On Friday the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) announced nine new gran fondo world championship events for amateur cyclists trying to qualify for the 2026-2027 worlds taking place in Niseko, Japan (2026) and Haute-Savoie, France (2027).

Riders finishing in the top 25% of their UCI age/gender category at any one of the gran fondo world championship series events is automatically qualified to compete in the worlds.

For the 2026 season five new events are on the calendar:

Cape Town Cycle Tour 8 May 2026, Cape Town, South Africa

Sudety Tour 10 May 2026, Broumov, Czechia

Tour de Matra 31 May 2026, Gyongyos, Hungary

Granfondo Bulgaria 21 June 2026, Velingrad, Bulgaria

Tour de Fukushima 14 June 2026, Fukushima, Japan

New qualifying events announced for the 2027 season include:

Gran Fondo Chile 4 October 2026, Region de Los Rios, Chile

Granfondo La Nucia 18 October 2026, Nucia, Spain

Granfondo Ecuador 14 November 2026, Salinas, Ecuador

Gran Fondo Siete Lagos 22 November, Villa la Angostura, Argentina

Find the complete 2026-2027 UCI Gran Fondo World Championship Series qualifying race calendar HERE

Photo Credit: UCI Niseko

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