Elite riders feeling the squeeze in Kansas amid lightly vetted fields and chaotic aid stations - Unbound Gravel 'needs standards, not red tape'

Lauren De Crescenzo finished sixth at the 2025 Unbound Gravel 200 amid an array of challenges at the world's biggest gravel race.

I never thought I’d be writing an article about professional gravel racing. Yet, here we are.

Unbound Gravel has become the biggest day on the gravel calendar. For many of us, it’s bigger than US Nationals, bigger than Worlds. I decided to skip the US Pro Road Championships in West Virginia to focus on Unbound Gravel this year.