Gran Fondo National Series®

A Gran Fondo National Series® Points Championships title will be awarded in each Gran, Medio, and Piccolo Route age-group category, to the rider who has the fewest number of points after participating in a minimum of three Gran Fondo National Series events in the same distance category. In other words, three Gran route finishes counts, or three Medio route finishes, but two Gran route finishes and one Medio finish does not. For a full list of qualifying events see: https://www.granfondonationalseries.com/all-events

Points Series Results

• 2023 Points Series Final Results

• 2022 Points Series Final Results

• 2021 Points Series Final Results

• 2019 Points Series Final Results

Calculating Series Points

Racers must attend at least three events to qualify for series titles.  At each event, a rider's points equal their placing in that event. 1st place gets one point, 2nd place gets 2 points….37th place gets 37 points. Your series standing is determined by adding the three lowest scores, from the same distance category, together. Say a rider finishes 3rd at one event, 8th at another event, and 1st in their last event; the riders series score would be 12; (3+8+1=12). If you participate in more than three events your worst score will be dropped and only your best three finishes will be calculated towards your overall score.

Cyclists can ride any distance category at any event, but must complete at least three of the same course distance category (i.e. 3x Gran, or 3x Medio, or 3x Piccolo) to qualify for the Gran Fondo National Series Points Championship.

For Series Points earned at a the National Championships event, the participants in both the Gran Route and GFNats will be scored together.

If there is a tie, the following will be used to weigh the points value – First, regardless of course ridden, points earned at the National Championships event will be weighted to determine the winner. Secondly, if neither rider attends the National Championships, and if the riders competed in the same event, the title will go to the rider who scored highest at that event. Third, if neither rider was in the National Championships and the riders never competed in the same event then the title will go to the rider with the most recent result. 

Awards will be given for the Series winners in the Medio, Piccolo, and Gran Routes. Each 1st place Series winner for each age group for the Gran Route will be awarded a Series winners kit.

Points Earned at Partner Events: Age-groups for scoring will be matched to Gran Fondo National Series age-groups and may not follow the same primary age-groupings used at Partnered Events. Age groups for Gran Fondo National Series points are as follows:

• Male U23

• Men 23-34

• Men 35-44

• Men 45-54

• Men 55-64

• Men 65-69

• Men 70+

• Female U23

• Female 23-34

• Female 35-44

• Female 45-54

• Female 55-64

• Female 65-69

• Female 70+

The National Championship event has a 75+ category. Those participants will be placed in the series as 65+.

Please note:

The Gran Fondo National Series® applies to the series, the Gran Fondo National Championships counts as one of the events in the series. The riders with the best three race finishes in their age groups will be crowned winners of the Gran Fondo National Series.

The Gran Fondo National Championship is also a stand alone single day race for the National Championship title and the winners of the Gran Route (~100 mile) of each age group category at this event will be crowned a USA Cycling Gran Fondo National Champion.