cycling
By Jackie Tyson published
News US rider begins 2024 campaign at Border Wars race in Georgia with new privateer pursuit
![Mass start at Unbound Gravel in Emporia, Kansas](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZTM2rmifF86JeAYbTyskNZ-320-80.jpg)
Unbound Gravel schedules first-ever qualifier event in Belgium August 11
By Jackie Tyson published
News Flanders Classics' Heathland Gravel to dish out 50 spots to 2025 edition of high-demand Emporia, Kansas event
![Greg Van Avermaet in his old guise as a road racer for AG2R Citroën on the cobbles of Paris-Roubaix](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bnFfc35poYHassvTCa2Fde-320-80.jpg)
Van Avermaet receives 'Congratulations Greg, you're IN' message for Unbound 200
By Jackie Tyson published
News Olympic Champion turns from chasing Classics to grinding gravel in 2024 and a first trip to the Flint Hills in June
![Sofia Gomez Villafañe on her way to victory at Leadville Trail 100 MTB, part of the Life Time Grand Prix](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4jbgDEfbUfP3crahjbDrL6-320-80.jpg)
Does drafting ruin the spirit of gravel? Top women to discuss with Unbound organisers
By Jackie Tyson published
News Dedicated starts for pro women, rules barring inter-field drafting among newest gravel debates headed into 2024
![Unbound Gravel participants encountered massive amounts of mud in the first 10 miles of the course in 2023](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/v37ee6G6Vvx2XR55t6FqjA-320-80.jpg)
Lottery open for 2024 Unbound Gravel entries through January 20
By Jackie Tyson published
News Random selection process underway for Unbound 200 and three other route distances set for northerly Kansas route
![Multi-discipline rider Maghalie Rochette hits the road and off-road with Canyon in 2023](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XAzd6Bz6wCmzQCrgCgmAC-320-80.jpg)
Maghalie Rochette: Unbound 200 is still a stretch, cyclocross is what I love
By Jackie Tyson published
News Canadian to miss road nationals and will focus on BC Bike Race, UCI Gravel World Championships and maybe E-MTB Worlds
![Bikes were clogged with 'peanut butter mud' after the early mud pit](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/P9c9WD6xMqcQ3SYfoxVB6b-320-80.jpg)
Nathan Haas blog: We need to talk about the Unbound mud pit
By Nathan Haas published
Blog Was it wrong to not re-route the course?
![Team AMANI's John Kariuki rides in lead group of Unbound 200 in front of Lachlan Moton](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aHxmgLTapZSMYMhLaJFELg-320-80.jpg)
Team AMANI riders continue healing process at Unbound Gravel
By Jackie Tyson published
News Langat finishes fourth in XL 350 as Kenyan riders 'stepped up to play a role' following 2022 death of founder Sule Kangangi
Top News on the Race
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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
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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 -
Another unreleased SRAM Red groupset uncovered at Unbound Gravel, this time with 13-speed cassette
It only launched two weeks ago, but is the SRAM Red groupset about to get another update? -
Former soigneur Geerike Schreurs proud of ‘brave decision’ to turn pro in gravel racing
Dutch rider carves her name into historic women’s finish at Unbound Gravel 200 with second place
Related Features
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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 -
Unreleased computers, tantalizing components and lots of tape: A double Unbound bike check
We check out Amity Rockwell and Nathan Haas' Colnago G4-X gravel bikes -
Shave the hairs off your tyres: Dylan Johnson's Unbound Gravel bike is a Frankenbike of the highest order
Three Felt gravel bikes, three wildly different setups for Johnson, Niki Terpstra and Dani Shrosbree