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Russia is planning a world-class velodrome on the site of the 2014 Winter Olympics and hopes to create a tour of Russia with a finish Red Square to promote the sport, its cycling federation chief said on Wednesday. The head of the body of cycling in Russia, Igor Makarov, told reporters that the federation plans to renovate the cycling infrastructure of the country, in order to organize important events had received full support from the government. team sky kit He said that Russia's ambitions in cycling would be centered around the 2014 Winter Olympics host city Sochi, a Black Sea resort with a temperate climate and is surrounded by towering mountains. "We decided to transform one of the ice rinks, which are currently under construction in Sochi in a top-class bicycle path after the end of the 2014 Olympic Games," he said. Exorbitant fees are the only thing that keeps plan to organize a cycling tour of Russia, the President of the National Federation of cycling Igor Makarov said Wednesday. Cycling Socks Russia cycling chiefs have long hoped to set up a stage race across the country, with a possible route entry from the Black Sea resort of Sochi to Moscow, passing through St. Petersburg. "We have sent a request to the UCI, but it turned out that we had to pay € 7,000,000 to a private company for the license for the Tour of Russia," said Makarov. "This is also an issue that I intend to discuss with the UCI. 7000000 Why should I pay? We thought that the organization of the race was included in the price, but we were wrong." Makarov, who was the head of the federation since 2010, said that the price was the only obstacle and that the race organizers had the full support of the government. trek cycling jersey "We want to stage the tour of Russia, the country's government supports us, as do the regions, the money is allocated and sponsors are willing to fund it," said Makarov. "We want to keep the first race of next year. We have already set up an organizing committee, everything is ready and has been discussed, but there is no financial limit." Makarov, a member of the Management Committee of the UCI, also said that Russia would host the UCI road-racing world championships for the first time.
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