The National Team and the AVRA team impressed us in the 4-days race, and 9-days race respectively!

With the Conclusion of the 4-days North race and the closing of its first big leg was completed  the fourth day of Bike Odyssey 2019. On one hand, we had the finalization of the 4-days North General Classification, with the Greek National Team impressing once more with its dynamic performance!

On the other hand we saw team AVRA setting itself up as the big favorite to win the blue jersey in the 9-days race. The team of Souvatzoglou Grigoris and Kourmpetis Anestis stepped it up from the 3rd checkpoint on and increased the difference from its hunters from six to 15 minutes, taking its third consecutive victory in four stages of race and raising its lead in the General Classification

9 day race

The AVRA team (of Souvatzoglou Grigoris and Kourmetis Anestis) imposed its rhythm from the very beginning, took the lead early on and held the first place till the very end. Team Bikeboard.at (of Rene Reidinger and Christian Meyer) was following, being only a few minutes behind team AVRA, as well as the main competiton for the first place, up to the second checkpoint. From this point onwards, however, team AVRA started raising its rhythm and began increasing the gap, winning the stage with an over 15 minutes lead ahead of the second team.

Team Bikeboard.at  (of Rene Reidinger and Christian Meyer) was consistently following in second place throughout the race, trying to put the pressure on the leaders of the General Ranking. However they never managed to close the distance and began to lose contact with the first place shortly after the second checkpoint, resulting in taking second place for yet another stage.

The Polish SCHC POLAND TEAM (of Baran Marcin and Fidytek Tomasz) won the third place for this stage, proving themselves once more as the kind of calming force of the 9-days race.

The Heroes & Zeros team (of Toulouhas Giorgos and Dudek Bo) tried to pull the big surprise of the stage, by arriving third on the 1st checkpoint, only a breathing distance behind the team  Bikeboard.at. From this point on the Heroes & Zeros team tried to keep on the pursuit for the second place, but they leventually fell behind, and settled for the fourth place. The Heroes & Zeros team tries to get into the game for the second and third places for the second consecutive day, and its performance in this race is starting to make us curious of how the next stages may actually unfold.

 

The epilogue of the 4-days North race and the emphatic victory of the Greek National Team

With yet another dynamic and impressive performance, the Greek National Team completed the 4-days North race. The two teams of the Greek National Team were steadily in the first places of the Stage's cyclists, creating a clear distance from the other athletes of the 4-days race, winning the first and second place of the race.

The team of Periklis Ilias and Antoniadis Dimitris won first place and the team of Tsortoukidis Ilias and Molla Amet Ali Oglou won second place. Those teams won the same places in the General Classification of the 4-days Race, concluding a set of amazing performances in four days of cycling.

 

The Conclusion of the  4-days North Race for the athletes of the Open Category

With regards to the Open Category of the 4-days North race, the last day included an interesting duel of four teams, the No Lifers team (of Kalabalikis Dimitris and Michailidis Ioannis), the ACTION BIKE CLUB-SIS team (of Voudouris Euripidis and Zoumbouli sVasilis), the Halkisad team(of Dagopoulos Panagiotis and Dusan Turkulov) and the Gatsoulis-Orbea (of Karametos Dimitris and Dimopoulos Thomas). The ACTION BIKE CLUB-SIS remained steadily in the lead throughout the race, feeling however always the presence of another team behind its back, while the other three teams were changing places constantly in the rankings bellow.

Eventually, the ACTION BIKE CLUB-SIS won first place, followed by No lifers, Halkisad and Gatsoulis-Orbea in that row.

Despite the victory of the ACTION BIKE CLUB-SIS team, the No Lifers team won the first place of the General Classification, followed by ACTION BIKE CLUB-SIS and Halkisad in second and third place respectively.

 

This is how the fourth day of Bike Odyssey 2019 arrived at the conclusion of its first leg. The country's largest mountain biking event is slowly entering its second leg with the entry of the 4-days South race two days from now.

At the same time, the nine-days race seems to hide pleasant surprises from stage to stage, provoking and demanding our interest each and every day with new unexpected developments.

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-KOURMPETIS ANESTIS	3:36:02
2nd	BIKEBOARD.AT	REN'E REIDINGER-CHRISTIAN MEYER	3:51:07
3rd	SCHC TEAM POLAND	FIDYTEK TOMASZ-BARAN MARCIN	4:06:53
4th	HEROES & ZEROS	TSOULOUHAS GEORGE-DUDEK BO	4:12:08
5th	BEASTIE BIKERZ MASTERS	WOLFGANG FAβBENDER-THOMAS WIMMER	4:16:02
6th	FEELS GOOD LIKE A MTF	FRAILE LUIS-AMMORICH JULIAN	4:23:16
7th	PRO TRENER	NOVIKOVA ANNA-ZAMOTIN OLEG	4:28:53
8th	FLATT OUT	ZOTOS MICHEAL-TAMPAROPOULOS ARISTOTELIS	4:36:52
9th	BEASTIE BIKERZ ROOKIES	KAISER THOMAS-REINDL BERND	4:48:00
10th	KATUSHA FANS KAZANIAK	BARABONKOV ANDREY-ZHEKO STOYCHEV	4:48:19
11th	BEASTIE BIKERZ VETERANS	HILTSCHER WOLFGANG-MARX THOMAS	4:54:49
13th	LYON MOUNTAIN TRAIL	CLAUDE BOUBIDI-ROBIN DEVIRAUX	5:09:23
17th	VITA4YOU.GR	SAMOLADAS ANTONIS-FRAGKOYLIS GIORGOS	5:16:21
12th	O.P.O.P. 1	KOUTSOGIANNIS THANASIS-KARAPAS TASOS	5:34:50
14th	KASTRINI KOURSARI	KALEBUBAS MICHEAL-KOTOPOULOS THODORIS	6:37:55
16th	127 YEARS FROM HAMBURG	RUDIGER WESSKAM-RUDIGER ROHDE	6:53:24
15th	LYON MOUNTAIN TRAIL	XAVIER ROLLAND	6:49:29

 

 

UCI 4DAYS NORTH
PLACE	TEAM NAME	ATHLETES NAMES	TIME
1st	GREEK NATIONAL TEAM	ILIAS PERIKLIS-ANTONIADIS DIMITRIOS	4:00:45
2nd	GREEK NATIONAL TEAM	MOLLA AMET ALIOGLOU CHAROUN-TSORTOUKTSIDIS ILIAS	4:00:48
OPEN 4DAYS NORTH
PLACE	TEAM NAME	ATHLETES NAMES	TIME
1st	ACTION BIKE CLUB	VOUDOURIS EURIPIDES-ZOUMPOYLIS VASSILIS	4:16:12
2nd	NO LIFERS	KALABALIKIS DIMITRIOS-MICHAILIDIS IOANNIS	4:21:08
3rd	HALKISAD	DAGOPOULOS PANAGIOTIS-DUSAN TURKULOV	4:33:12
4th	GATSOULIS - ORBEA	DIMOPOULOS THOMAS-KARAMETOS DIMITRIOS	5:09:17
5th	ATAIRIASTOI	LYTRAS STATHIS-MANIS ILIAS	5:48:41
6th	OUTDOOR SYNDICATE	KATSOUPIS MANOLIS	5:52:06

 

UCI 4DAYS NORTH OVERALL
PLACE	TEAM NAME	ATHLETES NAMES	TIME
1st	GREEK NATIONAL TEAM	ILIAS PERIKLIS-ANTONIADIS DIMITRIOS	14:06:20
2nd	GREEK NATIONAL TEAM	MOLLA AMET ALIOGLOU CHAROUN-TSORTOUKTSIDIS ILIAS	14:32:24
OPEN 4DAYS NORTH OVERALL
PLACE	TEAM NAME	ATHLETES NAMES	TIME
1st	NO LIFERS	KALABALIKIS DIMITRIOS-MICHAILIDIS IOANNIS	15:58:56
2nd	ACTION BIKE CLUB	VOUDOURIS EURIPIDES-ZOUMPOYLIS VASSILIS	16:12:39
3rd	HALKISAD	DAGOPOULOS PANAGIOTIS-DUSAN TURKULOV	17:19:24
4th	GATSOULIS - ORBEA	DIMOPOULOS THOMAS-KARAMETOS DIMITRIOS	17:59:52
5th	ATAIRIASTOI	LYTRAS STATHIS-MANIS ILIAS	20:15:35
6th	OUTDOOR SYNDICATE	KATSOUPIS MANOLIS	21:15:02