The new road race courses from the Grey County Road Race with less elevation and a good mixture between a challenging and fair course but still enjoyable for those who don’t race on a regular basis have been tested and approved by all participants.
450 riders from 20 different countries showed up to take part in the challenging Marmotte Hochkonig event to try and qualify for the Albi World Championships.
The Austrian event in Mühlbach am Höchkonig is the new qualifier event in the series that has been added to the calendar a few months ago.
The Canadian qualifier event in The Blue Mountains have proven in the past years to be hard but fair for strong classical riders who can pass a hill.
The many world titles in past World Championships show that Slovenia has a strong peloton. This was again proven this weekend when riders of the home country took all 4 road races plus the 2 time trial wins.
Marathon Franja BTC City is since the very early days part of the UCI Gran Fondo World Series (and former UCI World Cycling Tour) and the only event left who was already a qualifier since the first year in 2011. The event was created in 1982 and is therefore one of the oldest Granfondos worldwide.