2026 gravel national and continental champions index

Nicole Frain (Factor Racing) at RADL GRVL presented by Quad Lock after claiming the first Oceania gravel title alongside 2025 Australian Gravel Championships winner Tiffany Cromwell (Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto) .

The list of gravel championships continues to grow with the popularity of the discipline now well entrenched and cycling federations across the globe deciding the top riders from the nation need to be recognised.

In fact, a new continental championships has even been added to the list this year, with Australia's Nicole Frain (Factor Racing) and New Zealand's Cameron Jones (Giant-SRAM) kicking off the year of gravel racing when they claimed the first ever Oceania gravel titles in January.

The competition for a jersey unfolds through the year from South Africa to Spain and the United States to France. The title can deliver more than a year of pride for a rider who gets to slip on their national colours at every race, whether it be among the new wave of UCI races or those within the more established yet informal setting of the United States. It can also be an essential stepping stone either to the World Championships or greater opportunities across the spectrum of gravel events,

In 2026 Cyclingnews has once again kept track of the winners, so read on for a full list of all the riders who will be venturing out on the gravel in national colours.

For a full list of last year's Gravel National Championships winners and news see our index from 2025 and you can also look back on the winners from 2024 and 2023. There is also plenty more gravel news available on our gravel home page and the UCI Gravel World Series and Unbound Gravel hubs.

Gravel national champions news

Gravel national champions index

2026 National and Continental Championships
Date	Nation/Continent	2026 women's winner	2026 men's winner	2025 women's winner	2025 men's winner
January 23	Oceania	Nicole Frain	Cameron Jones	-	-
May 25	Spain	Natalia Fischer	Alberto Barroso	Marta Torà	Kevin Suárez
May 30-31	Australia	Tiffany Cromwell	Cameron Scott	Tiffany Cromwell	Mark O'Brien
June 13-14	Canada	Cancelled	Cancelled (Mike Woods crossed llne first but title not awarded)	Devon Clarke	Benjamin Perry
June 14	Lithuania	Gedraitytė Akvilė	Vladas Jurkevičius	Daiva Tušlaitė Ragažinskienė	Eimantas Gudiskis
June 14	South Africa	Hayley Preen	Marco Joubert	Hayley Preen	Marco Joubert
July 4	Norway	Åshild Tovsrud	Torbjørn Andre Røed	-	-
July 11	Italy	Erica Magnaldi	Filippo Agostinacchio	Carlotta Borello	Matteo Gaffuri
July 25	Germany	Ronja Eibl	Emil Herzog	Rosa Klöser	Paul Voß
August 16	Belgium	Nathalie Bex	Daan Soete	Marthe Truyen	Niels Vandeputte
August 22	African Championships	Hayley Preen	Alex Miller	Haley Preen	Alex Miller
August 22-23	Britain	Sophie Wright	Jenson Young	Elizabeth Hermolle	Connor Swift
August 30	European Championships	Femke Markus	Mads Würtz Schmidt	Erica Magnaldi	Mads Würtz Schmidt
August 30	Mexico	Anet Barrera Esparza	Ulises Alfredo Castillo Soto
September 12	United States			Lauren Stephens	Bradyn Lange
September 28	France			Axelle Dubau-Prévot	Hugo Drechou
TBC	Austria			Jana Gigele	Lukas Pöstlberger
TBC	Finland			Minna-Maria Kangas	Markus Auvinen
TBC	Nordic			Hanna Nilsson	Anton Stensby
TBC	Czech Republic			Kristýna Zemanová	Petr Vakoč
TBC	Netherlands			Femke Markus	Frits Biesterbos

*Championships dates will be updated as they are confirmed and winners and news added as the races take place

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