UCI Gran Fondo World Championships
The 2024 UCI Gran Fondo World Championships will take place in Aalborg, Denmark. The 2024 dates are 28th August until 1st September 2024. It will be the second time Aalborg has hosted the Gran Fondo World Championships. The city in northern Denmark previously hosted the event in 2015.
The event is a four-day event and runs from 28 August – 1 September 2024. It is expected that about 3000 cyclists participate in the championship in Aalborg. The northern city of Aalborg has solid experience in the organization of large mass-participation sporting events, and Denmark is one of the leading bicycling nations in the world.
2023 UCI Gran Fondo World Championships
Sportive Breaks were the official fan and amateur participant travel and experiences provider of the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships in Glasgow and Scotland.
The UCI Gran Fondo World Championships took place on Friday 4th August. As part of the Super Cycling World Championships in Scotland, there was also the opportunity for amateur cyclists to become world champions and wear the Rainbow Jersey for a year. Two days before the Elite Men took to the roads of Edinburgh and Glasgow on Sunday 6th August it was the turn of the amateurs in Perth.
Sportive Breaks welcomed 300 riders in Perth who stayed at several hotels in and around Perth.
Throughout 2022 and 2023 amateur riders had the opportunity to qualify for the World Champs in Perth by qualifying in the top 25% of their age group at a series of qualifier events worldwide. Former Olympic champion Aleksandr Vinokourov won gold in the men's aged 50 to 54, while 64-year-old French cycling legend Jeannie Longo took silver in the women's race.
2024 UCI Gran Fondo World Championships in Aalborg schedule
- Thursday 29 August – Individual Time Trial
- Friday 30 August 2024 – Team Relay (non-competitive)
- Sunday 1 September 2024 – 2024 UCI Gran Fondo World Championships – Gran Fondo and Medio Fondo
About the UCI Gran Fondo World Series
The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) Gran Fondo World Series is a series of UCI-sanctioned races held all over the world. There are 28 worldwide races where participants can win qualification for the official UCI Gran Fondo World Championships in different age groups. The top 25% in each age group at each event’s Individual Time Trial and Gran Fondo qualify for the UCI Gran Fondo World Championships, where the champions are awarded with the coveted rainbow jersey.
The 2024 UCI Gran Fondo World Championship will crown the new UCI World Champions in road racing and the time trial in Aalborg, Denmark in September 2024.
Included with this package:
- Hotel in Aalborg for 4 Nights
- Team Dinner
- Secure bike storage
- Guided warm-up Rides
- Mechanic Service is Available all weekend
Also available
- Single occupancy supplements
- Transfer from Aalborg Airport on Tuesday or Friday on arrival and for Friday and Monday on return (for adding transfers please contact us)
- Bike transport from the airport can be booked at £20 per bike per journey
