With rain, fog and enough cold at higher specific points of the route, started the first stage of Bike Odyssey 2015.
The mud, as result of rainfall in recent days, has hampered the efforts of several athletes in several parts of the etape.
Participants went through places of unique natural beauty as the National Park of Valia Calda, the ski resort of Anilio and the forest of Morava.
The battle to conquer a good position was hard and there were reversals throughout the entire race.
The team of Gregory Kalogeropoulos and Nikos Kostopoulos, which was and the winner of the stage stood out quite early. Specifically, after the village Avdela created and maintained a sizable distance from others.
Watch the video of first etape here.
The results are: