Registration for the 2019 Alpine Loop Gran Fondo is live at BikeReg.com/GranFondo. Field limits are approaching capacity. The Alpine Loop route is likely to fill by September 13, with the Shenandoah Mountain routes shortly thereafter.
In recent years the event has filled in advance. Registration for the 2019 edition is outpacing previous trends. Hopeful participants are encouraged to register early!
Save the date! The 2019 Alpine Loop Gran Fondo is September 29.
Registration for the 2019 event will open Friday, February 1, 10 a.m., at www.BikeReg.com/GranFondo.
Early Bird Entries will be available to the first 50 registrants. When they are claimed, the next 100 registrants can take advantage of other discounts. The event is capped, and will fill in advance. Hopeful participants are encouraged to register early.
We’re planning to have even more gravel for those of you who want it, and will offer many of the classic paved routes as well. Look for details and other announcements in the weeks ahead.
2019 fundraising will support the Cancer Journeys Foundation Prostate Cancer Awareness Project.
Fundraising participants exceeded the 2018 fundraising goal in advance of the Alpine Loop Gran Fondo and continued to rally support for the event’s charitable mission, taking fundraising to the next level!
Following are the names of participants who actively gathered contributions in support of the Cancer Journeys Foundation Prostate Cancer Awareness Project, listed in order of most funds raised:
Sarah Hynes
Mark Bates
GMike Rodgers
Selene Yeager
Brendan Stackpole
W. Paul Meehan
Michael Gnatek
General Donation
Robert Ketterlinus
Thomas Jacquemet
Gregory Rockett
Marc Tremblay
Jonathan Leavitt
Brook Ballard
Taylor Abraham
Brent Bykowski
Joe Kumer
Eben Block
Adam Steinman
Dusty Barr
Lisa Barr
Earl Smith
Augustus Mealor
Pablo Bachelet
Peter Dattels
Jeff Marco
James Cardona
Paul Allen
Brian Howell
David Duvall
David Ingels
Chris Hardee
Brian Sweeney
Patrick Timoney
Arthur Lechtman
Consuelo Bachelet
Theodore Jones
Robert Birdsey
Alpine Loop Gran Fondo participants also showed their support for the charitable mission of the event, by making additional contributions along with their registrations into the event. For these contributions, thanks to the following:
Champions of the Gran Fondo
Barry Sherry
Jeremiah Bishop
Michael Jay Borza
Matt Hawkins
Marc Tremblay
Jameson Cahill
GMike Rodgers
Jorg Decressin
Robert Hess
Gran Fondo Supporters
Matt Parker
Donald Deeds
Michael Zymowski
Craig Beaumont
Eddie Bumbaugh
John Lowell
Adrian Halme
Jane Gray
John Phifer
Friends of the Gran Fondo
Jim Duncan
Allon Shiff
Lynne Blake-Hedges
Bradley Vinz
Michael Joyce
Michael Lidik
Joe Kumer
Richard Stevenson
Jeff Rommel
John McCann
Ken West
Chris Hardee
Paul Allen
Max Huffman
David Duvall
Simon Ritchie
Michael Basgier
Dane Petersen
Erik Keith
Outstanding Participants
Henry Monti
Brent Bykowski
Joan Wicks
Philip Koenig
Jason Eversole
Douglas Schutte
James Harvey
Kate Hoof
John Maguire
Evan Papageorgiou
Julian Macovei
Anja Decressin
Conrad Decressin
Frank Giresi
Robert Newman
William Donahoe
Marc Siegel
Palo Mojto
Giles Howson
Nicholas Satriano
Sean Mclaughlin
Marta Chaffee
Philip Rosenberg
LC Yarnelle
David Safford
Carl Erickson
Ed Edmundson
Todd Kinkead
Bill Aspinwall
Barbra Wehrle
Clay Perfall
Peter Dula
Gretchen Sallah
Christopher Moschella
Tyler Hemmerich
Gustavo Pecunia
Dennis Houmard
Kevin Lavin
Brandon Corbin
Steven Barnett
Dan Combs
Maddie Matarazzo
Joseph Cloud
Jerry Smith
Craig Burow
Dusty Barr
Lisa Barr
Alexander Berezner
Rick Bartlett
Donald Stevenson
Rebecca Kebberly
John Workman
Jonathan Leavitt
Brook Ballard
clark Mitchell
Phil Falconer
Lee Bock
Jon Kemp
Todd Erickson
Jack Ketterlinus
Robert Ketterlinus
Jacob Rykken
Jonathan McClure
Lary Neron
Athena Moundalexis
Those who gave to the Gran Fondo Scholarship Fund, supporting reduced entries for 27 college, high school, and youth cyclists in 2018:
Brian Sweeney
Matthew Freund
Jeff Marco
Nicholas Satriano
David Robinson
Marta Chaffee
LC Yarnelle
Ed Edmundson
Misha O’Hanlan
Peter Dula
Gretchen Sallah
Chris Danaceau
Marc Tremblay
John Maguire
Chris Hardee
George Ganoung
John McCann
Augustus Mealor
Michael Zymowski
Thanks to all who participated in or volunteered with the 2018 Alpine Loop Gran Fondo.
Learn more about the charitable mission of the Alpine Loop Gran Fondo.
The 2018 Alpine Loop Gran Fondo was made possible by outstanding support from the following event sponsors. Please join us in giving thanks to these important partners and stay connected with them in the future.
Cancer Journeys Foundation – The Prostate Cancer Awareness Project
Porsche of Charlottesville
Brothers Craft Brewing
US Foods
Bishop Training
The Myrias Group
Hotel Madison
Ridge Supply
Cutaway USA
Chestnut Ridge Coffee Roasters
Advantage Physical Therapy
Black Sheep Coffee
Bluestone Bike & Run
Briery Branch Community Center
Chanello’s Pizza
Coca Cola
The Frazier Quarry
Front Country
Hall Home Events
Hank’s Grille & Bar
Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance
Heritage Bakery and Cafe
Honey Baked Ham Cafe
Honey Stinger
Hotel Appalachia Recording Studio
Outbound
Raw Revolution
Rocktown Bicycles
Shenandoah Bicycle Company
Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition
Shen-Rock Bike Team
South Fork Volunteer Fire Department
Tradeshow Direct
Wyse Cycles
With additional thanks to the following groups for providing volunteer support for the event:
Bluestone Bike & Run
Bluestone Elementary School Community of Helping Hands
JMU Cheerleading
JMU Cycling Team
Shenandoah Bicycle Company
Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition
Shen-Rock Bike Team
Staunton Harrisonburg Organization of Religious Temple Youth
W.H. Keister Elementary School PTO
Countless other individual volunteers support the Gran Fondo; on event day, in the weeks leading up, and all throughout the year. For their help, we are immensely grateful.
Thanks to everyone who shares in creating the Alpine Loop Gran Fondo.
Photography highlights from the 2018 Alpine Loop Gran Fondo are now available.
The Bruce Buckley Photography team was onsite capturing images from the early morning hours, on course, at the Porsche Red Carpet Finish Line Photo Booth, the Cancer Journeys Prostate Cancer Awareness Project podium, and all around the finish line festivities. They’ve got thousands of images. Soon a full gallery will be posted.
Photos from the Porsche Red Carpet Finish Line Photo Booth and Podium (coming soon!) will be available for free download in galleries uploaded to Facebook.
We are as excited as you are in anticipation of reliving the incredible experience of the 2018 Alpine Loop Gran Fondo. If you have photos to share, please use the hashtags #AlpineLoopGranFondo on social media, tag Alpine Loop Gran Fondo on Facebook, and tag @JBsGranFondo on Twitter and Instagram.
Results from the Cancer Journeys Foundation King and Queen of the Hill and Prostate Cancer Awareness Project King and Queen of the Mountains contests are posted at SVE Timing.
At the event, King and Queen of the Hill winners (first place on Mole Hill timed segment, 5-year age groups, Valley View Challenge and Mt Solon Metric Century) were recognized and awarded a pair of 2018 Alpine Loop Gran Fondo socks by Ridge Supply.
King and Queen of the Mountains winners (top-3, 5-year age groups, Alpine Loop and combined Shenandoah Mountain routes) were recognized and awarded a Prostate Cancer Awareness Project jersey and 2018 Alpine Loop Gran Fondo socks by Ridge Supply. To remove professional riders from their age group categories, those entrants ages are listed as 99 and are included in the overall results.
Couples Conquer the Mountains contest results will be posted very soon. In the excitement of the day, this report was overlooked. Awards will be delivered to the top-3 teams in this contest.
If you have corrections or questions about the timing data, please submit those inquiries here.
All the details you’ll need to arrive prepared for the 2018 Alpine Loop Gran Fondo are published in the 2018 Event Brief, which can be viewed by following this link.
We look forward to welcoming you to Harrisonburg for the weekend’s special events!
Advantage Physical Therapy will be at the Finish Line Festival of the 2018 Alpine Loop Gran Fondo to provide on-site stretching and manual therapy techniques to assist recovery for participants. If you have tight muscles or tired joints following your big ride, head to the Advantage Physical Therapy tents where physical therapists and athletic trainers will ready to help.
As a long-time supporter of the charitable mission of the event, Advantage Physical Therapy will donate all tips or money collected for their services directly back to the cause.
The 2018 edition event jersey is our most popular collaboration with Cutaway USA yet!
If your size sold out in advance of the event, you can take advantage of a new opportunity to order one.
Did you want to complete one of the challenging routes of the Gran Fondo before you ordered your jersey? You’re in luck!
Orders are being accepted now through October 12, at www.BikeReg.com/Jersey
Can’t remember if you’ve already ordered your 2018 jersey? Search your inbox for a confirmation e-mail from BikeReg.com or e-mail Erin@AlpineLoopGranFondo.com.
“In the bluegrass world, musicians tend to define themselves by their tradition and discipline. But Front Country is defined by its no-rules approach.” – NPR Music
Presented by The Myrias Group, Front Country will perform on the Hotel Appalachia Stage at the Finish Line Festival of the 2018 Alpine Loop Gran Fondo. Listen to Front Country’s latest album Other Love Songs and get ready for their skillful, uniquely talented and energetic performance on September 30.
An acoustic band born in the land of tech innovation, Front Country was never going to be accepted as an authentic American roots band out of the gate. Cutting their teeth in progressive bluegrass jams in San Francisco’s Mission District and rehearsing in the East Bay, they learned to play roots music their own way, with the tools they had on hand. A mandolinist with a degree in composition and classical guitar. A guitarist trained in rock and world music. A bassist equally versed in jazz and bluegrass. A violinist with technique that could seamlessly hop between honky tonk and electropop. A female lead singer with grit and soul that was also a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter. In a wood-paneled country dive bar in the shadow of the San Francisco skyline, Front Country forged a sound hell bent on merging the musical past with the future.
“Lead singer and songwriter for progressive bluegrass band Front Country, Melody Walker is an outspoken force.” – Paste
Front Country presented by The Myrias Group
Sunday, September 30
Hotel Appalachia Stage
2018 Alpine Loop Gran Fondo Finish Line Festival
Venue Noon, Show 4:00 PM
Adults 21+ can bring cash and ID to enjoy the Brothers Craft Brewing beer garden to benefit the Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition. Heritage Bakery and Cafe will be onsite with a selection of tasty treats for purchase. Hank’s Smokehouse will offer a complete meal, meal tickets are only available in advance.
Cycling Event Entries, Festival Music Lover and Meal Tickets on Sale NOW: www.BikeReg.com/GranFondo
