The ninth edition of the Tour of the Pirin Mountain just ended. 22 cyclists aged from 13 to 49, covered the 219 km course and its hardest section – the PopoviLivadi passage that is long 20 km and has 1200 meters displacement. The event wasn’t a race and aimed to encourage the people to ride bicycles in SandanskiMunicipality.

The first cycling Tour of the Pirin Mountain was held in 2001. ​​Nicholas Boychev of Sport Club “Prinski Eagle” from school “Jane Sandanski”, and George Spirov of Advertising Studio “Synthesis” gave the idea for the event. The participants in the first tourwere 15 high school students and leaders, who were the initiators. The event was held thanks to the support of the municipality “Sandanski”, and local companies that sponsored it.

- 10 years ago when we led those children on a tour in the mountain, we had no idea where we were heading. Our bikes were heavy, we even had no helmets - retells Nicholas Boychev.

- Now, 10 years later things are very different. Most of the participants are with modern road bikes, all have teams and helmets. In ten years we gave an example for many children that there is no better education than sports. I’m thankful to all participants and sponsors that helped us to organize again one of the best events in Sandanski Municipality