The III International Cycling Festival will be held in Belarus on August 11-12. Entry / entry is free, but you need register.
This time, the main organizer of the event is VeloGomel, and the team of the Minsk Cycling Society necessarily goes there with an educational intensive.
Food during the festival. Open fire is prohibited in the venue of the Bicycle Festival. Participants can cook food on their own grills. Firewood is provided by the organizer. In addition, a food court is invited to the event: drinks, including drinking water, hot dogs, pizza, etc. Please provide a cash payment.
Preliminary program:
11th August
11.00. Cycling excursion to the Black village. Fonts in the village of Chernoe, Rechitsa region, in just a few years have become one of the most visited and recognizable shrines in the south-east of Belarus. Read more about this place. here.
You must first register for the excursion link.
From the place of the Festival to the village of Chernoe 35 km one way. Accordingly, there and back 70 km. The average pace of driving is 15-20 km h. On the way there will be stops at the store (buy food, water and rest). You will be accompanied by volunteers and a guide. There will also be stops along the way for a "minute" of history. Take water, a snack, and a towel with you. In the plan, check-in to the Pokrovskaya chapel above the spring with healing water and a font.
12.00-14.00. Family quest.
14.00-16.00. Relaxation and entertainment:
- master classes
- yogis and yoginis
- circular dances
- kayaking
- horseback riding.
14.00. Figure driving competitions;
15.00. Orientation.
16.00. Public lecture from the Moscow Military District (on the territory of the estate);
16.00. Demonstration performance on trial cycling.
16.30. Video film "VeloGomel Movement is 10 years old".
17.00. Meeting with a bike traveler.
The famous bike traveler from Gomel, who traveled 20,000 km across Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Russia, Sergei Rebko returned to his hometown and will tell about his adventures during the festival. You can pre-read about it here.
19.00. Folk rite from the Vetka museum.
20.00-24.00. Concert show.
24.00-2.00. Disc program.
2.00. Show of bicycle films.
12th of August
10.00. Start of the GRAND-marathon "Mesopotamia".
A unique route through the most interesting places in the Gomel region between Sozh and the Dnieper, including along the Mikhailovsky reservoir, the so-called Krugloe lake.
Distances: 35 and 100 km.
To participate, you must first register, as well as pay before the start a free fee for organizing the event.
Fee for pre-registration fee until August 10:
35 km - 20 rubles.
100 km - 30 rubles.
After August 10 and race day:
35 km - 25 rubles
100 km - 35 r.
Discount for participation 30% is provided to all participants of the Susedzi cycling marathon, members of the Minsk Cycling Society and the VeloGomel public association:
35 km - 15 rubles.
100 km - 25 rubles.
Free participation in the marathon is available for winners of the Susedzi-2018 cycling marathon and winners of contests organized by the VeloGomel public association On the page bike marathon.
In general, the fest menu is for real gourmets: day and night orientation, bike excursions, figure driving grounds, bicycle races, a city of artisans, an exhibition of creative works, a meeting with a bike traveler, yoga in the open air, dance open air, musicians, a disco, a children's quest and much -A lot of everything inspiring and interesting.
Details in the group In contact with.
Venue: "Horse Island" agro-farm (Gomel region, Rechitsa district, Granovka village, agro-farm).
We will definitely go there with a friendly team of the Minsk Cycling Society. Join us!
