The stage of Red Bull Trans-Siberian Extreme ultra-stage bicycle race started in Kazan.
During the race the cyclists willhave to overcome 14 stages. Setting off in Moscow, the riders have already passed through Nizhny Novgorod and Kazan. On the way to the finish line, which is scheduled on August 10 in Vladivostok, they will seethe Perm, Yekaterinburg, Tyumen, Omsk, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, Ulan-Ude, Chita, Khabarovsk and Svobodny. The race involves 10 athletes (eight men and two women) from 4 continents from 7 countries – Russia, Germany, Brazil, Ireland, Denmark, the USA, Philippines.