{"id":187655,"date":"2025-10-03T15:45:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T15:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/187655\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T15:45:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T15:45:11","slug":"iconic-okanagan-granfondo-cycling-race-scrapped-after-14-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/187655\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Iconic\u2019 Okanagan Granfondo cycling race scrapped after 14 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>The \u201ciconic\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/okanagan-granfondo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Okanagan Granfondo<\/a> cycling race will not see a 15th year, organizers say.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758298208_703_70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>OG Events Ltd., which has organized the event since 2011, said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/okanagangranfondo.com\/OkanaganGranfondoNewsReleaseOct2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">news release<\/a> Thursday the decision to cancel the race \u201cmarks a pivotal moment as organizers shift gears to embrace new opportunities\u201d with the Okanagan cycling community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe iconic event attracted more than 25,000 cyclists since the event\u2019s first year in 2011 in Penticton, B.C., through till its final ride in 2025,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOG Events would like to extend sincere gratitude to all participants, sponsors, volunteers and the City of Penticton who have been part of the event since its inception.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Organizers added in addition to economic benefits to local communities, the event raised awareness and funds for several initiatives, including youth cycling development and desmoid tumour research.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11287198\/okanagan-granfondo-crash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tragedy unfolded<\/a> during what is now the last edition of the race earlier this year: a cyclist died and two others were seriously injured after being struck by a vehicle during the event in July. Organizers at the time said they were heartbroken by the incident.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Fundraiser for Okanagan Granfondo cyclist killed in collision'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/WEB_GRANFONDO.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t0:39<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFundraiser for Okanagan Granfondo cyclist killed in collision\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11461623\/lithium-americas-trump-deal\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1759506311_741_20240315160316-65f4ad16f3c80c0a0c01c56fjpeg_f36af0.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\u2018This raises red flags\u2019: Feds quiet on Trump stake in Canadian minerals company\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11461213\/ice-agents-bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime-show-corey-lewandowski\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1759506311_177_Puerto-Rico-Bad-Bunny.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tICE agents to attend Bad Bunny Super Bowl halftime show, Trump adviser says\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758298208_703_70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\"\/>Organizers did say Thursday they\u2019re likely to turn look at new gravel cycling ride and race opportunities in the Okanagan.<\/p>\n<p>Those thoughts align \u201cwith where the cycling industry itself is applying its focus in recent years,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore details on these plans will be made available soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Canada<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Descrease article font size Increase article font size The \u201ciconic\u201d Okanagan Granfondo cycling race will not see a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":187656,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,93792,94167,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-187655","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-cycling","11":"tag-granfondo","12":"tag-okanagan-granfondo","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}