What CycloWorld.cc does

CycloWorld.cc is a privately held Dutch cycling events platform headquartered in Bilthoven, Utrecht, Netherlands, operating continuously since at least 2014. The platform aggregates what it describes as the world's most extensive calendar of granfondos, tours, and stage races, listing 3,991 events across 90 countries with 1,000,000 annual visitors and 564 concurrent users from 72 countries. The core product is a filterable calendar supporting road, gravel, MTB, beach, and e-bike disciplines across categories including sportives, charity rides, multi-day events, stage races, and time trials, with distance, elevation, and region filters. The platform is localized into six languages (English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spanish) and serves individual amateur cyclists as its primary customer segment via a product-led growth, self-serve model with no disclosed enterprise sales motion.

The product portfolio extends beyond the calendar into editorial content (daily news covering UCI/UEC series, gear, training, nutrition, routes), the CWiX 500/250 rider ranking index system that tracks participation across events, cycling region guides for destinations like the Alps, Dolomites, and Pyrenees, cycling holidays/trip packages, and independent product reviews. Revenue is generated through four streams: ticket commissions and discounts (20-50% off) sold via a Shopify-integrated shop, advertising from cycling brands and event organizers (UCI, GFNY, L'Étape, 3RIDES, national tourism boards), e-commerce merchandise sales, and affiliate referrals for cycling holidays. Partnerships with governing bodies (UCI, UEC) and major event series (GFNY, L'Étape, Gran Fondo World Tour) provide content legitimacy and distribution reach, while the self-serve event listing marketplace allows organizers to add events at no cost, growing supply organically.

The technology stack is not publicly disclosed, and no AI/ML capabilities, APIs, mobile apps, or proprietary features are documented in available sources. The company operates with a lean team of 7 employees, has no disclosed funding rounds or parent company, and is privately held with no revenue disclosure. The operating model is bootstrapped-style content aggregation and curation rather than a venture-backed technology platform, with revenue mechanics dependent on advertising, low-margin ticket commissions, and e-commerce sales to a distributed base of individual cycling consumers.

Name

CycloWorld.cc

Legal name

CycloWorld

Website

https://cycloworld.cc

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CycloWorld.cc is a Dutch cycling events platform that aggregates a global calendar of 3,991 granfondos, tours, and stage races across 90 countries, serving amateur cyclists with discovery, discounted tickets, editorial content, and rider ranking indices in six languages.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cycling Events Platform

NAICS

Tour Operators (56152)

akta.pro primary industry

Cycling Events (Road Races, Gran Fondos, Sportives) (MPAKAIAC)

Keywords

• Cycling event calendar
• Gran fondo listings
• Amateur cycling platform
• Event registration marketplace
• Cycling travel guides

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Ticket Sales and Commissions: CycloWorld offers discounted tickets for cycling events through its Shopify-integrated shop, earning commissions or transaction fees on sales. Featured events show discounts ranging from 20% to 50% off.
2. Advertising: The platform features advertising space for cycling brands, event organizers, and cycling-related products. Advertisers include GFNY, UCI, 3RIDES, L'Etape, and various national tourism boards.
3. E-commerce Shop: CycloWorld operates a Shopify-based store selling cycling merchandise, equipment, and gear.
4. Cycling Holidays and Trips: The platform promotes and potentially earns commissions on cycling holiday packages and organized cycling trips.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

CycloWorld.cc operates an online cycling events aggregation platform featuring a global calendar of over 3,991 gran fondos, sportives, tours, and stage races across 90 countries. The platform sells discounted event tickets through an integrated Shopify shop, displays advertising from cycling brands and event organizers, publishes daily cycling news and gear reviews, and provides curated cycling region guides and holiday packages.

Product overview

CycloWorld.cc is a cycling events platform organized around a core calendar product that aggregates over 3991 granfondo, tour, and stage race events across 90 countries. The platform offers multi-language support (English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spanish) and serves 1,000,000 annual visitors. The product portfolio centers on the Calendar as the primary discovery tool, supplemented by a News section covering cycling events and industry topics, the CWiX 500/250 index system for tracking rider participation, Cycling Regions and Holidays for trip planning, an e-commerce Shop powered by Shopify for discounted event tickets, and Product Reviews for gear evaluation. The platform connects active cyclists with events through comprehensive filtering options by bike type, category, distance, elevation, and geographic region.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CycloWorld Calendar The world's most extensive calendar of granfondos, tours, and stage races featuring over 3,991 actual events in 90 countries. Supports filtering by bike type (Road, Gravel, MTB, Beach, E-bike), category (Gran fondo, Sportive, Stage race, Multi-day event, etc.), distance, elevation, and cycling regions. Used by amateur cyclists to discover cycling events globally.
• CycloWorld Shop

Quantifiable outcome

• 1,000,000 annual visitors from around the world
• +1 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCycloWorld features UCI Gran Fondo World Series and UCI Gran Fondo World Championships events prominently on its platform. The partnership provides UCI events with a global distribution channel while legitimizing CycloWorld's event calendar with recognized world championships.
• UEC (European Cycling Union)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCycloWorld features UEC Series events, providing coverage and promotion for European cycling championships and series events.
• GFNYmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGFNY gran fondo events are prominently featured with dedicated advertising placements. CycloWorld sells discounted tickets for GFNY events including GFNY Grand Ballon, GFNY Lourdes Tourmalet, and regional events in Oaxaca, Bremen, Pittsburgh, and Colombia.
• L'Étape (by Tour de France)majorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorL'Étape events (official Tour de France amateur events) are featured with advertising placements and ticket sales on CycloWorld. Events include L'Étape Piemonte, L'Étape Mondovi, L'Étape France Femmes, L'Étape Slovakia, and L'Étape Slovenia.
• 3RIDESminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor3RIDES Ostbelgien events are featured with discounted tickets (25% off) sold through CycloWorld's platform.
• Gran Fondo World TourmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFeatured series partnership providing CycloWorld with premium event content and promotional coordination.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Marathon Tours & Travel: Marathon Tours & Travel organizes endurance-sport travel packages including cycling trips. It is comparable to the 'Cycling Holidays' offering on CycloWorld because both curate and sell organized multi-day cycling experiences, though Marathon Tours is operator-led while CycloWorld is primarily an aggregator.

Broad incumbents

• Strava: Strava is the dominant cycling/fitness tracking platform with a global social community and native mobile apps. It overlaps with CycloWorld on serving the same amateur-cyclist audience and increasingly on event discovery, though its core product is activity tracking rather than event aggregation.
• Eventbrite: Eventbrite is a general-purpose event ticketing and discovery platform. It is a broad incumbent peer because it hosts and surfaces cycling events (gran fondos, sportives) and offers ticketing infrastructure that could compete with CycloWorld's ticketing commissions over time.

Direct peers

• Bikemap: Bikemap is a global cycling route and event platform with millions of users. It is comparable to CycloWorld because it serves amateur cyclists with route discovery, event listings, and community features — competing for the same European cycling audience.
• Cyclingnews: Cyclingnews is a long-established cycling news and events publisher. It is comparable to CycloWorld because it serves the same enthusiast cyclist audience with event coverage, news, and reviews, and competes for the same advertising and audience-engagement dollars.
• BikeRadar: BikeRadar is a major cycling gear review and news publisher. It overlaps directly with CycloWorld's news, product reviews, and gear-apparel content categories, and competes for the same cycling-brand advertising and audience.
• Komoot: Komoot is a cycling and outdoor route-planning platform popular with amateur cyclists across Europe. It is comparable to CycloWorld because it serves the same European amateur cyclist segment with route/event discovery and content, though Komoot's core focus is route planning versus CycloWorld's event calendar.

Emerging players

• Ride with GPS: Ride with GPS is a cycling route-planning and event-discovery platform popular with amateur and club cyclists. It is comparable to CycloWorld because it serves the same amateur cyclist with route/event features, and could expand into broader event aggregation.
• Pez Cycling News: Pez Cycling News is an independent cycling news outlet covering races, events, and the amateur cycling scene. It is comparable to CycloWorld's editorial/news function and competes for cycling-content audience share, though at much smaller scale.

Others

• GFNY (Gran Fondo New York): GFNY is a global gran fondo race series and a current CycloWorld advertising/partner. It is an ecosystem participant rather than a direct competitor — GFNY's events are promoted on CycloWorld, but GFNY also operates its own event registration platform that competes for ticket commissions.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/CycloWorld.cc
• Instagraminstagram.com/cycloworld.cc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cycloworld-cc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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