A staple in your goodie bag for 10 years straight: the GFNY bottle by ELITE. For the true BE A PRO FOR A DAY experience, we’ll get you world’s lightest bottle, the ELITE Fly in the special edition GFNY design.
“The Fly Bottle is the result of a 3-year study conducted with two different University research teams aimed at introducing the lightest water bottle in the market.
The objectives of this study were:
finalizing the perfect racing bottle in terms of how easily you can squeeze it and get the greatest amount of water;
creating a new plastic compound that would reduce development of bacteria and molds, and therefore a longer life cycle of the bottle;
reducing the environmental impact of life cycles of our bottles.
The result is the Fly bottle, that, at a weight of just 58g for the 750ml version, takes first place as the world’s lightest bottle. Standard bottles’ weight is around 90-100g – for the 500ml version!
By saving up to 40-45% of plastic material, ELITE massively reduced the environmental impact of their production.
Since the Fly bottles are conceived to be reused, ELITE made sure that the odorless valve could be removed very easily for cleaning and drying.
Production-wise, 100% of raw material used for creating the Fly bottles is transformed into final product, including scraps, allowing us to achieve a non-stop material recycle.
ELITE’s production center also makes use of pharmaceutical technology via electric-powered machinery that minimizes energy use, because it doesn’t require constant pressure as hydraulic machines would. Without hydraulic control, there are also no oil contamination risks, which is key for products destined for food use like water bottles. And as another benefit, ELITE achieves faster and greener production cycles.”
“I love this bottle for yet another reason,” adds GFNY co-founder Uli. “I always preferred the look of a 500ml bottle but it carries too little fluid. A second bottle isn’t an option, because my second bottle cage hosts the tool bottle. I choose the tool bottle over a second drink bottle because saddle bags add weight to an area on the bike that moves to the side when riding out of the saddle. It doesn’t feel good to have the added weight or – even worse – something dangling around.”
“Bring in the 750ml ELITE Fly bottle: it’s barely taller than a standard 500ml bottle due to its sleek cap design but carries 50% more liquid.”
The capital city of Malaysia will open the Asian GFNY season
This Sunday, GFNY Kuala Lumpur offers racers a 135.6 km long course which will take riders from the heart of the city, into the hilly outskirts and back to Merdeka Plaza for a total of 1531m of climbing. The finish line will be at the iconic Sultan Abdul Samad Building.
After NYC, Bogota, Mexico City, Jerusalem and Quito, the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur is the sixth GFNY in a capital city – and it’s the first one in Asia.
“Holding a GFNY in a capital city and metropolis like Kuala Lumpur is as fascinating for the riders as it is challenging for the organizers,” says GFNY CEO Uli Fluhme. “But once the race comes together, it’s magic for riders to race through closed city streets – and to see it executed by our team.”
Race week activities will take place at Jln Raja in the city center. It includes the GFNY Festival, Expo and registration on Saturday. The capital city of Malaysia will offer a variety of food and shopping options which will excite and surprise GFNY riders, families and friends who get to experience everything from glitzy shopping malls and fine dining to markets and street food.
GFNY Global Endurance Sports Series is a sports event company with three decades of experience in racing, planning and organizing events. The global endurance sports brand hosts multiple events throughout the year around the world on five continents.
Working with partners around the world to deliver a first-class experience, GFNY Global Endurance Sports Series puts its athletes first.
Cycling
30-plus events held around the world. View the latest calendar here
Riders get to BE A PRO FOR A DAY ® by competing against others, themselves and the clock in a personal endurance challenge.
Top 10% (20% at regional championships) of finishers in each age group qualify for the Elite Qualifier Corral at every GFNY World event.
GFNY World Championship NYC
The 11th annual GFNY World Championship New York will be held on May 21, 2023. The race features the world’s most international peloton with riders from over 90 countries. Athletes take on a challenging 100-mile route from NYC to Bear Mountain to Fort Lee to compete against each other, the clock and themselves in a personal endurance challenge.
GFNY received a warm welcome at the Caribbean island
New York City, February 8, 2023 – San Juan, Puerto Rico hosted the second edition ofGFNY Puerto Ricothis past Sunday over 133.1 km with 1550m of climbing.
Under clear skies with perfect temperatures, Team 305ycle (Miami) were the first to make a move with two of their riders: three time GFNY Florida Champion Leon Santamaria (Colombia) and Felipe Aros (Chile) made the break from the peloton, generating a big gap.
The chase group included former Israel Cycling Academy pro Luis Lemus, Flavio de Luna (Mexico) and Camilo Vidal (Chile), fighting tooth and nail to close the gap to the leaders.
During the last climb of the day, Lemus suffered a puncture. De Luna and Vidal passed Santamaria but they were not able to catch up to Aros who took the solo win in 3:43:09. De Luna and Vidal rounded out the podium.
In the female race, local Erialis Otero took the solo win in 04:30:17, thirty two minutes ahead of Fabiola Acaron and Cassandra Sutillo who rounded out the all Puerto Rico podium.
Next up on the GFNY calendar isGFNY Kuala Lumpurthis Sunday February 12, 2023.
About GFNY Global Endurance Sports Series
GFNY Global Endurance Sports Series is a sports event company with three decades of experience in racing, planning and organizing events. The global endurance sports brand hosts multiple events throughout the year around the world on five continents.
Working with partners around the world to deliver a first-class experience, GFNY Global Endurance Sports Series puts its athletes first.
Cycling
30-plus events held around the world. View the latest calendar here
Riders get to BE A PRO FOR A DAY ® by competing against others, themselves and the clock in a personal endurance challenge.
Top 10% (20% at regional championships) of finishers in each age group qualify for the Elite Qualifier Corral at every GFNY World event.
GFNY World Championship NYC
The 11th annual GFNY World Championship New York will be held on May 21, 2023. The race features the world’s most international peloton with riders from over 90 countries. Athletes take on a challenging 100-mile route from NYC to Bear Mountain to Fort Lee to compete against each other, the clock and themselves in a personal endurance challenge.
GFNY is a personal endurance challenge where you compete against others, the clock and yourself. Some athletes will compete for the podium, others will do their best to beat the cut-off. GFNY is about doing your best. You make the event what you want it to be. But it is meant to be a personal challenge.
GFNY World events provide you that same challenge in locations around the world. Additionally, you get the chance to earn a spot in the qualifier corral at every GFNY. All GFNY events provide the following for you to BE A PRO FOR A DAY:
Mass start
Individual chip timing from start to finish with awards for all categories
Closed roads or police moderated traffic that ensures you don’t have to stop during the race.
NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP February 5, 2023 Race through the jungle and test your legs and lungs. Be ready for five steep & punchy climbs as well as fast, technical descents.
SOUTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP May 7, 2023 Take on the heart of Ecuador’s high altitude capital, set at nearly 3000m above sea level. The course offers breathtaking views of the Andean mountains with its snow covered volcano peaks.
August 6, 2023 Enjoy fast racing over rolling hills in summer conditions through scenic northern Illinois. You’ll ride past incredible nature: Nygren Wetland Preserve, Williams Tree Farm and more.
October 1, 2023 Race a flat and fast, with occasional high winds course. GFNY Maryland is GFNY’s flattest GFNY, making it fast for athletes who are working together in a peloton.
October 1, 2023 Race hard first then party hard at the finish line. Guadalajara’s fashionable suburb Zapopan is your host for this flat and fast extravaganza.
October 15, 2023 Located in the heart of Brazil’s wine region, Bento offers perfect roads, beautiful views of vineyard-covered hills and excellent gastronomy. You’ll quickly understand why it’s called the “Tuscany of South America”.
October 22, 2023 The gentle rolling hills, low-volume traffic roads and charming small towns make GFNY Florida Sebring an ideal cycling vacation destination.
Puerto Rico’s return to the GFNY calendar will be this Sunday February 5
GFNY Puerto Rico offers riders a race course of 133.1 km with 1550m of climbing. Start and finish will be in the capital of San Juan. The racecourse begins flat through Carolina but quickly turns inland on undulating roads including four distinctive climbs before heading back through Carolina to the finish in San Juan.
“It’s great to be back with a GFNY in Puerto Rico after our first race here in 2015,” says GFNY CEO Uli Fluhme. “Back then it was only GFNY’s third race outside NYC, after Italy and Cozumel. Today, we’re looking at 35 races this year alone and the whole race series has had well over 100 races.”
“Our championship races not only crown the regional champions who receive a fully paid trip to the World Championship in NYC. They’re also appreciated by the age groupers because not only the top 10% but the top 20% of each age group qualify for the Racer Corral for the following 380 days.”
Race week activities will take place at the Mall of San Juan. It includes the traditional group ride on Saturday where cyclists get to enjoy a casual ride together.
GFNY Global Endurance Sports Series is a sports event company with three decades of experience in racing, planning and organizing events. The global endurance sports brand hosts multiple events throughout the year around the world on five continents.
Working with partners around the world to deliver a first-class experience, GFNY Global Endurance Sports Series puts its athletes first.
Cycling
30-plus events held around the world. View the latest calendar here
Riders get to BE A PRO FOR A DAY ® by competing against others, themselves and the clock in a personal endurance challenge.
Top 10% (20% at regional championships) of finishers in each age group qualify for the Elite Qualifier Corral at every GFNY World event.
GFNY World Championship NYC
The 11th annual GFNY World Championship New York will be held on May 21, 2023. The race features the world’s most international peloton with riders from over 90 countries. Athletes take on a challenging 100-mile route from NYC to Bear Mountain to Fort Lee to compete against each other, the clock and themselves in a personal endurance challenge.
The day after a GFNY is held, every athlete who finished the race gets an email with a post-race survey that captures rankings as well as feedback. The race organizers do read the surveys – thank you for sharing your feedback, it helps us to continue to improve and evolve the experience. If you take part in a race but do not receive a survey email in the days immediately following the race, you can go to your gfny.cc account and you can access the survey link from your GFNY.cc account.
Have your say in determining category winners of the 2023 Athlete Choice Awards by responding to the post-race survey. We appreciate reading areas your GFNY can improve, but also hearing where your GFNY did great!
Here are the GFNY Athletes’ Choice Awards 2022 results:
The GFNY Conference offers expert panels on training, travel, the GFNY World Calendar and the GFNY World Championship NYC 2023
New York City, January 26, 2023 – The GFNY Conference will take place this Sunday January 29, 2023. GFNY invites all athletes to register for free and to tune into the GFNY Conference which will be presented in three different languages:
French at 12pm CET
English at 12pm ET
Spanish at 2.30pm ET
All four panels will be held in each language.
Panel 1
34 GFNY races in Asia, Europe, North America South America in 2023 – whether for a first timer, someone going for a three-timer medal, or climbing the ladder to ten, twenty, or more GFNY finishes, we will discuss all that’s available to the riders on the always growing GFNY calendar.
Panel 2
Get an introduction to the brand new GFNY Training Plans on the Training Peaks platform, the latest addition to the GFNY Coaching offerings.
Panel 3
What a GFNY rider can expect on race day and how to arrive calm, prepared, and ready to enjoy the experience.
Panel 4
How an athlete should choose a GFNY race to maximize the experience and achieve the set goals.
GFNY Global Endurance Sports Series is a sports event company with three decades of experience in racing, planning and organizing events. The global endurance sports brand hosts multiple events throughout the year around the world on five continents.
Working with partners around the world to deliver a first-class experience, GFNY Global Endurance Sports Series puts its athletes first.
Cycling
30-plus events held around the world. View the latest calendar here
Riders get to BE A PRO FOR A DAY ® by competing against others, themselves and the clock in a personal endurance challenge.
Top 10% (20% at regional championships) of finishers in each age group qualify for the Elite Qualifier Corral at every GFNY World event.
GFNY World Championship NYC
The 11th annual GFNY World Championship New York will be held on May 21, 2023. The race features the world’s most international peloton with riders from over 90 countries. Athletes take on a challenging 100-mile route from NYC to Bear Mountain to Fort Lee to compete against each other, the clock and themselves in a personal endurance challenge.
New for GFNY NYC 2023, we are adding a new category celebrating the club with the most finishers. Already 300+ clubs are signed up and will be represented on May 21st. Many returning clubs like Swatt Club, Team Colavita, Road Kings, CCNS Charles Coaching, NYCC, BTCNJ and more!
There are a number of clubs that are doubling or tripling their presence in 2023 like Officine Mattio, Peru NY, PinnoyBiker, sumitate-sab-mtb Argentina, ASPTT Mulhouse, Major Taylor Cycling Club, Milano Cycling, Bergenline Cycling Club, 305ycle, Rosa Cycles, Key Biscane Velo Club, Just For Giggles Cycling, Chile Adventure, Bocadillo, Bike Mart, The Eagles, TriWave, Urban SOS CC, Westchester Cycle Club and others – thank you for joining GFNY NYC 2023!
Important: In order to be ranked on the same team, make sure you and your teammates enter an identical team name. Adding an extra letter or deleting a space will mean your team name doesn’t match and you won’t be ranked with the team.
If you want to check, edit, or add your team name, go to gfny.cc and log into your GFNY account with your email. Go to the Tickets tab and click on Edit. You can make changes like your jersey size, distance and team name until 21 days before the race.
Looking back at GFNY 2022, we want to give a shoutout to the most-represented clubs at GFNY NYC 2022:
ASD Swatt Club
CCNS Charles Coaching
Colavita Cycling Club
Fire Cycling Team
Maglia Nera Cycling
NYCC Racing
Penka Cycling
Road Kings
Ruta 56
Team Roula
USADA announces four year suspension of the Mexican rider for antidoping rule violation at GFNY Florida 2022
NEW YORK CITY, January 12, 2023 – A sprint decided the race after 95 miles at the 3rd GFNY Florida Sebring on October 23, 2022.
At the finish, however, there was a controversy during the antidoping controls administered by USADA: fourth place finisher Elias Montañez Barros (Merida, Mexico) sprinted away faster from the antidoping chaperone than to the race finish. After a hectic chase, he was found at his car, changed and ready to leave.
First he pretended to be someone else but his wristband identified him. He then was brought to the USADA testing tent where he was explained the consequences of declining to be tested: a lengthy racing ban. Yet, he refused to get tested and walked off. And not only that: he raced a week later in his home Merida and finished third there. Furthermore, he accused GFNY and USADA for running illegal antidoping controls and smearing his reputation.
Barroso received a four year suspension from USADA for “evading sample collection or refusing or failing to submit to sample collect without compelling justification.”
In addition to this four year, global racing ban starting November 30, 2022, he received a lifetime ban from racing any GFNY. Montañez Barroso has been disqualified from all competitive results obtained subsequent to GFNY Florida Sebring.
“There is the saying you can’t make a racehorse out of a donkey,” says GFNY CEO Uli Fluhme. “And I long believed that. But I’m no longer sure.”
“In the lead group of four that I watched from the race director’s car, he clearly stood out. The other riders looked great and smooth on their bike, like experienced riders do with thousands of miles in their bodies. Barroso on the other hand looked uncomfortable and moved a lot on his bike. He didn’t look the part. Why was he in this group of elite riders and ex-pros, all guys who train 15,000-20,000 miles per year? Now we know. Modern drugs are powerful and clearly able to drastically distort true performance levels.”
“In competition (IC) testing is and remains important to show force and detract athletes from cheating,” says GFNY CEO Uli Fluhme.
“IC testing is often dubbed an ‘IQ test’. But it also means that athletes have to microdose or stop taking drugs earlier before the race. Add to that the performance detrimental anxiety of actually testing positive. Half times of drugs aren’t an exact science because they depend on the athlete’s metabolism and factors like hydration. All this forces a doper to take less drugs. And if they don’t expect to get tested at all – like Montañez Barroso – then IC testing is obviously as effective as out of competition (OOC) testing.”
OOC testing remains a key pillar of GFNY’s antidoping strategy since 2012 when GFNY was the first mass participation race to do so. GFNY keeps exploring ways to keep its races as clean as possible. The vast majority of riders race clean and deserve this effort.
“Sadly, we’re quite alone among mass participation race organizers with our antidoping actions,” Fluhme adds. “I’ve lobbied for two decades for antidoping at mass participation races but it’s costly so most prefer not to spend money on it. While we keep doing what we can, I highly encourage riders to choose wisely where to race. At GFNY, dopers are not welcome – and we make sure they know.”
USADA adds in their press release: “In order to aid athletes, support team members, parents and coaches, USADA provides clear instructions on its website on the testing process and prohibited substances, how to file and update athlete whereabouts, how to obtain permission to use of necessary medication and the risks and dangers of taking supplements as well as performance enhancing and recreational drugs”.
About GFNY Global Endurance Sports Series
GFNY Global Endurance Sports Series is a sports event company with three decades of experience in racing, planning and organizing events. The global endurance sports brand hosts multiple events throughout the year around the world on five continents.
Working with partners around the world to deliver a first-class experience, GFNY Global Endurance Sports Series puts its athletes first.
Cycling
30-plus events held around the world. View the latest calendar here
Riders get to BE A PRO FOR A DAY ® by competing against others, themselves and the clock in a personal endurance challenge.
Top 10% (20% at regional championships) of finishers in each age group qualify for the Elite Qualifier Corral at every GFNY World event.
GFNY World Championship NYC
The 11th annual GFNY World Championship New York will be held on May 21, 2023. The race features the world’s most international peloton with riders from over 90 countries. Athletes take on a challenging 100-mile route from NYC to Bear Mountain to Fort Lee to compete against each other, the clock and themselves in a personal endurance challenge.
GFNY has partnered with TrainingPeaks to help you prepare for your next race with a GFNY training plan. The easy-to-follow plans will help you get started with structured workouts and train smarter to achieve your race day goals.
Achieve your goals by training with a GFNY training plan. The plans are written by GFNY Coaches, with options for beginner, intermediate and advanced cyclists, and are tailored for the type of GFNY race course you’ll be racing – flat / rolling hills, or mountains.
Top Cyclists Use TrainingPeaks
With TrainingPeaks you can quickly upload training data, view workouts, add notes and make analysis informed decisions about your training. Use the same training software as many top performance teams to achieve your personal performance goals.
Train The Right Way
Confidence comes from the perfect strategy combined with the best training tools.
Take advantage of the Premium Athlete Edition
With extra insights and data, it’s a great tool to give you more insight into your training. With a TrainingPeaks Premium subscription, you unlock exclusive features, including:
Advanced Heart Rate, Pace, and Power Charts
Weekly fitness summaries
Peak Performance management charts
Future workout planning
The ability to add notes, reminders and updates
Premium-only beta features such as StackUp and weather forecasting
Not ready for Premium? All GFNY athletes receive a free Basic Edition account.
Explore GFNY Training Plans
Benefit from training structure and work out smarter by following a GFNY training plan. GFNY training plans are designed to give you flexibility and control over your training process and adjust based on how you feel, the weather and your physical condition.
Choose by your experience level, plus the type of race course terrain you’ll be taking on. The GFNY training plans will give you the expert instruction and motivation needed to reach your race day goals. Delivered on our web and mobile platform, there are training plans for every level of athlete and every type of race.
A customized training plan for you with GFNY Coaching
If you are looking for a personalized training plan that is better tailored to your schedule, cycling experience, fitness and goals, check out GFNY Coaching. No matter your goals or level of experience in cycling, with GFNY Coaching you get personalized training plans, advice, and guidance to do your best at your next race. Whether you have a couple of months to tune-up, or half a year to change yourself completely as a rider, you will be ready to earn that PR, get your highest placing ever, or finish your first GFNY.
Quality Coaching
Our GFNY Coaching team is made up of qualified coaches with years of success in working with athletes of all fitness levels and varying experience in sport. Most importantly, GFNY coaches have raced GFNY and know GFNY races inside and out, and understand perfectly the demands of every event on the GFNY calendar.
Customization
GFNY Coaching training plans are personalized to your experience, fitness, personal schedule and goals. Through conducting the initial coach interview plus regular communication with your coach, your coach creates your personalized plan by taking into account your training history, your goals, when and where you can train, and every other detail that goes into creating a successful training plan.
Flexibility
GFNY Coaching was designed to give you flexibility in your training process. The various coaching plans offer a value for every budget, and our month-to-month payment means no lengthy contracts or commitments.
