The 2026 Gravelking UCI Gravel World Collection has once more significantly ramped up in scale, delivering a swathe of recent alternatives for riders to safe a spot within the UCI Gravel World Championships.
The variety of occasions within the qualifying collection climbs to 45 in a transfer that may even enhance the variety of UCI factors out there to gravel specialists due to this fact offering extra probabilities for riders to maneuver their manner up the grid on the race for the rainbow jersey, the place the entrance rows of the elite races are sometimes dominated by WorldTour riders.
The 45 occasions throughout 32 international locations compares with 2025’s announcement of 33 qualifying alternatives. That was already a big growth on the 12 months earlier than for the collection, which launched in 2022 with a 12-event calendar.
4 of the 2026 qualifying occasions have already been run and received – Flanders Legacy Gravel in Belgium, Gravelista in Australia, Dustman in Thailand and Alentejo Gravel in Portugal – whereas the opening occasion of 2026 might be The Ceder in South Africa on February 14.
Solely a few the 2025 occasions have disappeared from the collection calendar however there are 14 new occasions within the combine. That features Vuelta Altas Cumbres Gravel in Argentina on March 29, which may have a gravel class added to what’s historically a mountain bike race, the OG Classique in Canada on June 21, Latvia’s Gravel Weekend in Tukums on August 8 and Gravel Chile on September 6.
The brand new occasions will sit alongside the established races. A type of authentic World Collection races that might be firmly within the highlight in 2026 is Seven, held in Western Australia’s Nannup, which is slotting into the calendar on Could 16. This occasion will give riders a preview of the course that’s set to host the UCI Gravel World Championships round 5 months later.
In addition to wanting forward, the 2026 occasions will have a look again with the organisers of the 2023 UCI Gravel World Championships in Italy amongst these delivering a brand new occasion in 2026, the Grand Tour 3 Cime Lavaredo in Auronzo di Cadore on June 20.
The growth of the collection comes quickly after organisers introduced a brand new sponsor, with Gravelking approaching board because the title sponsor from 2026 to 2028.
For a full record of the 2026 occasions see the Cyclingnews UCI Gravel World Collection house web page.
