The first three teams finished in Agrafa.
The first three teams finished in Agrafa.
On the way to the village of Agrafa and the finish of the stage are the first teams since passed and the 3rd pit stop at the 50th km of the route (Vragiana). In 1st place are always Kalogeropoulos-Kostopoulos and the teams of Fragoulis-Samoladas and Tsiavtaris-Grivas arrived at the same time at the pit stop. Increased performance we see today from the team of Ho-Hearn which seems to getting familiar with the Greek terrain and finding its tempo. The first results from the 3rd pit stop are:
1. Electric Rev By Helma / Salomon Hellas Kalogeropoulos-Kostopoulos
2. 1000 Dentra / Vita4you Fragoulis-Samoladas AND
TSIAS Dramas Tsiavtaris-Grivas
3. Vernon Endurance / JustHost.gr Kotopoulos-Tsoulouhas
4. Slipstream / Trailing Edge Hackshaw-Mendes
5. Trailing Edge / Slipstream Ho-Hearn
We are in the 4th day of the race and the athletes start normally today for the 3rd etape Drakotripa-Agrafa. The weather today is very good and all teams passed very fast from the 1st pit stop at the 22nd km of the route (Ag. Nikolaos), while we have already the first teams that passed and from the 2nd pit stop at the 34th km of the route (Petrilo) . The classification in details until this moment is:
1. Electric Rev By Helma / Salomon Hellas Kalogeropoulos-Kostopoulos
2. 1000 Dentra / Vita4you Fragoulis-Samoladas
3. TSIAS Dramas Tsiavtaris-Grivas
4. Vernon Endurance / JustHost.gr Kotopoulos-Tsoulouhas AND
Slipstream / Trailing Edge Hackshaw-Mendes
5. Trailing Edge / Slipstream Ho-Hearn
All the athletes got start for the 2nd Etape Kastania-Drakotripa at 08:30 in the morning and the weather was good.
Due to bad weather conditions, severe storms and lightning, the organization of the race decided that the stage should finish earlier for the safety of athletes. So the finish of the etape was moved to the 3rd pit stop at the 80th km of the route in Kato Paliokaria. The team of Kalogeropoulos-Kostopoulos managed to finish normally in Drakotripa but for all teams will be valid the times from the 3rd check point. The classification for the first teams who finished is:
1. Electric Rev By Helma / Salomon Hellas Kalogeropoulos-Kostopoulos
2. 1000 Dentra / Vita4you Fragoulis-Samoladas
3. TSIAS Dramas Tsiavtaris-Grivas
4. Vernon Endurance / JustHost.gr Kotopoulos-Tsoulouhas
5. Slipstream / Trailing Edge Hackshaw-Mendes
Detailed results will be announced in next post.
The first teams passed from the 2nd pit stop at the 57th km of the route (Ski Center of Pertouli). Consistently in the first position are holding the athletes Kalogeropoulos-Kostopoulos, but there are reversals in the remaining positions. In details:
1. Electric Rev By Helma / Salomon Hellas Kalogeropoulos-Kostopoulos
2. TSIAS Dramas Tsiavtaris-Grivas
3. 1000 Dentra / Vita4you Fragoulis-Samoladas
4. Vernon Endurance / JustHost.gr Kotopoulos Tsoulouhas
5. Slipstream / Trailing Edge Hackshaw-Mendes
Stay tuned to learn first the progress of the stage.
Was given today the start at 08:30am in Kastania and athletes already passed from the 1st pit stop at the 32nd km of theroute (Paleochori). Stably first by far the athletes Kalogeropoulos & Kostopoulos, while came together to pit stop almost simultaneously four teams: Hackshaw-Mendes, Fragoulis-Samoladas, Kotopoulos-Tsoulouhas and Tsiavtaris-Grivas.
With rain, fog and enough cold at higher specific points of the route, started the first stage of Bike Odyssey 2015.
The first three teams finished in Kastania completing this way the 1st Etape Smixi-Kastania.
One step before the finish line are the first teams, after the passage of the third pit stop at 79th km (Ski Center of Anilio). The ranking stays the same for the time with Kalogeropoulos and Kostopoulos to stay ahead steadily. Until this point, the teams are classified as follows:
1. Electric Rev By Helma / Salomon Hellas Kalogeropoulos-Kostopoulos
2. 1000 Dentra / Vita4you Fragoulis-Samoladas
3. TSIAS DramaTsiavtaris-Grivas
4. Vernon Endurance / JustHost.gr Kotopoulos-Tsoulouhas
5. Slipstream / Trailing Edge Hackshaw-Mendes
The teams put their best as they approach the finish line. Anxiety about whether there will be reversals in results until the finish in Kastania!
Το BikeOdyssey είναι ένας 8ήμερος XC (Cross Country) ποδηλατικός αγώνας που διασχίζει την οροσειρά της Πίνδου. Είναι ο δυσκολότερος αγώνας στην Ελλάδα και ένας από τους δυσκολότερους παγκοσμίως.