Astana Qazaqstan Team riders triumph at the asian cycling championships

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It was a tough race with a lot of attacks from the start to the finish. With some 25 km to go I attacked and was followed by Yevgeniy Gidich, Dmitriy Gruzdev and a few rivals. The gap was a small one, but in a crosswind, Dmitry pushed so hard in front so we could break away clear. After a new attack there remained only me, Yevgeniy and Arashiro in front of the race. We knew that the sprint is always a bit of lottery, especially after such a tough and exhausting race, so I decided to attack again with 2 km to go and it did work perfectly, bringing me this nice victory. I am really happy and proud with this success. It was good to win Under 23 title last year, so it is something special to repeat it and to win Elite title today. I want to thank all my teammates, Dmitriy Gruzdev, Yevgeniy Gidich, Yevgeniy Fedorov and Igor Chzhan for a huge support today",- said Gleb Brussenskiy.

It was my goal to try to win again the individual time trial at the Asian Championships, so I just did my best on that day, pushing as hard as possible during the whole distance. The weather conditions were far from the optimal, but I managed to deal with it. I am really happy to bring to Kazakhstan another gold medal and it was nice to get it again after my success back in 2022", - said Yevgeniy Fedorov.