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The professional race on the white roads, 2014 · Claude Zipfel, CC BY 2.0
The white gravel roads of the Crete Senesi, on the same course the professionals race, finishing in the Piazza del Campo in Siena. Mixed gravel and tarmac with a firm seven-hour cutoff on the long route.
Checked against the organiser’s official site on 5 September 2026. Dates, routes and entry conditions change — confirm on the official site before booking flights or accommodation. We are not the organiser and take no entries.
Mexican edition of the Belgian Waffle Ride series, held around Tequisquiapan in Querétaro state. Routes suit gravel or mountain bikes and follow the BWR Waffle/Wafer/Wanna distance format; check the event site for this year's course lengths.
A two-stage winter gravel event in the Vall de Llémena, north-west of Girona. Stage 1 runs 139 km from Sant Gregori to Girona and stage 2 is an 83 km loop from Sant Gregori, on forest tracks, trails and some tarmac. It sits in the Gravel Earth Series and is a common season opener.
The desert edition of the BWR series, starting from McDowell Mountain Park near Scottsdale. The 122-mile Waffle is 58% unpaved, mixing rough dirt roads and washes in the Tonto forest with singletrack and some steep paved climbs. Shorter Wafer and Wanna routes are offered.