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2025 UCI Gran Fondo World Championships Lorne, Australia
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2025 UCI Gran Fondo World Championships in Lorne, Australia
The biggest gran fondo of the year. The 2025 UCI Gran Fondo World Championships take place in Lorne, Australia between October 17 and October 19, 2025.
Sportive Breaks Tour dates: TBC
The event sees riders from around the world compete for the Rainbow Jersey in the Time Trial and Gran Fondo Road Race. This event is the pinnacle of amateur Gran Fondo racing. To qualify, enter one of the events as part of the 2024 and 2025 UCI Gran Fondo World Series and all you have to do is finish in the top 25% of your age group. Qualifying is not as hard as you think so give it a go and represent your country in 2025!
2025 UCI Gran Fondo World Championships in Lorne schedule
- Friday October 17th – Team Relay Criterium
- Saturday October 18th – UCI Gran Fondo Individual Time Trial
- Sunday October 19th – 2025 UCI Gran Fondo World Championships – Gran Fondo and Medio Fondo
Sportive Breaks and the UCI Gran Fondo World Championships
Sportive Breaks were the official travel partner for the 2023 UCI Gran Fondo World Championships in Perth, Scotland. Sportive Breaks will provide travel and support packages to qualified riders for the 2025 edition in Lorne. We will have local support staff at the event in Lorne to support you during your stay.
Spread your payments: Our payment plan is an interest-free payment method where you will have the opportunity to spread payment for your booking.
Chef de Mission: Our Chef de Mission is Rowland Summerlin, Race Director of the 2023 UCI Gran Fondo World Championships in Perth, Scotland. Benefit from his wealth of experience.
Choice of hotels: We offer the best choice of hotels for every budget close to the start and finish.
Cycling services: As well as hotels, we will also offer mechanic services, transport, bike rental and guided rides on the course.
What's Included?
Accommodation
Team Hotel in Lorne
Included Meals
Breakfast included
Guided Rides
Recon of full ITT course and highlights of Gran Fondo course
Mechanic
Mechanics available throughout your stay
Itinerary 3/4 Night Gran Fondo
Day To Day
Please make your own arrangements to arrive at the hotel in Aalborg. Please contact us if you require a private transfer.
What about my bike?
Our mechanic will be available this afternoon at the hotel to assist you with fitting your rental bike or building your own bike after travel.
Team Relay with start and finish at Nytorv.
The team relay is a non-competitive event where mixed teams challenge for the title. No rainbow Jerseys are awarded for this event.
For those arriving today.
Please make your own arrangements to arrive at your chosen hotel in Aalborg today or contact us for a private transfer quote.
What about my bike?
Our mechanic will be available this afternoon at the hotel to assist you with building your bike after travel.
Rest day, where activities are organised on Gammel Torv in Aalborg for the many participants and the local community.
After breakfast, please ensure that you register for tomorrow’s event. We also offer a guided ride on the Gran Fondo route.
Guided Ride
Main Route: max 30km
After breakfast and any final bike adjustments, we will take you on a supported, guided ride exploring the Gran Fondo course. A short coffee spin has been organised to keep your legs moving, but nothing too strenuous the day before the sportive.
After the ride, please make your way to the event expo in to collect your race pack and attend the technical briefing for tomorrow’s Gran Fondo.
Event Registration
- 09.00 – 18.00 Registration and collection of race packs
- 14.00 – 15.00 – Technical briefing for Gran Fondo and Medio Fondo
Today is the day! We have an early start this morning. Early breakfasts are arranged in the hotel restaurant.
Getting To The Start
Our staff will be on hand this morning if you have any last-minute mechanical issues, or if you need directions to the start line.Provisional itinerary
- 10.00 – 16.30 Gran Fondo
- 10.30 – Medio Fondo races
- 16.00 – 2024 UCI Gran Fondo World Championships Podium ceremonies
Both races will start and finish in the centre of Aalborg. There are no significant climbs in either route but there will be plenty of small sharp climbs. There is one cobbled section to look out for and some technical sections in the mix.
Departure day. Please contact us if you require an airport transfer.
Itinerary 3 Night ITT
Day To Day
Please make your own arrangements to arrive at your chosen hotel in Aalborg today or contact us for a private airport transfer quote.
What about my bike?
You can bring your own bike as bikes can be safely stored at the hotel. Our mechanic will be available this afternoon at the hotel to assist you with building your bike after travel.
After breakfast, our team will lead you on a short, guided ride of the Time Trial course.
You can also register for tomorrow’s event and collect your race pack and attend the official riders briefing.
Single start with start and finish just outside the university – Gammel Hasseris Skole (Individual Time Trial).
Denmark is notorious for a wind so it is likely that you will have a head wind as you start the course but a tailwind on the return to the finish line. The course is very similar to the one used for the National Championships is 2022 and 2023. The route is flat with a short climb after 6km.
After breakfast, please make your way over to the Time Trial start. We offer private warm up areas to get ready for your slot.
This afternoon the podium ceremonies take place in Aalborg.
Departure day. Please contact us if you require a private airport transfer.
Provisional Itinerary 5 Nights ITT/Gran Fondo
Day To Day
Please make your own arrangements to arrive at our hotel in Lorne or contact us if you require a private airport transfer.
What about my bike?
Our mechanic will be available this afternoon at the hotel to assist you with building your bike after travel.
Our team will lead you on a short, guided ride of the Time Trial course.
We will take you on a guided ride of part of the Gran Fondo route.
The team relay is a non-competitive event where mixed teams challenge for the title. No rainbow Jerseys are awarded for this event. As this event takes place over 1 hour away in Geelong, we will offer transfers to Geelong on request – please contact us to inquire.
We will take you on a guided ride on part of the Gran Fondo route.
Today is the day! We have an early start this morning. Early breakfasts are arranged in the hotel restaurant.
Our staff will be on hand this morning if you have any last-minute mechanical issues, or if you need directions to the start line.
The race starts and finishes in Lorne.
If you’re not riding the Time Trial, you can rest ahead of tomorrow’s Gran Fondo. Relax and enjoy the hotel’s facilities, or make the short walk to the Start/Finish line to cheer on your fellow competitors.
Today is the day! We have an early start this morning. Early breakfasts are arranged in the hotel restaurant.
Our staff will be on hand this morning if you have any last-minute mechanical issues, or if you need directions to the start line.
The race starts and finishes in Lorne.
Departure day. Please contact us if you require a private transfer.
Strava Routes for the Gran Fondo, ITT and Medio Fondo
2025 UCI Gran Fondo World Championships
More About the UCI Gran Fondo World Championships
2023 UCI Gran Fondo World Championships
Sportive Breaks were the official fan and amateur participant travel and experiences provider of the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships in Glasgow and Scotland.
The UCI Gran Fondo World Championships took place on Friday, August 4, 2023. As part of the Super Cycling World Championships in Scotland there was also the opportunity for amateur cyclists to become world champions and wear the Rainbow Jersey for a year. Two days before the Elite Men who took to the roads of Edinburgh and Glasgow on Sunday, August 6 it was the turn of the amateurs in Perth.
Sportive Breaks welcomed 300 riders who stayed at several hotels in and around Perth.
Throughout 2022 and 2023 amateur riders had the opportunity to qualify for the World Champs in Perth by qualifying in the top 25% of their age group at a series of qualifier events worldwide. Former Olympic champion Aleksandr Vinokourov won gold in the men aged 50 to 54, while 64-year-old French cycling legend Jeannie Longo took silver in the women’s race.
Vinokourov who is the general manager of Mark Cavendish’ current team Astana Qazaqstan wasn’t the only team boss who won gold. Sportive Breaks client Sylvan Adams of team Israel-Premier Tech was victorious in the 65 – 69 age category. Former Dutch Pro rider Johnny Hoogerland of 2011 Tour de France barbed wire fame also won his age group.
2024 UCI Gran Fondo World Championships
The 2024 UCI Gran Fondo World Championships will take place in Aalborg, Denmark. The event brings together qualifying cyclists from all over the world. The winner in each age group will have the honour of wearing the coveted rainbow jersey for a year as official UCI Gran Fondo world champion.
Launched in 2011, the UCI Gran Fondo World Series (formerly known as the UCI World Cycling Tour) is a series of UCI-sanctioned road races held all over the world. Throughout the 2023 – 2024 season, a series of events will qualify the top 25% in each age group for the UCI Gran Fondo World Championships. The age group winners of the UCI Gran Fondo World Championships are awarded the UCI rainbow jersey. The qualifier events are open to riders of all levels: those who aim to make the podium and others who wish to cross the finish line in the best possible time. For more information: http://www.ucigranfondoworldseries.com/
Who can take part?
Each UCI Gran Fondo World Series event of the 2023-2024 seasons grants qualification rights for the 2024 UCI Gran Fondo World Championships. Events Calendar available here. Based on the results of each race, the first 20% of athletes in each age group will be qualified for the UCI Gran Fondo World Championships. The 20% is calculated based on the number of starters in each age group, and not on the number of riders having finished the race. In addition, the first three riders of each official age category will qualify directly for the UCI Gran Fondo World Championships, independently of the number of starters in that age group. Riders must finish the race to gain qualification.
Jersey is obligatory
It is mandatory for a rider to wear their national kit at the UCI Gran Fondo World Championships Time Trial, Team Relay and Road Race. Although the official national jersey is not required, a jersey representing their country with a similar design and colours as the original national team jersey is required. Private or club sponsors are allowed to be featured on the national jersey.
How to Travel to Lorne
Lorne is located in Victoria, on Australia’s famous Great Ocean Road.
The closest major international airport is Melbourne (MEL) which currently has direct flights from Los Angeles, San Francisco and Dallas.
It is approximately 2 hours from Melbourne airport to Lorne by taxi or rental car. The journey by train and bus takes 4 to 5 hours and involves 2 connections.
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