Ukrainian Cyclist Yaroslav Popovych has multiple trophies to his name, including podiums in the legendary Giro d’Italia and Tour de France. Hopeful to see new generations of athletes following in his footsteps, Popovych is dedicating himself to developing cycling in Ukraine.
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In 2016 Yaroslav Popovich ended his racing career and became a director of the American team Trek factory Sega Fredo he’s been living in Italy for 20 years now but his heart is still in Ukraine now he’s come up with the idea of developing the sport of Ukrainian
Cycling I always had this dream of helping Ukrainian cycling now when he’s going through hard times together with a group of like-minded people we’ve decided to nominate me for the position of Cycling Federation president to try and change things around for the better yaroslav’s wife and three-month-old
Daughter came from Italy to support him before meeting her husband Elena had no interest in competitive cycling now however it’s an important part of her life Elena fully supports Yaroslav decision to work in Ukraine she a hundred percent I’m all for it because I believe that his skills and experience
Should be devoted to his country giving it all to the cause Yaroslav believes that in order to create a world-class professional cycling team in the future it’s important to start with developing children cycling schools I am not afraid of problems and difficulties the main thing for me is
The results and I hope that I’ll be able to help someone to help kids who do cycling if they follow in my footsteps and achieve something in the sport that would be cool the president of the Ukrainian Cycling Federation will be elected on July the 20th