Following the recent announcement of the full 2025 race lineup announcement, Life Time has unveiled a record prize purse encompassing the Life Time Grand Prix plus three new awards for individual races.
The total prize money on offer across the events included in the 2025 series will total US$380,000. The prize purse will be allocated as follows:
- US$200,000 will be dedicated to the fourth edition of the Life Time Grand Prix, billed as the premier professional off-road cycling series in the United States. It will be split equally between the top 10 male and top 10 female athletes who make up the overall standings at the end of the series.
- US$180,000 will be awarded at the six standalone events throughout the season, with each race offering US$30,000. The purse will be allocated to the top-five male and female finishers in each event, regardless of whether they are competing in the Life Time Grand Prix.
2025 Life Time Grand Prix
Friday, April 11th: Life Time Sea Otter Classic Gravel presented by Continental
Saturday, May 31st: Life Time UNBOUND Gravel 200
Saturday, August 9th: Life Time Leadville Trail 100 MTB presented by Kenetik
Saturday, September 13th: Life Time Chequamegon Mountain Bike Festival
Sunday, October 12th: Life Time Little Sugar MTB
Saturday, October 18th: Life Time Big Sugar Gravel presented by Mazda
2025 will mark the first time the UNBOUND Gravel 200, Leadville Trail 100 MTB and Big Sugar Gravel have ever awarded prize money. Sea Otter Classic, Chequamegon MTB and Little Sugar MTB, which have previously awarded prize purses, will see their awards adjusted to US$30,000.
Best five of six scoring
The point system for for the 2025 Life Time Grand Prix will remain the same as the 2024 series – although scaled to the new field size. After the fourth event of the series, each athlete’s lowest individual race score will be dropped, with their best five of six scores now counting towards the final standings.
Following the Life Time UNBOUND Gravel 200, the leaderboard will be updated to remove any athletes who drops from the series and to include selected wild card athletes’ results for the Life Time Sea Otter Classic Gravel presented by Continental and Life Time UNBOUND Gravel 200.
Kimo Seymour, Life Time President Media & Events, said “We are excited to further elevate the 2025 Life Time Grand Prix with these updates. While continuing to devote a significant prize allocation to the series itself, we felt the time was right to offer additional prize money at each of the six races comprising the series. This will enable us to attract a competitive, global field of top athletes and to further grow the sport domestically.”
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