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.

The French law requires for all riders to have a medical certificate to take part in bike races on French ground. Some countries have a mandatory medical exam before giving a license to any rider, other countries just sell licenses without any medical exam.

The third edition of UK’s biggest Granfondo and Chrono in Peterborough had 8000 riders at the start for a chrono on Saturday and a flat and fast fully closed roads Granfondo on Sunday.