In the men's group race of the Belarusian championship, there was a serious struggle for the champion title. But the main participants were the racers of Minsk Cycling Club continental team.

The men's race was the last one in the national championship program. Riders, and there were 48 of them in the start list, had to overcome 169.1 km.

The participants were losing no time and already on the first lap 14 riders, the majority of which were from Minsk Cycling Club, broke away.

Most of all in the peloton, such a breakaway did not like the BelAZ team, which tried to organize the pursuit. However, despite their efforts, the gap not only did not close, but also widened.

Several attacks on the rise noticeably shrink ranks of the breakaway. And in the main group, not everyone kept up the pursuit pace.

As a result, Stanislau Bazhkou, Vasili Strokua and Mark Grinkevich were among the leaders in Raubichi circles. But soon there were only two leaders left - because of problems with the switch, Strokau fell behind.

Meanwhile, Yauhen Sobal and Yauheni Karaliokmoved to the pursuit group, where Branislau Samoilau, Aliaksandr Piasetski, Dzianis Marchuk were riding.

The pursuit group got closer, but with each circle it also became smaller. Sobal and Samoilau were faced with the task of win back 40 seconds in the last five-kilometer lap... But Stanislau Bazhkou really wanted to win that day. And nobody managed to prevent him from doing it.

The beautiful race ended with a beautiful Victoria of Bazhkou. Grinkevich was second, Sobal – the third. Just respect to the team: top 10 of the final protocol consisted only of Minsk Cycling Club racers.

In the standings among men under 23, Mark Grinkevich took the lead, his teammate Dzianis Marchuk took the second place, the representative of the city of Minsk Pavel Turchenko took the third place.

Minsk Cycling Club women's team won all the medals in the group race of the Belarusian championship.

No one doubted that Minsk Cycling Club racers would be the main favorites of the race. Our girls, over the course of the 117 km distance, did not allow for a second to doubt their superiority, fully controlling the development of events.

Already on the first lap, two people broke away. Tatsiana Soupel accompamied Hanna Tserakh. The duo's lead gradually increased to almost four minutes. Alina Abramenka and Hanna Kavaliova broke away from the peloton. And soon Tatsiana Sharakova set off in pursuit.

After the reunion, Minsk Cycling Club trio got away from their rivals. By that time, there was no one to harry after them. The already small peloton split into several groups, which were solving their local problems.

As a result, Tatsiana Sharakova took another champion title. The silver medal was won by Hanna Tserakh, and the bronze went to Alina Abramenka.

Abramenka also won a victory in the U-23 category. The second place was taken by another racer of Minsk Cycling Club Anhelina Krasko. And the third was Aksana Salauyeva from Ferei-CCN team.

The racer of Minsk Cycling Club junior team Kiryl Hutsko won the individual and group races within the Olympic Youth Days.

In the 25 km ITT, Hutsko showed the best time 32:32.4 sec., and was 17 seconds faster than his nearest rival, despite the fact that he was the youngest of 27 announced participants. The second place was taken by Mikita Siamashka, the third - by Stsiapan Bezgerts.

The group race with a length of 117 km also ended with a confident victory of the 16-year-old Minsk Cycling Club racer. His advantage over the silver medalist Yahor Mizernik was 51 seconds. Maksim Kot finished third.

The second stage of the international multi-day cycling race Tour of Mevlana in Turkey was successfully for the continental team of Minsk Cycling Club. The mass sprint ended with the victory of Minsk Cycling Club racer Siarhei Shauchenka.

At the starting stage, Branislau Samoilau finished fourth. However, it seems that this only angered the team of Yauheni Hutarovich, which clearly and smoothly rode the second stage of Tour of Mevlana (136 km). The award for this was the bright victory of Siarhei Shauchenka.

The partners did everything in their power for their sprinter, and yesterday's birthday boy did not disappoint, bringing the victory to himself and the team.

The other drivers of the capital team showed the following results: Vasilyi Strokau (21), Yauhen Sobal (41), Branislau Samoilau (44), Stanislau Bazhkou (55), Siarhei Papok (68), Vasili Bialiauski (125).

By the way, this success was the first for the continental team of Minsk Cycling Club in the season 2021.

In the general classification, Branislau Samoilau retained the fourth place, 10 seconds behind the leader. But Siarhei Shauchenka, thanks to the victory at this stage, gained the sixth position in the overall standings (0:55).

In the team rating Minsk Cycling Club moved to the second place.

The racers have two more stages ahead.