UPDATE 21 March 2025: Valkenburg has withdrawn their bid to host the Gravel World Championships.

Correction: Valkenburg is in the Netherlands, not Denmark as originally published.

The 2025 UCI Gravel World Championships could take place in Valkenburg, Netherlands next October according to a recent article by Marcel van Herten at CycloWorld.

The UCI in partnership with Golazo Cycling has been frantically searching for a replacement host city after Nice, France bailed out last month, just 8 months before the world championships.

Now, according to van Herten, an Instagram screenshot captured just minutes after being posted and then quickly removed shows the 2025 UCI Gravel World Championships “official account” listing Valkenburg, Netherlands on 4-5 October for the world championships.

Valkenburg is no stranger to hosting UCI Road and Cyclocross World Championships, having done so six times since 1938, with the last one in 2018. In addition, the Netherlands’ Marly Garvel (formerly Gravelfondo Limburg) on 11 May is already a qualifying race for the gravel world championships.

But don’t book travel tickets to the Netherlands yet…

Pedal Performance Group (organizer of Worthersee Gravel Race) and the Austrian Cycling Federation announced they too have submitted a bid to host the 2025 UCI Gravel World Championships in Villach, Austria.

“The decision about the new host city now lies with the UCI, the international cycling federation. ‘A big thank you goes to everyone involved from the cycling federation, politics and tourism. The ball is now in the UCI’s court and we expect to hear back from them in the next few days,” said organizer Julius Rupitsch.

Stay tuned. The truth will reveal itself soon – maybe. Though the UCI typically moves at a snail’s pace 🐌

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