UCI announces Gravel World series and 2022 calendar

The UCI and Golazo have announced the UCI Gravel World Series that will be taking this place. It will be sponsored by Trek and will give access to the Gravel World championships.

"The concept of the new gravel series is based on that of the existing and very successful UCI Gran Fondo World Series where riders can also earn their spot for an annual UCI World Championships," the official communique of the UCI has pointed out.

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The 12-race series will have it's first event in the third of April in the Philippines and the final one in Ranxo, Spain in the 18th of September. It will include "two races each in the USA and Australia and one event in France, Poland, Sweden, Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain."

The UCI have also shared the calendar of races that will take part of this series, which will be the following:

"3 Apr 2022: UCI Gravel Philippines, Bongabon, Nueva Ecija (PHI)

15 May 2022: Seven, Nannup (AUS)

5 Jun 2022: Wish One Gravel Race, Millau (FRA)

18 Jun 2022: Gravel Adventure, Swieradow-Zdroj (POL)

25 Jun 2022: Highlands Gravel Classic, Fayetteville (USA)

6 Aug 2022: Jingle GX Gravel Race, Amana (USA)

20 Aug 2022: Gravel Grit n Grind, Halmstad (SWE)

27 Aug 2022: Houffa Gravel, Houffalize (BEL)

3 Sep 2022: La Monsterrato-Strade Bianche Monferrato, Quattordio (ITA)

4 Sep 2022: Gravelista, Beechworth (AUS)

17 Sep 2022: Gravel One Fifty, Veenhuizen (NED)

18 Sep 2022: Ranxo, Ponts (ESP)"