Midwest USA gravel races & events
The Midwest is where modern gravel racing grew up — Kansas' Flint Hills, Iowa's B-roads, Minnesota's north woods and Michigan's sand-and-gravel two-tracks host some of the largest events in the sport.
Upcoming events
- Birdeye '26 — 6 November 2026 – 8 November 2026 · Birdeye, Arkansas, United States
- Chinkapin Hollow Gravel Grinder — 7 November 2026 · Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States
- Mine Creek Gravel Battle — 3 April 2027 · Mound City, Kansas, United States
- Rough Road 100 Spring Classic Gravel Race — 3 April 2027 · Morris, Illinois, United States
- Flint Hills Gravel — 10 April 2027 · Americus, Kansas, United States
- Barry-Roubaix — 17 April 2027 · Hastings, Michigan, United States
- Open Range Gravel Race — 24 April 2027 · Pratt County, Kansas, United States
- Highland Gravel Classic — 24 April 2027 · Elkins, Arkansas, United States
- Humdinger Gravel — 24 April 2027 · Fordland, Missouri, United States
- Driftless 100 — 24 April 2027 · Elkader, Iowa, United States
- 1904 — 24 April 2027 · Morrison, Illinois, United States
- Escape the Badger Gravel Event — 24 April 2027 · Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States
- StG Gravel Classic — 25 April 2027 · Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, United States
- Waterloo G+G — 25 April 2027 · Chelsea, Michigan, United States
- Dairy Roubaix — 27 April 2027 · Bagley, Wisconsin, United States
- Black Fork Gravel Grinder — 1 May 2027 · Glenmont, Ohio, United States
- Muleskinner Gravel Classic — 8 May 2027 · Lone Jack, Missouri, United States
- Hungry Bear Gravel 2027 — 8 May 2027 · Cable, WI, United States
- Rule of Three Gravel — 12 May 2027 – 16 May 2027 · Bentonville, Arkansas, United States
- Central MO Circuit — 15 May 2027 · Columbia, Missouri, United States
- RYDB Fest 2027 — 21 May 2027 – 24 May 2027 · Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States
- Le Grand du Nord Gravel Cycling Classic — 23 May 2027 · Grand Marais, Minnesota, United States
- Badlands Gravel Battle — 24 May 2027 · Medora, North Dakota, United States
- The Skirmish — 3 June 2027 – 6 June 2027 · Jonesboro, Arkansas, United States
- Unbound Gravel — 3 June 2027 – 6 June 2027 · Aikman, Kansas, United States
- Gordon Pine Barrens 50 and 25 — 5 June 2027 · Gordon, Wisconsin, United States
- Robidoux Rendezvous — 12 June 2027 · Gering, Nebraska, United States
- Pine Island Gravel Odyssey — 12 June 2027 · Spearfish, South Dakota, United States
- Solstice Gravel Grinder — 20 June 2027 · Beatrice, Nebraska, United States
- Lumberjack 100 — 20 June 2027 · Wellston, Michigan, United States
- Tour de Nebraska — 22 June 2027 – 27 June 2027 · Bridgeport, Nebraska, United States
- Rock Ridge Gravel — 26 June 2027 – 27 June 2027 · Alma, Kansas, United States
- Grounded Nebraska Gravel Festival — 26 June 2027 – 28 June 2027 · Roca, Nebraska, United States
- Iowa Gravel Classic — 4 July 2027 · Coon Rapids, Iowa, United States
- Freedhem Gravel — 10 July 2027 · Freedhem, Minnesota, United States
- The Cedar Blitz Gravel — 11 July 2027 · Cedar Springs, Michigan, United States
- Dust Bowl 100 — 23 July 2027 – 24 July 2027 · Martinsville, Indiana, United States
- THE DAY ACROSS MINNESOTA — 31 July 2027 · Gary, South Dakota, United States
- Core 2027 — 21 August 2027 · Troy Township, Iowa, United States
- Gravel Worlds — 25 August 2027 – 29 August 2027 · Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
- THUNDER BAY THRILLER — 28 August 2027 · Alpena County, Michigan, United States
- River Valley 100 — 29 August 2027 · Mankato, Minnesota, United States
- Shawnee Pebble Pounder — 29 August 2027 · West Portsmouth, Ohio, United States
- Pony Express 120 Gravel Dash — 31 August 2027 · Marysville, Kansas, United States
- Gray Duck Grit — 4 September 2027 – 5 September 2027 · Cannon Falls, Minnesota, United States
- 99 Miles of Bad Roads — 11 September 2027 · Hardy, Arkansas, United States
- 99 Miles of Bad Road — 11 September 2027 · Hardy, Arkansas, United States
- Uncle John's Gravel Race — 11 September 2027 – 12 September 2027 · St. Johns, Michigan, United States
- Driftless Dagger — 11 September 2027 · Galena, Illinois, United States
- 99 Miles of Bad Road Gravel Race — 11 September 2027 · Hardy, Arkansas, United States
- North Star Bicycle Race — 15 September 2027 · St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
- Hodag Country Ramble — 17 September 2027 – 19 September 2027 · Rhinelander, Wisconsin, United States
- Meramec Gravel — 18 September 2027 · Bourbon, Missouri, United States
- Rosewood Gramble — 18 September 2027 · Thief River Falls, Minnesota, United States
- Meramec Gravel — 18 September 2027 · Bourbon, Missouri, United States
- Soldier Cutoff Hillduro — 18 September 2027 · Pisgah, Iowa, United States
- Fargo Sub 48 — 24 September 2027 – 26 September 2027 · Walkerville, Michigan, United States
- Harvest 50 Gravel — 25 September 2027 · Boone County, Indiana, United States
- Lord of the Springs — 25 September 2027 · Yankee Springs, Michigan, United States
- HECK OF THE NORTH gravel cycling classic — 25 September 2027 · Two Harbors, Minnesota, United States
Gear for your next adventure
- Frame-Pack RC — ORTLIEB USA
- HEX Gravel Tires — ENVE Composites
- Water Bottle — ENVE Composites
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