Kazakhstani cyclist won gold at the Asian Road Cycling Championship in Almaty

Kazakh cyclist Yevhen Fedorov won a gold medal at the 43rd Asian Road Cycling Championship in Almaty, the press service of the National Olympic Committee reported on June 9.

Fedorov won the individual time trial, while his colleague from Kazakhstan Dmytro Gruzdev took second place. Rinata Sultanova finished third in the women's individual time trial.

On June 8, Mykola Vinokurov, the son of the famous Kazakh cyclist and Olympic champion Oleksandr Vinokurov, won the gold medal in the men's under-23 race, covering the 34-kilometer distance in 45 minutes and 38 seconds. Last year's Asian champion Andrii Remhe won silver.

The championship takes place from June 6 to 12. On the first day, Kazakhstan's road cycling team won two gold medals in the mixed relay among the elite, as well as among the juniors, the Khabar agency reports.

Teams from 28 countries participated in the competition, 29 sets of awards were drawn, including 15 for para-athletes.

"For the Kazakh national team, the first day is very significant. We won three medals: two in the relay and one for the Paralympians. This shows that our country is a bicycle country. We are the leaders in Asia, and today's event confirms this," said Raimbek Batalov, president of the Cycling Federation of Kazakhstan.