GravelMan Series Orléans 2026

In October, pull on your best bib shorts and get out of your bedroom! 🍂

This edition of the famous GravelMan Series circuit ✨ takes place in Orléans, in the Loiret department (nothing to do with the Loire or the loir 🐿️). This time, for the greater good of your legs, you won’t be pedaling between mountain ranges and high-altitude summits 🏔️, as the Annecy event can offer, but rather between fields, rolling hills and countryside. The event is meant to be more flowing 🚲, and should be more accessible than some editions (we’re thinking in particular of the GravelMan Series Marrakech, the Basque Country or Annecy, where factors such as heat and altitude come to "throw a wrench in your plans" 😰). Just before the end-of-year holidays, enjoy the Orléans landscapes and come taste the air of the beautiful Centre-Val de Loire region 🌬️.

For the occasion, the organizers have put together a nice bundle of distances for you, from which you can pick as you like 😎: 60 km and 800 mD+, 120 km and 1,500 mD+, 200 km and 2,500 mD+, 350 and 4,000 mD+ or even 500 km and 5,000 mD+—you’ll be spoiled for choice. The first routes will let you get familiar with how the GravelMan Series works, its atmosphere and its special features ⚙️. For example, you’ll discover that the race plan will only be sent to you a few days before the race, so any scouting is impossible ❌. You’ll be riding by sight 👀. Once you’ve fully grasped the event’s mechanism, you can line up for the 200 km and 350 km. Although the Loiret isn’t known for being the hilliest place in France 🇫🇷, we can assure you that you’ll still find some elevation gain on your route. You might even wonder whether you’ve changed regions 😳. Finally, if you’re in your "superhero" era, no need to dress up—getting through the 500 km will already be representative enough. Like Joan of Arc, show courage and perseverance to conquer this route. Your thighs will feel like they’re rubbing against real cliffs, even though you won’t have left the center of France 🦵. What’s more, the advantage of all these editions is that they can be done on a road bike as well as on a gravel bike. If you want to avoid urbanization and paved roads as much as possible, you’ll have between 60 and 70% trails and forest tracks to satisfy your cravings 🌱.

Now that you’re in Orléans, take the opportunity to discover all the History and local heritage. You’ll quickly find out that the local star is Robin Hood Joan of Arc 🏹: not the kind of star who dances or sings well, but rather the type of figure who frees entire cities during the Hundred Years’ War 🤩. Nothing less. She now holds a huge place in the city’s history, and you’ll be able to run into her (as a statue, obviously 🗿) in several iconic spots in Orléans. If you like the area and decide to come back in May, you can also discover the Joan of Arc Festival of Orléans 🎉, an event in her honor 🙌. Want to catch your breath and wander in the great outdoors? The banks of the Loire are full of paths and hikes just waiting to be enjoyed.

Between history, physical challenge and natural discovery, the GravelMan Series Orléans has everything you need for a timeless getaway ❤️‍🔥.