With 17-year-old Bogdan Zabelinskiy of Agios Mnasonos scoring an epic upset to win the Skoda Cyprus Gran Fondo and APOEL's Andri Christoforou easily maintaining her dominance, this year's biggest cycling race in Cyprus was completed on Sunday afternoon (03/4) in Paphos with the participation of 234 semi-professional athletes from 27 countries.
Zabelinskiy, son of Olga Zabelinskaya, a holder of three Olympic medals and a permanent resident of Cyprus (Bogdan speaks Greek), entered the final day in fifth place, however, on the 54km course he opened a gap of two and a half minutes from Zakarin and Loda, leaving them in second and third place respectively. Aidar Zakarin is the brother of Russian professional cyclist Ilnur Zakarin while Italian Loda is 51 years old and is competing in the race almost each
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