Bukrinskiy-2021

I 🚲 the Bukrinskiy-2021 BRM200. It was my third or fourth time on this route.

I showed up despite not riding for a year and a half because of 🧡. Strange enough, I finished faster than before on this same route (still slowly, tho). Possible reasons are:

1the weather was 🌞 this time
2I stuck in a group of 🚲🚲🚲🚲, which rode well for half of the route, including the air pocket behind two trucks
3not wasting time at checkpoints

Two cyclists on tarmac. Black clothes and team jersey of Anyway Cycling Team — We were wearing Anyway Cycling jerseys

No miracles have happened, and I bonked at the 💯 km mark. I waved the group goodbye — from behind, right after the climb out of Kaharlyk. I sat up and started taking photos while riding the 👴 tempo.

A t-junction near Ulyanyky, Ukraine — Life is good if you see this t-junction

IT WAS ONLY AROUND 180-th KILOMETER THAT I UNDERSTOOD THAT THE LAST CHECKPOINT — THE ONE WHERE THEY GAVE US THE FUEL CALLED PEPSI-COLA — WAS NOT PRESENT THIS TIME! Had to traverse the last hills with no sugar.

After a few sad dozens of minutes I reached the finish, and Yevhen was kind enough to taxi me home fro there (an extra 80 km driving for him). Thanks a lot.

Thanks to:
Yevhen,
the organizers,
the photographer,
the drivers in these trucks,
and the other two members of our group of four!

strava

Matviy Andreyev

Bukrinskiy-2021

Riding bicycles is the best thing in the world.