CSI National Gravel Championship

Italian Gravel in Falerone

The CSI National Gravel Championship is the national final dedicated to gravel organized by the Centro Sportivo Italiano, the sports promotion body that annually awards the National Champion jerseys in various amateur cycling disciplines. For 2026, the event comes to the Marche region, choosing the Municipality of Falerone, in the province of Fermo, as the venue, with the date set for Sunday, September 13, 2026.

A Discipline Between Road and Off-Road

Gravel is the cycling specialty that has won over thousands of enthusiasts in recent years: it is raced on robust bicycles, halfway between a road bike and a mountain bike, tackling mixed routes that alternate asphalt sections, white roads, country paths, and forest passages. It is a formula that rewards versatility, endurance, and the pleasure of cycling away from traffic, immersed in the landscape. Amateur cyclists, divided by age groups and categories, participate in the CSI National Championship with the goal of winning the national category title.

Falerone and the Fermo Hills

Falerone is a village in the Marche hinterland that preserves important evidence of the ancient Roman city of Falerio Picenus, including a Roman theater still used for events today. The municipal territory, with the San Paolino Natural Park, is already known to cycling enthusiasts for having hosted cross-country races and regional CSI events thanks to the activity of local clubs. The gentle and varied hills of the province of Fermo offer ideal terrain for a gravel race, capable of combining competitive effort and discovery of the Piceno landscape.

2026 Program

The date for the Italian final is confirmed for September 13, 2026, in Falerone. The detailed program - registration and start times, final route, registration methods and fees, eligible categories, and exact start and finish locations - will be announced by the Centro Sportivo Italiano and the local organizing club in the weeks preceding the race. As per the regulations of previous editions, riders on gravel bikes compete for the national title, while the event generally remains open to mountain bikes in a touring version.

Why Participate

• An official CSI national final with awarding of national category jerseys.
• A mixed route of asphalt, dirt roads, and woods in the hills of the province of Fermo.
• The opportunity to discover Falerone and the Marche hinterland, amidst nature, Roman history, and Piceno hospitality.
• A sporting festival atmosphere typical of Centro Sportivo Italiano events, open to families and companions.