Cyclists from 56 different nations set compete for 35 World titles at UCI Gran Fondo World Championships

2,940 riders from 56 different nations set to compete at UCI Gran Fondo World Championships in Albi, France between August 24th - 27th

Updated August 29th, please click here for full results : http://www.granfondoguide.com/RaceDashboard/UCIGranFondoWorldSeries/1/3131/2017-uci-gran-fondo-world-championships-results

Registrations for the 2017 UCI Gran Fondo World Championships have been closed and a total of 2,940 riders have signed up for the time trial on Thursday or the road race on Sunday.  25 teams also registered for the team relay which is now also full.

Most riders are qualified in the Tour of Cambridgeshire (26%) followed by l’Albigeoise (10%) and wildcards (9% - national champions and representatives of nations without qualifier event).  The Amy’s GF, Tour of Ayrshire and Schleck Granfondo also have a good representation.

The UK has most riders at the start followed by France and Australia.

910 United Kingdom, 375 France, 310 Australia, 122 Belgium, 99 Italy, 88 United States, 76 New Zealand, 75 Germany, 73 Sweden, 71 Denmark, 69 Canada, 69 Poland, 66 Norway, 51 Spain, 46 Netherlands, 45 Mexico, 39 Japan, 32 Slovenia, 28 Portugal, Russia, 28 Switzerland, 24 Ireland, , 23 Czech Republic, 19 Austria, 17 Greece, 16 Latvia, 16 South Africa, 15 Cyprus, 14 Finland, 7 Belarus, 7 Slovakia, 6 Brazil,  Costa Rica, 6 Estonia, 5 Bulgaria, 5 Iran, 5 Turkey, 5 Ukraine, 4 Colombia, 4 Israel, 4 Lithuania, 3 Croatia, 3 Indonesia, 3 Luxembourg, 3 Malaysia, 2 Peru, 2 Singapore, 2 Taiwan, 1 Chili, 1 Djibouti, 1 Lebanon, 1 Mongolia, 1 Romania, 1 San Marino, 1 Serbia , nd Montenegro, 1 Tanzania, 

We will have for the first time a 75+ world title for men on the road and riders from non-traditional cycling countries like Tanzania, Mongolia, Lebanon, Djibouti, Chili and Peru have signed up.  Also remarkable a delegation of 5 Iranian riders.

Because of the large number of riders in the women age groups, there will be three starts instead of two with 19-34 and 35-39 together while 40-44 and 45-49 will have a separate start.

All lists with starters for the different road races and the time trial starting times http://albi2017cycling.eu/en/START_LISTS

All riders are invited for the three riders’ briefings, Wednesday 14h for the time trial, Friday 14h for the team relay and Saturday 14h for the road races.  Briefings will take place in the Expo Hall but are not mandatory.  It gives riders the chance to ask questions but most of what will be explained can also be downloaded from http://albigeoise.com/docs/GUIDE_COMPETITEUR_DEF.pdf