3RIDES Gran Fondo
Date
Sunday 01.06.2025Distances
80 - 130 kmCity
Aachen
Country
Germany3RIDES Gran Fondo was organised for the first time in 2024 after a first UCI Gravel World Series event in the same location in 2023. For the new race, the event is relocating to a new start and finish area.
COURSE
The 136-kilometer route for the 3RIDES Aachen event, scheduled for Sunday, June 1st, at 7:30 a.m., includes 2290 meters of elevation. For the Men over 60 and Women over 50, the race finishes at kilometer 82, with a total elevation of 1400 meters.
The route traverses several towns and villages, starting from Stolberg and passing through Breinig, Zweifall, Vicht, Schevenhütte, Großhau, Kleinhau, Zerkall, Schmidt, Vossenack, Simonskall, Rollesbroich, Steckenborn, Woffelsbach, Rurberg, Kesternich, Seifenauel, Dedenborn, Hammer, Eicherscheid, Simmerath, Paustenbach, Lammersdorf, Mulartshütte, and finally returning to Aachen-Schleckheim via Zweifall and the Nerscheider Weg. The course features a mix of climbs, including some with gradients up to 12 percent, and descents, offering a challenging ride through the Eifel region. Three feedzones are positioned along the route.
PROFILE
The route has a total elevation of 2290m, making it a challenging route with various climbs that are never very steep nor long, but the roads always go up and down.
The shorter 82km route has 1400m of elevation.
AACHEN REGION
The city of Aachen has outstanding significance for Europe’s history, with settlements pre-dating the Roman colony and thermae. Emperor Charlemagne made Aachen his residence and ordered the construction of its cathedral, a UNESCO world heritage site since 1978, It is the westernmost city of Germany and sits at the heart of the StädteRegion Aachen, an innovative organisation of communities near the borders of Belgium and the Netherlands.
The area is famous for its cultural heritage, its scientific achievements, but also for its options for hiking and biking. Other big cities in the German state of Nordrhein-Westfalen like Cologne, Bonn and Düsseldorf are within short reach, with lots of possibilities for shopping, wining and dining and arts just a short weekend trip away.
