The biggest Australian Granfondo takes place this weekend on a superb course along the Great Ocean Road in Lorne, nearby Melbourne.

With start and finish at lake Malta in the beautiful city of Poznan, the 4th edition of Poznan Bike Challenge was again a success. It has quickly become the biggest amateur cycling event in Poland and in the eastern part of Europe. Despite the rain cycling enthusiasts were still keen on qualifying for Varese in this first qualifier event of the 2017-2018 season.

The UCI Gran Fondo World Series continues to grow, with three new events in 2018 and
one event returning to the calendar.

The home country France has won most gold medals in the past Gran Fondo World Championships. Also in the ranking of total number of medals, French riders took the number 1 position.

With a start at 8.30am in the morning, the men 19-34 left off for the 155km course with some climbing halfway and a very beautiful but challenging road. With three kilometers to go, three riders escaped and it was Bjorn De Decker (BEL) outsprinting time trial World Champion Matej Lovse (SLO) for victory. Maxim Pirard (BEL) finished in third.

The team relay which is traditionally organized on Friday evening has been a hectic race with position switches and a lot of excitement. 25 teams with 4 members of which at least one female of any age, one male any age, one female/male above 40 and one above 50 compete in an inner city criterium to make a relay each 3 laps.