2025 COURSE INFORMATION

Get the low down on both the long and short course.
Choose your event wisely and help prevent a pointless sacrifice to the gravel gods.

Both courses and age groups, except the Under 19s, start in Derby and
finish at the Branxholm Recreation group.
U19’s start at the first Aid Station near Ringarooma.

COURSE MAPS

LONG COURSE DETAILS

The UCI Gravel World Series Qualifying
distance for all age groups.

106km - 2300M ELEVATION

Don’t let these statistics drop your guard, 2300m elevation is some serious gain and combine that with the potential weather elements, The Devils Cardigan is no picnic. There are 3 major climbs on route, Mutual Valley Climb, Ralph Falls and the final one leading us onto Mt Albert road. We recommend that you carefully consider your course length with our time cut offs, and be sure not to make a meaningless sacrifice to the gravel gods.

  • 13% bitumen over 4 short sections

  • 67% Grade 1, 2 to 3 Gravel with a slight bias towards more Grade 3

  • 18% Grade 4 Gravel

  • 2% Grade 5 Gravel

    A guide to the Velo Gravel Grading we use can be found in our Survival page and at the original article HERE.

*NOTE - U19 Category Will Start from Ringarooma - 70km

3 x TIMED CLIMBS

1 - MUTUAL VALLEY

OK. Lets get things started. This one is going to thin the pack early doors. 8.3km with an average of 4.2% sounds like a teddy bears picnic, but do not be fooled. A longish climb with a few flat sections that kicks hard at the finale, the perfect opportunity for the ALL DAY BREAKAWAY attempt! Unleash the inner devil and let the leg snapping begin!

2 - RALPH FALLS

This segment is 10.5km long, gains 600m and has an average gradient of 5%. The max gradient is about 16% which occurs right at the top (Of course it does!!)

3 - THE UN-NAMED CLIMB OF HELL 😈

This segment is 3.5km long, gains 280m and has an average gradient of 8%. This average contains a small descent early in the climb, with the majority of the climb averaging over 9%. The max gradient is about 15%.

SHORT COURSE DETAIL

54km - 1200M ELEVATION

A more practical course for the sensible folk and social types. The course is longer than previous years, but the overall elevation is similar. We will include a KOM Timed Section this year, Mutual Valley, as we head out towards Weldborough. The climbing continues steadily after the KOM before a lightning descent down Dead Horse Hill followed by some lovely rolling hills through farming country. The final pinch at around 46km, not long out of Ringarooma, will be the perfect spot to test the resolve of your riding buddies before you descend at warp speed to the finish line at Branxholm.

  • 40% bitumen over 4 short sections

  • 30% Grade 2 to 3 Gravel with a bias towards more Grade 2

  • 25% Grade 4 Gravel

  • 5% Grade 5 Gravel

1 x TIMED CLIMB

MUTUAL VALLEY

OK. Lets get things started. This one is going to thin the pack early doors. 8.3km with an average of 4.2% sounds like a teddy bears picnic, but do not be fooled. A longish climb with a few flat sections that kicks hard at the finale, the perfect opportunity for the ALL DAY BREAKAWAY attempt! Unleash the inner devil and let the leg snapping begin!