56% unpaved, 44% paved and plenty of pitchy climbs: the 2024 UCI Gravel World Championships race course revealed

by March 28, 2024

written by March 28, 2024

The 2024 UCI Gravel World Championships race course has been revealed, and is now available for fans to ride pre-event.

After starting in Halle, a charming town 15 kilometers southwest of Brussels, the course will wind around the forested region called Brabantse Wouden and finish in Leuven. This same region previously hosted the UCI Road World Championships and the European Gravel Championships.

Gravel, cobblestones, and unpaved surfaces make up 56% of the route, many sections of which were previously featured in the 2023 European Gravel Championship, won by Classics specialist Jasper Stuyven (Belgium) and sprinter Lorena Wiebes (The Netherlands). The paved sections will also be familiar for some as the 2021 UCI Road World Championships took place in the same region, traveling between Antwerpen and Leuven. This Classics-style race was won in a sprint by Elisa Balsamo (Italy) in the women’s race and by Julian Alaphilippe (France) who entered the finish solo in the men’s event.

As with the previous two editions, amateur riders —including professional race car drivers— can qualify by finishing in the top 25% at one of the 25 events on the Trek UCI Gravel World Series throughout the year. Qualifying races are held across the globe, including in Kenya, Poland, Canada, Switzerland, and the U.S. from April through September. For the elite race, national cycling federations are given 20 spaces for their best men and women elite racers.

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56% unpaved, 44% paved and plenty of pitchy climbs: the 2024 UCI Gravel World Championships race course revealed

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