On Saturday, April 29, the solemn opening of the biker season took place in several Russian cities. The most important events, by tradition, took place in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Russian media has collected the brightest moments of the motorcycle season opener.
In the capital, bikers gathered at the Sexton club in Mnevniki, and in St. Petersburg, on Palace Square, the #MotoGTO festival took place, informed Fontanka edition.
Sexton Bike Center on Nizhniye Mnevniki Street. President of the Russian Association of Bikers Alexander Zaldastanov (surgeon) (center) Igor Ivanko / Kommersant
Participants during the race in honor of the opening of the Night Wolves motorcycle seasonMikhail Metzel / TASS
Bike center Sexton on the opening day of the motorcycle seasonIgor Ivanko / Kommersant
Igor Ivanko/Kommersant, participating in the opening of the motorcycle season at the Sexton Bike Center
Participants in the race in honor of the opening of the motorcycle season in MoscowMikhail Metzel / TASS
Motorcycles ahead of the parade, timed to coincide with the opening of the motorcycle season, in Palace Square in St. PetersburgPetr Kovalev/TASS
Bikers during a motorbike parade, timed to coincide with the opening of the motorcycling season, on Nevsky Prospekt. Piotr Kovalev / TASS
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Bikers during the parade, timed to coincide with the opening of the motorcycle season, on Nevsky ProspektPyotr Kovalev/TASS
Participants before the start of the motorcycle race” at the Sexton Bike Center Mikhail Metzel / TASS
Opening of the motorcycle season in St. PetersburgPetr Kovalev / TASS
The opening ceremony of the motorcycle season at the Sexton Bike Center on Nizhniye Mnevniki StreetIgor Ivanko / Kommersant
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