Several changes are in the works for the 2026 Gravel Earth Series, as organisers revealed on Friday the number of global events would be reduced from 23 to 13 in the fourth edition. The Traka, with two race distances, and Migration Gravel return as anchor events for a fourth consecutive year, with the series including new races in Iceland and Belgium.
Klassmark, an event company based in Girona, Spain that emphasises minimal environmental impacts, organises the series and now owns half of the races featured on the calendar, including Cuckoo Iceland by the Traka, scheduled in Flúðir, Iceland, on June 28 and The River by The Traka in Bouillon, Belgium, on September 6, serving as the finale in the series.
Iceland’s The Rift gravel race had been on the GES calendar the past two seasons. That event is scheduled for July 18 2026 in Hvolsvöllur, but will be replaced by the series stop at Cuckoo Iceland, based approximately 50km further inland in an area that features abundant hot springs and geysers.
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