What is Unbound Gravel and who’s racing it?

May 27, 2024

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Coming up on the weekend of June 1, 2024, Unbound Gravel, formerly known as the Dirty Kanza, is a mass-start event that takes place in the Tallgrass Prairie and Flint Hills around Emporia, Kansas, in the middle of the United States. With five race distances on offer and 4,000 attendees, Unbound has become the world’s marquee gravel event.

The famous 200-mile course is a true test of endurance, self-sufficiency and equipment. In addition to needing to fuel oneself for 11+ hours of riding, the sharp flint rocks are notorious for slicing tires and dashing podium aspirations. Along the way, riders also need to contend with the undulating terrain and the weather.

The ever-growing international presence has never been stronger with the likes of Olympic and Roubaix champion Greg van Avermaet, gravel world champion Matej Mohorič, 2024 Cape Epic winner Matt Beers, former Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix winner Niki Terpstra, and of course, the so-called Dutch Mafia with Laurens ten Dam and 2022 Unbound winner Ivar Slik among them, all taking to the start on Saturday.

In the women’s field, the female champions from the last four editions, Carolin Schiff, Sofia Gomez Villafane, Lauren De Crescenzo and Amity Rockwell are all returning to fight for the crown but competition will be stiff. Among the list of favorites are Canyon-SRAM’s Tiffany Cromwell —fresh off a win at UCI Gravel World Series’ Swartberg 100 race, Traka 360 winner Karolina Migoń, reigning Gravel Earth Series champion Annabel Fisher, SD Worx’s Geerike Schreurs and last year’s podium finisher Sarah Sturm. See the full start lists below.

The course covers 202.9 miles of harsh gravel roads with approximately 11,000 feet of climbing—more than its previous north course editions. Surface types will range from fast gravel roads to chunky doubletrack and only a little bit of pavement, with 92% of the course marked as unpaved. There will be two checkpoints where riders can meet their crews and receive outside support and two neutral water support ‘oases.’

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Header Cell – Column 0	A	B	C	D
1	First name	Last name	Team name	Age
2	Adam	Farabaugh	Bozeman, Montana	36
3	Adam	Ptaszek	Lemont, Illinois	20
4	Adam	Roberge	Canada	27
5	AJ	Moran	Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts	35
6	Alban	Lakata	Austria	44
7	Aldo Ino	Ilesic	Slovenia	39
8	Alejandro	Martinez Marin	Spain	37
9	Alex	Howes	Nederland, Colorado	36
10	Alex	Wild	San Jose, California	31
11	Alexys	Brunel	France	25
12	Andrew	Dillman	FAIRDALE, Kentucky	30
13	Andrew	L’Esperance	Canada	33
14	Andrew	Starykowicz	Long Grove, Illinois	42
15	Arthur	Eeckhout	Belgium	24
16	Asbjorn	Hellemose	Italy	25
17	Austin	O’Neil	Irvine, California	30
18	Benjamin	Perry	Canada	30
19	Bergen	West	Venice, California	29
20	Bjorn	Larson	SALT LAKE CITY, Utah	25
21	Brendan	Johnston	Australia	32
22	Brennan	Wertz	Mill Valley, California	27
23	Bruno	Langlois	Canada	46
24	Caleb	Christian	Kamas, Utah	38
25	Cameron	Jones	New Zealand	23
26	Carter	Anderson	Eagle Mountain, Utah	21
27	Chad	Haga	Fort Collins, Colorado	35
28	Chase	Wark	Winona, Minnesota	27
29	Cody	Cupp	Durango, Colorado	30
30	Connor	Kamm	Ann Arbor, Michigan	35
31	Connor	Sens	Australia	24
32	cory	greenberg	simi valley, California	36
33	Coulton	Hartrich	Jupiter, Florida	40
34	Daan	Grosemans	Belgium	22
35	Daniel	Oss	Italy	37
36	David	Lozano	Spain	35
37	Declan	Irvine	Australia	24
38	Derek Daniel	Reformat	Boston, Massachusetts	40
39	Dillon	Hollinger	Santa Cruz, California	30
40	Dylan	Dahlquist	Santa Monica, California	32
41	Dylan	Johnson	Brevard, North Carolina	29
42	Ethan	Overson	Superior, Colorado	23
43	Finn	Gullickson	BOULDER, Colorado	24
44	Finn	Mitchell	New Zealand	23
45	Francesco	Bettini	Italy	28
46	Freddy	Ovett	Spain	30
47	Giovanni	Dracone	Italy	41
48	Greg	Van Avermaet	Belgium	39
49	Griffin	Easter	Park City, Utah	32
50	Griffin	Hoppin	Mill Valley, California	21
51	Guido Paolo	dracone	Italy	47
52	Hayden	Pucker	Rosendale, Wisconsin	22
53	Howard	Grotts	Durango, Colorado	31
54	Hugo	Drechou	France	33
55	Ian	Boswell	Barnet, Vermont	33
56	Innokenty	Zavyalov	Minneapolis, Minnesota	32
57	Isaac	Allred	Winona, Minnesota	19
58	Isaac	Enderline	Holly Springs, North Carolina	33
59	Ivar	Slik	Netherlands	31
60	Iver	Skaarseth	Grand Junction, Colorado	26
61	Jack	Odron	Denver, Colorado	21
62	Jack	Polley	New Zealand	36
63	Jacob	Huber	Durango, Colorado	19
64	Jacob	Vaughan	United Kingdom	24
65	Jake	Oswald	Alpine, California	35
66	Jan	Bakelants	Belgium	38
67	Jasper	Ockeloen	Netherlands	34
68	Jelle	Van Damme	Belgium	40
69	Jesse	Yates	United Kingdom	28
70	Joe	Goettl	Sandy, Utah	32
71	JOE	LAVERICK	United Kingdom	23
72	John	Borstelmann	San Luis Obispo, California	32
73	Jonas	Orset	Norway	33
74	Jordan	Schleck	Uganda	21
75	Joris	Nieuwenhuis	Waterloo, Wisconsin	28
76	Justin	Dillon	Laguna Niguel, California	44
77	Justin	McQuerry	Austin, Texas	28
78	Keegan	Swenson	Midway, Utah	30
79	Konny	Looser	Switzerland	35
80	Kyle	Fry	Canada	35
81	Kyle	Kalish	Columbus, Indiana	27
82	Kyle	McDonald	Apex, North Carolina	21
83	Kyle	Trudeau	Tucson, Arizona	31
84	Lachlan	Morton	BOULDER, Colorado	32
85	Lance	Haidet	San Luis Obispo, California	26
86	Lars	Loohuis	Netherlands	23
87	Laurens	Ten Dam	Netherlands	43
88	Lawrence	Naesen	Belgium	31
89	Logan	Owen	Bremerton, Washington	29
90	Lukasz	Wisniowski	Poland	32
91	Marc	Spratt	SALT LAKE CITY, Utah	29
92	Mark	Myles	Utica, Kentucky	24
93	Matej	Mohorič	Monaco	29
94	Matevž	Govekar	Slovenia	24
95	Mathieu	Benoit	Canada	24
96	Matthew	Beers	South Africa	30
97	Matthew	Bird	Australia	27
98	Matthew	E Jablonski	BOULDER, Colorado	31
99	Matthew	Wiebe	San Francisco, California	34
100	Matti	Rowe	Longmont, Colorado	37
101	Mattia	De Marchi	Italy	32
102	Mattia	Gaffuri	Italy	24
103	Michael	Garrison	Decatur, Georgia	22
104	Nathan	Haas	Andorra	35
105	Nathan	Spratt	SALT LAKE CITY, Utah	29
106	Nick	Gould	Colorado Springs, Colorado	45
107	Nico	Bell	South Africa	40
108	Nicolas	Roche	Monaco	39
109	Niki	Terpstra	Netherlands	40
110	Oakley	Griffin	Fayetteville, Arkansas	20
111	Owen	Vermeulen	Canada	45
112	Parker	Kyzer	Spartanburg, South Carolina	31
113	Paul	Sandmann	Germany	28
114	Paul	Voss	Germany	38
115	Payson	McElveen	Durango, Colorado	31
116	Peter	Stetina	santa rosa, California	36
117	Petr	Vakoc	Czech Republic	31
118	Phil	Smith	Quincy, Illinois	34
119	Piotr	Havik	Netherlands	29
120	Robert	Britton	Canada	39
121	Rogan	Smart	South Africa	26
122	Roston	Nordell	Manti, Utah	18
123	Ruben Apers	Apers	Belgium	25
124	Russell	Finsterwald	Colorado Springs, Colorado	32
125	Ryan	Bennett.	BOULDER, Colorado	27
126	Ryan	Sellner	Lino Lakes, Minnesota	21
127	Ryan	Standish	Durango, Colorado	30
128	Ryohei	Komori	Japan	35
129	Sam	Andrews	United Kingdom	29
130	Scott	Tietzel	BOULDER, Colorado	40
131	Sean	Fincham	Canada	25
132	Sebastian	Schönberger	Austria	30
133	Seppe	Odeyn	Belgium	37
134	Seth	Hakizimana	Kenya	29
135	Simen	Nordahl Svendsen	Norway	25
136	Sindre	Sagbakken	Norway	22
137	Ted	King	Richmond, Vermont	41
138	Thijs	Zonneveld	Netherlands	43
139	Thomas	Dekker	Netherlands	39
140	Thomas	Turner	Canton, Georgia	43
141	Tobias	Kongstad	Denmark	27
142	Tobias	Perry	Spain	24
143	Tobin	Ortenblad	Santa Cruz, California	29
144	Torbjørn Andre	Røed	Grand Junction, Colorado	27
145	Truman	Glasgow	Alpine, Utah	23
146	Vojtěch	Marvan	Czech Republic	36
147	Zach	Calton	Ogden, Utah	27
148	Zachary	Allison	Fort Collins, Colorado	34

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Header Cell – Column 0	A	B	C	D
1	First name	Last name	Team name	Age
2	Alexis	Jaramillo	Monument, Colorado	17
3	Alexis	Skarda	Grand Junction, Colorado	34
4	Amelia	Mitchell	United Kingdom	28
5	Amity	Rockwell	Truckee, California	31
6	Anna Gabrielle (Gabby)	Traxler	Canada	26
7	Anna	Hicks	Placerville, California	24
8	Anna	Kollmann-Suhr	Austria	28
9	Anna	Yamauchi	Truckee, California	24
10	BARBARA	Frisch	Argentina	44
11	Carolin	Schiff	Germany	38
12	Caroline	Tory	Snowmass, Colorado	34
13	Caroline	Wreszin	Longmont, Colorado	22
14	Catherine	Colyn	South Africa	27
15	Cecily	Decker	Santa Fe, New Mexico	26
16	Colleen	Maher	Brevard, North Carolina	31
17	Danielle	Ravnikar	Saint Paul, Minnesota	27
18	danni	shrosbree	United Kingdom	29
19	Dubau-Prévôt	Axelle	France	27
20	Eden	Nykamp	West Olive, Michigan	21
21	Eleanor	Wiseman	Redwood City, California	34
22	Ella	Bloor	Australia	29
23	Ellen	Campbell	Durango, Colorado	26
24	Emily	Newsom	Fort Worth, Texas	40
25	Emma	Grant	BOULDER, Colorado	32
26	Fisher	Annabel	Switzerland	34
27	Freya	Rawlins	Spain	27
28	Geerike	Schreurs	Netherlands	35
29	Gillian	Bennett	Meredith, New Hampshire	25
30	Haley	Smith	Canada	30
31	Hannah	Otto	SALT LAKE CITY, Utah	28
32	Hannah	Shell	Longmont, Colorado	32
33	Hayley	Preen	South Africa	26
34	Heather	Jackson	Bend, Oregon	40
35	Hillary	Allen	BOULDER, Colorado	35
36	Isabel	King	Santa Monica, California	33
37	Jade	Treffeisen	Germany	32
38	Jenna	Rinehart	Mankato, Minnesota	39
39	Justine	Barrow	Australia	45
40	Karolina	Migon	Switzerland	28
41	Kate	Cross	BOULDER, Colorado	36
42	KRISTEN	LEGAN	Nederland, Colorado	38
43	Lauren	De Crescenzo	Broomfield, Colorado	33
44	Leah	Van Der Linden	BOULDER, Colorado	29
45	Marisa	Boaz	Waukee, Utah	37
46	Marj	Rinaldo	Tucson, Arizona	33
47	Matilda	Raynolds	Australia	36
48	Maude	Farrell	Redwood City, California	32
49	Minori	Minagawa	Dublin, Ohio	29
50	Morgan	Aguirre	Spain	30
51	Nora	Klingfus	Longboat Key, Florida	29
52	Olivia	Pantano	Asheville, North Carolina	29
53	Paige	Onweller	Bentonville, Arkansas	34
54	Peta	Mullens	Australia	36
55	Rosa	Klöser	Denmark	27
56	Sammi	Runnels	Bentonville, Arkansas	32
57	Sarah	Diekmeyer	Germany	27
58	Sarah	Lange	Lyme, New Hampshire	32
59	Sarah	Sturm	Durango, Colorado	34
60	Sofia	Gomez Villafane	Midway, Utah	30
61	Tiffany	Cromwell	Monaco	35
62	Tori	Dippold	Longmont, Colorado	26
63	Whitney	Allison	Fort Collins, Colorado	36

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