VIA Race 2025

Riding our VIA together, you will experience:

an ADVENTURE of a lifetime
with the best COMPETITION
in our inclusive COMMUNITY of passionate ultracyclists
We want our grassroots sport to grow by providing the best experience in ultra racing for riders and spectators. So we created VIA, a 4.000 km unsupported race across Europe organised by ultracyclists, for ultracyclists.

The first chapter of VIA followed in the great footsteps of Hannibal, the Carthaginian general, who led his army with 38 elephants from Southern Iberia, across mountain ranges to reach Southern Italy, where the first chapter in our VIA story ended. However, where Chapter I ended, Chapter II begins.

2025 will see the second chapter starting in Southern Italy, following Germanicus, one of the last of the Caesars, on his great journey to pacify Germania, finishing in what is today the Netherlands. That destination will be the beginning of the third and final chapter, in 2026, for the conclusion of our three chapter story. VIA will crown the most consistent rider in each category, and crown the greatest ultracyclists of our generation.

The VIA team’s mission: Telling the story of epic journeys

VIA – RIDE THE ROAD TO GREATNESS

Start: Giovinazzo, Italy

Finish: The Netherlands

Crossing Europe through Gates and Refuges.

Applications open on 30.11.24 and close 15.12.24