A second occasion has been added as a qualifier for Unbound Gravel, with riders having an opportunity to acquire one in all 100 early entries to the favored occasion in Kansas by racing on the Rad Filth Competition in Colorado on September 28.
100 qualifier cash will likely be up for grabs, half going to those that ship prime outcomes amongst their class and the opposite half randomly distributed to finishers of each the 110 and 70 mile races.
The Rad Filth Competition is the second qualifying occasion for Unbound, with Belgium’s Heathland Gravel on August 11 introduced as the primary earlier this yr. There are 50 spots accessible by means of the 100 mile race in Europe.
Unbound attracts 4,000 riders to Emporia, Kansas in the beginning of June annually with its headline 200 mile occasion (322km) one of the crucial prized victories within the gravel scene. The race, which passed off on June 1, was this yr received by German rider Rosa Klöser (MAAP-Rose) and Australian Lachlan Morton (EF Schooling-EasyPost).
The race began with 34 contributors in 2006 however now demand for locations outstrips these accessible, which led to the introduction of an entry lottery. The riders within the Life Time collection are assured a spot on the beginning line on the race and now the qualifiers supply others a chance to safe a sure spot earlier than the lottery takes place.
The newly introduced Unbound qualifier, the Rad Filth Fest, was made part of the Life Time Grand Prix collection final yr, with the skilled subject taking over the 110 mile course – beginning and ending in Trinidad, Colorado – with over 10,000 ft of elevation acquire. The 2023 winners have been Alexey Vermeulen and Lauren De Crescenzo.
The Colorado Rad Filth Fest is the fifth race within the 2024 Life Time Grand Prix collection, a contest the place 60 chosen athletes compete for a prize purse of $300,000 over seven occasions. After Unbound, the second race within the 2024 collection, Haley Smith (Trek-Driftless) leads the ladies’s standings and Keegan Swenson (Santa Cruz) is on the prime of the boys’s leaderboard.
