Ukraine special: 16 months after the Russian invasion, RadioCycling investigates the impact of the war on Ukrainian cycling and its riders

Soon after Ukraine was invaded by Russia in February 2022, RadioCycling's Chris Marshall-Bell began investigating the impact of the war that has ensued has had on Ukrainian cycling and its cycling community.

16 months on, RadioCycling presents this special episode on Ukraine. It focuses on one of the country's leading coaches, Oleksandr Kulyk, who was killed six days into the conflict, and his son, Andriy, his country's national road race champion in 2019.

Andriy Kulyk's moving account of his father's life as a coach to Olympic champions and his death under a Russian artillery barrage encapsulates the fate of Ukraine's cyclists. It's a tale of devastation wrought, but of hope maintained, and also of a desire for the rest of the world to maintain its focus on Ukraine and its people...

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