Nedbank Gravel Burn has confirmed a unique, collaborative partnership with bike industry brands to bolster the event’s race-week Tech Support for the seven-day gravel stage race in the Karoo from 25 to 31 October. Component manufacturers Shimano and SRAM are named as the event’s Industry Partners. Given the unpredictable road surfaces and conditions over seven [...]
Long before Jakob Fuglsang became one of Denmark’s most accomplished road cyclists, he was a young mountain biker learning how to win the hard way. In October 2026, 20 years after he turned pro on the MTB, he is returning to his off-road roots at the Nedbank Gravel Burn. In 2006, he turned professional, moving [...]
Another signal in the new professionalisation of gravel racing, the Nedbank Gravel Burn, has introduced a team classification for the second edition, which takes place from the 25th to the 31st of October 2026. In so doing, the Nedbank Gravel Burn becomes the first major gravel stage race in the world to introduce a formalised team [...]
In episode 2 of the 2026 season of the Diverge Podcast, we look back at a mild and fast edition of the Attakwas Extreme, speculate on how the change to time parity with the men’s race will affect the women’s category at the Cape Epic, and discuss the announcement of the Burn Camps [...]
Nedbank Gravel Burn has outlined its stages and Burn Camp locations for the 2026 edition, setting out a journey through the Great Karoo and into the Eastern Cape. The seven-day gravel stage race will start in the historic town of Graaff Reinet, traverse the remote, fossil-rich plains of the Karoo, and conclude in the Eastern [...]
Over the last decade, we at Diverge have covered around 25 events per year across MTB, Gravel, Road, and Trail Running. With that experience in hand, we'll be bringing you more insights in 2026. Some of it will be on the ground, on the job for the event, while we will be covering other races [...]
French rider Axelle Dubau-Prevot (Numéro 31 par Café du Cycliste / Pinarello) stormed back dramatically on the final stage of the Nedbank Gravel Burn today (Saturday, 1 November), winning Stage 7 and overturning an 8:54 deficit in the General Classification; she went from fifth in GC to race winner in the process. It was a ride [...]
Matt Beers (Specialized Off-Road Toyota) won the inaugural Nedbank Gravel Burn today (1 November) finishing at Shamwari Private Game Reserve, just north of Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape. After seven days of racing that threw everything from hail to high temperatures to extreme wind at the riders, Beers managed to outlast his challengers with [...]
Nedbank Gravel Burn riders woke early on Friday morning to extremely strong winds and then rain. At one stage, riders were evacuated from their Lapa’s to a central meeting point in the Burn Camp for their safety. It was decided to delay the 7 am start by an hour and neutralise the racing to Padstal [...]
After a tough day on Stage 4 at the Nedbank Gravel Burn, where Axelle Dubau-Prevot (Numéro 31 par Café du Cycliste / Pinarello) lost her overall lead due to some over-enthusiastic descending that resulted in lengthy puncture repair, it was a return to composure for the French rider on the event’s 137km Stage 5 from [...]
