Date
Sat, 15 May 2027
Venue
Sugar Creek Winery, 125 Boone Country Lane, Defiance, Missouri 63341
Defiance, Saint Charles County
Countdown
May
The middle-sized road option: 115 km on tarmac with a timed Schluersburg climb to race up, and only about 1,000 m of climbing overall. Big day, not a brutal one.
Key facts
01Mass start, so expect to ride in a bunch from the gun
02SAG cut-off at 16:00
03Schluersburg climb is timed
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The course
The route
Defiance
Distance115km
Total climb1,074m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate113.4 km
Weather
Mid-May, Defiance
25°CTypical high
12°CTypical low
2°CColdest in 20 years
47%Days with rain
Highs around 25°C and lows around 12°C, but it has dropped to 2°C. Rain on 47% of days.
NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
Results
Course verified. Results not yet available.
Organiser
OrganiserBig Shark Bicycle Company and Sugar Creek Winery
Instagram@bigsharkbicycleco
Running since2010
Training
Training for the Vino Fondo Gran Fondo 115 km
We don't do generic plans. We combine deep knowledge of this race's demands with your recent training, then build a plan with you that progresses as you do.
Beina integrates directly with your existing tools to understand your current fitness, and synchronise your planned sessions.
Intervals.icuWhat a Vino Fondo Gran Fondo 115 km plan targets
Typical sessions
115 km with 1,074 m of climbing
Endurance and fatigue resistance over the full distance
Fuelling and pacing for the whole event
What your weeks look like
Typical sessions
Long endurance rides building toward the full distance
Threshold and sweet-spot work for sustained power
Group rides for drafting and bunch-riding skills
Not a generic schedule
Typical sessions
Built from your current fitness and the time you actually have
Adapts every week as Beina learns how you respond
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