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.
The new Canadian qualifier event in Victoriaville (Quebec) this weekend offers the last chance for Canadian and American riders to qualify for the 2021 UCI Gran Fondo World Championships in a month in Istocno Sarajevo.
The test event for the 2021 UCI Gran Fondo World Championships in Istocno Sarajevo proved to be going well and ready to receive the world in 50 days from now.
With a 18km time trial on Friday and a 64 or 100km road race on Sunday, Istocno Sarajevo (Bosnai and Herzegovina) will host a qualifier event this weekend on the courses that will be used during the UCI Gran Fondo World Championships later this year in October.
The organizers of Granfondo Moscow had postponed their event already twice because of the Covid-19 pandemic going from May to July and now to 14-15 August.