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Multi-day, multi-sport enduro-style gravel event on the private Duncombe Park Estate (Helmsley, North York Moors), with a festival village. Seven timed segments including two on a Friday night stage (10km), plus roughly 85km of daytime stages. Now includes a parallel trail-running programme. Result is combined timed-segment times, not total distance. 2026 ran 10-12 July; 2027 date not yet announced (estimated mid-July).
Location
Duncombe Park Estate, Helmsley, North York Moors
Category
Gravel stage race
Who this suits
- A broad endurance base and the handling to stay efficient on rough ground.
- Comfort on loose or broken surfaces, and the bike-handling to hold a line when it gets rough.
- Night-riding nerve. Hours of this are ridden in the dark, and that is a skill of its own.
Training plan
A training plan for SCOTT Gravel Rocks isn't a generic base build. Beina reads the event's exact demands, looks at your specific profile and the time you actually have, and maps a highly adapted plan to the start line.
01 · Built for the event
What a SCOTT Gravel Rocks plan targets
- 95 km
- Riding through the night
- Endurance and fatigue resistance over the full distance
- Fuelling and pacing for the whole event
02 · Key sessions
What your weeks look like
- Long endurance rides building toward the full distance
- Threshold and sweet-spot work for sustained power
- Group rides for drafting and bunch-riding skills
03 · Shaped around you
Not a generic schedule
- Built from your current fitness and the time you actually have
- Adapts every week as Beina learns how you respond
- Syncs your sessions straight to Garmin and Wahoo
- One clear next session, never a wall of spreadsheet