The only Canadian qualifier event takes places this weekend with a time trial on Thursday and a Granfondo over two distances on Saturday.

The oldest Granfondo in the series in Slovenia’s capital city attracted this weekend a new record of 7250 riders over the three days. The time trial on Friday was on the typical out-and-back loop with start and finish in the commercial heart BTC City.

The Tour of Cambridgeshire, this year’s only qualifier option for the UCI Gran Fondo World Championships within the UK attracted again a big peloton with almost 8000 participants.

The British qualifier who has been organized for the first time in 2015 has been since its first edition the event with most participants in the UCI Gran Fondo World Series.

The second edition of Schleck Granfondo was again a big success after the very good inaugural race of last year. Almost 2500 riders from 37 different nationalities registered for the new courses on the beautiful Luxemburg countryside, resulting in a growth of 30%.

The second edition of Schleck Granfondo in Frank’s hometown Mondorf-les-Bains promises to become again a great success.