Badlands Gravel Battle
About this race
If you like riding on Badlands singletrack, you will love grinding Badlands gravel! All of the same gorgeous North Dakota scenery you see on the Maah Daah Hey trail, but with the freedom of wide, open, red scoria gravel roads. Put this gravel grinder on the bucket list!
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Cycling
40 MILE
2,994 feet of Elevation Gain
80 MILE
6,985 feet of Elevation Gain
120 MILE
10,568 feet of Elevation Gain
E - Bike 40 Mile
Typical race-day weather
Based on 8 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Medora, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 5:09 AM and sets at 8:31 PM local time (MDT) in Medora on May 23, 2026 — 15h 22m of daylight.
Course
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2026 results — Badlands Gravel Battle
89 finishers across 4 distances · leading places in the 40 MILE
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kris Lauder | 2:06:19 | — |
| 2 | Perry Freidig | 2:12:01 | — |
| 3 | Jason Bartow | 2:12:18 | — |
| 4 | Jaden Blake | 2:12:19 | — |
| 5 | Brandon Beise | 2:16:22 | — |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
All results by year
Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.
- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 4 Medora events
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