The last qualifier event of this season which is scheduled to take place on September 25th in Mondorf-les-Bains (LUX) and hosted by former Tour de France podium winner Frank Schleck has been sold out for a while as the Luxemburg government has allowed a limited number of 2000 starters to make sure that the event can be run in a safe way.

The Granfondo Vosges, unique French qualifier in the UCI Gran Fondo World Series with a challenging course in the French mountain region had more than 1000 starters this weekend who had the choice between a long 175 Granfondo as qualifier for all younger men while all women and men over 60 had a shorter 122km mediofondo to qualify for the World Championships. The short Rando wasn’t a qualifier distance.

The famous French qualifier event in the Vosges region is close to 1000 registered riders which is a big success in this pandemic year where most of the organizers face a big drop in the number of their participants.

The Granfondo Isle of Man saw junior riders with impressive performances during the weekend.

The Velo.Victo.Fest event in Canada has a tradition of 6 years as mass participation event and was for the first times also a qualifier event for the UCI Gran Fondo World Championships with time trial on Friday and Granfondo on Sunday after the event had to be cancelled last season with the pandemic.

The Isle of Man, famous for its TT races is also an ideal location to ride your bike and will for the first time also host a UCI Gran Fondo this weekend on the training routes where Marc Cavendish grew up.