Cyclosportive
Sign in to save300px|thumb|upright=1.35|The Maratona dles Dolomites A cyclosportive, or often simply sportive, is a short to long distance, organised, mass-participation cycling event, typically held annually. The Italian term Gran Fondo is commonly used for these events in the United States, Australia and some other English-speaking countries.
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- Sportive event timings
- Established sportive events
- Examples of notable cyclosportives
- See also
- References
300px|thumb|upright=1.35|The Maratona dles Dolomites A cyclosportive, or often simply sportive, is a short to long distance, organised, mass-participation cycling event, typically held annually. The Italian term Gran Fondo is commonly used for these events in the United States, Australia and some other English-speaking countries.
Cyclosportive is short for the French term (the spelling cyclosportif is sometimes also used but cyclosportive is correct as randonnée is a feminine noun in French).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cyclosportive” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.