With the last stage Gravia-Amfiklia closed the cycle of Bike Odyssey for 2015 on Sunday, June 14th!
With the last stage Gravia-Amfiklia closed the cycle of Bike Odyssey for 2015 on Sunday, June 14th!
The 6th etape Ath. Diakos-Gravia is completing as we have the first finishers. Consistently in first place for 7th day the team «Electric Rev By Helma / Salomon Hellas» of Gregory Kalogeropoulos and Nikos Kostopoulos for the 8-day race. Second win and for the team «CANYONINERS» of Alex Kampouropoulos and Konstantinos Papanikolaou for the 3-day race. The results so far are as follows:
The current etape is very quick and the first teams have already passed from the 3rd pit stop at the 53rd km of the route (Apostolia) and we have reversals in both races. In the 8-day race, counterattack made the team "TSIAS Dramaw" with Tsiavtaris and Grivas and climbed to 2nd place but in 3-day race the team «The Black Bullets» with Oxyzoglou and Gkaveras won the 2nd place from the team «Play Tromponi» with Galanis-Kostopoulos V. Up to now, the ranking is:
With good and warm weather started the 6th Etape Ath. Diakos-Gravia. The start was normal for both the 8-day and 3-day race but did not get starting today Michael Kalempoumpas of «MakisBike» team and Paschalis Skordas of "MTB BEARS KOZANI» team. Their teammates Probonas and Karatzetzos respectively are racing normally. The passage from the 1st pit stop at the 17th kmof the route (Mavrolithari) became very quickly as the stage is about 61km. Some teams from both the 8-day and the 3-day race face some technical problems with the example of Nikolai Ho, who had two flat tires until he reached the 1st pit stop. The results for the teams in details are:
With a little rainfall finished the first teams to Athanasios Diakos. We had a loss in the 3-day race, where Angelos Angelidis from the team «The Slow Fighters» left the race. The results of the 5th Etape Krikello-Ath. Diakos for the moment are:
The teams passed and from the 3rd pit stop at the 57th km of the route (Artotina). The first two teams of 8-day race Kalogeropoulos-Kostopoulos and the 3-day race Kampouropoulos-Papanikolaou have the same rate and are moving together. In the 8-day race in second place passed the team of Tsiavtaris-Grivas and they are stealing it from the team of Samoladas-Fragoulis. In the 3-day race stable in second place is the team of Dafnis-Kouseris and there is a battle for the next positions. Up to now, the ranking is:
Today was the start for the 5th Etape Krikello-Ath. Diakos as far as concern the 8-day race and start did not get Michael Kalempoumpas of team «MakisBike» and Paschalis Skordas of team «MTB BEARS KOZANI». But today began and the 1st Etape of the 3-day race and all athletes took start. The passage from the 1st pit stop at the 25th km of the route (Sarantaina) was fast and until now the ranking is:
Normally was given the start for the 4th Etape Agrafa-Krikello. Did not get start Skordas Paschalis from the team "MTB BEARS KOZANI».
The first 5 teams passed from the 3rd pit stop at the 80th km of the route (Agia Paraskevi in Agios Nikolaos) with first team for once more time the team of Kalogeropoulos-Kostopoulos. We have a change in the 3rd plave where are Samoladas-Fragoulis while in the 4th fell Kotopoulos-Tsoulouhas. 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
The first teams passed from the 2nd pit stop at the 43rd km of the route (Grammeni Oxia). There has been no change in the ranking from the 1st pit stop so the results are:
1. Electric Rev By Helma / Salomon Hellas Kalogeropoulos-Kostopoulos
2. TSIAS Dramas Tsiavtaris-Grivas
3. Vernon Endurance / JustHost Kotopoulos-Tsoulouhas
4. 1000 Dentra / Vita4you Fragoulis-Samoladas
5. Slipstream / Trailing Edge Hackshaw-Mendes
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.