Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- International competitions in road cycling started today in the city of Sharjah. Our compatriots performed quite successfully on the first day of the competition.

The starting stage of the program was held in the individual race at a distance of 8.86 km. In it, our compatriot Alexei Fomovsky showed the seventh result in the general classification. It should be noted that this indicator was the highest among the youth participating in the competitions. Behind him in the standings is another representative of the national team of Uzbekistan Dmitry Bocharov.

Tour of Sharjah Tournament

Stage 1. 8.86 km:

1. Sirus Monk (Australia) - 11:18

2. Greg Bole (Slovenia) 0:04

3. Eusebio Pascul (Spain) 0:06 ...

7. Alexey Fomovsky (Uzbekistan) 0:17

8. Dmitry Bocharov (Uzbekistan) 0:21

51. Edem Eminov (Uzbekistan) 0:55

57. Akramjon Sunnatov (Uzbekistan) 1:00

73. Damir Zabirov (Uzbekistan) 1:10

81. Ulugbek Saidov (Uzbekistan) 1:22 

For information, 140 athletes from 23 teams of the world take part in these competitions. Today the second stage of the tournament will take place, where the athletes will have to overcome the distance of 96 km.