Date
Sat, 15 May 2027
Venue
Sugar Creek Winery, 125 Boone Country Lane, Defiance, Missouri 63341
Defiance, Saint Charles County
Countdown
May
A mixed road and gravel loop of 84 km with a timed Callaway Fork climb. Not much climbing, so a good first taste of gravel.
Key facts
01Mixed road and gravel course
02SAG cut-off at 16:00
03Callaway Fork climb is timed
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The course
The route
Defiance
Distance84km
Total climb662m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate83.2 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
2025 results
Who finishes, and how
#RiderTimeAvg speed
01Natalie Long02:57:4428.5 km/h
02Lisa Dattilo03:43:4722.6 km/h
03Gwendolyn Barrett04:06:1720.5 km/h
5
Women finishers
4:06:17
Median time
20.5 km/h
Median speed
Women · 2025 results, as published by the organiser.
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Organiser
OrganiserBig Shark Bicycle Company and Sugar Creek Winery
Instagram@bigsharkbicycleco
Running since2010
Training
Training for the Vino Fondo Gran Fondo 84 km
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84 km with 662 m of climbing
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