Vyacheslav Ekimov: “It turns out that I myself did not race on the Tula track, but for our cycling it is an important facility”

President of the Russian Cycling Federation, three-time Olympic champion Vyacheslav Ekimov told that the renovated velodrome in Tula made a good impression on him and that in general this facility is important for the sport.

The first big start at the renovated velodrome was the Tula Grand Prix, which started on Friday.

– It happened in my career that I myself did not race on the Tula track, but this track has always been important for our cycling, for its development. Now I looked at the renovated velodrome, the results of the reconstruction made a very good impression. And for the region, and for our sport in Russia, his return to work is really a big event. For our part, we will try to organize more competitions in Tula,” Yekimov told .

In the Tula Grand Prix, in addition to the Russian team, representatives of the teams of the United Arab Emirates, Iran, Uzbekistan and Belarus participate.