Simon Betz wins Granfondo Vosges while Daniel Miquel and Ingrid Peru share mediofondo victory

14 September 2021

The Granfondo Vosges, unique French qualifier in the UCI Gran Fondo World Series with a challenging course in the French mountain region had more than 1000 starters this weekend who had the choice between a long 175 Granfondo as qualifier for all younger men while all women and men over 60 had a shorter 122km mediofondo to qualify for the World Championships. The short Rando wasn't a qualifier distance.

German Simon Betz took the overall win on top of the ski-station of La Bresse-Hohneck at al altitude of 900m where he beated four other riders who were in the break. The average speed of the winner was 35.2 km/h over the 3530 meters of elevation. Belgian Frederic Glorieux and French Simon Combes were second and third just a few seconds behind Betz.

The shorter mediofondo had Alexandre Martin as overall winner, but he was too young to qualify. Daniel Miquet was the fastest in the M60-64 category beating former pro and UCI Gran Fondo World Champion Patrick Cocquyt while Felix Widmer took overall third.

First female was Ingrid Peru (F35-39) before Avril Laheurte (F19-34) and Laeticia Mouchet (F45-49), a complete French podium and all also winning their respective age groups.