Kazakhstan cyclist Gleb Brusensky won the group race at YOI in Argentina.

He covered a distance of 63.9 km in 1:30:58. Our other athlete Yevgeny Fedorov became the eighth with a score of 1:31:03. Today Gleb earned 100 points, Eugene scored 20 points.

"In general, the race today is difficult, harsh, everyone is attacking. You don’t have time for anyone. We tried, we caught every break. In the end, I was a little lucky, I drove away from Luxembourg and Poland with athletes. But the Polish rider was hard to drive and fell behind. with Luxemburg well worked and left. And at the finish I was stronger than he "- said Gleb Brusensky.

Also, the outcome of the race commented on our athlete Yevgeny Fedorov.

“At first I drove away, then my partner, Gleb Brusensky. I then“ extinguished ”the group, everything they could have done. He was first, I was about sixth and seventh. The race was in circles and the wind was in the direction of the finish. "- said Yevgeny Fedorov.

“The tasks were set for these two days. Since we mainly have the direction of the highway. We tried to score maximum points during these two days. I think we managed. The ground is good now. The girls are great too. They didn’t expect such a turn. Today they showed a good race. Now we have mountain biking for two days. Our task is to keep the lead, try to drive closer to the maximum, because most countries brought mountain bikers. Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow it will be hard for us. . Onka also for us I think, the main intersection will be there, "- said the head coach of the junior national team Vadim Gorbachev.

In the second type of the program, out of five, there was no equal to Svetlana Pashchenko from Kazakhstan - she became the best in the group race of 63.9 km. Her finishing time was 1: 41.20. Another athlete Marina Kurnosova finished the competition on the seventh line.

“I can't believe it. It so happened that I sat down a bit at the end of the group, then jerked forward. An athlete from New Zealand went with me. We worked with her. Marina helped me a lot. Then I noticed the rival is tired, I stepped forward and won "- said Pashchenko.

Marina Kurnosova commented on yesterday's performance in the race with a separate start.

“We didn’t have a little start. We could have driven better. I cannot say that they showed a bad result. Three more races are ahead and the situation in the overall standings may change,” noted Kurnosova.

It is worth noting that Svetlana Pashchenko in today's race was able to beat the world champion from Austria, as well as the Russian woman holding the European champion title.

In front of cyclists three more days of competition. According to the results of all races, the winners of the Youth Olympic Games will be determined.

Source: www.olympic.kz