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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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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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Beers and Nortje overhaul GC in finale to win men's Cape Epic, as Lill and Keller complete near total domination in women's race

Luca Schwarzbauer and Sam Gaze take most stage wins in men's race as Kate Courtney loses replacement partner midway through week in South Africa

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Riders to watch at Cape Epic 2026 – Mountain bike stars, gravel pros and Epic veterans form strong and open field for 700km challenge

Kate Courtney, Matt Beers, Alessandra Keller and Sam Gaze among stacked start lists, but which pairs will come out on top?

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'It is always too soon to quit' – Kate Courtney revives Cape Epic challenge with last minute recruitment of Greta Seiwald after Melisa Rollins crash

Seiwald fronts up to new partnership fresh from winning effort at four-day Tankwa Trek in South Africa

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'Freak accident' puts Melisa Rollins in hospital with broken elbow and 'gutted' to miss debut at Cape Epic with Kate Courtney

Leadville champions would have started eight-day mountain bike stage race on Saturday

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'The wind was 89 kilometres per hour' - Wicked weather derails Brendan Johnston from fastest known time attempt on Perth to Sydney ride

After finishing FKT attempt, Australian withdraws from RADL GRVL to recover from injured ankle and sets sight on Unbound Gravel 200

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'It will come down to that final 15k' - Romain Bardet, Cameron Jones, Alexey Vermeulen begin gravel season at RADL GRVL as defending champion Brendan Johnston bows out

Australian gravel champion and defending RADL winner Tiffany Cromwell faces deep field with new Oceana Gravel Championships jersey on the line

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Melisa Rollins' Liv Devote Advanced 0 SE from Gravel Burn

A limited-edition colourway inspired by Rollins made for one of the most striking bikes at the race

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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

Cycling Weekly

Gravel Burn: Matt Beers and Axelle Dubau-Prevot win inaugural seven-day stage race across the Great Karoo of South Africa

South African Beers secured lead by winning three of six stages as Frenchwoman Dubau-Prevot overcame

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Sofia Gomez Villafañe wins abbreviated Big Sugar Classic and locks in overall women's title for Life Time Grand Prix

Lauren Stephens second, Stella Hobbs third in large group finish for elite women in Bentonville

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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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US Gravel Nationals: Lauren Stephens powers to third straight title; Bradyn Lange wins with breakthrough performance

The race was the first in Minnesota after two years in Nebraska and produced one new champion and one three-peat winner

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Melisa Rollins and Alexey Vermeulen win elite titles at Chequamegon MTB Festival in fourth round of Life Time Grand Prix

Defending women's champion Sofia Gomez Villafañe best of chasers in second place, while Kyan Olshave and Brendan Johnston take podium spots in 15-rider men's bunch finish

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Neilson Powless, Larry Warbasse, Michael Matthews among men's field at Maryland Cycling Classic to challenge defending champion Mattias Skjelmose

Alison Jackson, Tiffany Cromwell, Lauren Stephens add star-power in debut of women's UCI one-day race in Baltimore

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'Not proud of my mistake, but proud of my performance' - Lauren Stephens disqualified at Leadville 100 after posting third best time for elite women

'I misunderstood the rules. I would never break a rule intentionally' Texas rider tells Cyclingnews of her error with 12 miles to race

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'I'm capable of doing it again' - Defending Leadville 100 winner Melisa Rollins uses Leadville Stage Race win to erase doubt

'Columbine - the race has blown apart there almost every year' said Rollins about the mid-point climb

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Why pros are racing the biggest MTB race in the US on drop bars and ‘Frankenstein bikes’

Are there real gains to be had, or is this just a fad?

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Lauren Stephens fully committed to Aegis Foundation Cycling women's team as it heads toward 2026 rebrand as Next Step Racing

'I've always wanted to start a team' says two-time US gravel national champion who targets first-time appearance at Leadville Trail 100 MTB in August

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SBT GRVL: Melisa Rollins and Brennan Wertz wrangle wind and late attacks for top honours on new course at Steamboat Springs gravel race

Leadville champion holds off former SBT winners Lauren De Crescenzo and Lauren Stephens for the women's title while the men's US gravel champion distances Keegan Swenson

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'Survial mode' lands Melisa Rollins sixth place at Sea Otter Gravel after breaking both wrists

Leadville champion among stacked women's field at The Growler on Saturday

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'I gave it everything I had' - Keegan Swenson and Haley Batten win Sea Otter Classic Gravel

Olympic medalist mountain biker Batten crushes her first gravel race; Swenson and Villafane slip into familiar Life Time Grand Prix series leads

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Melisa Rollins nursing injury rather than starting 2025 US season at Mid South Gravel

Australian trip ends with a broken wrist after the 2024 Leadville winner crashed at Otway Odyssey mountain bike race

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