03/03/2018 - UCI Gran Fondo World Championships 2018 Varese and World Series. Race course on Google Maps and route description
Varese: a cycling holiday destination that hosts UCI Gran Fondo World Championships 2018 and World Series. The route winds among Lake Maggiore, Lake Lugano, Lake Varese
We have drawn on Google Maps the race course where the UCI Gran Fondo World Championships 2018 and the UCI Gran Fondo World Series 2018 are going to take place.
Here’s program and race course description about
UCI Gran Fondo World Championships 2018
UCI Gran Fondo World Championships 2018 will take place on 2nd September 2018 around Varese.
UCI Gran Fondo World Series Tre Valli Varesine 2018 will take place on 7th October 2018 on the same race course.
What are the UCI Gran Fondo World Championships?
They are a one-day road bicycle races and they are held every year.
This event is split by gender and into age groups from 19 to 75+ (10 group for men and 8 group for women), with a rainbow jersey awarded to the winners of each group.
It’s described as a ‘mass participation championships’ in that you have to earn your place, but doing so requires only that you finish in the top 25% of your age group in one of 22 qualifying events worldwide known as UCI Gran Fondo World Series .
The UCI Gran Fondo World Series is a series of UCI sanctioned road races held all over the world. Throughout the season, 22 events qualify the top 25% in each age group for the UCI Gran Fondo World Championships .
The age group winners of the UCI Gran Fondo World Championships are awarded the UCI rainbow jersey.
The qualifier events are open to riders of all levels: those who aim to make the podium and others who wish to cross the finish line in the best possible time.
E.g. Every year in autumn Varese hosts the Gran Fondo Tre Valli Varesine World Series .
Men categories: 19/34, 35/39, 40/44, 45/49, 50/54, 55/59, 60/64, 65/69, 70/74, 75+.
Female categories: 19/34, 35/39, 40/44, 45/49, 50/54, 55/59, 60/64, 65+.