UCI announces gravel series and official world championships

By Cyclingnews 8 days ago

Federation partners with Golazo to establish new discipline

SBT GRVL 2021, a 144 mile gravel race starting and finishing in Steamboat Springs (Image credit: Linda Guerrette)

The UCI has announced the creation of an officially sanctioned gravel series and world championships after the conclusion of the Management Committee meeting during the UCI Road World Championships in Belgium. The decision adds a tenth discipline to the international federation's events. 

The federation has partnered with Belgian event organiser Golazo to create a UCI Gravel World Series of mass-participation races which will serve as qualifying events for the new UCI Gravel World Championships.

Golazo also organises the Gran Fondo World Series and World Championships as part of the UCI Cycling For All initiative.

The organisers of the Eroica rides in Tuscany offered to host the first ever gravel world championships but the event is likely to be held in the USA, where gravel events have developed rapidly in recent years. 

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