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GFNY Puerto Rico starts and finishes at the world class exhibition center in the heart of Ponce, Complejo Ferial de Puerto Rico. Race week activities like the pre-race expo and post-race meal and awards also take place at the Complejo Ferial.
From the Complejo Ferial, you will ride to Las Américas Avenue, the main avenue that travels through the heart of Ponce past several important city buildings. As you approach Ponce city limits, you’ll ride past the historic Ponce Cement plant. This point marks the start of the main climb of the race, a Hors Catégorie climb of 21km with 889m of climbing and 3.5% average and 25% maximum incline. The climb travels into the Cordillera Central, the main mountain chain of Puerto Rico that divides the island.
The climb travels on Hwy 123, the old road between Ponce and Adjuntas. The road and your race course follows the Río Cañas valley, the Río Saltillo valley, Río Cidra valley and Río Vivi valley. You will enjoy very beautiful, tropical and scenic country roads. Be ready for many sections with gradual climbs and descents, but also some sections with steeper climbs and descents.
When you get to Adjuntas, enjoy the main aid station at Haciendas Sotomayor. From here, the medium course makes a turn through Adjuntas and returns back to Ponce, while the long route takes the PR 10 road all the way to Utuado. Utuado is a historic town with colonial architecture and rich coffee trade history and serves as the turn-around of the long course. On the way back, enjoy another aid station stop back at Haciendas Sotomayor before climbing back over the 802m-tall (2630ft) crest near Portugués, before descending back to Ponce.
Both courses offer you incredible views, unforgettable experiences and a tough but rewarding challenge. Back at the Complejo Ferial, the post-race party awaits you: finisher medals, live music, performers, awards ceremony, delicious Puerto Rican post-race meal and drinks.
LONG COURSE IS A COMPETITION: Only the finishers of the long course are eligible for category rankings and Overall and Podium awards. If you want to race and be ranked in your category, you must complete the long course. Top 10% of finishers in each age group earn a spot in the Qualifier Corral at every GFNY World event.
MEDIUM COURSE IS NOT A COMPETITION: The riders of the medium course will be provided their start-to-finish time, but will not be ranked by finish time. All finish times will be listed in alphabetical order.
THE JERSEY: All riders receive the official GFNY Puerto Rico race jersey, which is mandatory attire at the race. The jersey is designed in NYC and Made in Italy.
CHIP TIMING: GFNY Puerto Rico is a timed race. Each athlete has their own timing chip, which starts right after you cross the start line and stops when you cross the finish line. Timing results will be available at gfny.cc/results.
FINISHER MEDAL: Every GFNY Puerto Rico finisher receives a medal, no matter which distance they complete. All finishers also earn a “Finish” towards their 3x2024 GFNY medal or the 10x medal. Go to gfny.com/medals for more information on GFNY’s multi-finisher medals.
What are your GFNY goals?
Podium!
Qualify (finish in the top 10% of my age group)
Improve my time
Finish the race
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