Brutal Paris to Ancaster joins 2025 UCI Gravel World Series
Paris to Ancaster is "Canada’s Spring Cycling Classic" and has taken place since 1994, over the roughest farm lanes, trails and gravel roads the organizers can find!
Photo: Full credit SISU Racing, Kev Helson and Crew made it round in treacherous conditions
The Paris to Ancaster race (P2A), one of the longest-running gravel races, has joined the 2025 UCI Gravel World Series. Inspired by the Paris-Roubaix, the Paris to Ancaster event in Ontario takes riders through some of the most challenging farm, trails, and gravel roads available.
The route is a mix of public and private roads, some paved and some gravel. There are well-groomed rail trails and some muddy paths barely suitable for cycling. One of the great things that makes this a community event is private land owners that open up their farm roads or trails to give the race its unique character.
April in this part of Canada can bring any weather imaginable. Past years have been cold, dry, windy, rainy and even snowy! No matter the weather, parts of the course are known for being really muddy, and last year the mud was extreme. It rained for 5 days leading up to the race. And this wasn't just drizzle; this was pouring hard!
If the weather is bad, this sector can become a brutal quagmire, where many a riders dreams of victory can literally slip away.
As a part of the 2025 gravel racing season, the P2A will be a significant event for gravel riders in Canada.
The 2025 edition is scheduled for April 27 2025.
2025 UCI Gravel World Series Calendar
Oct. 13, 2024 – UEC European gravel championships, Asiago, Italy
Oct. 27, 2024 – Gravelista, Seymour, Australia
Feb. 15, 2025 – Castellon Gravel Race, Castellon, Spain
Mar. 9, 2025 – Gravel Brazil, Camboriu, Brazil
Mar. 23, 2025 – Turnhout Gravel, Turnhout, Belgium
Mar. 29, 2025 – 114 Gravel Race, Elvas, Portugal
Apr. 6, 2025 – Worthersee Gravel, Velden am Worthersee, Austria
Apr. 20, 2025 – Monaco Gravel Race, Monaco
Apr. 25, 2025 – Giro Sardegna Gravel, Siniscola, Italy
Apr. 26, 2025 – Highlands Gravel Classic, Fayetteville-Goshen, United States
Apr. 27, 2025 – Paris to Ancaster, Paris, Canada
May 3, 2025 – The Ceder, Cederberg, South Africa
May 10, 2025 – The Devils Cardigan, Derby, Tasmania, Australia
May 11, 2025 – Gravel Fondo Limburg, Valkenburg, Netherlands
May 17, 2025 – Seven, Nannup, Western Australia, Australia
May 17, 2025 – The Gralloch, Gatehouse of Fleet, Scotland
May 31, 2025 – 3RIDES Gravel Race, Aachen, Germany
Jun. 7, 2025 – Gravel Adventure, Szklarska Poreba – Jakuszyce, Poland
Jun. 14, 2025 – Gravel Challenge Blaavands Huk, Blaavands, Denmark
Jun. 14, 2025 – Safari Gravel Race, Hell’s Gate, Naivasha, Kenya
Jun. 15, 2025 – Wish One Millau Grands Causses, Millau, France
Jun. 21, 2025 – Eislek Gravel Luxembourg, Vianden, Luxembourg
Jun. 28, 2025 – Gravel Suisse, Villars, Switzerland
Jul. 6, 2025 – Hegau Gravel Festival, Singen, Germany
Jul. 12, 2025 – Gravel One Fifty, Peize, Netherlands
Aug. 16, 2025 – Gravel Grit ’n Grind, Halmstad, Sweden
Aug. 23, 2025 – Monsterrando, Fubine, Italy
Aug. 23, 2025 – Khomas100, Windhoek, Namibia
Sep. 6-7, 2025 – Graean Cymru, Llyn Brenig, Wales
Sep. 13, 2025 – Mammoth TUFF, Mammoth Lakes, California, United States
Sep. 13, 2025 – 66 Degrés Sud – Le Gravel, Les Angles, France
Sep. 20, 2025 – Sea Otter Europe Girona, Girona, Spain
Oct. 5, 2025 – Legacy Gravel, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium
Oct. 5, 2025 – UCI Gravel World Championship, Nice, France.
For the past eight years, the organizers of P2A have partnered with St. Joseph’s Healthcare Foundation and invited race participants to ride and raise funds to support groundbreaking research at St. Joe’s Hospital.
P2A Registration opens Monday December 2, 2024 at 8am. Full event info will be available on the P2A web when registration opens.
For more information, please visit: http://www.parisancaster.com