← All eventsYorkshire Dales Gravel Epic
Accessible fully-signed gravel sportive in the Yorkshire Dales from Skipton — 98/70km of lumpy limestone/gritstone bridleway + moor tops, feed stations, no cut-offs. Climbing estimated. Date approximate.
A fully-signed gravel sportive with feed stations, no cut-offs and e-bikes welcome. 98km through the Yorkshire Dales from Skipton, out into limestone-walled valleys and up onto the moor tops.
The gravel is genuinely mixed. Fast farm track one minute, rougher limestone and gritstone bridleway the next, then open moorland where the wind and weather are real.
No cut-offs means no clock chasing you. But the 98km is a proper 5 to 7 hour day, and there's a 70km option if you'd rather a big-but-manageable one.
Is Yorkshire Dales Gravel Epic for you?
- First-time gravel-sportive riders. No cut-offs and a fully-signed route let you ride your own pace and just enjoy a proper day in the Dales.
- Endurance-leaning riders who ration effort. The 98km stacks dale-to-moor climbs across 5 to 7 hours, so it rewards steady pacing over early heroics.
- Riders comfortable on mixed ground. Fast farm track gives way to rougher limestone and gritstone bridleway, and the moor tracks get boggy when it is wet.
- Anyone who picks the honest route. The 70km is a solid goal for a fit rider; the 98km is a full endurance day.
Training plan for Yorkshire Dales Gravel Epic
A training plan for Yorkshire Dales Gravel Epic 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.
- Dale-to-moor climbs: sustained-ish efforts out of the valleys onto exposed tops
- Mixed surface: fast farm track alternating with rougher limestone and gritstone bridleway
- Exposure up top: open moorland catches the wind and the weather
- Duration: the 98km is a 5 to 7 hour ride you have to pace to the finish
- Progressive long ride: build from 2hr toward a 5hr day on lumpy gravel
- Event-pace long: 4 to 5hr over lumpy terrain with full fuelling rehearsal at 60 to 90g carbs/hr
- Dale-to-moor climbs: 3 to 4x 6 to 15min at 82 to 90% FTP on gravel climbs
- Sweet spot gravel: 2 to 3x 15 to 20min for rolling-climb durability
- 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
