2019 UCI Gran Fondo and Time Trial World Championships Routes Released

2019 UCI Gran Fondo World Champs take place August 29th to September 1st in Poznan, Poland

The 2019 UCI Gran Fondo World Championships will take place with the following schedule:

  Thursday 29 August, 2019 - Individual Time Trial
  Friday Evening 30 August, 2019 - Team Relay (non-competitive)
  Sunday 1 September, 2019 - UCI Gran Fondo World Championships

The Poznan Bike Challenge is one of the biggest cycling events in Poland and attracts will over 7,000 cyclists annually.

The Gran Fondo courses for the World Championships will differ from those used during the Poznan Bike Challenge: the Gran Fondo is longer, and the time trial will be raced over one loop instead of the multiple smaller loops raced in the qualifier.

Both distances will have start and finish at International Poznan Fair. Start is Bukowska Street and finish is in Grunwaldzka Street, both close to Sheraton Hotel in Poznan.

The younger categories will race on a 150km course and older males and females will race on a 124km course. 

Registrations for the UCI Gran fondo World Series are by a personal invitation email for those cyclists who have qualified at 2019 qualifying events.

UCI Time Trial

The ITT takes place on Bednary Autodrom around 40 minutes from Race Village.

151 km UCI Gran Fondo Long Course

124 km UCI Gran Fondo Short Course