We are going to Haifa,
while tomorrow is our last day
on the Holy Land.
And the day after tomorrow
we will have an early wake-up
at 5.30 and a flight to Italy!
Now we are heading to the start
of the second stage of the Giro d'Italia.
Our hotel is in Tel Aviv
and we have to road to Haifa
for the start of stage 2.
The finish will be in Tel Aviv,
so we will use more or less
the same road to come back
in Tel Aviv to our hotel.
But I am not a rider.
It doesn't matter! It is a pleasure for me!
I am from Ukraine,
but me is from Almaty!
I am living here
and I am a big fan of Astana
and I am a cyclist as well!
Yes, I will repeat the same procedure
day by day during all 21 stages...
I hope the color of the numbers maybe will change
to a green or rose... who knows...
sometimes if you do a good stage,
on the next day as a prix you can receive a special number.
For example, last year at the Vuelta after my victory
I've got a green number.
Today we have a normal stage,
a lot of people here around.
And all they can watch on our
amazing and beautiful bikes.
I think we have one of the most beautiful bikes
in the peloton.
We thank our technical sponsor Argon 18,
who did two special bikes for our leaders,
Miguel Angel Lopez and Alexey Lutsenko.
These are special invented colors and these bikes,
first of all gives inspiration
and motivation to the riders.
And, finally, these are just a very nice bikes.
So, watch and enjoy!
The participation of our team
in such a big and unique event for Israel
is a very important and big instrument
of implementation of our strategy
to promote our country,
to use this situation like an informational hub,
informational center of attraction
as well as to give some more ideas to the people
in Isreal about our country,
about its possibilities and potential
Good day, friends!
We are in Israel at the long-waited Giro.
Our guys are going to the start
of the first normal stage
after the prologue.
Let's wish them a good luck.
We know, that the team
is ready.
We hope the luck will be with us.
The team has already scored 16 victories,
this talks us a lot.
This means we are on the right way
and everything is good.
Good luck, cheer for us,
Alga Kazakhstan!
Today we are in the second technical car,
which provides a technical support in race.
At stage races every team
always has 2 technical cars,
number 1 and number 2.
In every car,
the sports director
and the mechanic
have their our duties in race.
Also, I can note,
all cars in the technical peloton
are driving by the rules of the race,
not of the normal rules.
Only the sports director
who has the special license
can drive this kind of car.
Now everything is calm,
we are driving slowly,
we even did not see the riders yet.
For example, if you are in the car with last numbers,
you are really far away
and you can have around 50 cars
in front of you.
So, you can imagine the distances.
But we have a good number (number 5),
so we are in front of the second car peloton
and for sure we will see the riders today!
The second car is including in the race
when it has to change or to support the first car,
it is always some rotation
in the race between the cars.
Also, if we have a breakaway,
the second car goes in front
of the race to support the rider
in the break.
Another situation when the grop splits
in parts and both cars are important
to support the riders.
The first car is always following the leader
of the team.
So, if the group splits,
the first car still follows the leader.
At the moment we still have around 140 km to go,
20 km are done,
we are entering the first small town
on our route.
Here you can hear as the first car
provides some information to the riders
about the race situation
and about the tacktics.
In every car we have three radios:
radio of the race,
radio for communication between riders
and sports director and radio
for communication between two cars.
We always have a lot of information
to follow, to analyze and to explain
everything to the riders.
At the Grand tours
in the first car
we have two sports directors
since we have too much information
to analyze in the same time.
We are for the first time in Israel,
this is a new experience for us.
I can say we are happy to see
a great interest to the race,
to cycling.
Big crowd is alongside the road,
the same like in Europe.
We can see a lot of people,
who come out to the road
in every town,
every small village…
That's great
because we do it for our fans!
So, the second stage is over.
We are in the hotel now.
All good here.
The mechanics will start washing the bikes,
the masseurs will start their massage
of the riders,
the directors will start preparing the programs.
We are inviting you
to join our Youtube-channel
and put your thumb up! Ciao!
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