Yesterday on 22.06.2017 was held the 4th Stage of Neochori-Krikello, which is traditionally the most difficult stage of the race. The weather was good but it was hot enough to make the athletes effort harder.
“Ekstratis” and “Heroes and Zeros” are the first two teams that completed the 4th stage of “Bike Odyssey” race. The team of Papasavvas Michael and Orfanoudakis Kostas (Ekstratis) crossed the finish line at the beautiful village of Krikello with total time of 06:18:12 . Tsoulouhas George & Dudek Bo (Heroes&Zeros) followed after a few minutes completing the 4th stage in 06:31:37. The following teams have also successfully completed the stage:
010 - Pro Trener - Novikova Anna / Zamotin Oleg: 06:56:37
007 - Katusha Zarata NBike Team - Romanov Andrey / Kostadinov Nikolay: 06:56:50
001 - www.vita4you.gr - Samoladas Antonis / Fragkoulis George: 07:13:13
The third stage of the race was completed yesterday, ending in Neohori and with it was completed the 3-Days North Odyssey! It was a relatively small stage but with many altitudes that combined with the hot day turned out to be demanding for athletes! Of course the beauty of the landscape and the view of Lake Plastiras compensated everyone for their effort.
On Sunday, June 18, the first stage of Bike Odyssey was launched for 2017, both for the 8-day race and for the northern 3 day, from Smixi of Grevena to reach the city of Metsovo. The weather was ideal for the teams to start the race and although the first stage is always an identifier for the athletes we started to take a picture of their dynamics.
A few hours left for the race to start for the fifth year in a row!
The athletes of the 8-day race and the 3-day north Odyssey have just arrived the beautiful village of Smixi. Though the weather was quite rainy today everyone enjoyed the organization's welcome, the team's presentation and the briefing concerning the firts stage of the race.
Weather prediction for tomorrow is good and everything is ready for the great adventure.
We wish to all a good luck!
Watch the video:
See the photos: https://www.facebook.com/pg/BikeOdyssey.gr/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1467430036636737
Gps files for every stage of Bike Odyssey 2017 are ready and you can download them from the following link: http://bikeodyssey.gr/en/route/gps-files.html
Gps files refers to both 8-day and the 3-day races,as much as the 1-day races.
Preparations for Bike Odyssey 2017 continues...
This years’ route includes many changes for the most part, as the athletes will pass from new locations and villages of great beauty. Our experienced team of people has crossed through the paths of the 4th stage in order to continue the marking of the route. Photo snapshots can be seen below:
An intermediate stage is going to be added to B.O.’s route. During the 5th stage of the race participants will compete on a new route that starts and finishes in the village of Krikello (prefecture of Evrytania).
The race “Bike Odyssey 2017” will start from Smixi of Grevena and will end in Metsovo. For one more year in this first stage, athletes will be able to ride one of the most beautiful tracks of the whole race. Particularly the passage from the Pindos National Park, known as Valia Calda, is a unique experience.
BikeOdyssey is an 8 days XC (Cross Country) bike race across the Pindos mountain range, in Greece. Is the toughest race in Greece and one of the toughest mountain bike races in the world.