2025 UCI Gravel World Championships Heads to Netherlands

The UCI, cycling’s international federation, has reassigned its 2025 Gravel World Championships to the Zuid-Limburg region of the Netherlands in October instead of Nice, France, the scheduled host.

The event will be held October 11–12.  The province of Limburg, of which the Zuid (South)-Limburg region is a part, has hosted a number of major UCI events, including the 2018 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships and five editions of the UCI Road World Championships, most recently in 2012.

“I’m delighted that the South-Limburg region, in the province of Limburg, will be involved in the organisation of the 2025 UCI Gravel World Championships and would like to thank them for submitting their bid after the city of Nice withdrew,” said UCI President David Lappartient. “The province of Limburg has further enhanced its standing as a leading cycling region at international level, while contributing to the development of gravel, a discipline that is still quite new and has considerable potential for growth.”

The event is open to both professionals (separate race) and amateurs. Amateurs qualify for the event through the UCI Gravel World Series and race by age group, while professionals are selected by their respective National Federations.  Qualifying events for this year’s world championships began in 2024, with another 30-plus events scheduled to take place before October.

“We’re absolutely delighted that the UCI Gravel World Championships can still go ahead and will now take place in the Netherlands,” said Maurice Leeser, president and director of the Dutch Cycling Federation. “This presents a unique opportunity to experience the breathtaking beauty of the Limburg landscape, while at the same time offering an exciting and challenging World Championships for both men and women riders.”

The 2025 UCI Gravel World Championships will be the fourth staging of the event after Veneto (2022) and Treviso-Veneto (2023) in Italy followed by last year’s event in Flanders, Belgium.