Registrations are open for the Istria Granfondo

Registrations are open for the ninth edition of the Istria Granfond, the most famous cycling marathon in Istria, which is scheduled for April 14 and 15, 2023. This popular cycling event was supposed to be held in October 2022, but was moved to next year from an extremely exciting for the reason that the Istria Granfondo becomes part of the UCI Gran Fondo World Series. Anyone interested can apply via the website www.coloursofistria.com.

It is a great honor for the organizers that, for the first time in Croatian history, a race of this kind will be part of the largest series of races in amateur cycling in the world, run by the UCI (World Cycling Federation). It is a series of 28 competitions held all over the world on as many as 5 continents, and will culminate in the UCI Grand Fondo Series World Championship from August 4 to 7, 2023 in Glasgow. Therefore, the results achieved in the main race of the Istria Granfond, the ninth stop of the UCI Grand Fondo Series, will also be valid in the overall ranking of the cyclists who will fight for their place among the elite at the WC in Scotland. Thus, the best cyclists by age group from the Istria Granfond will have the opportunity and the right to fight for the title of world champion and become the owners of the rainbow colored T-shirt, the symbol of the World Cycling Federation and cycling.

(Content taken from: https://umag.hr/)