{"id":432475,"date":"2026-02-18T15:19:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T15:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/432475\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T15:19:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T15:19:10","slug":"off-road-route-revealed-for-reinvented-isle-of-man-gran-fondo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/432475\/","title":{"rendered":"Off-road route revealed for reinvented Isle of Man Gran Fondo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">From forest roads to green lanes, historic railway lines to technical off-road sectors, it was a &#8220;route shaped by the island itself,&#8221; they continued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The event, which takes place on 25 and 26 July, would see riders compete in two classes, the Gran Fondo Gravel race and the Gran Fondo cross country mountain bike race.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It would also see the return of Minisculo Fondo, which is an hour of riding on a fully closed half-mile tarmac loop around Mooragh Park, aimed at younger riders and beginners.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Organisers have previously said the new off-road race had taken inspiration from the former End2End Mountain Bike Challenge, which had run through the island&#8217;s plantations for 19 years until 2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Entries for the event open on 25 February.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The course showcases the island&#8217;s diversity, passing through working farmland, protected wetlands, historic infrastructure, forest plantations, open moorland, and coastal headlands,&#8221; organisers added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From forest roads to green lanes, historic railway lines to technical off-road sectors, it was a &#8220;route shaped&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":432476,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-432475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}