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Nannup hosts first UCI Gravel World Championships outside Europe
Nannup, a town of about 1,000 people in southern Western Australia, hosted the 2026 UCI Gravel World Championships.
It was the first time the elite event had been held outside Europe.
Almost 1,000 competitors raced over two days on courses through the Blackwood Valley, with routes reaching 144 kilometres.
Dutch cyclist Marianne Vos won the elite women’s title, becoming the first person to win the gravel world championships twice.
The event was expected to attract a global audience of up to 130 million people.
Local officials hope the championship will draw more visitors to the area’s mountain-bike trails and raise the town’s profile.
Organisers and local officials have not said what will happen next.
Nannup in southern Western Australia hosted the 2026 UCI Gravel World Championships, the first elite gravel world championship held outside Europe.
The event brought almost 1,000 competitors and thousands of spectators to the town.
Riders raced over two days on courses of up to 144 kilometres through the Blackwood Valley.
The event was expected to draw a global audience of up to 130 million people.
Dutch cyclist Marianne Vos won the elite women’s title, becoming the first person to win the gravel world championships twice.
- Who
- Almost 1,000 cyclists from around the world competed, including elite rider Marianne Vos.
- What
- Nannup hosted the 2026 UCI Gravel World Championships, the first held outside Europe.
- When
- This weekend in 2026; the event took place over two days.
- Where
- Nannup, about 268 kilometres south of Perth, Western Australia.
- Why
- The event was expected to showcase the region’s gravel terrain and local trails. The town had worked for years to secure it.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Now, Nannup, Western Australia is across the world.
Not many people even knew how to pronounce Nannup.
Nannup itself is only 70 metres above sea level but within a kilometre or less than that it suddenly increases to 300 metres above sea level.
I'm really happy to see this part of the world.
The four earlier UCI Gravel World Championships were held in Italy and Belgium.
Nannup hosted the two-day championships, the first elite gravel world championship outside Europe.
Marianne Vos won the elite women’s title in 4 hours and 30 minutes.
- Location
- Nannup, about 268 kilometres south of Perth
- Competitors
- Almost 1,000
- Course distance
- Up to 144 kilometres
- Expected global audience
- Up to 130 million people
- Elite women’s winner
- Marianne Vos of the Netherlands
- Vos’s winning time
- 4 hours and 30 minutes
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