Les Graviers Roses – Campeonato de Francia

Key facts

Date:

11-13 sep 2026

Type:

One-day (XC / race)

Thouars · Deux-Sèvres · France

Distances:

60/80/110/150/200/500 km

Series:

Championnats de France

About

The soft pinkish limestone gravel paths around Thouars in Deux-Sevres lend this event its identity and name. Les Graviers Roses hosts the 2026 French Gravel Championships across three days with distances ranging from 60 to 500 km and 14 national titles across elite and age-group categories. The gently rolling Poitou terrain, with its clay and limestone soils, produces a visually striking and technically demanding riding surface. The spread of distances requires very different training approaches; at Push Rider we periodise all four phases — aerobic base, threshold building, specificity and tapering — around your chosen distance, with weekly coach review to ensure every training hour translates into race-day-specific adaptation.