russian cyclist Ilnur Zakarin He has done a lot for the national team thanks to his success in professional sports, believes head coach Irakli Abrahamyan.
Zakarin announced his retirement. At the moment, he is the last of the Russians to have managed to get into the top 3 in the Grand Tour – at the Vuelta 2017 he became the third. Also thanks to Zakarina’s victory in the stages of the Tour de France and the Giro d’Italia.
– Ilnur was going to ride for a year or two before that, and that’s it. Now, when there is no team, stopping a career early is a logical decision, Abrahamyan told . — Ilnur has a good career, good achievements in professional cycling. Unfortunately, it did not work out with the European Championships, the World Championships, the Olympics, but all the same, he did a lot for the national team, we are grateful to him – with his success in the professional cycling, he won gave us points, thanks to which we had quotas to play in the main competitions of the national team, ”said Abrahamyan.
Source : MatchTV
