Author: Erik Duchateau

2024 UCI Gran Fondo World Championships: official UCI world title for team relay

The 2024 UCI Gran Fondo World Championships will take place from August 29 to September 1 in the northern Danish city of Aalborg, which previously hosted the event in 2015. As it the tradition, the program features the individual time trial on Thursday, and will cover a lengthy 33km route through the rural Danish backcountry, […]

2024 UCI Gran Fondo World Series bigger than ever before

In 2024, the UCI Gran Fondo World Series, the UCI’s series of mass participation Granfondos, will expand to 30 races, making it the largest edition to date. These events will span across five continents, promising a global celebration of cycling. The latest UCI Gran Fondo World Championships, which were part of the inaugural combined UCI […]

UCI Nirvana Granfondo Antalya with new participants’ record

The third edition of the UCI Granfondo in Turkish Antalya has been the most successful with 1150 riders at the start spread over a time trial on Friday and a long and short course on Sunday. In the 20km up and down time trial over flat roads, Italian Marco Peluso (M19) rode the fastest time […]

UCI Nirvana Gran Fondo Antalya closes the 2023 season

The last qualifier of 2023 takes place this weekend in the tourist city of Antalya where lots of riders benefit from the great hospitality in the hotels and combine it with races during the weekend. The time trial on Friday is a back and forth loop of 20km towards a turning point halfway for a […]

Prado and Frota win on homeground

The very first UCI Gran Fondo Brasil this past weekend in the southern city of Pomerode saw 1000 riders competing in the different distances all battling for the win in their respective age groups and the qualification for the 2024 UCI Gran Fondo World Championships. The race was shortened because of a thunderstorm at the […]