BikingMan
BikingMan organizes the world's first unsupported ultracycling world championship, hosting self-supported 300-1,300 km road and gravel races across five continents for amateur and professional endurance cyclists aged 20-74, monetizing via entry fees, merchandise, and event sponsorships.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2016
- HeadquartersNot specified, France
- Headcount1–10
- GTM typeB2C
- OfferingServices
What BikingMan does
BikingMan is a French event-organization company that operates the world's first unsupported ultracycling world championship, founded in 2016 and headquartered in Mougins, France under the legal entity KAPAK SAS. The company designs and delivers self-supported ultra-distance cycling races where participants receive no outside assistance (no follow vehicles, food, repairs, or navigation support), with course distances ranging from 300 km to roughly 1,300 km across road and gravel formats in mountain regions across five continents. The flagship IncaDivide race in Peru's Sacred Valley, originally launched in 2017, anchors the championship series, which also includes events in Brazil, Morocco, Corsica, and mainland France.
The technology stack combines Krono timing chips for checkpoint and finish-line precision with real-time GPS live tracking for each race, all centralized on the BikingMan Dashboard registration platform. Surrounding the races, BikingMan runs The Academy (training content), the Escape Challenge (achievement system), The Biking Shop (e-commerce for merchandise), and a content engine producing race films, documentaries, and international press coverage (L'Equipe, France 24, Eurosport, Red Bull). The 2026 season, marking the 10th anniversary, introduces new HALF and GRAVEL formats and an expanded 8-event calendar.
BikingMan's business model is event-driven and bootstrapped, generating revenue primarily through race registration fees collected via the Dashboard platform (with select events using Google Forms) plus merchandise sales from The Biking Shop. Sponsorship and partnership revenue from a roster of 15+ Global and Series partners for 2026 (including Schwalbe, DT Swiss, Ekoi, Faster, Departement06, and Sport en France) is a meaningful but undisclosed stream. The company serves individual amateur and professional ultra-cyclists aged 20–74 across five continents, with more than 1,000 lifetime participants and a small 6-person operating team.
BikingMan firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- BikingMan
- Legal name
- KAPAK SAS
- Website
- https://bikingman.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2016
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 1–10 employees
- Short description
- BikingMan organizes the world's first unsupported ultracycling world championship, hosting self-supported 300-1,300 km road and gravel races across five continents for amateur and professional endurance cyclists aged 20-74, monetizing via entry fees, merchandise, and event sponsorships.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
BikingMan industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Ultracycling Race Organization
- NAICS
- Racetracks (711212), Sports Teams and Clubs (711211), Tour Operators (561520)
- SIC
- Services-Racing, Including Track Operation (7948), Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Cycling Events (Road Races, Gran Fondos, Sportives) (MPAKAIAC)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Cycling, Mountain Biking & E-bike Adventures (THAJABAF), Bike Rental, Demo & Tour Operators (Retail-Adjacent) (CRAMAHAJ)
Keywords
Where BikingMan is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Not specified
- HQ country
- France
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices2 records
Markets served
BikingMan business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2C
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Race Registration Fees: BikingMan generates revenue through race entry fees for participating athletes in their ultracycling events across the 2026 calendar including Serra Geral (Brazil), Morocco, Corsica, Mantiqueira (Brazil), Alpes-Maritimes, AURA, IncaDivide (Peru), and Brazil events.
- Biking Shop: The company operates an e-commerce shop (The Biking Shop) selling merchandise and cycling-related products to participants and fans.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Transaction based/ take rate | Pay-as-you-go | BikingMan Full Format (1000km) |
| Transaction based/ take rate | Pay-as-you-go | HALF Format |
| Transaction based/ take rate | Pay-as-you-go | 555 Gravel Format |
| Transaction based/ take rate | Pay-as-you-go | IncaDivide Format |
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels3 records
Marketing channels9 records
BikingMan product offering
Product offeringCore offering
BikingMan organizes and hosts the world's first unsupported ultracycling championship series, where athletes compete in self-supported ultra-distance races (300km to 1300km) across road and gravel courses in iconic mountain ranges on five continents. The company sells race entry registrations through its centralized dashboard platform and operates a merchandise e-commerce shop. Core race formats include BikingMan 1000, HALF, 555 Gravel, 333 Gravel, and IncaDivide.
Product overview
BikingMan operates as a unified championship platform for unsupported ultracycling races. The core offering is the BikingMan Championship itself, featuring multiple race formats including BikingMan 1000 (full-distance), HALF, 555 Gravel, 333 Gravel, and IncaDivide. Supporting the races, the platform includes The Academy for athlete preparation, the Escape Challenge achievement system, a BikingMan Dashboard for athlete registration and profiles, and Live Tracking for real-time race monitoring. The 2026 season marks the 10th anniversary with new HALF and GRAVEL format variations across global locations including Brazil, Morocco, Corsica, France (Alpes-Maritimes, AURA), and Peru (IncaDivide).
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- BikingMan Championship
- BikingMan 1000
- 555 Gravel
- HALF
- 333 Gravel
- IncaDivide
- BikingMan Dashboard
- The Biking Shop
Quantifiable outcome
- Over 1,000 women and men aged 20 to 74 have taken up the BikingMan challenge
- +1 more outcomes
Companies that use BikingMan
Customer profileNamed customers11 records
Segments2 records
Ideal customer profiles1 record
BikingMan technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature3 records
BikingMan partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
18 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- KronocoreKrono is the official timekeeper for all BikingMan events, providing cutting-edge timing technology with chips recording real-time passage times at departure, checkpoints, and finish line. They also manage registrations on a centralized platform and bring expertise in event management with technological tests to improve participant tracking and security.
- FasterminorOfficial Global Partner for the BikingMan World Series 2026
- Punch PowerminorOfficial Global Partner for the BikingMan World Series 2026
- Radio CyclominorOfficial Global Partner for the BikingMan World Series 2026
- SchwalbeminorOfficial Global Partner for the BikingMan World Series 2026, providing tire solutions
- WheelsKeepminorOfficial Global Partner for the BikingMan World Series 2026
- EkoiminorSeries partner for the 2026 BikingMan World Series
- OwakaminorSeries partner for the 2026 BikingMan World Series
- Departement06minorSeries partner for the 2026 BikingMan World Series (Alpes-Maritimes department)
- DT SwissminorSeries partner for the 2026 BikingMan World Series, providing wheel components
- RadioSportsminorSeries partner and media coverage partner for the 2026 BikingMan World Series
- Sport en FranceminorMedia partner featuring BikingMan events and athlete interviews on French sports channel
- ChiruminorSeries partner for the 2026 BikingMan World Series
- The BeamminorSeries partner for the 2026 BikingMan World Series
- RGenTecminorSeries partner for the 2026 BikingMan World Series
- GoLumminorSeries partner for the 2026 BikingMan World Series
- MeltonicminorSeries partner for the 2026 BikingMan World Series
- KAPAK SAScoreParent company operating BikingMan brand and website, based in France with operations in South America
Scale indicators5 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights5 records
BikingMan competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- Marathon des Sables: Self-supported footrace across the Sahara. While a different sport, it shares BikingMan's positioning as a globally recognized, self-supported endurance challenge with strong media coverage and a premium participant profile.
- Cape Epic: Premier multi-stage mountain bike race in South Africa. Comparable multi-day format and similar international participant base, but operates at significantly larger commercial scale with broader broadcast and sponsor support.
- Haute Route: Multi-stage, supported cycling events held in iconic mountain locations. Operates a similar global event series model but with a more accessible (supported) format and a more mature commercial operation than BikingMan.
- Ironman (World Triathlon Corporation): Global mass-participation endurance event organizer. Operates a tiered format model (full + 70.3) directly analogous to BikingMan's introduction of HALF and GRAVEL formats, and represents the upper bound of commercial scale in endurance event series.
Direct peers
- Race Across America (RAAM): Iconic ultracycling time-trial race across the United States. While RAAM is supported, it shares the 'ultracycling world championship' positioning and is the most established peer in the global ultracycling competitive calendar.
- Crocodile Trophy: Multi-stage, multi-day mountain bike race in Australia. Similar multi-format stage-race structure and comparable international cyclist base, though operates with external support, contrasting with BikingMan's unsupported ethos.
- Silk Road Mountain Race: Self-supported, unsupported bikepacking race through the Tien Shan mountains of Kyrgyzstan. Directly comparable to BikingMan's IncaDivide as an iconic single-event mountain ultra-endurance format with high prestige in the unsupported community.
- Tour Divide: North America's premier unsupported bikepacking race along the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route. Comparable format (self-supported, GPS-tracked, multi-day) and similar participant demographic of amateur-to-pro endurance cyclists.
- Atlas Mountain Race: Unsupported bikepacking race in Morocco. Operates the same self-supported format and partners with similar cycling industry brands; competes for the same pool of international ultra-cyclists as BikingMan's Morocco 1000 event.
- The Transcontinental Race (TCR): Self-supported, unsupported bike-packing race across Europe. Operates a similar format (no external assistance, fixed route) and targets the same niche of endurance cyclists as BikingMan, with comparable distances and self-navigation ethos.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat4 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
BikingMan social profiles
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Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
BikingMan leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles3 records
BikingMan funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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BikingMan M&A and investment
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Investments
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Frequently asked questions about BikingMan
What does BikingMan do?
BikingMan organizes and hosts the world's first unsupported ultracycling championship series, where athletes compete in self-supported ultra-distance races (300km to 1300km) across road and gravel courses in iconic mountain ranges on five continents. The company sells race entry registrations through its centralized dashboard platform and operates a merchandise e-commerce shop. Core race formats include BikingMan 1000, HALF, 555 Gravel, 333 Gravel, and IncaDivide.
Is BikingMan a public or private company?
BikingMan is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was BikingMan founded?
BikingMan was founded in 2016. It employs 1 to 10 people.
Where is BikingMan based?
BikingMan is headquartered in Not specified, France, in the Europe region.
How does BikingMan make money?
Two revenue lines are on record. Race Registration Fees are the primary driver. The others are biking Shop.
Who are BikingMan's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are Marathon des Sables, Cape Epic, Haute Route and Ironman (World Triathlon Corporation). Direct peers are Race Across America (RAAM), Crocodile Trophy, Silk Road Mountain Race, Tour Divide, Atlas Mountain Race and The Transcontinental Race (TCR).
Does BikingMan have an API?
No public API is recorded for BikingMan.
What industry is BikingMan in?
BikingMan's product category is Ultracycling Race Organization. Its primary akta.pro industry code is MPAKAIAC, Cycling Events (Road Races, Gran Fondos, Sportives), with a secondary code of THAJABAF, Cycling, Mountain Biking & E-bike Adventures. Its NAICS code is 711212 and its SIC code is 7948.