UCI has awarded the next two UCI Gran Fondo World Championships yesterday at the Elite World Championships in Innsbruck

The Polish qualifier event in Poznan will organize the 2019 UCI Gran Fondo World Championships next year from 5-8 September 2019. Riders who would like to experience the Granfondo course get their chance now on Sunday during the Poznan Bike Challenge.

The 8th edition of the Amy’s Granfondo had chilly and wet weather conditions but could still start on dry roads. Riders enjoyed the beauty of the Otway range to finish along the Great Ocean Road.

The biggest Australian Granfondo takes place this weekend on a superb course along the Great Ocean Road in Lorne, nearby Melbourne. It’s the first of 21 qualifying events all leading up to the World Championships next year in Poznan.

The 2018 UCI Gran Fondo World Championships in Varese have been very succesfull with a new record of participants and a new record of different nationalities at the start. 3175 riders battled over the weekend in the time trial and/or the road race to represent their country from which 2558 took the start on Sunday morning for the 130 or 103km Gran Fondo.

The traditional relay per teams of 4 riders of the same nationality on Friday has brought a lot of position changes, excitement, happy faces and disappointment.