Three dozen cyclists joined the participants of the "Paris-Moscow" peace run in Vitebsk.

August 18, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. Three dozen young cyclists joined the participants of the fifth "Paris-Moscow" peace bike ride in Vitebsk today, the sports and tourism department of the Vitebsk City Executive Committee informed a BELTA correspondent. The participants of the bike ride were welcomed with bread and salt by the sports community of the regional center, and then the guests, together with the joined athletes, rode through the city streets. After a short rest at the hotel complex of the central city stadium, the cyclists will be treated to an excursion around the regional center and a visit to the Marc Chagall Museum. Tomorrow, the cyclists will head to Liozno, where they will bid farewell to hospitable Belarus and head to the Russian capital. The fifth bike marathon is organized by the organization "Bicycle for Peace and New Energies" as part of the movement for peace and interaction between peoples. The marathon, with a total length of over 4,000 km, started on July 4 in Paris and will finish on August 27 in Moscow's Red Square. The participants of the fifth "Paris-Moscow-2010" peace bike marathon, dedicated to the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Europe from fascism, arrived in Belarus on August 6 from Poland and have already covered almost 900 km in the republic. They visited large and small cities of the country, including Brest, Kobrin, Nesvizh, Minsk, Lepel, met Belarusians and visited local attractions. -0-