Kazakhstan cyclists won DMZ Tour

06.09.2018

Kazakhstan cyclists have left no chances to athletes from other countries. The members of the junior team Gleb Brusensky, Daniel Pronsky and Evgeny Fedorov won the entire podium of the five-day DMZ Tour cycling race in South Korea. Kazakhstanis are the leaders in both team and individual tests. Vladislav Tsoi, Twitter @ Vladislav_Tsoy: - The DMZ is a demilitarized zone on the border of two Koreas. From here to the DPRK about 13 kilometers. The tournament received this name because it is finishing in the demilitarized zone.

The third DMZ Tour is held in the safest conditions, against the background of strengthening relations between the two Koreas. However, the declaration on the end of the war between the two Koreas has not yet been signed, so the tour organizers retained all the security measures. Along the route cyclists guarded by police and military. Lee Myung Jae, representative of the organizing committee of the DMZ Tour cycling race: - Until last year, our tournament was held in a tense atmosphere. This was due to the problem of nuclear weapons on the Korean Peninsula. But this year, thanks to successful negotiations between North and South Korea and between the DPRK and the United States, the tour took place in a favorable atmosphere.

Many teams from all over the world have participated, and we are proud of it. At each of the five stages of the DMZ Tour, Kazakhstanis were in the lead. Athletes associate their success with good preparation. They passed training camps in Astana and trained for 24 days at Medeu and Shymbulak. Cyclist Evgeny Fedorov coped with the task of the coach - came to the finish third. This is his best result in his entire career. Yevgeny Fedorov, winner of the DMZ Tour bicycle race: - I have been cycling for seven years. Already in the national team of Kazakhstan for two years, in the junior. The mountains are about the same as in Taldykorgan. You can say, there are also rises. The track is the same, similar. On the DMZ Tour, the junior team of Kazakhstan showed its best result. Prior to these competitions, the Kazakhstan team did not rise above 8th place. Now the task of athletes is to repeat the success at the World Championships in Austria and the Youth Olympic Games in Brazil. Vadim Gorbachevsky, head coach of the junior national team of Kazakhstan: - Senior bicycles with equipment help our pro teams well. Also, the Olympic Training Center directly helps us to this Olympiad to the maximum.

That is, we are counting on medals. To prepare for the World Cup and the Olympics, members of the junior team of Kazakhstan will be in Tekeli.

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Source: 24.kz
Authors: Vladislav Tsoi, Olga Lyan.

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