The Greek qualifier event has always been a very international qualifier with many riders enjoying their trip with a week of vacation on the Greek Island, famous for its hospitality.
Over the weekend of the 13th and 14th of April, Brisbane and Queensland hosted the inaugural Tour de Brisbane riding and racing events for the UCI World Series Gran Fondo and National Road Series for Australia.
The Greek Granfondo who is taking place for the second year in a row in Kos Island after earlier stops in Crete, Skyrios and Rhodes is traditionally a very international event with a lot of people enjoying the hospitality and good weather in Kos and taking the opportunity to combine their vacation with the event.
The first edition of the Tour de Brisbane is a first UCI qualifier event in Queensland and a third Gran Fondo series event in Australia.
The Tour de Bintan weekend was again very successful with more than 500 riders at the start of the 17km time trial on Friday in very hot weather conditions.
The third edition of Cyprus Granfondo as UCI qualifier grew 40% compared to last year with a very international field at the start. The event is the only stage race in the series with two options to qualify for the Granfondo after an initial time trial qualifier on Friday.