More than 6000 riders faced the rain in 4th Skoda Poznan Bike Challenge

With start and finish at lake Malta in the beautiful city of Poznan, the 4th edition of Poznan Bike Challenge was again a success. It has quickly become the biggest amateur cycling event in Poland and in the eastern part of Europe. Despite the rain cycling enthusiasts were still keen on qualifying for Varese in this first qualifier event of the 2017-2018 season.

Biggest UCI Gran Fondo World Championships in history concluded with the road races

With a start at 8.30am in the morning, the men 19-34 left off for the 155km course with some climbing halfway and a very beautiful but challenging road. With three kilometers to go, three riders escaped and it was Bjorn De Decker (BEL) outsprinting time trial World Champion Matej Lovse (SLO) for victory. Maxim Pirard (BEL) finished in third.

Team Belgium winning the Team Relay

The team relay which is traditionally organized on Friday evening has been a hectic race with position switches and a lot of excitement. 25 teams with 4 members of which at least one female of any age, one male any age, one female/male above 40 and one above 50 compete in an inner city criterium to make a relay each 3 laps.