The Greek National Team Confirmed its supremacy!

The 2nd stage of the Bike Odyssey 2019 was one with great interest, which included intense duels for the 9-days race, and yet another dynamic appearance by the Greek National Team.

9 days Race

 

More specifically, the 9-days race kicked off where it had stopped the day before, with team AVRA (of Souvatzoglou Grigoris and Kourmpetis Anestis) and team  Bikeboard.at (of Rene Reidinger and Christian Meyer) coming in and competing with one another  for the first place!

Up to the 1st checkpoint the two teams were cycling almost together, having a difference of about one and a half second around the point of the 1st pit stop. However, AVRA team was gradually increasing its lead, and arrived first at the finish line, 18 minutes ahead of team Bikeboard.at

The SCHC POLAND TEAM team of Baran Marcin and Fidytek Tomasz moved steadily at the third place. The Polish team never felt any danger of falling behind that spot, and was essentially the big (kind of) calming force of the 9-days race for the second consecutive day.

A very interesting battle, took place for the 4th, 5th and 6th places! The teams that competed against one another were the Heroes & Zeros team (of Toulouhas George and Dudek Bo), the Beastie Bikerz Masters team (of Wolfgang Faßbender and Thomas Wimmer), the Pro Trener team (of Novikova Anna and Zamotin Oleg) and the Feels Good like a MTF team (of Fraile Louis and Julian Ammorich).

The four teams competed hard, were constantly with a few minutes difference between one another and were frequently changing their order of ranking at each checkpoint of the current stage! Heroes & Zeros had the strongest beginning, reaching 4th at the point of the first checkpoint, but eventually the one that won the 4th place on the podium  was the Beastie Bikerz Masters team, followed by the Feels Good like a MTF team, the Heroes & Zeros team and the Pro Trener team, with that order.

Those four teams showed us that they are close to one another during the previous stages as well, and they seem to have recognized each other as their actual competition, creating with their performance a great interest in how they will approach the next stages of the race!

 

 

 

UCI 4-days North Race

For yet another day, the two teams of the Greek National Team confirmed their great momentum, not only by staying at the front of most of the Event’s bikers, but by showing character through adversity and by winning emphatically the 1st and 2nd place for the 4-days North race.

A little before their arrival at the point of the 1st checkpoint, the team of Periklis Ilias and Antoniadis Dimitris faced a technical problem, headed for the point of the 1st pit stop by foot and were forced to change the whole wheel from Antoniadis Dimitris's bike, losing valuable time in the process.

However, the once world champion and the Greek champion showed their experience, repaired the damage, picked up their pace, arrived at the points of the next two checkpoints before of the athletes of their category and won first place in an emphatic way, by having an 11 minutes difference from the 2nd team of Tsortoukidis Ilias and Molla Amet Ali Oglou.

The other Greek National Team also gave us a very strong performace and finished in second place with a 20-minute lead ahead of the rest of the 4-days race.

 

 

 

 

The battle for the top three positions in the Open 4-days North race!

A thrilling battle took place for the first three positions of the 4-days North race for athletes of the Open category. The three teams that were constantly competing for these positions were the No lifers team (of Kalabalikis Dimitris and Michailidis Ioannis), the ACTION BIKE CLUB-SIS team(of Voudouris Euripides and Zoumoulis Vasilis) and the Gatsoulis-Orbea team (of  Dimopoulos Thomas and Karametos Dimitris).

Those three teams were changing  constantly in the rankings up until around the 3rd checkpoint, but eventually the No Lifers team won first place, followed by the ACTION BIKE CLUB-SIS team and the Gatsoulis-Orbea team respectively

 

 

 

 

 

In conclusion,  another day for the Bike Odyssey 2019 came to an end, a day with interesting duels, remarkable performances and great promise for the next stages of this country's largest Mountain Bike Race.

Stay tuned!

Bellow are listed the results of today’s Stage, as well as those of the so far Overall Classification.

 

 

 

 

9DAYS
PLACE	TEAM NAME	ATHLETES NAMES	TIME
1st	AVRA	SOUVATZOGLOU GRIGORIS-KOURBETIS ANESTIS	4:04:46
2nd	BIKEBOARD.AT	REN'E REIDINGER-CHRISTIAN MEYER	4:22:39
3rd	SCHC TEAM POLAND	FIDYTEK TOMASZ-BARAN MARCIN	4:32:27
4th	BEASTIE BIKERZ MASTERS	WOLFGANG FAβBENDER-THOMAS WIMMER	4:37:45
5th	FEELS GOOD LIKE A MTF	FRAILE LUIS-AMMORICH JULIAN	4:42:42
6th	HEROES & ZEROS	TSOULOUHAS GEORGE-DUDEK BO	4:45:10
7th	PRO TENER	NOVIKOVA ANNA-ZAMOTIN OLEG	4:57:21
11th	KATUSHA FANS KAZANIAK	BARABONKOV ANDREY-ZHEKO STOYCHEV	5:16:54
10th	FLATT OUT	ZOTOS MICHEAL-TAMPAROPOULOS ARISTOTELIS	5:19:14
12th	VITA4YOU.GR	SAMOLADAS ANTONIS-FRAGKOYLIS GIORGOS	5:19:23
13th	BEASTIE BIKERZ ROOKIES	KAISER THOMAS-REINDL BERND	5:21:25
9th	LYON MOUNTAIN TRAIL	CLAUDE BOUBIDI-ROBIN DEVIRAUX	5:35:50
17th	LYON MOUNTAIN TRAIL	XAVIER ROLLAND	5:36:03
15th	KASTRINI KOURSARI	KALEBUBAS MICHEAL-KOTOPOULOS THODORIS	5:43:47
16th	O.P.O.P. 1	KOUTSOGIANNIS THANASIS-KARAPAS TASOS	5:44:52
8th	BEASTIE BIKERZ VETERANS	HILTSCHER WOLFGANG-MARX THOMAS	6:01:32
14th	127 YEARS FROM HAMBURG	RUDIGER WESSKAM-RUDIGER ROHDE	6:44:22

 

 

UCI 4DAYS NORTH
PLACE	TEAM NAME	ATHLETES NAMES	TIME
1st	GREEK NATIONAL TEAM	ILIAS PERIKLIS-ANTONIADIS DIMITRIOS	4:29:18
2nd	GREEK NATIONAL TEAM	MOLLA AMET ALIOGLOU CHAROUN-TSORTOUKTSIDIS ILIAS	4:30:56
OPEN 4DAYS NORTH
PLACE	TEAM NAME	ATHLETES NAMES	TIME
1st	NO LIFERS	KALABALIKIS DIMITRIOS-MICHAILIDIS IOANNIS	4:50:47
2nd	ACTION BIKE CLUB	VOUDOURIS EURIPIDES-ZOUMPOYLIS VASSILIS	5:06:59
3rd	GATSOULIS - ORBEA	DIMOPOULOS THOMAS-KARAMETOS DIMITRIOS	5:18:11
4th	HALKISAD	DAGOPOULOS PANAGIOTIS-DUSAN TURKULOV	5:37:44
5th	ATAIRIASTOI	LYTRAS STATHIS-MANIS ILIAS	6:28:47
6th	OUTDOOR SYNDICATE	KATSOUPIS MANOLIS	6:43:55

 

 

 

9 Days Bike Odyssey Overall Results
PLACE	TEAM NAME	ATHLETES NAME	TIME
1st	AVRA	Suvatzoglou Grigoris / Kourmpetis Anestis	09:42:54
2nd	bikeboard.at	René Reidinger / Christian Meyer	10:22:21
3rd	SCHC TEAM POLAND	Fidytek Tomasz / Baran Marcin	10:30:55
4th	Beastie Bikerz Masters	Wolfgang Faßbender / Thomas Wimmer	11:08:04
5th	Feels good like a MTF	Fraile Luis / Amorrich Julian	11:24:14
6th	Pro Trener	Novikova Anna / Zamotin Oleg	11:30:11
7th	Heroes & Zeros	Tsoulouhas George / Dudek Bo	11:33:39
8th	Beastie Bikerz Rookies	Kaiser Thomas / Reindl Bernd	12:24:10
9th	Flatt out	Zotos Michael / Tamparopoulos Aristotelis	12:25:29
10th	Katusha Fans Kazanlak	Romanov Andrey / Zheko Stoychev	12:25:54
11th	Vita4you.gr	Samoladas Antonis / Fragkoulis George	12:30:48
12th	LYON MOUNTAIN TRAIL	CLAUDE BOUBIDI / ROBIN DERIVAUX	12:30:51
13th	Beastie Bikerz Veterans	Hiltscher Wolfgang / Marx Thomas	12:54:37
14th	127 years from Hamburg	Rüdiger Weskamm / Rüdiger Rohde	15:32:28
15th	Kastrini Koursari	Kalebubas Micheal / Kotopoulos Thodoris	15:33:20
16th	O.P.O.P. 1	KOUTSOGIANNIS ATHANASIOS / KARAPAS ANSTASIOS	16:28:35
17th	LYON MOUNTAIN TRAIL	XAVIER ROLLAND	17:52:22

 

 

UCI 4 Days North Bike Odyssey Overall Results
PLACE	TEAM NAME	ATHLETES NAME	TIME
1η	GREEK NATIONAL TEAM	ILIAS PERIKLIS / ANTONIADIS DIMITRIOS	10:05:35
2η	GREEK NATIONAL TEAM	MOLLA AMET ALI OGLOU CHAROUN / TSORTOUKTSIDIS ILIAS	10:31:36
OPEN 4DAYS NORTH OVERALL RESULTS
PLACE	TEAM NAME	ATHLETES NAME	TIME
1η	No lifers	Kalabalikis Dimitris / Michailidis Ioannis	11:37:48
2η	ACTION BIKE CLUB-SIS	Voudouris Euripides / Zoumpoulis Vassilis	11:56:27
3η	Halkisad	Panagiotis Dagopoulos / Dusan Turkulov	12:46:12
4η	Gatsoulis-Orbea	Dimopoulos Thomas / Karametos Dimitrios	12:50:35
5η	Atairiastoi	Lytras Stathis / Manis Elias	14:26:54
6η	Outdoor Syndicate	Katsoupis Manolis	15:22:56