Granfondo Matildica in Reggio Emilia has a long tradition as high level Italian Granfondo and was host of the UEC European Championships Granfondo in 2022.

The road races o have two distances: a 156 km granfondo distance for all riders up to the age of 49 and a 130km mediofondo as qualifier distance for all riders over 50.

Both courses share the same roads for the big majority of the race, but the Granfondo has some additional loops added to the course.

The Granfondo course has a 4km climb at 5.5% average starting after 53km. The terrain keeps on going up and down with another long 11km climb at 3.5% after 60km

Total elevation for the granfondo is 2050 meters while the mediofondo has 1467m of elevation.