With an average speed of more than 49 km/h, Marcin Bialoblocki showed his good legs in the flat time trial over 20km on saturday, leaving the number 2 of the day, his compatriot Pawel Krol 40 seconds behind. Czech Martin Hecel scored the third time.
The organizers of the Italian qualifier event in Trento and the British qualifier in Peterborough have announced that their events unfortunately need to be cancelled for this season and move to 2022.
The 40th edition of Maraton Franja was a big success after months of Covid lockdown and restrictions and noticed an international field at the start for the well-known 156 and 100km races.
One of the oldest Granfondos with a very long traditional since 1982 and part of the UCI Gran Fondo World Series since the first year in 2011, Maraton Franja BTC City is a classic amongst all mass participation events in Europe.
The events who take place this year after the 2021 UCI Gran Fondo World Championships have been approved by the UCI management committee. Those events are the first qualifiers of the 2022 UCI Gran Fondo World Series leading up to the 2022 UCI Gran Fondo World Championships who take place in Trento, Italy.
The Granfondo in Moscow who had been planned on 22-23 May and had to be moved last minute as Covid infections had a short peak around that time in the capital city of Russia now moves to 10-11 July.