Europe (route and start change yearly), FranceUltra
Transcontinental Race 2027
Race day: not announced yet
- Lottery
- Status not confirmed (check the official site)
- Last time (2026)
- Opened 26 Nov 2025
Last verified 2 Oct 2026, 19:18 UTC ·
How to get in
Every way in we know of for 2027, most useful first. Tap one for dates, rules and sources. Times are local to the event (Europe/Paris).
Lottery / ballot
Application and ballot
Lottery opens: November 2026 (not yet announced)
Unconfirmed- Opens
- Expected: November 2026not yet announced
No 2027 edition or application window has been announced that we could find. Recent windows opened in December 2023, December 2024 and late November 2025 and ran for several weeks, so a late-2026 opening is only an estimate.
Official page Sources: [1][2][3]
Past sell-outs
- 2026
Sell-out not recorded · entries opened 26 Nov 2025
Applications ran 26 Nov to 31 Dec 2025. Places went first to priority quotas (volunteers, veterans, under-represented applicants) and then by random ballot. There was no waiting list, and the fee was £560 plus a refundable £130 tracker deposit.
Sources: [1][4] - 2025
Sell-out not recorded
The organizer page lists applications as 8 to 31 Dec 2024, but a search snippet gave different dates, so the opening date is left blank. The fee was £510 plus a refundable £130 tracker deposit. Quotas and a ballot were used, with no waiting list.
Source: [2] - 2024
Sell-out not recorded · entries opened 1 Dec 2023
Applications ran 1 Dec 2023 to 1 Mar 2024, with a staged payment of £560 in total. Priority quotas came first, then a ballot, and pairs were balloted separately.
Source: [3]
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Sources
- [1] TCRNo12 · Lost Dot (organizer), accessed 2 Oct 2026
- [2] TCRNo11 · Lost Dot (organizer), accessed 2 Oct 2026
- [3] TCRNo10 · Lost Dot (organizer), accessed 2 Oct 2026
- [4] 2026 Transcontinental Race · Bikepacking.com, accessed 2 Oct 2026
Unofficial page. bibalerts is independent and not affiliated with the organizers of Transcontinental Race; the name is used only to identify the event. Details can change at short notice, so confirm on the official site before you pay. Last verified 2 Oct 2026, 19:18 UTC.