Five new events join the 2019 UCI Gran Fondo World Series

Utah's Cache Gran Fondo, Australia's Brisbane Gran Fondo, France's La Bourgogneis, GranFondo Russia and Granfondo Rio de Janeiro join the expanding UCI Gran Fondo World Series for 2019

The UCI Gran Fondo World Series continues to gain popularity, with five new events added to the calendar in 2019.

The UCI Gran Fondo World Series, the UCI’s masters and amateur mass participation series, will comprise 21 qualifying events worldwide in 2018-2019, leading up to the 2019 UCI Gran Fondo World Championships, which will take place in Poznan, Poland, in September 2019.

Utah's Cache Gran Fondo joins the 2019 Gran Fondo World Series

Four qualifier events will take place in the last months of 2018 to start the new qualifying season, starting with the Amy’s Granfondo in Australia on the 16th of September, followed by the Poznan Bike Challenge in Poland, where riders will get the chance to test the 2019 World Championships course. Varese will also hold their Tre Valli Varesine qualifier only five weeks after the 2018 UCI Gran Fondo World Championships. In December, Dubai will host the last qualifier event of the 2018 calendar year before racing begins again in 2019.

The first of the five new events on the calendar is the Brisbane Granfondo (Australia), an entirely new 123km race with a start and finish on the South Bank in downtown Brisbane. It will take place on 14 April 2019.

The UCI is also happy to announce a new qualifier in France on 27 April. La Bourgogneis an existing and popular 155km event in the small town of Viré en Maconnais with some tough climbing.

April promises to be a busy month as Brazil returns to the UCI Gran Fondo World Series calendar with a new qualifier event on the last weekend of the month. Granfondo Rio de Janeiro will take place in Mangaratiba near Rio and will feature a 120km out and back course with several dirt sections.

The qualifying season will close with two new events mid-July, starting with the Cache Granfondo in Logan, Utah (USA), on a beautiful 100 mile (160.9km) course which will lead riders through the Cache Valley towards Idaho to finish back in Logan.

The UCI is also proud to announce its first World Series event in Russia. Granfondo Russia will take place on 13-14 July in Moscow with a time trial hosted on the 1980 Olympic course and the Granfondo at the Moscow Raceway outside the city.

The existing stopovers in the UCI Gran Fondo World Series – the Dubai First Granfondo, Cyprus Granfondo, Tour de Bintan, Kos (Greek) Granfondo, Bathurst Cycling Classic, Cheaha Challenge Granfondo, Schleck Granfondo, Tour of Cambridgeshire, Maraton Franja, Blue Mountains Granfondo, La Leggendaria Charly Gaul and Granfondo Ezaro - have become classics and are confirmed in the 2019 series calendar.

The 2019 UCI Gran Fondo World Championships in Poznan, Poland, will take place from 5-8 September 2019.

The 2019 UCI Gran Fondo World Series Calendar

16 Sept 2018

Amy's Granfondo

Lorne

Australia

23 Sept 2018

Poznan Bike Challenge

Poznan

Poland

6-7 Oct 2018

Tre Valli Varesine

Varese

Italy

14 Dec 2018

Dubai First Granfondo

Dubai

UAE

16-17 Mar 2019 Bathurst Cycling Classic Bathurst Australia

29-31 Mar 2019

Cyprus Granfondo

Pafos

Cyprus

29-31 Mar 2019

Tour de Bintan

Bintan

Indonesia

14 Apr 2019

Brisbane Granfondo

Brisbane

Australia

19-21 Apr 2019

Greek Granfondo

Kos

Greece

27 Apr 2019

La Bourgogne

Viré en Mâconnais

France

28 Apr 2019

GF Rio de Janeiro

Rio

Brazil

19 May 2019

Cheaha Challenge Granfondo

Jacksonville, AL

USA

25 May 2019

Schleck Granfondo

Mondorf Les Bains

Luxemburg

1-2 June 2019

Tour of Cambridgeshire

Peterborough

England

7-9 June 2019

Maraton Franja

Ljubljana

Slovenia

13-15 June 2019

Blue Mountains Granfondo

Blue Mountains

Canada

5-7 July 2019

La leggendaria Charly Gaul

Trento

Italy

7 July 2019

Granfondo Ezaro

Ezaro

Spain

13 July 2019

Cache Granfondo

Logan, UT

USA

13-14 July 2019

Niseko Classic

Niseko

Japan

13-14 July 2019

Granfondo Russia

Moscow

Russia

5-8 Sept 2019

UCI Gran Fondo WCH

Poznan

Poland

For more information, please visit ucigranfondoworldseries.com

 
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