Gravel Fondo Limburg is a professionally organized gravel race with time registration within the UCI Gravel World Series and takes place in Valkenburg, the Netherlands. Open to licensed pro and elite riders, but also amateurs and hobby riders. You will enjoy a lot of cycling history, hilly sections, lössgrond and beautiful unpaved tracks. In the race you can expect extensive feed zones, medical and technical assistance, a start, finish and festival area at the Shimano Experience Center in Valkenburg and much more!
As per the official qualification system for the 2024 UCI Gravel World Championships, Gravel Fondo Limburg grants qualification rights for the UCI Gravel World Championships 2024 in Halle-Leuven, Belgium for those riders finishing in the first 25% of the official qualifying distances in the Elite and specific age groups.
These are the categories and (provisional) related course distances:
Elite Women and Men: 120 km (three loops race)
Women 19-49 years: 120 km race (three loops race)
Women 50+ years: 80 km race (two loops race)
Men 19-59 years: 120 km rac (three loops race)
Men 60+ years: 80 km race (two loops race)
Please note: you can start in a different distance then stated above, but if you do not enter the officialy qualifying distance for your category (Elite or age category) you are not eligible for qualification for the UCI World Championships.
Age Groups applicable to the UCI Gravel World Series are defined by the rider’s age on December 31st of the year of the qualifier event.
Riders that will not turn 19 in 2024 (calendar year) cannot qualify for the UCI World Championship. As the minimum age to participate in the UCI Gravel World Championships is 19 years old, only riders born before 31 December 2004 can qualify for the UCI Gravel World Championships 2023. For events organized in the same year and immediately following the World Championships (October-December), riders aged 18 at the moment of qualification may already qualify as they will turn 19 in the year of the UCI Gravel World Championships 2025.
The 25% qualifiers is calculated based on the number of starters in each specific category (Elite or age category), and not on the number of riders having finished the race. Qualification is always per specific category (Elite or age category) and based on specific category (Elite or age category) results, not on overall results. Top 3 riders in every specific category (Elite or age category) are automatically qualified. Riders must finish the race to gain qualification.
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The 2024 Trek UCI Gravel World Series will consist of qualifier events and a UCI World Championships in which the best riders can race for the coveted rainbow jerseys. The top 25% of the Elite and each age group qualifies for the UCI Gravel World Championships which will again take place in Halle-Leuven (Belgium) in October.
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