Gran Fondo Hincapie Greenville - Oct 18th 2025

Corona Virus: Keep Calm and Carry On Cycling

Gran Fondo Guide has reached out to thousands of event organizers worldwide and here's our take on the current situation

Corona Virus: Keep Calm and Carry On Cycling

At the present time, event organizers who are affected, are postponing their events until later on this year. The main regions affected are the United States and Europe, as more public health restrictions are put in place.

Several countries including the United States and the United Kingdom are now working on the principle to "flatten the curve" of the outbreak and more importantly, protect and isolate the elderly who are the most vunerable.

The current public health restrictions could last a few months. As you may have seen, the Giro d'Italia and most of the Spring Classics have been postponed until later on in the year.

At this time, only a handful of events have completely cancelled their 2020 editions, notably the GFNY World Championship and the Tour of Gila road race in the United States, the Absa Cape Epic in South Africa. 

Given the complexity of the cycling calendar and permits required for some events, it’s unlikely that all events will be rescheduled for later on in 2020, but so far, only a handful have cancelled their 2020 plans and have rolled entries over to 2021.

I've already entered some events, what should I do?

Organizers who are affected are in the process of re-scheduling their events later on this year, after "peak outbreak" has past. Not all sporting events provide refunds for "Acts of God", which are part of their entry terms and conditions.

The best advice we can recommend at the moment is don't panic. Event organizers will contact you if their event is postponed. If absolute needs must, contact the event organizer directly if you are concerned if the event is taking place or whether you should attend.

If you have entered events and they are postponed, you'll be able to take part when the new dates are confirmed.

2020 Cycling Events Postponed due to Corona Virus (COVID19)

Below are events that have been postponed (with no confirmed new date as yet)

Date Event Location Routes Diff  Type My Rides
Sep 05 - Sep 07 Wild West Gravel Livermore CO 211 miles, 3 days C BIKEPACKING
Sep 06 DV100 Drayton Valley Alberta Canada 40, 100, 160 km,100 km team C GRANFONDO
Sep 07 Newcrest Orange Challenge Orange NSW Australia 55, 105 km D GRANFONDO
Sep 12 - Sep 14 Hurtin in Haliburton Haliburton OntarioCanada 27 km laps, 8 hours D GRAVEL
Sep 12 - Sep 15 Ochoco Overlander Prineville OR 175 miles D BIKEPACKING
Sep 13 The West End Gravel Rush Nucla CO 47, 76 miles D GRAVEL
Sep 20 - Sep 21 Dulux London Revolution North London UK 73, 82, 155 miles E SPORTIVE
Sep 20 Tour of the Unknown Coast Ferndale CA 65, 100 miles E FESTIVAL
Sep 21 Okanagan Graveller Big White Ski Resort 90, 120, 204 km D GRAVEL
Sep 27 - Sep 28 Moran 166 Moran Michigan USA 64, 166 miles D GRAVEL
Oct 04 Hastings Highlands Hilly Hundred Bancroft Ontario Canada 32,100, 164 km D CENTURY
Oct 11 300K Bucerias Jalisco México 186.41 miles F GRANFONDO
Nov 02 Gulf Coast CycleFest Lakewood Ranch FL 16, 36, 62,100 miles D TOUR
Nov 08 Gran Fondo Tequila Jalisco Mexico 132 km C GRANFONDO
May 22 - May 23 Cranbrook Gravel Grind Cranbrook Canada 65, 112km B GRAVEL
Jun 06 Mount Isa Border Ride Mt Isa QLD Australia 202km D ULTRA
Jun 13 Mile High 100 Chester California USA 33, 66, 108 miles C CENTURY
Jun 21 161 Miglia Jesolo Italy 120, 161 km D GRANFONDO
 

Should I carry on training outside?

Absolutely a resounding YES for many good reasons:

  Any postponed events are likely to be re-scheduled to a later date in the year which you can take part in. You need to keep fit!
 
  You are less likely to contract Coronavirus by being outside on your bike training on your own or with a small group of heathly friends, as it doesn't like sunlight (UV sunlight) and cannot survive as long outside.
 
  You may need to change any coached training program(s) due to the delay in your event(s) taking place. You also don't want to overdo any heavy weight loss or fasted riding if you cannot self isolate easily, as this affects your immune system (to keep the virus at bay).
 
  Panicking that your main event has been cancelled or may be postponed is actually detrimental to your mental health (stress) and thus, your physical health (immune system).
 
  You might be afraid to ride outside in the colder weather for fear of illness, but that’s not true; there is no data to prove that you will get sick from any respiratory pathogen when riding in cold weather.
 
  With social distancing now preferred, if you opt to ride instead of using public transport, you will open up space on buses and trains for others who don’t have that option.
 
  You probably already noticed that traffic is lighter than usual as people start working from home or stay at home. What a great time to get outside and enjoy the great outdoors!
 
  Don't ride in a large groups and please refrain from blowing snot-rockets everywhere until "peak outbreak" subsides. Wear gloves and refrain from touching any objects, especially with your bare hands.
 
  Social distancing is the right strategy. Experts are still trying to figure out how long the virus lives on objects, and the problem is that it appears to be highly contagious, spread easily by coughing and sneezing, and can be spread by people who don’t think they’re sick. That’s why hand-washing and not touching your face are so important.
 
  Jump on your home trainer, sign up for Zwift and train in the comfort of your own home, if you are worried about getting sick, you might be sick or worse quarentined.

2020 Cycling Events Cancelled due to Corona Virus (COVID19)

Below are events that have been cancelled, with no new date confirmed in 2020.

Date Event Location Routes Diff  Type My Rides
Sep 05 - Sep 06 VeloSano Bike to Cure Cleveland Ohio USA 12, 25, 50, 100, 202 miles D GRANFONDO
Sep 05 - Sep 06 Assietta Bikepacking Trail Pinerolo Italy 124, 186 miles D BIKEPACKING
Sep 06 - Sep 07 Rockleigh 105 Gravel Fest Monarto SA 17, 21, 25, 35, 40, 45, 61, 65, 105km B GRAVEL
Sep 06 Wilson 100 Senoia Georgia USA 100 miles C CENTURY
Sep 06 Tour Tioga Gran Fondo Owego NY 10, 30, 62 miles C GRANFONDO
Sep 07 VeloRun presented by Raiffeisenbank Baden Baden Austria 85, 100 km C GRANFONDO
Sep 07 La Vuelta Holanda Breda Breda Netherlands 35, 85, 125, 165 km D GRANFONDO
Sep 07 Epic Tour GranFondo Milton Ontario Canada 50, 80, 100, 125, 150, 170 km C GRANFONDO
Sep 07 Gran Fondo Nevio Valcic Istria Croatia 60, 120 km C GRANFONDO
Sep 07 Getaway Gravel Grinder Grandview IN 50, 100 km C GRAVEL
Sep 07 MNC Gravel Grinder Westford VT 20, 40 miles B GRAVEL
Sep 08 Share The Road Ride Simi Valley CA 25, 50, 62, 100 miles D FESTIVAL
Sep 09 Thousand Islands Gran Fondo Kingston Ontario Canada 80, 120, 160 km C GRANFONDO
Sep 12 - Sep 13 KOM Berlin Everesting Challenge Arkenberge Berlin 1 hour, 4 hours, 24 hours F HILLCLIMB
Sep 13 USAL Hopper The Lost Coast Whitethorn CA 35, 42, 60 miles C GRAVEL
Sep 13 Keystone Gravel Jersey Shore PA 80 miles D GRAVEL
Sep 13 Bell Mountain Challenge Apple Valley CA 45, 60 - 70 miles C GRAVEL
Sep 13 The Cambrian Coast Sportive Aberdovey Wales UK 31, 62, 90, 101 miles D SPORTIVE
Sep 13 ConnectiCare Gran Fondo Madison Connecticut USA 10, 31, 62 miles C GRANFONDO
Sep 13 Mormon Canyon Epic Casper Wyoming 38 miles C GRAVEL
Sep 13 - Sep 14 Gran Fondo Myoko Niigata Japan 160 km E GRANFONDO
Sep 19 - Sep 21 24 Hour World Gravel Time Trial Championship Sylacauga AL 6, 12, 24 hours D GRAVEL
Sep 20 Crooked-Cross Gaines, PA 40, 70 miles B GRAVEL
Sep 20 Gravel Pizza Overnighter Stanley WI 70 miles D BIKEPACKING
Sep 20 Dream to Cure Bikeathon Port Moody BC 30, 80 km B TOUR
Sep 20 Ride of the Ancients Dolores CO 30, 95 miles C GRAVEL
Sep 20 Creston Kootenay Lake Gran Fondo Creston BC 56, 98, 151 km C GRANFONDO
Sep 20 The Dempsey Challenge Lewiston Maine USA 10, 25, 50, 65 miles C FESTIVAL
Sep 21 Deborah Barisch Memorial Kings Gap Time Trial Carlisle PA 4 miles C HILLCLIMB
Sep 21 Clássica Douro Internacional Miranda do Douro Portugal 69, 106, 134 km C GRANFONDO
Sep 23 Ride for Mackenzie Health Vaughan ON 25, 60, 100 km C TOUR
Sep 26 - Oct 09 Sufi Trail Cycling Caravan To The Light Istanbul Turkey 801km D BIKEPACKING
Sep 26 Liguria Bike Trail Liguria Italy 155, 193, 255 miles D BIKEPACKING
Sep 26 - Sep 28 6Points Tenerife Santa Cruz de Tenerife 285 km, 3 days D TOUR
Sep 27 Beyond The Dyke Belbroughton Stourbridge 210 km F TOUR
Sep 27 2 Rivers on 2 Wheels Logansport IN 20, 32, 53, 62, 100 miles D TOUR
Sep 27 Great Bedford Valley Road Ride Bedford VA 32, 50, 80, 130 miles D GRANFONDO
Sep 27 Bike the Gravel Middleburg VA 25, 33, 66 miles C GRAVEL
Sep 27 - Sep 28 California Classic Century Ride Fresno California USA 35, 60, 100 miles C GRANFONDO
Sep 27 Ride the Rogue Rogue River OR 20, 40, 67 miles C CENTURY
Sep 27 Sancho 200 Traverse City, Michigan, USA 200 miles F GRAVEL
Sep 27 Autumn Beyond the Dyke Worcestershire West Midlands UK 205 km E ULTRA
Sep 28 Viking 76 Yerville France 100, 150 km B GRANFONDO
Sep 28 Honourable Baldwin Challenge Hamden CT 1-3, up to 6 hours C GRAVEL
Oct 03 - Oct 04 Salty and Stupid Gravel Festival Wendover Utah 25, 45, 100, 206, 310 miles F GRAVEL
Oct 04 Tour de Vine Cambridge NY 33, 49 miles B TOUR
Oct 04 Vertigo Challenge Pensacola Florida 12 hours D ULTRA
Oct 04 Daman Al Ain Gran Fondo Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 135 km C GRANFONDO
Oct 04 Wine and Roses Ride San Luis Obispo CA 100, 60, 40, 25 C CENTURY
Oct 04 Durango Fall Blaze Bicycle Tour and Celebration Durango Colorado USA 37, 62, 100 miles C CENTURY
Oct 04 Pedals For Compassion Gravel Grinder Magnolia AR 45, 70, 100 miles C GRAVEL
Oct 04 - Oct 05 UCI Gravel World Championships HalleLeuven Belgium 133, 179 km C GRAVEL
Oct 04 Rock Oil Foliage Frenzy Titusville PA 40, 100 km D GRAVEL
Oct 05 GFNY Peru Cusco Peru 63, 129 km C GRANFONDO
Oct 05 GFNY Cusco Cusco Peru 75, 125 km C GRANFONDO
Oct 11 Knox Expedition Gravel Hartland CT 50, 68 miles B GRAVEL
Oct 11 Park to Park Pedal Nevada Extreme 100 Caliente Nevada USA 40, 60, 100 miles C CENTURY
Oct 12 Just Another Dirty Dozen Wheeling WV 45 miles D GRANFONDO
Oct 12 - Dec 31 UEC Gravel European Championships Veneto Italy 51 km F GRAVEL
Oct 17 - Oct 19 Shenandoah Fall Foliage Bike Festival Staunton VA 9 to 100 miles, both days C CENTURY
Oct 18 Bike A Thon For Alzheimer’s Association Pelham AL 17.6 miles C TOUR
Oct 18 Spotted Horse Gravel Ultra Saint Charles Iowa USA 70, 150, 200 miles D GRAVEL
Oct 18 The Rapha One More City Century San Francisco CA 100 miles D CENTURY
Oct 19 L'Etape Monterrey Monterrey Mexico 40, 80, 120km C GRANFONDO
Oct 25 Mt Lemmon Gravel Grinder pb Pinal County Oracle Arizona USA 60 miles D GRAVEL
Oct 25 La Vuelta Mayakoba Mayakoba Mexico 85, 151 km C GRANFONDO
Oct 26 Fitzs Challenge Canberra ACT Australia 50, 105, 130, 165, 185, 210, 255 km F FESTIVAL
Oct 31 Mike Nosco Memorial Bicycle Ride Newbury Park California USA 42, 68, 80 miles E GRANFONDO
Nov 01 Ride To Remember Texas Poth Texas USA 12, 22, 44, 66 miles C CENTURY
Nov 01 Tri States Gran Fondo Mesquite Nevada USA 54, 100 miles D GRANFONDO
Nov 01 Strade Boro Gravel Fondo Stateboro GA 50, 100 km C GRAVEL
Nov 01 Willie Smit Gran Fondo Pretoria South Africa 500 km F GRANFONDO
Nov 01 Gran Fondo Meditron ChacaoVenezuela 70, 140 km C GRANFONDO
Nov 01 Singing Brakeman Century Ride Meridian MS 30, 62, 100 miles C CENTURY
Nov 01 HARD Temecula CA 50, 74 miles C GRAVEL
Nov 01 REXY Queen of the Desert Fruita CO 50, 100, 200 miles D GRAVEL
Nov 02 Tshwane Classic Tshwane South Africa 20, 60, 98 km C GRANFONDO
Nov 07 - Nov 09 The Goat Gravel Isala Marias Mazatlan Maria Islands 50, 100 , 150 km C BIKEPACKING
Nov 08 - Nov 09 Mitta Valley Gravel Unravel Mitta Valley Victoria 46, 60km C GRAVEL
Nov 08 Gravel Mob Ojai CA 30, 58 miles C GRAVEL
Nov 15 High In The Ozarks Ozark AR 45, 75 miles C GRAVEL
Nov 16 Hardman Fall Classic Anaheim CA 25, 47, 68 miles C GRAVEL
Nov 17 - Nov 18 Giro d’Italia Ride Like a Pro – Gran Fondo Tenerife Tenerife Spain 94, 107 km C GRANFONDO
Nov 23 Tour De Batam Batam Indonesia 52, 82 km C GRANFONDO
Nov 28 Hush Money Fall Fuckaround Lancaster PA 35, 55 miles C GRAVEL
Nov 29 Chiang Mai Gran Fondo Chiang Mai Thailand 50, 80, 120km C GRANFONDO
Dec 06 Hell of the Marianas Century Cycle Garapan Northern Mariana Islands 50, 100km C GRANFONDO
Dec 07 Happy Valley Grit Roanoke VA 15, 25, 30 miles B GRAVEL
Dec 07 The Parishes Sportive Isle of Man B SPORTIVE
Dec 26 - Feb 20 New Zealand’s Longest Brevet Christchurch New Zealand 4038 km F BIKEPACKING
Dec 27 GFNY Tunja Tunja Colombia 80, 121 km C GRANFONDO
Feb 07 LOOP for Literacy Lake Worth Beach FL 24 miles B LEISURE
Feb 21 CUBE Gravel Race Punta del Este Uruguay 78 miles C GRAVEL
Feb 27 - Mar 01 Bathurst Cycling Classic Bathurst NSW Australia 50, 100 km C GRANFONDO
Mar 01 - Mar 05 Hotchillee Cape Rouleur Franschhoek South Africa 600 km F GRANFONDO
Mar 07 K2 Road Cycle Classic Whitianga New Zealand 43, 86, 192km D GRANFONDO
Mar 15 GFNY Republica Dominicana Puna Cana Dominican Republic 94, 150 km D GRANFONDO
Mar 21 Gravel Macedon Woodend VIC 29, 57, 85 miles C GRAVEL
Mar 22 Gran Fondo Lisboa Lisbon Portugal 134 km D GRANFONDO
Apr 25 Salt Lake City Bike Tour Salt Lake City UT 26 miles A CENTURY
May 02 Rosarito Ensenada Bike Ride Rosarito Beach Mexico 50 miles B CENTURY
May 03 Gran Fondo Felice GimondiBianchi Bergamo Italy 90, 129, 162km F GRANFONDO
May 03 L’Étape Las Vegas Las Vegas NV USA 14, 25, 45, 75 miles C GRANFONDO
May 17 Gravelty Strade Bianchi Oosterbeek Netherlands 75, 95 km C GRAVEL
May 30 Nordic Gravel Series Uppsala Uppsala Sweden 20, 180, 160km C GRAVEL
May 30 Jean Bertolet Memorial Invitational Century Gap PA 110 + miles D CENTURY
May 31 - Jun 05 The Sebastian – Vail Road Cycling Camp Vail Colorado 5 days C TOUR
Jun 11 - Jun 14 LONDONPARIS by Tour de France London UK 369, 500 km E GRANFONDO
Jun 30 - Jul 04 Haute Route Pyrenees Biarritz France 634 km D GRANFONDO
Jul 11 - Jul 12 Oregon 2412 Bend OR 11 mile circuit C GRAVEL
Jul 18 The Baroudeur Detroit Michigan 20, 37, 60, 100 miles C CENTURY
Jul 19 Gran Fondo Isle of Man Isle of Man North West UK 20, 40, 85 miles B GRANFONDO
Jul 19 Prince of Wales Hospice Cyclothon Pontefract West Yorkshire 82, 161, 262 km D SPORTIVE
Aug 22 Rampart Rager Gravel Fondo Colorado Springs Colorado USA 30, 73 miles C GRAVEL
 

Keep Calm and Carry On Cycling

Stay fit and healthy, and enjoy those events that aren't affected unless public health restrictions apply.

Just think how well you're going to go will all that training when your postponed events are back on?

For the most up-to-date information, check resources like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and World Health Organization (WHO) regularly.