While Belarus is cycling throughout April, we tell you what happened in cycling in different cities over the spring, share useful links and announce cycling events in Belarus. Connect!
We invite you to a cycling week in Minsk
From 11 to 19 May, the capital will host a whole marathon of cycling events for athletes and cyclists. The culmination of the cycling week will be the fifth Viva Rovar Bicycle Carnival.
Cycle week program:
12 May. Competition velomiss.
May 18. Bicycle carnival Viva Rovar.
May 11-12. International highway cycling competition.
May 16-19. International track cycling competition.
Signing up for volunteer bike carnival by link.
12 May. Competition velomiss.
May 18. Bicycle carnival Viva Rovar.
May 11-12. International highway cycling competition.
May 16-19. International track cycling competition.
Signing up for volunteer bike carnival by link.
Lida Cup 2019! Fix the dates of amateur competitions and sign up for volunteers
VeloLida has published a schedule of amateur cycling competitions for 2019. The nearest start on May 19 XCO "Zorka" (Lida district). Registration for the Cup by link.
Other dates:
June 15th marathon "Prinemansky" (Lida district);
30 June marathon "To the Broken Stone" (Slonim);
the 14 th of July XCO "Korobchitsy" (Grodno region);
25-th of August XCO "Enka" (Slonim);
8 September XCO Borovka (Lida);
September 22nd marathon "Over the Neman" (Grodno);
6 october "Like a marathon" (Lida).
June 15th marathon "Prinemansky" (Lida district);
30 June marathon "To the Broken Stone" (Slonim);
the 14 th of July XCO "Korobchitsy" (Grodno region);
25-th of August XCO "Enka" (Slonim);
8 September XCO Borovka (Lida);
September 22nd marathon "Over the Neman" (Grodno);
6 october "Like a marathon" (Lida).
Bicycle events-2019 in Brest
Cycling holidays, marathons, presentations. Brest invites you to join the cycling events in the city above the Bug and its environs.
May 5, 12.00... Zhabinka. City bike festival and cross-country marathon "Syabrukі-2019". Details and registration here.
May 11-12... Test of a new cycling route (Brest and Zhabinka districts), integration program, organizers provide overnight stay. The pace and length of the route is designed for amateurs. The number of participants is limited, registration here.
May 18, Brest. Festival "Without a Motor".
June 1-2... "Motolskaya regatta". The pace and length of the route are designed for amateurs: 30-40 km on bicycles a day. The organizers provide transport for participants with bicycles to the venue, an escort bus, and accommodation. At the finish line relay races and quests. The number of participants is limited, registration here.
May 18, Brest. Festival "Without a Motor".
June 1-2... "Motolskaya regatta". The pace and length of the route are designed for amateurs: 30-40 km on bicycles a day. The organizers provide transport for participants with bicycles to the venue, an escort bus, and accommodation. At the finish line relay races and quests. The number of participants is limited, registration here.
The beta version of the RovarOK application was presented in Brest
On March 30, the team of the Za Velo Brest institution presented the RovarOK application for cyclists. The tool was created for fixing and correcting infrastructure defects, organizing joint events, preventing bicycle thefts, developing cycling tourism, receiving thematic news and bonuses for those who actively use ecotransport.
After the release, the application will be supplemented with new sections and features at the request of users.
After the release, the application will be supplemented with new sections and features at the request of users.
VeloGomel published a brochure with cycling routes
Activists of the NGO "VeloGomel" in cooperation with the non-governmental organization Civil Belarus (Czech Republic) have developed bicycle tourist routes and published a brochure with their description.
The presentation of the project took place at the general meeting of members of the NGO "VeloGomel" on March 2.
The presentation of the project took place at the general meeting of members of the NGO "VeloGomel" on March 2.
Mass reduction of curbs in Gomel!
In Gomel thanks to the service 115.white and active residents of the city began a massive understatement of curbs on the main streets of the city.
The VeloGomel team urges the city's cyclists not to stop there:
- Let each of us take control of his usual route: a high curb behind a curb, a terrible pit behind a pit, a towering hatch behind a hatch, an extinct lantern behind a lantern ... And so on until the route becomes acceptable from the point of view of us, cyclists, - the organization appealed to its subscribers and subscribers on the social network.
In Gomel thanks to the service 115.white and active residents of the city began a massive understatement of curbs on the main streets of the city.
The VeloGomel team urges the city's cyclists not to stop there:
- Let each of us take control of his usual route: a high curb behind a curb, a terrible pit behind a pit, a towering hatch behind a hatch, an extinct lantern behind a lantern ... And so on until the route becomes acceptable from the point of view of us, cyclists, - the organization appealed to its subscribers and subscribers on the social network.
Grodno Medical University is among the three most cycling universities in Belarus
Grodno State Medical University took third place in the "Most Cycling University" competition organized by activists of the youth association "Solyanka".
Participation in the competition brought not only a title to the students of the GrSMU. After the victory, the administration of the university drew attention to the problems of cyclists and expressed a desire to promote the development of cycling in the university at a greater level. For what exactly was the medical award in Grodno and which universities in Belarus are the most cycling read on the VeloGrodno website.
Participation in the competition brought not only a title to the students of the GrSMU. After the victory, the administration of the university drew attention to the problems of cyclists and expressed a desire to promote the development of cycling in the university at a greater level. For what exactly was the medical award in Grodno and which universities in Belarus are the most cycling read on the VeloGrodno website.
A cycling school continues to work in Grodno
Twice a week, Velo Grodno volunteers teach adults and children how to ride a two-wheeled bicycle.
Thanks to the financial support of the European Union within the framework of the BELMED project, pupils and female students can come to classes without personal bicycles - they will be provided by a cycling school.
You can sign up for a lesson here... If you want to become a volunteer instructor, please fill in questionnaire... Details of the school link.
Thanks to the financial support of the European Union within the framework of the BELMED project, pupils and female students can come to classes without personal bicycles - they will be provided by a cycling school.
You can sign up for a lesson here... If you want to become a volunteer instructor, please fill in questionnaire... Details of the school link.
useful links
TV project "Ordinary People" with the leader of VeloGomel Svetlana Korol.
Without cooperation, nothing will work. How VeloGrodno makes its city better. Interview about a ten-year experience of organizing with Yulia Koleda.
The expert work of the Minsk Cycling Society is supported by the European Union within the framework of the project "Urban Cycling in Belarus" implemented by the Center for Environmental Solutions and the public association "Minsk Cycling Society" with the co-financing of the GEF Small Grants Program "Development of Cycling in the Regions of Belarus" implemented by the public association "Minsk Cycling Society".
