This Sunday, April 20, the UCI Monaco Gravel Race takes place. The race starts in the mountain village of Peille, located at an altitude of 650 meters, high above Monaco. From the Col Saint Pancrace, a route begins that crosses the heart of the Mercantour National Park. The route consists of an 8-km start, followed by two 52-km laps, for a total of 120 km and 2,400 meters of elevation gain.
The list of notable participants is long… Some of the names are: Alexis Roche and Nicolas Roche (NRGRVL), Annabel Fisher (BIXS), Morgan Aguirre and Mads Würtz (PAS Racing), Matteo Fontana (Swatt Club), Simon Pellaud, Luis Neff and Frederik Rassmann (Rose Racing Circle), Nicole Frain and Felipe Orts (Ridley Racing Team), Freddy Ovett (Zwift Canyon), Toby Perry and Daan Grosemans (Classified x Rose), Aaron Van der Beken (Ridley Racing Team), Danni Shrosbree (Castelli), Klara Sofie Skovgaard (Canyon), Ivar Silk (Wilier Factory Racer), Anna Gabrielle Traxler (Enough Cycling) or Jade Treffeisen (Canyon CLLCTV), among others.
Monaco – Peille (MON)
120K – 2400D+
It consists of an 8km start and two 52km laps.
83K – 1800D+
It consists of an 8km start and two 33km laps.
Men over 60 and women over 50 have the option of completing a shorter 83 km route, valid as a qualifying distance. This route maintains the same start and finish points as the main race, but omits the northern section of the route, replacing it with two local laps.
PROGRAM
Friday, April 18, 2025
9:00 a.m.: Reception of the elite teams at their reserved spaces for the Monaco Gravel Race at the Col Saint Pancrace in Peille Grimaldi, Monaco.
From 2 pm to 7 pm: Exhibitors welcome at the Monaco Gravel Race Exhibition Village at Col Saint Pancrace in Peille Grimaldi, Monaco.
Saturday, April 19, 2025
9:00 a.m.: Opening of the Expo Village.
9:00-11:30 a.m.: Monaco Gravel Tour bib collection
9:00-12:00 h: Individual free start of the Monaco Gravel Tour 110K – 50K
9:00-19:00 h: Monaco Gravel Race bib collection
8:20 PM: Sunset over the Mercantour Mountains and the village of Peille Grimaldi in Monaco
Sunday, April 20, 2025
8:00-9:30 a.m.: Monaco Gravel Race bib collection
9:30 a.m.: Presentation of the elite riders of the Monaco Gravel Race UCI
10:30 a.m.: Start of the Monaco Gravel Race UCI