This page is a bit special
Behold, the Forte. At 152km long and involving 3100m of climbing (including a detour up the Cat 1 Cypress Mountain and back), the Forte is the category that immortalizes any rider that manages to conquer it. We call them the rockstars of RBC GranFondo Whistler.
Since 2014 we’ve given all Forte riders a special pair of loud red socks, and from 2017 a finishers’ medal weighing nearly half a kilo. New for 2019 comes the Forte Legends Hall of Fame where you can permanently see which riders have claimed victory on the toughest category – and for how many years.
The only question to ask is: how high up the list can you rise?
Forte is back in 2021 due to the 2020 UCI Gran Fondo World Championships.
Forte Hall of Fame
The Forte began in 2014.
In this time, 950 unique riders have conquered RBC GranFondo Whistler’s ultimate challenge. These are the Forte Legends.
| Years finished | 6 | ||||||||
| Rider name | Jan Palaty | Alan Christie | |||||||
| Years finished | 5 | ||||||||
| Rider name | Bob Barnett | Lum Lim | Joel Nitikman | Mark Longpre | Michel Pelletier | Sean Stephens | Jan Rey Pioquinto | Donald MacGregor | |
| Years finished | 4 | ||||||||
| Rider name | Andrew Spence | Andrew Turchan | Brian Anderson | Chris Queitzsch | Jacqueline Holmes | Lum Lim | Michael Fulton | Mike Donaldson | Sherry Chan |
| Paul Moerman | Randy Wagner | Sherry Chan | Stephane Gingras | Stewart Firman | Wes Mak | Will Rogers | |||
| Years finished | 3 | ||||||||
| Rider name | Allan Lee | Bob Shaw | Calla Barras | Cesar Higoy | Clark Wong | Curtis Berlinguette | Mike Wood | Dale Huzar | Stewart Firman |
| Dandy Lopez | Dejan Nikic | Gene Guevara | Doug Martineau | Dustin Dickout | Farhad Touski | Gene Guevara | Giovanni Alfano | Jakub Fisher | |
| James Orara | Jamie Macgregor | Giovanni Alfano | Jay Murray | Larry Dean | Jeff Chen | Paul Moerman | Jim Bodden | Jim Glasspoole | |
| John Fisher | John Langley | Jonathan Shin | Kelly Jablonski | Kris Duncan | Kurt Hilger | Larry Dean | Roberto Cordero | Manny Lebaste | |
| Marc Aspen | Marie-Louise Ruetz | Mark Dunn | John Langley | Mark Williams | Mike Roffel | Mike Roffel | Mike Wood | Paul Krzywicki | |
| Phal Lim | Phil Testemale | Ramil Bergantinos | Reese Rankin | Rick Wagner | Riley Senft | Roberto Cordero | Rod Mitchell | Tirso Ibias | |
| Trevor Craig | |||||||||
| Years finished | 2 | ||||||||
| Rider name | Allan Realiza | Andrew Greenway | Andrzej Tomszak | Jakub Fisher | Andy Norman | Ben Findley | Benny Viloria | Bob Hole | Brian Floyd |
| Brian Jones | Brock McNally | Christian Stulz | Christopher Hirata | Christopher Mills | Corey Ulmer | Dan Fillenwarth | Dan Zilinski | Daniel Walker | |
| Darrel Domenko | David Egles | David Fahey | David Lyall | David Ross | David Taylor | Dean Karlen | Dean Neville | Derek Meulmeester | |
| Derek Stedman | Dandy Lopez | Edmond Chan | Jeff Lee | Emily Glynn | Eric Ito | Errol Payumo | Gerald Sawatzky | Grant Hodgkins | |
| Greg Burnison | Greg Grant | Jeff Lee | Jeff Wood | Jeffrey Roger | Jeremy Thiessen | Jim Smyrl | Joe Madeira | Joe Tillman | |
| Jonas Avellana | Joseph Bennet | Joshua Quarles | Juan Carlos Torres | Kevin Hay | Kevin Reichlin | Leo Guevara | Liz Dyson | Marc Head | |
| Mark John Macariola | Mark Sinnott | Marla Zucht | Mel Dube | Mervyn Hiebert | Michael Brown | Michael Machtmes | Michael Smith | Michael Valois | |
| Michiel Van De Panne | Miles Hollingbury | Milko De Jonge | Nicolas Hamilton | Norman Philippsen | Paul Arcus | Paul Haveruk | Stephen Barbazuk | Pete Uch | |
| Peter Cripton | Philip Sangalang | Rajesh Narayan | Raymond Leung | Reece Dennison | Paul Arcus | Reid Hamilton | Rhoel Alvarez | Rob Attwell | |
| Rob Reid | Rob Wasylyshyn | Robert Perra | Robin Avery | Roland Franada | Rolando Cases Eisma | Ron Gorman | Ryan Georgi | Ryan Tasker | |
| Sandra Foweraker | Sean Bristol | Solomon Weldemariam | Somu Perianayagam | Stephanie Wood | Stephen Barbazuk | Stephen White | Tammy Kallman | Terry McDonald | |
| Thomas Gould | Tobias Hoeschele | Tony Bacos | Torin Howe | Uli Mayer | Van Lam | Victor Tomas | Will Chi | William Semrau | |
| Zac Gartside | Zachary Al-Khatib | ||||||||
| Years finished | 1 | ||||||||
| Rider name | Allen Wong | Catfish Louie | David Sellares | Gregory Cook | John Hults | Lorenz Lang | Mike Klemarewski | Robert Flexon | Steve Weeks |
| Allison Campbell | Catherine Konantz | David Smith | Gregory Egan | John MacDonald | Loring Trent | Mike Nicholls | Robert McMurtry | Steven Hodge | |
| Alvin Klippenstein | Catherine McMullin | David Waldron | Guy Vadish | John Murray | Lorri Nichols | Mike Romaniuk | Robert Rozycki | Steven Lee | |
| Ami Arthur | Chad Dalrymple | Dawid Loots | Hans Lehmann | John Nguyen | Lorrie Jones | Miroslav Stavel | Robert Stets | Steven Wallouch | |
| Amy Clark | Chan Burasee | Deama Thomson | Harrison Elliott | John Philippe Cruz | Lory Bloomquist | Mitch Bauer | Robert Tracogna | Stewart Blaser | |
| Andre Amaral | Chantz Strong | Dean Bruce | Harrison Mak | John Sangalang | Louise Thomas | Monique Wilberg | Robin Craigen | Stewart Wilson | |
| Andre Sintnicolaas | Charles Cleghorn | Debbie Finnie | Heidi Copes Van Hasselt | John Watkins | Lucas De Gelder | Morgan Maguire | Robin Wallouch | Stijn Gelijsteen | |
| Andrea Carlisle | Charley Dickey | Declan Oneill | Henry Au | John Weyhrich | Luke Dolan | Morten Søjborg | Robin Willard | Stuart Cook | |
| Andréanne Jalbert-Laramée | Cheryl Morch | Dennis Randy Ranada | Henry Laygo | John Wilkinson | Malcolm Graham | Morton Jung | Rod Baker | Suzi Tevendale | |
| Andrew (woody) Siemens | Chi Shing So | Derek Gosling | Henry Liao | John Williams | Malcolm Lightfoot | Myron Borys | Rod Rebamontan | Tai Mui Wu | |
| Andrew Celovsky | Ching Ling Ma | Devon Dayton | Henry Santos | Johnny Gutierrez | Marc Nielsen | Natalie Scadden | Roger Miller | Tak Takeda | |
| Andrew Coelho | Chris Andrew | Diana Cruickshank | Holden Jones | Jon Durnin | Marc Richard | Nathaniel Snodgrass | Roger Wong-Moon | Tal Danzig | |
| Andrew Currivan | Chris Barton | Diego Bernate | Holly Wick | Jon Heshka | Marc Tremblay | Neil Brown | Roland Kreisig | Tamara Dalrymple | |
| Andrew Jolie | Chris Cole | Dierdre Douglas | Hsueh-Cheng Liu | Jonas Ablang | Marc Vasily | Neil Crofts | Rolando Eisma | Ted Kennedy | |
| Andrew Kadziola | Chris Marshall | Dimitri Coutsinos | Hugo Van Hoogstraten | Jonathan Crockford | Marcelo Legaspi | Neil Trembath | Ron Simmons | Ted Matson | |
| Andrew Nicholl | Chris McKenzie | Dominic Penton | Hunter Verner | Jonathan Davidow | Marco Lai | Nicholas Sunderland | Ronald Gordon | Thibaut Sanchez | |
| Andrew Paul | Chris Merry | Don Cundiff | Ian Chesterman | Jordan Hogg | Marco Turcios | Nick Arkle | Ross Chafe | Thomas Arn | |
| Andrew Sharkey | Chris Murray | Don Froese | Ian Harper | Jorge Santos | Mariko Wei | Nick Burton | Ross Dick-Cleland | Thomas Baker | |
| Anna Kadziola | Chris Stauch | Don Konantz | Ildar Muslukhov | Jose Perez | Mario St Pierre | Nick Cordrey | Russell Hayes | Thomas Haas | |
| Anne Condon | Chris Tomkinson | Don MacTavish | Irvin Tang | Joseph Hammons | Mark Angeles | Nickalas Blades | Russell Sese | Thomas Ludwig | |
| Anne Mackie | Chris White | Don Poirier | Irvin Tremblay | Joseph Timpe | Mark Baldwin | Nigel Pratt | Rusty Ramos | Thomas Rhodes | |
| Anneleen Bosma | Chris Wolfenden | Donna Kuipers | Ivy Cheung | Josh Reid | Mark Buscher | Oleksandr Tsitsilin | Ryan Busto | Thomas Tetz | |
| Anthony De Castro | Christine Fletcher | Doug Haughey | Jack Bryson | Josue Lopez | Mark Cresswell | Oliver James | Ryan Fowler | Thomas Wallace | |
| Anthony Robertson | Christopher Adair | Duncan Clarke | Jacob Fague | Juan Ortega Legaspi | Mark Ecker | Oliver Zucker | Ryan Klein | Tim Le Couteur | |
| Anthony Visone | Christopher Judge | Duncan Lanoville | Jacob Smyth | Julia Meyer-Macleod | Mark Engelbrecht | Olivier Cantin | Ryan Kurz | Todd Sherman | |
| Arash Masbough | Christopher Kam | Dwight Safroniuk | Jacques Boutet | Julian De Villiers | Mark Hofer | Orville Ho | Ryan Lester | Tollman Owens | |
| Arcadio Agudelo | Christopher Olmsted | Dwight Shanner | Jakub Szymanski | Julian Farah Made Jaber | Mark Lagioia | Oscar Delgado | Ryan Seeriram | Tom Barichello | |
| Arnt Woldmo | Cillian Collins | Dylan Wade | James Gaynor | Julian Howitt | Mark Lewis | Ota Hally | Ryuta Murasawa | Tom Brodzinski | |
| Arthur Fast | Claire Law | Ed Janicki | James Hallisey | Julian Ospina | Mark Macariola | Owen Cramer | Salvatore Sfara | Tom Ebbern | |
| Arthur Nam | Clare Osborn | Edith Yee | James Heelan | Julie Johnson | Mark Malewicz | Pat Poirier | Sam Bryce | Tom Honey | |
| Ashley Tregaskiss | Clarence King | Edmund Inocente | James Rose | Julie Mellon | Mark McCabe | Patric Ouellette | Sam Fougere | Tom Laviolette | |
| Aurelien Peroumal | Clarke Ross | Eldon Guenther | Jamie Cobb | Julio Ospina | Mark Nawacki | Patrick Gillin | Sarah Anderson | Tom Radke | |
| Bahareh Ashtiani | Clayton Swanton | Emmanuel Aguilera-Santos | Jamie Grimes | Jun-Rey Aguasin | Mark Newton | Paul Berry | Sarah Greenwood | Tom Wojcik | |
| Barb Tyers | Clete Purcell | Emmanuel Estrellada | Jamie Lemay | Justin Coughlin | Mark Pidkowich | Paul Granger | Scott Kerby | Tony Grooten | |
| Barton Bourassa | Clint Hoshowski | Enda Murphy | Jamie Stirling | K Scott | Mark Spratley | Paul Krainer | Scott Lytle | Tony Hadfield | |
| Beda Castro | Colin Gray | Enrico Bargados | Jared Crawford | Kai Ostwald | Mark Springett | Paul Lorah | Scott McCallum | Tony Hedley | |
| Ben Armstrong | Connor Wolff | Eric Chau | Jarett Gedir | Karen Tumbach | Mark Van Der Knaap | Paul Mitchell | Scott McCardle | Tony Matergio | |
| Ben Cartwright | Constantine Sfara | Eric Sarinas | Jason Gurandiano | Karim Demirdache | Marlon Cabilin | Paul Reid | Scott Patterson | Toufigh Gordi | |
| Ben Chung | Cory Ratke | Erika Shaffer | Jason McIntyre | Karthik Subramanyam | Martien Van Hoogstraten | Paul Steffenson | Scott Pinizzotto | Tracy Beardsley | |
| Ben Reid | Craig Tostenson | Erin McGann | Jason Moy | Kathy Kallner | Martin Stabler | Paul Towgood | Scott Wilton | Tracy Orcutt | |
| Bernie Chin | Cris Francisco | Ernesto Acevedo Ubarte | Jason Potter | Katie Hay | Marvin White | Pavel Petrov | Sean Conner | Travis Ihnen | |
| Beth Bentley | Curt Schreffler | Errol Chin | Jason Santos | Keith Horrocks | Masamichi Shibata | Pavel Popiolek | Sean Mactavish | Travis Schisler | |
| Bill Carr | Dale Braun | Eugene Palomado | Jason Smith | Keith Stoner | Mat McBride | Peter Eby | Sean Martin | Trevor Hanna | |
| Bin Liu | Damian Parlee | Fabrizio Biagini | Jay Esguerra | Keith Yeung | Mathieu Cardinal | Peter Fahrmann | Sean Ruczko | Trevor Vanderwereld | |
| Blair Chapman | Dan Hanna | Faramarz Assadi Bolwerdi | Jay Schesser | Kelly Blunden | Matthew Chater | Peter Kobzar | Sebastian Salas | Ty Carlson | |
| Blair Hill | Dan McKillop | Farand Kan | Jean-Claude Bernard | Ken Adler | Matthew Cosar | Peter Liu | Sergio Hsia | Ulrich Fluhme | |
| Bob Agopsowicz | Daniel Arndt | Federico Velez | Jean-Francois Caron | Ken Chaddock | Matthew Cox | Peter Pearson | Shane Alfreds | Valentin Larsson | |
| Bob Heilker | Daniel Blanche | Ferco Berger | Jeff Bogdan | Ken Phillips | Matthew Fisher | Peter Rea | Shane Eagar | Valter Araujo | |
| Bonifacio Roush | Daniel Carmona | Ferdinand Flores | Jeff Guise | Kenneth MacLeod | Matthew Handley | Peter Roskell | Shane Patterson | Victor Ho | |
| Brad Hughes | Daniel Hagen | Floyd Bardell | Jeff Harmer | Kenneth Riess | Matthew Lavoie | Peter Schultes | Shao Fernandez | Victor Salas | |
| Brad Hurrel | Daniel Holloway | Francis Baule | Jeff Hsu | Kenneth Tubungbanua | Matthew Lawton | Peter Shandro | Shareen Chin | Vince Grdina | |
| Brad Matthews | Daniel Largoza | Francis Siciliano | Jeff McDonald | Kenny Lam | Matthew Moreland | Peter Von Hahn | Shawn Letts | Vince Reda | |
| Brad Sokol | Daniel Mackie | Francisco Moreno | Jeff Seifred | Kevin Holland | Matthew Nakatani-Brown | Philip Au | Shawna Hengel | Virginia Gilder | |
| Bradley Tipp | Daniel Plante | Frank Lucarelli | Jeff Wagner | Kevin N Irvine | Matthew Strolz | Philip Brunel | Shayne Wanner | Wai Ming Siu | |
| Brandon Holterman | Daniel Wessell | Fraser Rich | Jeffrey Kansun | Kevin O’Connor | Matti Schroderus | Philip Leung | Shelby Haque | Wally Braul | |
| Brenda Baker | Daniela Pluess | Fred Sundin | Jeffrey Stanton | Kevin Parkinson | Max Power | Philip Ryan | Shelby MacDonald | Warner Blom | |
| Brett Armstrong | Danny O’Hara | Freda Liu | Jeffrey Thomson | Kevin Schick | Maxime Parmentier | Philippe St-Germain | Sheldon Orr | Wayne Leslie | |
| Brett Lindstrom | Dario Deferrari | Freyja Spence | Jennifer Dawkins | Kim Chi | Maxine Brunand | Pierre Lemoine | Shelley Saunders | Wei-Lun Huang | |
| Brett Skaloud | Darrell Cline | Gareth Purchas | Jeremi Chiu | Kirk Nordgren | Micah Chesher | Pierre Levesque | Sherry Leung | Wendy Montgomery | |
| Brian Baarda | Darren Ward | Gary Constantine | Jeremy Crane | Kirsten Ong | Michael Beauchamp | R.J. Kingston | Sidney Fletcher | Wes Foote | |
| Brian Cripps | Darren Welsh | Gary Hoff | Jeremy Cucco | Kristjan Spence | Michael Cho | Rafael Lim | Simon Little | Wilbur Kelly | |
| Brian Dixon | Daryl Roberts | Gary Horsting | Jerome Valdez | Kurt Weiss | Michael Dary | Randal Van Eijnsbergen | Simon McGrotty | Wiley Khou | |
| Brian Donnelly | Dave Clancy | Gemma Hayes | Jim Bennett | Kwok Lee | Michael Douven | Randall Williams | Simon Robinson | Wilfrid Leblanc | |
| Brian Eve | Dave Davenport | Geoff Smith | Jim Hilger | Kwun Kit Tai | Michael Howard | Rebecca Johnson | Simon Smith | Will Crichton | |
| Brian Gahan | Dave Opko | Geoffrey Gariando | Jim Riecken | Kyle Delong | Michael Lo | Reid Morgan | Simran Devgun | Will Cucco | |
| Brian Morrell | David Berschl | Gerard Scholtes | Jim Seethram | Kyle Rhoderick | Michael Matthews | Reinier Nagel | Sjoerd De Jongh | Will Montoya | |
| Brian Retford | David Blank | Glen Bosecke | Jim Stabback | Lance Richardson | Michael McDonald | Rene Giguere | Spencer Sheinin | Willem Schoonbeek | |
| Brian Wanden | David Burchmore | Glen Marks | Jincent Basa | Lane Missel | Michael Nessroth | Rens Limpens | Stacy Berusch | William H Madden Jr | |
| Bruce Burks | David Chen | Glenn Sakamoto | Joanne Hastie | Laura Buckley | Michael Obrien | Reynaldo Balatbat | Stefan Klippenstein | William Jackson | |
| BRUCE McLEOD | David Clark | Glenn Weigel | Joe Strolz | Laura Findeiss | Michael Puntenney | Ric Liang | Stein Fladmark | William Porter | |
| Bryan Mannella | David Clendenen | Gracjan Tarka | Joel Jansen | Laurence Baril | Michael Seinen | Ricardo Breves | Steph Michaud | William Yeung | |
| Bryan Rehill | David Diebolt | Graeme Martindale | Joenel Reyes | Laurence Shapero | Michael Steepe | Rich Potter | Stephan Struve | William Yeung | |
| Bryce Donnelly | David Duquette | Graham Clarke | John Alving | Lee Mazzoleni | Michael Wilmot | Richard Ford | Stephanie Carlson | Wojciech Szymanski | |
| Bryce Munro | David Eng | Graham Holliday | John Bagasbas | Leila Realiza | Michael Wood | Richard Manders | Stephanie Jansen | Xiaolu Lin | |
| C Robert Brooke | David Ford | Graham Pierce | John Blanche | Lem Mendoza | Michael Zino | Richard Reid | stephen codrington | Yan Paquin | |
| Cale Weinberg | David Hanna | Graham Ross | John Carlo Rabbito | Lemuel Mendoza | Michele Davie | Richard Srisamang | Stephen Codrington | Zachary Blanche | |
| Cameron Wiltshire | David Harris | Graham Salvail | John Carpenter | Leonardo De Araujo | Michelle Wong | Rob Ashburner | Stephen Feinstein | Zachary Michaels | |
| Carl Finley | David Kass | Grant Fraser | John Courtney | Les Priest | Mike Ackland | Rob Bell | Stephen Gagnon | Zintis Dambergs | |
| Carlo Cividino | David Malm | Grant Reid | John Dooling | Leslie Handley | Mike Carey | Rob Crooks | Stephon Mullett | Kevin Wang | |
| Carlos Infanta | David Nauman | Greg Aasen | John Gibb | Lidia Fluhme | Mike Galasso | Rob Doyle | Steve Kulla | Qian Wang | |
| Caroline Okocha | David Patterson | Greg Cooke | John Graham | Lindsay Carswell | Mike Grafham | Robert Baxter | Steve Manning | ||
| Carrey Martin | David Percy | Greg McDonnell | John Hanson | Lisa Cordell | Mike Kallner | Robert Brow | Steve Orchard |