The Cheaha Challenge Granfondo who has been organized for the first time in 1992 is one of the oldest Granfondos in the States on challenging roads with start and finish in Jacksonville, Alabama.

The 9th edition of the Dubai Granfondo took place last Friday with over 2000 riders at the start in the different waves and distances. Besides the local riders, we saw a lot of expats but also 230 participants from outside the UAE at the startline.

The period covering half October until the end of March is always a very calm period in the UCI Gran Fondo World Series with only one event taking place. The LOOK UCI Gran Fondo in Dubai is the new name of the event with LOOK as title partner.

The UCI Gran Fondo World Championships have mainly been focusing on amateur and master riders who still want to compete at a higher level at a later age. Former professional riders like Danny Clark (AUS) and Jurgen Van Goolen (BEL) have become UCI Gran Fondo World Champion after a successful professional career.

Only 5 weeks after the very successful UCI Gran Fondo World Championships on the same courses, the Tre Valli Varesine Granfondo received the third qualifier event of the season.

The routes of the past World Championships in and around Varese will serve again this weekend during the third qualifier event of the ongoing season.