Belgian Waffle Experience (BWR) mixed-surfaced races return in 2026 with a fourth version of the elite sequence, Quad-Tripel Crown of Gravel. Organisers Monuments of Gravel opened early registration this week with important reductions accessible by December 1, 2025.
Arizona serves because the leadoff occasion on February 28, with BWR California, BWR Utah and BWR Montana following in the identical order as final yr, the ultimate pair of occasions compressed on back-to-back weekends in June.
Touting the hotter climate for winter within the Phoenix space, BWR Arizona attracts deep fields for the beginning of the season. This would be the fourth yr of the ‘Hell of the North Desert’, professional titles held by Keegan Swenson and Sofia Gomez Villafañe for all three earlier editions, and the duo not confirmed to return to proceed their profitable streaks.
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Final yr, Flavia Oliveira Parks (Excel Sports activities) and Russell Finsterwald (Trek Driftless) received the elite sequence titles, with Parks on the rostrum at three occasions, together with second at BWR California, whereas Finsterwald was second at BWR Arizona after which received BWR Montana to say the lads’s prime spot.
To qualify for bragging rights, customized jerseys and a yet-to-be-determined prize purse as Quad-Tripel Crown of Gravel champions, athletes should end no less than three of the 4 occasions, with factors awarded by placings. BWR California, now in its fifteenth yr, serves as essentially the most decisive spherical within the Quad-Tripel Crown because it carries the heaviest weight and serves because the tiebreaker within the assortment of 4 occasions.
The Might 3 date for an additional begin from the Del Mar Polo Fields at Surf Sports activities Park in San Diego County bumps in opposition to the dates of The Traka on the worldwide gravel calendar, the Gravel Earth Sequence (GES) races with 360km and 200km distances from Girona, Spain, happening on Might 1-2. The BWR Utah occasion, now in its seventh version, is scheduled the identical day as Misplaced & Present in California, additionally a spherical of the GES.
BWR founder and occasion proprietor Michael Marckx, promised that every one 4 occasions will supply contemporary programs, with BWR California serving up a brand new route with “coastal climbs, beer, waffles and mayhem”.
“This yr we’ll take away the pinch locations that caught some riders off guard and ensure the circulation of the course doesn’t get impeded,” was famous on the BWR web site for the revised course, which is able to proceed to combine clean tarmac with “gnarly gravel” and steep climbs. That weekend will even function the Gran Roadie-Oh the day earlier than for all ranges of riders.
Reductions for trip registrations change utilizing a staggered registration calendar. The most effective offers can be found by Dec 1, 2025, 12:00 a.m. PDT with “Purchase 3, 4th free” for the Quad-Tripel Crown, priced at $585. The value then goes as much as $660 for Quadtripel Crown by February 1, 2026, then to $720. Early reductions on registration charges for Particular person occasions begin at $50 for juniors, $195 for waffle and wafer distances.
This yr, seven BWR occasions had been supplied throughout three North American international locations. The ultimate race for 2026 is that this Sunday, November 23, BWR Mexico in Santiago de Querétaro.
Belgian Waffle Experience 2026 calendar for Quad-Tripel Crown of Gravel
February 28 – BWR Arizona, Cave CreekMay 3 – BWR California, Del MarJune 13 – BWR Utah, Cedar CityJune 20 – BWR Montana, Bozeman
