A virtual bike race in the UAE and Saudi Arabia

Noura Al Jasmi: The men's race will start at 5 pm and the women's race will be at 7 pm next Saturday.

The head of the Women's Committee, Marketing and Development at the Cycling Federation, a member of the Emirati-Saudi Coordination Committee for Bicycles, Noura Al Jasmi, announced that the committee will organize next Saturday the virtual "Wash Challenge" race with visual communication technology, for men and women in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, and the race distance is 40 km.

She said in a press statement: "The men's race will start at 5 pm UAE time (four Saudi local time), while the women's race will be held at 7 pm UAE time (6:00 Saudi local time)."

She added, "The committee has allocated valuable prizes to the winners and winners, and it is a good initiative from the committee that aims to increase the base of practitioners and practices of cycling in the two countries," noting that "the (Wash Challenge) race will be the beginning of a series of similar races in the coming period that are commensurate with health measures. Currently being followed ».

The first cooperation initiatives between the UAE and Saudi Cycling Federations were the joint training camp held in Fujairah under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad Al Sharqi, Crown Prince of Fujairah, as part of the UAE-Saudi Cycling Coordination Committee activity program.

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