UCI Granfondo Brasil
Date
Sunday 10.11.2024Distances
80 - 120 kmCity
Pomerode
Country
BrazilUCI Gran Fondo Brasil has been organised for the first time in 2023 and is organized in the southern Santa Catarina region in Brasil.
Gran Fondo
The road races have two distances: a 120km km granfondo distance for all men up to the age of 59 and all women up to the age of 49 years old while the shorter 80km mediofondo distance counts as official qualifier distance for the men above 60 and women above 50.
Both courses share the same roads with the mediofondo making a shortcut halfway.
The challenging course features a loop design, with the first section heading northeast. Riders face an initial 4km climb, starting at sea level and ascending to nearly 300m. This climb is repeated on the return leg after 24km.
The course then loops northwest towards the day’s highest point at 400m. The 7km climb, with an average gradient of 4%, is the most demanding section of the route. After the descent, riders complete a southern loop before finishing the 120km course.
To accommodate older riders, categories 60+ (men) and 50+ (women) follow a shorter 80km route, bypassing the challenging northwestern loop.
The 120km course offers a total elevation gain of 1239m, while the shorter 80km route has 809m of elevation.
120km Granfondo
80km Mediofondo
POMERODE
Pomerode is a Brazilian town in the Santa Catarina state in the South of Brasil and is known as most German city in Brasil as the founders and early inhabitants of the region were German colonists. It was founded in 1861 and 96% of the inhabitants still speak German today.
The name Pomerode is linked to the origin of its founders, immigrants from Pomerania (Pommern), a region in the north of Germany. Those who earn their livelihood from agriculture and, therefore, have to graze the land and organize the work to feed themselves from what they plant.
The tourists’ attractions of the region are the Oktoberfest in nearby Blumenau, the largest one next to the original one in Munich.
More information on https://imprensatur.wixsite.com/vemprapomerode
