Caleb Bottcher wins UCI Gravel World Series (Mammoth Mountain, CA, USA)

By: Mike Pryde (C2 Founder)

Caleb Bottcher, from Palmerston North (North Island), New Zealand, is a man on a mission. He’s been bootstrapping a racing schedule in the U.S., which has included events like Unbound Gravel and Leadville 100 from the Lifetime Grand Prix Series. At Unbound, he finished 44th, and at Leadville he came in 18th—his form was already on the rise. On a side note, fellow Kiwi Cameron Jones won Unbound 2025. These two events are considered among the most gruelling on the Gravel/MTB calendar, so kudos to Caleb for going all in.

Caleb has been mixing mountain bike races and gravel events in the U.S. In the gravel events, he’s been racing the C2 KAHA with Shimano Groupset, ENVE wheels/cockpit and Goodyear tires.

Whilst we can certainly write a nice piece about the race, A picture is worth a thousand words, so we will let these amazing images set the scene for Caleb’s amazing achievement.

Course Info:

143km (89 miles) distance

2,286 (7,500 ft) climbing

Time: 04:27:45

Pace: 32.03 km/hr (19.9 miles/hr)