All the athletes got start for the 2nd Etape Kastania-Drakotripa at 08:30 in the morning and the weather was good.

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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 1^st pit stop at the 32^nd 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.

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The first three teams finished in Kastania completing this way the 1st Etape Smixi-Kastania.

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One step before the finish line are the first teams, after the passage of the third pit stop at 79^th 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!

The passage was done from the second pit stop at the 63rd km of the stage Smixi-Kastania (Provincial Road Metsovo - Milia) and the classification of athletes remains the same a fight, however, is given for the third and fourth place among the teams TSIAS Drama and Vernon Endurance/JustHost.gr. Last year's athletes and winners of Bike Odyssey, Thodoris Kotopoulos and Michael Tsiavtaris, are racing this year in different teams but they are very close in distance. Further results:

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
6. Team Mountain Bike Tobago Smith-De Freitas
7. MakisBike Kalempoumpas-Probonas

First passed from the pit stop at the 35^th km of the route(Tita) the team “Electric Rev By Helma / Salomon Hellas” with Gregory Kalogeropoulos and Nikos Kostopoulos. Further results:

     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 chickens Tsoulouchas
     5. Slipstream / Trailing Edge Hackshaw-Mendes
     6. Team Mountain Bike Tobago Smith-De Freitas
     7. MakisBike Kalempoumpas-Probonas

This is the ranking so far in the first teams. Stay tuned to see the results from the pit stop.

The Bike Odyssey 2015 started on Sunday in the beautiful Smixi of Grevena.

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