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With a focus on adventure, community and competition, the first chapter of VIA pays homage to the grassroots of ultra distance racing. VIA is a trilogy consisting of three chapters over the next three years, starting with a 4000km race across Europe this year. The route is steeped in history, following in the footsteps of Hannibal, the Carthaginian General who led his army and 38 elephants from Southern Iberia across mountain ranges to Southern Italy. Where this edition finishes, the second edition will begin.

Jul 20th 2024

The Pan Celtic Race's fifth and final year was always planned to be epic and titled the Magnum Opus. Riders will visit the Isle of Man for the first time and tackle the island's notorious time trial route. The traditional short and long routes accompany a mammoth free-route called the Magnum Opus, with options to travel through all five Celtic Nations to create a monumental last race.

Jul 7th 2024

One for the grimpeurs! A free-route race between three revered European climbs with a twist for 2024: riders can choose the order in which they ride the parcours. This year riders will tick off three peaks in the Dolomites, Vosges and the Alps before the finish in Nice.

Jul 6th 2024

An intrepid, off-road loop around the Big Smoke, AKA London. This route takes in Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, forests and national trails as it takes its riders around the entirety of the UK's sprawling capital city.

Jul 4th 2024

For the first time, DotWatcher has collated a bikes of the 10th edition of the Transcontinental Race, the epic and and hotly anticipated free-route race from one end of Europe to the other.

Jul 18th 2024

The bikes that'll take our riders between the four Catalan Capitals on this epic bikepacking trip through Barcelona, Tarragona, Lleida and Girona, and riders will reach the Pyrenees by passing through Bagà.

Jul 17th 2024

The off-road ready machines for the race where the sun never sets. With over 20,000m of climbing these bikes will have to be light but ready to tackle some Norwegian gravel.

Jul 12th 2024

The off-road bikes ready for Memory Bike Adventure, a journey in Bassano del Grappa (Vicenza) and finish in Susegana, passing through stunning and historically significant areas such as the Fiume Piave, Monte Grappa, and Monte Pasubio.

Jul 10th 2024