Avezzano, Italy, will host the next UEC European Gravel Championships on 21 September 2025. The UEC Management Committee awarded the event to this city in the heart of the Abruzzo region at a meeting held yesterday. A choice that combines the beauty of an area rich in nature and culture with the extraordinary potential of a fast-growing discipline, capable of involving not only the continent's best elite athletes, but also hundreds of enthusiastic amateurs.
Enrico Della Casa, President of the Union Européenne de Cyclisme: "Avezzano and Abruzzo will be hosting a mass event with a major impact, not only in sporting terms, but also socially and for tourists.
The Gravel European Championships represent a winning formula that combines top-level competition and popular participation: elite athletes, amateurs, families, tourists, all together in a weekend that celebrates sport and the discovery of the region.
Gravel is much more than just a trend: it's a different way of experiencing cycling, immersed in the countryside, between paths, villages, parks and secondary roads. It is precisely this vision that has made Avezzano and its surrounding area the ideal setting for what promises to be a highly attractive event.
In recent years, Abruzzo has already demonstrated its organisational and landscape value by hosting major cycling events, and it will once again be a major player with the Road European Championships in 2029. We would like to thank the Italian Cycling Federation, President Cordiano Dagnoni and the Organising Committee for their commitment and for sharing our plans.
Mario Quaglieri, Delegate for Sport and Budget for the Abruzzo Region: "The 2025 Gravel European Championships represent a unique opportunity for us, one that we have seized to showcase the beauty of our region. We are sure that the more than 1,500 athletes, technicians and supporters who will come to our region for this event will be impressed by Abruzzo.
I would like to thank the President of the UEC, Enrico Della Casa, and the President of the FCI, Cordiano Dagnoni, for choosing Abruzzo and placing their trust in us. Thank you to the Organising Committee and, of course, to the Municipality of Avezzano. This region has a particularly close relationship with cycling: in Trasacco, not so long ago, we hosted the Tirreno Adriatico, and last year a stage of the Giro set off from Avezzano.
Vito Taccone, one of the greatest names in the history of cycling in Abruzzo and beyond, was born here. For us, the September event is also a warm-up for the 2029 Road European Championships. Abruzzo is certainly a region that knows how to welcome sport and great cycling. We look forward to seeing many of you in September for the Gravel European Championships."
