Competition

Gran Fondo New York has prizes valued at $100,000! With fun categories like Best Vintage Cyclist, Fastest Brooklynite, Largest Team, Oldest Rider, Youngest Rider, and more. Would you like to be a sponsor of a category? We'd love to hear from you, email us at info@granfondony.com

Individual Competition

Individuals can also register as members of a team to take part in the GFNY Team Competition.

The four timed climbs are added together to determine a total time and overall ranking.
The age groups are:

18-39 male/female
40-44 m/f
45-49 m/f
50-54 m/f
55-59 m/f
60-64 m/f
65+ f
65-69 m
70-74 m
75+ m

The medals:

The top 25% of each category receive a gold medal. All other finishers including Medio Fondo finishers receive a silver medal. The medals co-function as a bottle opener.

Team Competition

Individuals can register as members of a team to take part in the GFNY Team Competition.

The four fastest times from a team will be added and ranked to determine the fastest team.
All team member splits are totaled and ranked.
The podium 4-person teams will be awarded prizes.
All members of a Cycling Team are eligible for individual age group prizes.

Him+Her Category

A female and male rider have to start and finish each of the four climbs within thirty seconds of each other.

Because it's tough to find two riders of the same ability and fitness, pushing, pulling, dragging, encouraging, screaming, shouting and any other means of working together is allowed.
The Him+Her team competion consists of two age categories: sub-90 and 90+ years old combined.
Members of a Him+Her team are not eligible for individual age group prizes because rider assistance among team members in this category is permitted.

Competition and raffle prizes valued at more than $100,000

Winners of all categories will receive special winners' jerseys.

[pic: 2011 design]

The King and Queen of Mountain will ride home on their new PINARELLO road bikes.

MAVIC racing and training wheels

Campagnolo groupsets

45 pair of DIADORA racing shoes

48 LIMAR Ultralight helmets

48 LIMAR shades

50 SELLE SAN MARCO saddles

115 VITTORIA tires

50 buckets of FINISH LINE bike maintenance products

200 HIBROS body maintenance products

The fastest New Yorker Team enjoys a Blue Ribbon pub and restaurant crawl.

Anyone who beats the pre-existing Strava record on any of the timed climbs is invited to the Strava booth at the finish to upload their ride and receive a prize.

Distribution of prizes is at the discretion of the organizer. Raffle prizes will be given out during the awards ceremony among particicpants. How? Just be there!