This weekend, for the next yr in a row, Croatia’s Istria Gran Fondo offered amateur riders the possibility to qualify for the UCI Gran Fondo Globe Championships. As 1 of the most significant mass participation events in the state, racing started off alongside the Italian border on Friday with a time demo and concluded Saturday with fondos rolling previous lovely springtime landscapes loaded with vineyards.
Various UCI Gran Fondo World Champion Igor Kopse, who was banned from 2016-2020 for an anti-doping violation, clocked the swiftest time demo final result. The 50 12 months-previous Slovenian completed the 21.8km race against the clock in 28:51, averaging 46.35kph. 27 yr-outdated Tobias Eise (29:19) of Germany was second and 46 calendar year-aged Brit Matthew Smith (29:52) gained 3rd location. The Dutch Analeen Bosma (32:52), Belgian Marijke De Smedt (33:41) and Slovenian Petra Pasar (34:38) have been the quickest gals.
Saturday’s 112km gran fondo noticed former Italian pro Francesco Zandri, 26, sprint to victory from a large group of 15 riders finishing within just two seconds of a person a further. He crossed under the banner in 2:56:05, adopted right away by Leopold Hans-Jorge of Austria and Italian Matteo Cigala. 2019 UCI Gran Fondo Globe Time Demo Winner Laura Simenc (3:10:22) won the women’s race by almost 7 minutes. The Slovenian defeated Austrians Denise Zohrer (3:17:08) and Katharina Urdl (3:19:36).
After ending second in the time demo, Marijke De Smedt returned on Saturday to get the women’s 87km medio fondo in 2:28:50, although Patrik Mikac received the men’s in 2:13:15.
Riders ending in the major 25% of their age/gender class experienced to participate in the upcoming UCI Gran Fondo Planet Championships using location in Aarlborg, Denmark upcoming autumn.
Istria Gran Fondo and Time Trial outcomes Here.
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