In Europe there exists a lot of races for cyclists who wants to know how professional cyclists suffer from riding passes and climbs. Most of these races have choice in more than one rounds.
Allthough it's really a race (with semi-professional participants), for many people just finishing the race and cycling with other fellow-sufferers is the main target. A good preparation is necessary to fullfill these races!

In development

Scope: only cyclosportives with cols > 1000
Names: Cyclosportive (French), Radmarathon (German), Gran Fondo (Italian), Cicloturista (Spanish)

The most known cyclosportives (A-Z)

l’Ardechoise (France)

l'Auvergnate - la Bourboule (France)

Dolomiti, Maratona della (Italy)

Euregio (Salzburg) Radmarathon (Austria)

Fausto Coppi (Italy)

La Galibier (France)

Grossglockner-Felber tauern radmarathon (Austria)

La Marmotte (France)

Ötztaler Radmarathon (Austria/Italy)

Samson Man radmarathon (Austria)

La Vaujany (France)

Other Cyclosportives, Randonnees, Brevets

There are many other organised cyclosportives. Below there are some good sites with links.

Calenders

Name	Links?	Land	Remarks
Official Calenders
FFC ( Fédération Francais de Ciclisme)		France	2001
FFCT		France	Pyrenees
BDR (Bund Deutsche Radfahrer)		Germany
FCI (Federazione Ciclista Italiana)		Italy
FPC (Federação Portuguesa de Ciclismo)		Portugal
RFEC (Real Federación Española de Ciclismo)		Spain
SRB-FRC (Schweizerischer Radfahrer-Bund)		Switserland
ÖRV (Österreichischer Radsport Verband)		Austria
FEDERACIO ANDORRANA DE CICLISM		Andorra
Unofficial Calenders
BikePyrenees
CadCad -Marchas		Spain
Calendari Granfondo 2001 Marco Ricca		Italy
CC Andorrana		Andorra,Spain-Catalunya
Nan van Zutphen	Yes	Europe
Pianeta Ciclismo 2001!		Italy
Sportpro		France, Italy

http://www.cycling-update.myweb.nl/cyclosportieve.htm

Alps R Welz -Alp marathons (http://home.t-online.de/home/R.Welz/)

Italy Gran Fondo Gran Fondo and Tecno MTB http://www.granfondo.com/links.html

Spain (Mainly) Fernando Puig -links (http://personal.redestb.es/ferpuig/c_enlac.htm)