2023 UCI Gran Fondo World Championships

The 2023 UCI Gran Fondo World Championships were the culmination of a series of mass participation cycling events in the Gran Fondo/cyclosportive tradtition held across Scotland between 4 and 7 August 2023, predominantly in Perth, Scotland. Unlike the UCI Road World Championships, which are considered an elite professional event, the Gran Fondo World Championships are targeted at mass participation and cyclists not in full-time professional teams, uniting amateurs and retired professionals, dedicated club cyclists and age-group competitors. [1][2]

2023 UCI Gran Fondo World Championships
VenueGlasgow, United Kingdom
Date(s)3–6 August
VelodromePerth, Scotland
Events20

Qualification for the World Championships was achieved through participation in the 2023 UCI Gran Fondo World Series.[3]

This edition was the first time the Gran Fondo World championships were held together with the elite road racing championships as part of the inaugural 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships. Medals were awarded in road race and time trial, across age-group classifications. Older riders competed in Medio Fondo,a shorter version of the Gran Fondo.[4]

Age group winners included several former elite professionals, most notably London 2012 road race champion Alexandr Vinokurov and Tour de France veteran Johnny Hoogerland, while Atlanta 1996 road race and multiple road and track cycling world champion Jeannie Longo won the time trial championship in her age class (W65-69).

Results

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Road race
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Gran Fondo
Age 19-34[5][6]
Lars van Coppenolle
  Belgium
Matteo Cigala
  Italy
Matthias Studer
  Switzerland
Gran Fondo
Age 35-39[7][8]
Wojciech Szczepanik
  Poland
Fabio Porco
  Belgium
Stefan Kirchmair
  Austria
Gran Fondo
Age 40-44[9][8]
Johnny Hoogerland
  Netherlands
Jeppe Tolboll
  Denmark
Carlo Porco
  Belgium
Gran Fondo
Age 45-49[10][8]
Jone Ellingsen
  Norway
Carlos Brito
  Portugal
Peter Verstraete
  Belgium
Gran Fondo
Age 50-54[11][8]
Alexander Vinokurov
  Kazakhstan
Raul Patino
  Spain
Adrian Jach
  Poland
Gran Fondo
Age 55-59[12][8]
Michael Schaefer
  Germany
Lieven van der Perre
  Belgium
Pascal Herve
  Canada
Medio Fondo
Age 60-64[13][8]
Jørn Fjeldavlie
  Norway
Rob Pears
  Great Britain
Mike Twelves
  Great Britain
Medio Fondo
Age 65-69[14][8]
Sylvan Adams
  Israel
Arnaldo Salazar
  Venezuela
Ron Paffen
  Netherlands
Medio Fondo
Age 70-74[15][8]
Liberto Correas
  France
Bernard Siguenza
  France
Luciano Metxelena
  Spain
Medio Fondo
Age 74-79[16][8]
André Petipas
  France
John Horsburgh
  Australia
Rob Stones
  Great Britain
Medio Fondo
Age 80-84[17][8]
James McDonald
  United States
John Jones
  Great Britain
Robert McGowan
  Great Britain
Time Trial
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Gran Fondo time trial
Age 19-34[18]
Guillaume Saye
  Belgium
Espen Helgesen
  Norway
Will Lowden
  Great Britain
Gran Fondo time trial
Age 35-39[19]
Michele Paonne
  Liechtenstein
Wojciech Szczepanik
  Poland
Jonny Allen
  Great Britain
Gran Fondo time trial
Age 40-44[20]
Simon Wilson
  Great Britain
Paul Kennedy
  Ireland
Jeppe Tolboll
  Denmark
Gran Fondo time trial
Age 45-49[21]
Andy Critchlow
  Great Britain
Jone Ellingsen
  Norway
Matthew Smith
  Great Britain
Gran Fondo time trial
Age 50-54[22]
Girts Vivers
  Latvia
Raul Patino
  Portugal
Richard Brook
  Great Britain
Gran Fondo time trial
Age 55-59[23]
Richard Oakes
  Great Britain
Michael Schaefer
  Germany
Robert Nunes
  Costa Rica
Gran Fondo time trial
Age 60-64[24]
Kevin Tye
  Great Britain
Brendan Sullivan
  United States
Mike Twelves
  Great Britain
Gran Fondo time trial
Age 65-69[25]
Sylvan Adams
  Israel
Javier Benet Fabregas
  Spain
L Painter
  United States
Gran Fondo time trial
Age 70-74[26]
Paul Mowery
  United States
Gilles Pellet
  France
Johann Taucher
  Austria
Gran Fondo time trial
Age 75-79[27]
Andre Petipas
  France
Ed Chamberlain
  United States
John Horsburgh
  Australia
Gran Fondo time trial
Age 80-84[28]
Marcel Eve
  France
Robert McGowan
  Great Britain
Herbert Lackner
  Austria
Gran Fondo time trial
Age 85-89[29]
Brian Lewis
  Great Britain

Women

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Road race
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Gran Fondo
Age 19-34[30][8]
Emily Proud
  Great Britain
Marine Lenehen
  Ireland
Michelle Gagnon
  Canada
Gran Fondo
Age 35-39[31][8]
Wies de Jong
  Netherlands
Kim Knaeps
  Belgium
Petra Pasar
  Slovenia
Gran Fondo
Age 40-44[32][8]
Mary Wilkinson
  Great Britain
Claudia Sutter
  Switzerland
Lina Cepak
  Slovenia
Gran Fondo
Age 45-49[33][8]
Ils van der Moeren
  Belgium
Esta Bovill
  Canada
Helen Jackson
  Great Britain
Medio Fondo
Age 50-54[34][8]
Amy Phillips
  United States
Jutta Stienen
  Switzerland
Michela Gorini
  Italy
Medio Fondo
Age 55-59[35][8]
Annick van Leuven
  Belgium
Ina Pfuhler
  Germany
Julie Rae
  Ireland
Medio Fondo
Age 60-64[36][8]
Suzie Godart
  Luxembourg
Lillian Pfluke
  United States
Marianne Hald
  Denmark
Medio Fondo
Age 65-69[37][8]
Linda Dewhurst
  Great Britain
Jeannie Longo
  France
Kathryn Churchill
  Great Britain
Medio Fondo
Age 70-74[38][8]
Vanessa Cooney
  United States
Gisele Thureau
  France
Mary Cullen
  New Zealand
Time Trial
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Gran Fondo time trial
Age 19-34[39]
Jessica Rhodes-Jones
  Great Britain
Lisanne Heemskerk-Immerzeel
  Netherlands
Laura Simenc
  Slovenia
Gran Fondo time trial
Age 35-39[40]
Kimberley Miller
  Germany
Laura Tibitanzl
  Germany
Jenny Asplund
  Sweden
Gran Fondo time trial
Age 40-44[41]
Anna Rzasowska
  Poland
Jennifer George
  Great Britain
Rebecca Seal
  Great Britain
Gran Fondo time trial
Age 45-49[42]
Sonja Moi
  Norway
Jeannie Blakemore
  New Zealand
Naomi de Pennington
  Great Britain
Gran Fondo time trial
Age 50-54[43]
Adelheid Schutz
  Germany
Molly van Houweling
  United States
Marijke de Smedt
  Belgium
Gran Fondo time trial
Age 55-59[44]
Angela Carpenter
  Great Britain
Elin Gronvik
  Norway
Ivana Cicchelli
  Australia
Gran Fondo time trial
Age 60-64[45]
Sarah Matthews
  Great Britain
Ruth Clemence
  United States
Andrea Nightingale
  Great Britain
Gran Fondo time trial
Age 65-69[46]
Jeannie Longo
  France
Linda Dewhurst
  Great Britain
Diane Schleicher
  United States
Gran Fondo time trial
Age 70-74[47]
Mary Cullen
  New Zealand
Vannesa Cooney
  United States
Gisele Thureau
  France
Gran Fondo time trial
Age 80-85[48]
Sarah Powers
  United States

Medal table

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After 42 events[49]

2023 UCI Gran Fondo World Championships medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Great Britain (GBR)*1151329
2  United States (USA)56213
3  France (FRA)54110
4  Belgium (BEL)43310
5  Germany (GER)3306
  Norway (NOR)3306
7  Netherlands (NED)2114
  Poland (POL)2114
9  Israel (ISR)2002
10  New Zealand (NZL)1113
11  Kazakhstan (KAZ)1001
  Latvia (LAT)1001
  Liechtenstein (LIE)1001
  Luxembourg (LUX)1001
15  Ireland (IRL)0213
  Spain (ESP)0213
  Switzerland (SUI)0213
18  Portugal (POR)0202
19  Australia (AUS)0123
  Canada (CAN)0123
  Denmark (DEN)0123
22  Italy (ITA)0112
23  Venezuela (VEN)0101
24  Austria (AUT)0033
  Slovenia (SLO)0033
26  Costa Rica (CRC)0011
  Sweden (SWE)0011
Totals (27 entries)424040122
Source: [50]

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