Rincon defends title in Costa Rica, Morales captures women’s victory
The second edition of the Costa Rican UCI Gran Fondo event began at the national football stadium in San José and concluded 127 km west in Puntarenas at the Pacific Ocean. This year’s race saw the same winner as last year: Diyer Rincon from Colombia. Rincon outsprinted two other riders at the finish line, with […]
Double Delight for Belgian Couple at Granfondo Svendborg
In the first edition of the Granfondo Svendborg on the Danish island of Funen, we saw 1700 riders from 31 different countries showing up for a 23km time trial on Saturday and a granfondo or mediofondo of respectively 157 and 77km on Sunday. Norwegian Vidar Mehl (M35-39) was the strongest on Saturday, winning the overall […]
International podiums at the 43rd Maraton Franja
One of the oldest Granfondos in Europe and host of the 2014 UCI Gran Fondo World Championships had another great event this weekend with more than 5000 riders at the start of one of the disciplines. In the 21.2km time trial on Friday which is back on the program for the first time since covid, […]
7500 riders in action in three events this weekend
The weekend is set to be bustling with activity as 7,396 riders have registered for one of three events in the UCI Gran Fondo World Series. The Maraton Franja in Ljubljana, Slovenia’s capital, kicks off the weekend today with a time trial on a 21.2km out-and-back loop starting from the commercial center, BTC City. A […]
Minor update of the 2024 UCI Gran Fondo World Championships courses
The courses of the UCI Gran Fondo World Championships taking place on 1 September in Aalborg (DEN) will get a small update due to an event taking place on course. The mediofondo, the official World Championships distance for all men over 60 and women over 50 will now be 112.4km adding an extra 2km surpassing […]
Kirchmair and Entius to win Schleck Gran Fondo
The 7th edition of Schleck GF this past Saturday showed again a great field which was sold out months before the event with 3000 riders at the start. Austrian former world champion Stefan Kirchmair won the overall men’s race. Kirchmair bridged the gap together with Nicolas Baïolet who both started 3 minutes later in a […]
