The FIM and series promoter Hard Enduro Promotion have officially released the provisional 9-round calendar for the 2027 FIM Hard Enduro World Championship (HEWC). Spanning eight nations across Europe and North America, the upcoming championship tour will run from mid-April through late October 2027, kicking off in the United Kingdom and culminating with the biennial GetzenRodeo in Germany.

Coming off the heels of Manuel Lettenbichler Clinches Fifth FIM Hard Enduro World Title at Spain’s Hixpania finale, the expanded nine-stop schedule addresses longstanding rider demands for sustainable freight corridors and rationalized intercontinental shipping windows.

The 2027 Calendar: 9 Rounds, 8 Nations, and Balanced Logistics

The 2027 championship begins on April 17–18 at Tong in the United Kingdom, reviving the infamous Wild Willy’s Extreme terrain for the opening battle of the season. From the mud, roots, and quarry rock faces of Yorkshire, the paddock transitions south into mainland Europe for Portugal’s grueling Valleys Xtreme / Xtreme Lagares in May.

Austria’s iconic Red Bull Erzbergrodeo anchors the early summer run on June 10–13, where 500 qualifiers will once again face the Iron Giant quarry in Eisenerz. July is dominated by the Carpathian mountain wilderness of Romania with the five-day marathon Red Bull Romaniacs, testing navigation and physical endurance across 600+ kilometres of virgin trail.

The championship then crosses the Atlantic for its North American swing in August, returning to the Tennessee clay and sandstone boulder gardens of the Red Bull TKO, before heading to the Pacific Northwest. Returning to Europe for the autumn run, rounds in Italy (Abestone/Wild Woods) and Spain (Hixpania) lead directly into the technical finale at the treacherous forest ravines of GetzenRodeo in Drebach, Germany on October 23–24.

“Expanding to nine rounds across eight nations gives hard enduro the global footprint it deserves,” notes FIM Enduro Commission director John Collins. “Our primary focus for 2027 was clustering events geographically to reduce privateer logistics overhead while preserving the uncompromised brutality of marquee stops like Erzberg and Romaniacs.”

Provisional 2027 FIM Hard Enduro World Championship Schedule

Round Date Event Name Location Terrain Discipline
Round 1 April 17–18, 2027 Tong Hard Enduro Bradford, United Kingdom Quarry, woodland mud, and rock climbs
Round 2 May 15–16, 2027 Xtreme Lagares Porto, Portugal Riverbed boulders, cobblestone prologue
Round 3 June 10–13, 2027 Red Bull Erzbergrodeo Eisenerz, Austria Open-pit iron mine, scree, Carl’s Diner
Round 4 July 20–24, 2027 Red Bull Romaniacs Sibiu, Romania 5-day GPS mountain rally navigation
Round 5 August 14–15, 2027 Red Bull TKO Sequatchie, Tennessee, USA Creek bed sandstone, extreme humidity
Round 6 August 28–29, 2027 Silver Kings Hard Enduro Kellogg, Idaho, USA Steep alpine shale, high-altitude loose rock
Round 7 September 18–19, 2027 Abestone Extreme San Marcello Pistoiese, Italy Tuscan riverbed rock and forest singletrack
Round 8 October 9–11, 2027 24MX Hixpania Hard Enduro Aguilar de Campoo, Spain Lake quarry sandstone and medieval castle loop
Round 9 October 23–24, 2027 GetzenRodeo Drebach, Germany Dense Saxon woodland ravines, steep root climbs

The Rider’s Trade-Off: Global Prestige vs. Privateer Freight Budgets

The key tension within the 2027 championship structure sits between promoter aspirations for global television visibility and the financial realities of privateer competitors.

For factory efforts like Red Bull KTM, Husqvarna Factory Racing, and Sherco, an intercontinental tour taking in Tennessee and Idaho is essential to satisfy American sponsors and key retail markets. However, shipping race-prepped two-stroke machinery like a factory 300 EXC or a tuned Rieju Renews the MR 300i across the Atlantic costs upwards of €7,500 per rider in crating, customs bonds, and air freight.

To prevent the privateer grid from collapsing during the August rounds, the FIM has linked the American stops into a back-to-back fortnight schedule with pooled ocean-freight container options departing Rotterdam in late June. Furthermore, the Junior World Championship class will only be scored across six of the nine rounds, allowing non-funded European under-23 talents to drop overseas travel while remaining mathematically eligible for world titles.

For European fans and amateur competitors, the return of Tong to open the season and the biennial return of the raucous spectator-packed GetzenRodeo ensures the heart of the series remains anchored in the sport’s traditional European heartland.

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