CycloWorld regularly collects short news around gran fondos and sportives. Stay tuned!

• l'Etape du Tour (4-7) is cancelled. This cancellation is rather unexpected for us. The trend is for more and more events are happening.

• From Wednesday, France will reopen its borders to tourists. A vaccination certificate or a negative PCR test no older than 48 hours is required.

• Till July 1, events, and therefore tours, are prohibited in the Netherlands. According to De Telegraaf, however, the government is considering allowing small-scale events to start again as early as 25-6.

• The Grossglockner Bike Challenge (10-7) will go ahead, registration is still open until 13-6. This is a climbing time trial from the south side of the mountain. There is a similar event that climbs the north side, the Glocknerkönig. This one has unfortunately been cancelled for this year.

• There are still 300 spots available for the Strade Bianche Achterhoek, reports the organization on Facebook. 

• Both the Sportful Dolomiti Race (left two jerseys) and La Fausto Coppi (right jersey) have unveiled their new jerseys. The latter shirt, by the way, was made by CycloWorld clothing partner Parentini. Judge for yourself...