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120 cyclists from 20 teams from 3 continents and a total of 20 nationalities are to take part at the 69th Tour of Bulgaria.
The start of the tour will be given in front of St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia at 4 pm today (August 27).
Within 5 days the cyclists will ride more than 800 kilometers on a varied and a quite difficult route throughout Bulgaria. The grand finale to the 60th Tour of Bulgaria will be on September 1 in the town of Momchilgrad, located in the Eastern Rhodope Mountains. The cycling race aims to promote this sport in Bulgaria.
In 1909, the Bulgarian Cycling Union organized the first cycling Tour of Vitosha, which entered the world history of this sport as one of the oldest and best quality races.
In 1924, the first Tour of Bulgaria took place. It was among the oldest and most prestigious races in the world and was preceded only by the Tour De France (which started in 1903), the Tour of Belgium (1908) and the Giro d’Italia (1909).
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