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Gravel racing is unpredictable again: A Life Time Grand Prix 2026 preview

Six races, 50 athletes and a record-setting $350,000 prize purse await in year five of the Life Time Grand Prix

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‘It’s looking to be a proper battle in the first round’ – Tiffany Cromwell will be breathing down defending Life Time champion Sofía Gómez Villafañe's neck at the Sea Otter Classic

The Life Time Sea Otter Classic Gravel race is looming, with the men and women’s fields both bristling with top talent

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Life Time Grand Prix 2026

US collection of off-road races offers $350,000 overall series purse plus $240,000 across six individual events

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'I decided to change everything' - Privateer campaign for Simon Pellaud derailed temporarily by knee injury, but quest for evasive race win in Life Time Grand Prix continues

Swiss rider took podiums at Unbound Gravel 200 and Leadville 100 MTB in 2025 and back for his 'American dream'

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Keegan Swenson 'pain free' after hip fracture but new schedule has him skip European race in order to focus on Unbound 200

Three-time winner of Life Time Grand Prix removes The Traka from schedule in order to focus on success at US off-road series

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The new stars of gravel racing: Riders and gravel teams set to break out in 2026

With a new guard of gravel pros stepping onto the podium, here are a few riders and teams to get familiar with heading into the new season

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Former Valley of Tears champion Keegan Swenson returns to Texas this week as commentator for Dirt Crit broadcast as he remains sidelined from racing - Gravel Bits

U23 Pan-Am MTB champion Owen Clark wins six-man sprint in longest career race at Homegrown Gravel, Whitney Allison top female at eight-day Transcordilleras

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Olympic silver medalist Haley Batten wins debut at Belgium Waffle Ride Arizona while Russell Finsterwald surges in two-up sprint for elite men's victory

Final singletrack section proves decisive for last year's BWR series overall winner as he shuts down long-range attack by Andrew L'Esperance

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$'I’ve been nursing a few different injuries after getting smoked by a car door' - Unbound Gravel and Leadville champion Keegan Swenson 'gutted to miss Cape Epic' due to fractured pelvis$

'I’ve been nursing a few different injuries after getting smoked by a car door' - Unbound Gravel and Leadville champion Keegan Swenson 'gutted to miss Cape Epic' due to fractured pelvis

XCM World Champion to seek additional medical tests at home in Arizona

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Keegan Swenson breaks pelvis after 'getting smoked by car door'

US gravel pro pulls out of Cape Epic mountain bike race after scans

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Where will top gravel riders launch new looks in 2026? Keegan Swenson, Matt Beers, Karolina Migoń, Sofia Gomez Villafañe among all-star cast at Santa Vall

Early season races at RADL GRVL and Bescaonina Gravel deliver top results for Romain Bardet, Nicole Frain, Hugo Drechou, Petr Vakoč and Sophie Wright

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'Riders making six figures race against some who aren't making a cent' - Are pro gravel teams about to be the end of the privateer?

As the gap between gravel privateers grows, and with the emergence of pro teams, what does it actually mean for the salaries, prize money and development pathways of racers in 2026?

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Flat-bars or drop-bars at Leadville Trail 100 MTB? This high-altitude endurance race doesn't have a handlebar problem, it has an identity crisis

'Courses dictate our equipment choices' as Lauren De Crescenzo and other riders dissect the 100 miles of Leadville regarding safety issues, equipment setups and a solution

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Sorry, Tom Pidcock, Leadville has just banned your new drop bar Pinarello

What does this mean for Tom Pidcock's mysterious gravel calendar now?

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Gravel superstar Keegan Swenson signs for Specialized Off-Road, taking squad towards super-team status

Former Unbound and three-time Life Time Grand Prix overall winner will line up alongside Sofía Gómez Villafañe and Matt Beers in 2026 and beyond

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'My FTP is 480W, and I’m consuming up to 140g carbs an hour': gravel powerhouse Matthew Beers shares what made 2025 his most successful season yet

After winning at Cape Epics, Gravel Burn, Big Sugar Classic, Belgian Waffle Ride, and Lauf Gravel Worlds, Specialized Off-Road rider Matthew Beers is on the cusp of gravel greatness

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Leadville Trail 100 MTB lottery underway, Grasshopper Series and Leavenworth Bike Fest open registrations for off-road events

Virginia's Blue Ridge TWENTY28 switches to Stromm bikes, Salt Lake Criterium returns to city-centre with three-day event - North American Roundup

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More youth, more international: Life Time announces its new roster of athletes for the 2026 Grand Prix

A hand-selected cast of 44 of the world's most talented off-road riders to contest the 2026 Life Time Grand Prix, starting at the Sea Otter Classic in April

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Life Time Grand Prix reveal initial rosters for 2026 include debuts by top three women from Gravel Earth Series - Rosa Klöser, Karolina Migoń, Morgan Aguirre

More than half of the 22 elite men accepting invitations represent nations outside the US, including The Traka 360 runner-up Jan Stöckli of Switzerland

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The Growler raises the stakes in 2026 with live stream investment and larger elite, junior fields for third edition on April 25

Boulder Roubaix moves to April 26 with longer course and give US a doubleheader of one-day Classics with Levi's GrandFondo race

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Divying up dollars and snaring spots for 2026 as Big Sugar Classic settles Life Time Grand Prix overall standings for fourth time

Cameron Jones and Sofia Gomez Villafañe were the biggest winners while Cole Paton edges Payson McElveen for milestone top 10

Cycling Weekly

Cam Jones and Sofia Gomez Villafañe win Life Time Grand Prix after 'gnarly' weather-shortened Big Sugar race

A storm-shortened Big Sugar reshuffles the standings as Jones dethrones Swenson and Villafañe seals her triple crown

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Matt Beers solos to victory in shortened elite men’s race at Big Sugar Classic while Cameron Jones secures Life Time Grand Prix title

Griffin Easter second in three-rider chase with Riley Amos goes third ahead of Julien Gagné

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Can Keegan Swenson be toppled from the top spot of the Life Time Grand Prix at Big Sugar Gravel?

Sofía Gómez Villafañe just has to start to secure third overall title but Marathon MTB World Champion under pressure with Pellaud and Jones one point behind

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Early launches secure Cameron Jones and Sofía Gómez Villafañe wins at Little Sugar MTB

Villafañe locks in Life Time Grand Prix series lead with win in second last round while men's competition tightens as current leader Keegan Swenson finishes tenth

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