GFNY COZUMEL The First Gran Fondo In Paradise

 
COZUMEL, Mexico - March 26, 2014 - PRLog -- GFNY Cozumel: A unique new event in the growing sport of Granfondo cycling

COZUMEL, Mexico
-- GFNY Cozumel, a new granfondo cycling event in Cozumel, Mexico November 23 has been announced by its partners Paradise Sports Management of Cozumel and GFNY World of New York City. The event will combine the tropical island’s growing reputation as a cycling vacation destination with the Gran Fondo New York, the most successful and authentic granfondo brand in the United States.

Granfondos are mass-start amateur road cycling events fashioned after similar events that originated in Italy and were first introduced to North America in 2008. Granfondo is an Italian word that translates to “big ride” in English. The events accommodate cyclists ranging from elite amateur racers to fit recreational riders. New riders with several months of training can challenge themselves in granfondos or in shorter related events called mediofondos.

Shaun Gad and Miguel Gonzalez, of Paradise Sport Management, says GFNY Cozumel will feature GFNY’s classic Italian granfondo formula that allows cyclists to ride or race over difficult, scenic and traffic-free roads together with Cozumel’s beachside roads, challenging Caribbean winds and Mariachi fiesta atmosphere.

“I think a combination of the GFNY and our climate, terrain and atmosphere will yield a unique experience for cyclists looking to combine an early winter vacation with a challenging day on the bike, as well as for the growing numbers of racers and enthusiasts we have in Mexico and the Caribbean who have never experienced a granfondo,” says Gad.

GFNY Cozumel offers a granfondo distance of 160 kilometers/100 miles) and a mediofondo distance of 80 kms/50 miles.  This event brings challenges that are unique to the sport of granfondo and are no less daunting than the steep climbs and tricky descents of some other granfondo events.  Although the course is flat, riders will need to overcome the relentless tropical sun and the constant Caribbean trade winds.

GFNY World, a subsidiary of Gran Fondo New York Inc. owned by Lidia and Uli Fluhme, is partnering a series of granfondo events under the GFNY brand outside the United States.

GFNY’s Uli Fluhme believes the new Cozumel event will be embraced by riders who participate in the GFNY each May and then look around for other events with the same quality and experience to fill out their season. “Partnering with Shaun and Miguel in Cozumel gives us an event that we can recommend to our patrons and to other cycling enthusiasts around the world,” says Fluhme.

Cozumel is 30 miles long and 10 miles wide located 12 miles off the eastern coast of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula in the Caribbean Sea about 45 miles south of Cancun. The area is known as the Riviera Maya.

Cozumel has long been a mecca for sailors and sail boarders, but in recent years the island has also become a training destination for competitive cyclists and a popular vacation destination for sun-seeking cycling-oriented families. Both Ironman Triathlon and the ITU Triathlon World Cup have annual events on Cozumel and the island is also a regional hotbed for hardcore racing cyclists. Cozumel has a two-lane cycling path only a few feet from its white sand Caribbean beaches that runs around much of the island.

GFNY Cozumel partnership sponsors at this date include the Mr. Sancho’s Beach Club, Diamonds International, TVC Deportes, La Cocay, Presidente Intercontinental, Casa Mexicana, AthleticCamps and Biemme.

Contact for more information:

Info: info@gfnycozumel.com

Website: www.GFNYCozumel.com
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