Top 10 Best Sportives And Gran Fondos In The World

GCN has listed their top 10 favorite sportives and gran fondos in the world. What’s yours?

Jean-Michel Fox

Les “Géants des Ardennes”, 148 Km, start and finish in Liège, 14 climbs, most of them from Liège-Bastogne-Liège | http://goo.gl/G4HOk
Alan

I guess that the definition of sportive and Gran Fondo used by GCN must exclude Audax rides otherwise they would have included Paris-Brest-Paris and replaced the 3 Peaks with the Alpine Classic.
- jules
  
  although the difference is arguably academic, i believe audax rides are officially non-competitive randonneurs, rather than competitive gran fondos
  - Alan
    
    That’s probably it. Even though a few people try hard to finish first in Audax, there’s never a prize and usually no acknowledgement.
    - http://twitter.com/hmoffatt Hamish Moffatt
      
      The title says sportives too so Audax should count. PBP belongs.
fat_commuter

My fav is my commute to work.
lol.
allterrainrc

Haute Route is awesome it’s by far the toughest sport, I did it last year but crashed out on the descent of the col de Madeleine, broke my collar bone, fractured my right hip, 3. Screws in my hip, metal plate in my collar bone and 8 screws, 6 months of the bike, now riding again and will be racing in April, LEJOG in June, and next year will ride the Haute Route Alps and Pyrenees…
goldfish

1. La Marmotte 2. Granfondo Whistler 3. L’Ardechoise 4. Tour de Victoria