Cycling improves the human health and extends life. The UN General Assembly adopted the Resolution ‘Integration of mainstream bicycling into public transportation systems for sustainable development’ at the 61st plenary meeting of its 76th Session at the initiative of Turkmenistan.

World Health Day is celebrated annually on April 7. This holiday includes the measures aimed at protecting the national health and preventing diseases. Cycling marathons are among those measures. They increase significance of the holiday.