Having finished in the top 10 of the Alanya Grand Prix, Vasili Strokau brought the first points of the UCI Europe Tour rating to Minsk Cycling Club continental team.

The second race of the Turkish block turned out to be more representative in terms of composition and brought together 28 teams and more than 150 athletes. Minsk Cycling Club sent the same team as a week earlier: Yauhen Sobal, Yauheni Karaliok, Vasili Strokau, Mikhail Shemetau, Vasili Bialiauski.

The participants had to cover 147.2 km starting and finishing in Alanya. However, the main events of the race, full of ups and downs, unfolded in laps outside the city.

At the very beginning of the race, four riders, including Vasili Bialiauski (Minsk Cycling Club) and Artur Kiryevich (Viva Rovar), broke away. However, the gap was closed before entering the laps.

Already after the first climb, a new breakaway appeared, consisting of a tandem of riders from the Norwegian team Uno-X, and the peloton was divided into several groups. hen Sobal, Yauheni Karaliok and Vasili Strokau were in the first group.

On the final lap, the Norwegian duo broke up, and two pursuit groups left the peloton after numerous attacks. Sobal and Strokau managed to shift to the second, which finished 1:16 after the winner. Strokau was 10th at the finish line, earning 3 ranking points for the team (for the first time in this season), while Sobal finished 12th. Karaliok arrived in the group and was 17th. Shemetau was 73rd (14:04), Bialiauski did not finish.

Further in the racing program of the continental team of Minsk Cycling Club there is a multi-day cycling race of the first category "Tour of Antalya", which will be held on February 10-13.

The men's continental road team of the Minsk Cycling Club opened the competitive program of 2022 season with Grand Prix Megasaray cycling race, which took place in Turkey on January 30.

The first start of the season brought together an impressive company of more than a hundred riders representing 18 teams from ten countries (including two ProTeams). Four teams from Belarus entered Grand Prix Megasaray: Minsk Cycling Club and BelAZ continental teams, as well as club teams of Viva Rovar and Velobike.

Minsk Cycling Club put up the following line-up for the race: Yauheni Karaliok, Yauhen Sobal, Vasili Strokau, Vasili Bialiauski, Mikhail Shemetau.

The distance was not too long - 126.6 km, but this did not affect the intensity of the struggle. Everyone was eager to prove oneself at the first start of the season.

One of Minsk Cycling Club leaders, Yauheni Karaliok, risked to break away. The advantage of those who broke away at times reached 3:40, but the peloton, led by experienced teams from Italy and Norway, managed to establish a pursuit and close the gap 10 km before the finish line.

It all ended in a massive sprint, for which Minsk Cycling Club finisher no longer had the strength.

All Minsk Cycling Club riders finished in the group: Strokau (24), Sobal (26), Karaliok (36), Shemetau (37), Bialiauski (80).

The best of the Belarusians that day was Dzianis Marchuk, the rider of U team of Minsk Cycling Club, who competed for Viva Rova club team and took the 12th place.

On the third day of Belarus championship in track cycling Minsk Cycling Club racers got victories in madison and keirin among men and women.

A stubborn struggle for "gold" unfolded in the women's madison. As a result, the tandem of Minsk Cycling Club racers Hanna Tserakh - Nastassia Kiptsikava, having scored 56 points, was one point ahead of the duet of representatives of Ferei team Ina Savenka - Dziyana Lebedz. Two more Minsk racers (Alina Abramenka, Anhelina Krasko) climbed to the third step of the podium.

Among men, no one was able to compete seriously with Minsk Cycling Club racers Yauheni Karaliok and Dzianis Marchuk. With 88 points, they confidently won the champions title in omnium.

The opponents had to fight for the remaining places. As a result, the second place with 57 points was taken by Brest duet Artur Kiryevich - Dzianis Mazur, and the third place went to Gomel team consisting of Raman Ramanou and Yauheni Akhramenka (51).

In the women's keirin one more “gold” was added to her collection by Minsk Cycling Club racer Hanna Tserakh. Dziyana Subbotsina (Minsk) finished second, Yuliya Manets (Brest region) - third.

In men's race, all the prizes in keirin were taken by the sprinters of Minsk Cycling Club. The champion title went to Uladzislau Novik, who in the final race beat Artsiom Zaitsau and Aliaksandr Hlova, who took second and third places, respectively.

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The racer of Minsk Cycling Club continental team Yauhen Sobal finished his performance at the international multi-day cycling race Tour of Serbia with the second place in the final general classification and with a sprint jersey.

Minsk Cycling Club arrived in Serbia with the following line-up: Yauhen Sobal, Stanislau Bazhkou, Yauheni Karaliok, Siarhei Shauchenka, Dzianis Marchuk, Uladzimir Harakhavik.

More than a hundred riders representing 21 teams came to the start of the 61st edition of the Tour of Serbia. The Belarusians were not lost in this company. Yauhen Sobal tried on a sprint jersey already at the first stage and entered the top 3 of the overall ranking.

Dzianis Marchuk took a mountain jersey at the first stage, and then rode several stages in the jersey of the best young rider, and also had a good chance of getting to the podium (5th place at the second stage, 4th – at the fourth stage).

At the third stage, Sobal finished second and moved up to the second place in the general classification. And at the final stage, Minsk Cycling Club racer managed to maintain his position and brought the team 33 points to the international rating of the UCI Eurotour.