A 24.3km time trial on Friday and a hard and challenging Granfondo on Sunday over two distances will decide who will be crowned as winners in the Italian Granfondo and qualify for the World Championships next month in France.

With recently 8 events in 5 weekends time, a lot of riders are getting registered for the World Championships in Albi. Registrations went over 1000 today.

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.