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September 20, 2024 By Ben Thomas Leave a Comment

Newcastleton Trails Shine at the UK National Marathon Championships

The coveted stripey jersey, the symbol of a national champion, awarded only to the one who gives it their all and emerges as the best in the country. I’ve raced for that title, that jersey, and that honour many times. As an under-23 rider, I came close with a silver medal, and as a senior […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: mountain bike, MTB, national championship, Scotland, UCI, UK

September 14, 2024 By Ben Thomas 1 Comment

A Journey Through Scotland’s Stunning Gravel Roads: Raiders Gravel

Earlier in the year I had hoped to fit Raiders Gravel into my schedule, but initially it seemed impossible due to how busy the calendar already was. However when the National Gravel Championships were moved to coincide with this event I seized the opportunity to race this three day event. While I knew racing the […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: gravel racing, National Gravel Championships, Raiders Gravel, Scotland

July 10, 2024 By Ben Thomas Leave a Comment

Epic gravel riding in the Wiltshire hills – Hotchillee Stone Circle 2024

I’ve said it many times, but the Hotchillee Stone Circle was one of the best days on the bike last year. That says a lot, considering all the amazing events we get to travel to all over the world. Once again this year, the event came up top trumps. Everything from the route to the […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: England, Gravel, Hotchillee, Stone Circle, UK

May 25, 2024 By Ben Thomas Leave a Comment

Ice cream and gravel in Scotland: The Gralloch

On Friday, we embarked on a journey hundreds of miles north to the picturesque town of Gatehouse of Fleet in Scotland. This tiny, sleepy town is nestled among castles, rolling green hills, stony beaches, and the Irish Sea. However, the tranquility was about to be replaced with a burst of energy as the UCI Gravel […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Gravel, Scotland, UCI gravel world series

February 25, 2024 By Ben Thomas Leave a Comment

Santa Vall: Kickstarting the European Gravel Season

Santa Vall was the opening race of this years Gravel Earth Series, a series which defines what gravel should be, fast racing with an equal amount of fun and partying. The series has a total of 20 events with five headliners, which include The Traka in Girona Spain, The Rift in Iceland and Ranxo Gravel […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: girona, Gravel, Gravel Earth Series, gravel racing, Santa Vall

August 31, 2023 By Ben Thomas Leave a Comment

Pauliena Rooijakkers and Wout van Aert win Houffa Gravel

The latest round of the UCI Gravel World Series took place this weekend in Houffalize, Belgium. Houffa Gravel would be the second last qualifier of the season and attracted one of the biggest stars in cycling, the vice world champion in road and cross, Wout van Aert who choose this to be his first UCI […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Ardennes, belgium, Gravel, gravel racing, UCI gravel world series

July 29, 2023 By Ben Thomas Leave a Comment

The Rift Iceland- a racing adventure

Nothing can prepare you for the spectacular nature that greets you in Iceland, to race through this landscape is a dream come true. Raylyn Nuss perfectly summed up the route, “it was definitely the prettiest, most scenic, beautiful race I’ve done in my life.” The race course starts out of a small town along the […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Gravel, Gravel Earth Series, gravel racing, iceland, The Rift

June 28, 2023 By Ben Thomas Leave a Comment

Ekoi Stone Circle by Hotchillee – Big kilometers means big adventure

Fun is fast but slow can also be fun. Who rides fast anyway for 215 kilometres? Ok so our friends over the pond in the US show it is possible to race fast for that long and there are plenty of gravel races in Europe of that distance or longer but sometimes it fun to […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Adventures, England, Gravel, Stone Cicle, Summer, UK

June 6, 2023 By Ben Thomas Leave a Comment

Ranxo Gravel: Searching for the perfect gravel

Whilst gravel headlines are all about a certain race over in America big things are happening over here in Europe, that includes Ranxo Gravel by Klassmark which is part of the UCI World Gravel Series

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Gravel, Klassmark, Ranxo Gravel, Spain

May 25, 2023 By Ben Thomas Leave a Comment

BeMC – Beautiful scenery, beer and bike racing

A pilgrimage according to the Cambridge dictionary is a visit to a place is considered special. Since 2010 I’ve visited the Ardennes most years for a bike race! This obsession started when I raced the final ever Houffalize round of the UCI World Cup Cross Country Series, then a few years later in 2014 I […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Belgian Mountainbike Challenge, belgium, BeMC, MarathonMTB, Stage Race, UCI

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