The second edition of the Rhodes Gran Fondo Tour with two road races and a time trial will take place this weekend on the scenic Greek Island of Rhodes.

The 2017 calendar will get an additional event in June with the Marmotte Hochkönig in Austria. Look Marmotte Hochkönig forms a family with the iconic Marmotte des Alpes, one of the most famous and heroic classic Granfondos in France and the more recent Marmotte Pyrenées.

The 2017 Blayney to Bathurst Cyclo Sportif with a time trial on Saturday and a Granfondo on Sunday has reached in its first year as a UCI Gran Fondo qualifier a new participants’ record with 2200 riders at the start.

One year after the very successful UCI Gran Fondo World Championships in Perth, Bathurst will receive the new Australian qualifier in the UCi Gran Fondo World Series.

A three days stage race with a time trial on Friday and two road races covering the weekend brought 360 riders from 20 different nationalities at the start of Cyprus Granfondo. Riders enjoyed the sunny weather with temperatures between 20 and 25 degrees.

More than 360 riders signed up for a three days? stage race on the sunny Cypriot island in and around the touristic city of Paphos. The event grew more than 50 percent compared to last year with a much higher number of foreigners, especially a lot of Russian riders.