The Russian Road Cycling Championship will take place in Tatarstan from July 1 to July 5.

      The competitions will take place in Innopolis and Kazan. The organizer is the famous Russian racer, winner of a stage of the Tour de France, Ilnur Zakarin. Admission for spectators is free. From July 1 to July 5, 2026, Tatarstan will become a center of attraction for all cycling enthusiasts. The Alpha-Bank Russian Road Cycling Championship will be held in the republic. The competitions will unfold at two venues — in Innopolis and Kazan. The event is organized by the Tatarstan Cycling Federation, headed by the president, the well-known Russian racer and winner of a stage of the Tour de France, Ilnur Zakarin. The decision to hold the national championship in Tatarstan confirms the growing status of the republic as one of the key centers for the development of road cycling in Russia. Over the past year, the first cycling academy in the region has been established, and mass rides are regularly held. In 2025, Innopolis and Kazan successfully hosted the national championship. The competition program is packed. On July 1, the individual time trial will start in Innopolis. Women will cover 25 kilometers, while men will cover 35 kilometers. On July 2, there will be a mixed team relay, where both women and men will each cover 25 kilometers. After that, the organizers will hold a mass ride of five kilometers for everyone interested. July 3 has been declared a technical day for moving to Kazan. On July 4, a women's road race of 114 kilometers will take place on a city circuit of 9.5 kilometers, which is 12 laps, as well as an amateur race in the "Masters" category from Gran Fondo Russia. In the evening of the same day, a public broadcast of a stage of the Tour de France will be organized on the main stage with live commentary by Ilnur Zakarin. On July 5, the program will continue with amateur "Masters" races at distances of 47 and 95 kilometers. The culmination will be the men's road race of 190 kilometers, or 20 laps. Ilnur Zakarin, commenting on the upcoming event, noted that he has raced in major competitions around the world and knows what a real road cycling festival should look like. Therefore, the Russian championship is being held in Kazan and Innopolis. For athletes, this is the main start in the country; for the city, it is an opportunity to see top-level cycling live; and for children, it is a chance to get excited about this sport. It is especially nice that on the evening of July 4, everyone will watch a stage of the Tour de France together, and Zakarin will share what a racer feels during this race. According to him, Tatarstan deserves an event of this scale. For the residents and guests of Kazan, the organizers have prepared a fan zone, children's cycling activities, workshops on bicycle repair, and photo zones. Traffic closure schemes will be published no later than June 20 in the official community of the Tatarstan Cycling Federation on VKontakte, and will also be provided to navigation services. Admission for spectators will be free on all competition days. Ilnur Zakarin is a Russian professional cyclist who has raced for the World Tour teams Katusha and CCC. He is the winner of the eighth stage of the Tour de France 2016, a multiple prizewinner of the Spanish Vuelta, and the champion of Russia 2019. Since 2025, he has held the position of president of the Tatarstan Cycling Federation.