2023 UCI Gran Fondo World Championships

2023 UCI Gran Fondo World Championships

Venue	Glasgow, United Kingdom
Date(s)	3–6 August
Velodrome	Perth, Scotland
Events	20

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]}

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

Men

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

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

After 42 events ^[49]

2023 UCI Gran Fondo World Championships medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain  (GBR)*	11	5	13	29
2	United States  (USA)	5	6	2	13
3	France  (FRA)	5	4	1	10
4	Belgium  (BEL)	4	3	3	10
5	Germany  (GER)	3	3	0	6
	Norway  (NOR)	3	3	0	6
7	Netherlands  (NED)	2	1	1	4
	Poland  (POL)	2	1	1	4
9	Israel  (ISR)	2	0	0	2
10	New Zealand  (NZL)	1	1	1	3
11	Kazakhstan  (KAZ)	1	0	0	1
	Latvia  (LAT)	1	0	0	1
	Liechtenstein  (LIE)	1	0	0	1
	Luxembourg  (LUX)	1	0	0	1
15	Ireland  (IRL)	0	2	1	3
	Spain  (ESP)	0	2	1	3
	Switzerland  (SUI)	0	2	1	3
18	Portugal  (POR)	0	2	0	2
19	Australia  (AUS)	0	1	2	3
	Canada  (CAN)	0	1	2	3
	Denmark  (DEN)	0	1	2	3
22	Italy  (ITA)	0	1	1	2
23	Venezuela  (VEN)	0	1	0	1
24	Austria  (AUT)	0	0	3	3
	Slovenia  (SLO)	0	0	3	3
26	Costa Rica  (CRC)	0	0	1	1
	Sweden  (SWE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (27 entries)		42	40	40	122

Source: ^[50]

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49. Not all events award all medals due to competitor numbers