GF Matildica
Date
Sunday 31.08.2025Distances
130 - 156 kmCity
Reggio Emilia
Country
ItalyGranfondo Matildica in Reggio Emilia has a long tradition as high level Italian Granfondo and was host of the UEC European Championships Granfondo in 2022.
General
Reggio Emilia in Emilia Romagna has 170.000 inhabitants and the most important city of the province of Reggio Emilia. The old town has a hexagonal form coming from the old medieval walls and is split by the Crostolo river.
It has a lot of cultural and historical buildings like the Santa Maria Cathedral with its mosaic, the Basilica della Ghiara and the San Prospero church but also the Palazzo Ducale is famous. The city promotes itself as the city of Art and has a lot of piazzas (squares) where you can enjoy the hospitality and good food and wine.
The architecture of the train station is very modern in the historic city.
Road race
The road races o have two distances: a 156 km granfondo distance for all riders up to the age of 49 and a 130km mediofondo as qualifier distance for all riders over 50.
Both courses share the same roads for the big majority of the race, but the Granfondo has some additional loops added to the course.
The Granfondo course has a 4km climb at 5.5% average starting after 53km. The terrain keeps on going up and down with another long 11km climb at 3.5% after 60km
Total elevation for the granfondo is 2050 meters while the mediofondo has 1467m of elevation.
