Patterson and Wisniewski win the inaugural edition

New York City, September 13, 2023 – York hosted the first edition of GFNY Pennsylvania this past Sunday.  The challenging race course was 84.3 miles long with an elevation gain of 5143 feet. 

The race started out fast with a strong peloton of 60 riders.  After a string of attacks, it was at mile 20 when Gary Hand (United Kingdom) was successful and successfully got away.  He managed to stay solo for 25 miles.  In the chase group were three time GFNY Florida-Sebring champion León Santamaria (Colombia) and GFNY Ann Arbor champion Ben Gorodetsky (NYC, USA) who managed to close the gap by mile 60.

In the four man sprint to the line, Hand’s team mate Konner Wisniewski (USA) took the win in 3:36:13 ahead of Steven Nino (Colombia) and Gorodetsky.

In the female race, GFNY 2019 World Champion Jill Patterson (USA) took the win in 03:45:38 ahead of Ashley Messoline (USA).  Kae Takeshita (Japan) rounded out the podium in third place.  

Next up on the GFNY calendar are the fifth editions of GFNY Bali and GFNY Manta which will take place this Sunday, September 17, 2023.

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