The 2020 edition of Maraton Franja has been a big success unless its reduced size and strict measurements with happy faces at the start and finish.

Covid-19 has turned the 2020 season into a big nightmare with cancelled events and riders not being able to show their good legs.

Maraton Franja in Slovenia has a very long tradition going back to 1982 when the first edition was held in the capital city of Ljubljana. The 2020 event will be held on the 6th of September and will have a lot of strict measurements in place to guarantee safety in these difficult Corona-times. It will be the first UCI Gran Fondo World Series qualifier since the Bathurst Cycling Classic in March.

The 2020 UCI Gran Fondo World Series season has been a difficult one and suffers like most sports events from the Corona-virus. Almost all events have been cancelled and also the World Championships in Vancouver have been cancelled some weeks ago. The UCI Gran Fondo World Championships will not be held in 2020 and will be postponed to 2021 in Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina).

The UCI have decided to postpone all races that were scheduled in the UCI Gran Fondo World Series in June to a period after the 1st of July.

The Japanese qualifier in Niseko on the Hokkaido north island was scheduled to take place in June this year instead of their traditional date in July due to the Olympics, but with the Corona virus, it will now be rescheduled to 29-30 August.