Let $T_1^{(\mu)}$ be the first hitting time of the point 1 by the Bessel
process with index $\mu\in \R$ starting from $x>1$. Using an integral formula
for the density $q_x^{(\mu)}(t)$ of $T_1^{(\mu)}$, obtained in Byczkowski,
Ryznar (Studia Math., 173(1):19-38, 2006), we prove sharp es