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Evathlon International XC race - E1
Parnitha Mountain, Greece, October 19, 2003
Killeen kills the competition in Olympic warm up
By Dimitris Konstantopoulos
British rider Liam Killeen recorded another victory after the Roc d'Azur cross country, certifying his excellent form at the moment. This time it was the "Evathlon International XC race", held on the 2004 Olympic Games MTB circuit in Mt.Parnitha, near Athens, Greece.
Killeen dominated from the first till the sixth and final lap of the rather technical 6.1 km circuit. The 21 year old British rider left behind former Olympic champion Bart Brentjens. Despite Brentjens' second place, the points he earned guided him to first place in the UCI Cross Country men's elite rankings. Third place went to New Zealand's hope for an Olympic medal, Kashi Leuchs.
107 riders took the start but only 17 finished without losing a lap. The weather was perfect for mountain biking, with storm clouds around but without heavy rain. A lot of riders said that the 2004 Olympic Games course will be a difficult, technical circuit, despite rather flat roads and fast trails.
Before the big international event, "Thiseas" Sports club organized a youth MTB short circuit race, using part of the course around the start and finish area. Many of the young riders got an idea of what will happen next August.
Results
Elite Men 1 Liam Killeen (GBr) Great Britain National 2.02.24 2 Bart Brentjens (Ned) TT T-Mobile/Netherlands National 1.33 3 Kashi Leuchs (NZl) 4.20 4 Bas Peters (Ned) Netherlands National 5.17 5 Oliver Beckinsale (GBr) Great Britain National 6.19 6 Pavel Elsnic (Cze) TT Ceska Sporitelna MTB 7.20 7 Robin Seymour (Irl) Ireland National 7.51 8 Sigvard Kukk (Est) TT Kalev Chocolate Team 8.09 9 Radim Korinek (Cze) 9.02 10 Nick Craig (GBr) Great Britain National 9.21 11 Ovidiu-Tudor Oprea ROM 10.56 12 Milan Spesny (Cze) RUBENA MERIDA TEAM 12.11 13 Phil Dixon (GBr) Great Britain National 12.57 14 Zak Toogood (GBr) Great Britain National 13.25 15 Szilard Buruczki (Hun) 15.07 16 Konstantinos Symelidis (Gre) Aftodromos 16.43 17 Marios Athanasiadis (Cyp) CYPRUS National 22.11 18 Andras Parti (Hun) 1 lap 19 Georgios Fattas (Cyp) CYPRUS National 20 Konstantinos Bardis (Gre) Eos Acharnon 21 Dimitpios Galiouris (Gre) Larissa Cycling Club 22 Periklis Ilias (Gre) Loasda 2 laps 23 Hasan Kandemir (Tur) 24 Michalis Chatziioannou (Cyp) Faethon 25 Georgios Gkinis (Gre) Loasda 26 Konstantinos Konstantinidis (Gre) Thessaloniki Cycling Club 27 Yunus Yetkin (Tur) 28 Georgios Skalidakis (Gre) Talos Nea Kydonia 29 Petros Tyrologos (Gre) Nea Filadelfia Cycling Club 30 Konstantinos Stamoulis (Gre) Panerythraikos 31 Georgios Saraidaris (Gre) Atlas Mytilini 32 Vasileios Chortomaris (Gre) Aftodromos 33 Georgios Pattes-Toumanis (Gre) Loasda 3 laps 34 Ioannis Skordas (Gre) Loasda 35 Nikolaos Kostopoulos (Gre) Eos Acharnon 36 Ioannis Misailidis (Gre) Pesa Athens 37 Stefanos Gkatziouras (Gre) Elassona Sports Club 38 Ioannis Th?Ocharopoulos (Gre) Eos Acharnon 39 Georgios Tsalikis (Gre) Pagkrati Sports Club 40 Nikolaos Mettos (Gre) Nea Filadelfia Cycling Club 41 Theodoros Bougioukos (Gre) Patras Cycling Club 42 Efstathios Lazaris (Gre) OFP Kerkyra 43 Ioannis Passadakis (Gre) Kastro Heraklion 44 Emmanouil Kotoulas (Gre) PAOK Thessaloniki 45 Stilianos Loukopoulos (Gre) Loasda 46 Christos Batalogiannis (Gre) Aftodromos 47 Nikos Andeopoulos (Gre) Patras Cycling Club 48 Grigorios Melissis (Gre) Roda Volos 4 laps 49 Dimitrios Dimitrakopoulos (Gre) Kronos Nikea 50 Stefanos Vaskos (Gre) Asklipios Trikala 51 Stavros Papadopoulos (Gre) Messiniakos Sports Club 52 Manolis Daskalakis (Gre) Kydon Chania 53 Kostas Psimopoulos (Gre) Aftodromos 54 Michail Dionysopoulos (Gre) Eos Acharnon 55 Argiris Papathanasopoulos (Gre) Eos Acharnon 56 Christos Katrakis (Gre) Loasda 57 Athan. Koloventzos (Gre) Loasda 58 Anastassios Mastrotheodoros (Gre) Eos Acharnon 59 Orestis Andriotis (Gre) Paradissos Cycling Club 60 Ioannis Zavalis (Gre) Thiseas Zografou 61 Konstadinos Grammenos (Gre) Proteas Keratsini 62 Theodoros Svarnas (Gre) Thessaloniki Cycling Club 63 Ioannis Petridis (Gre) Proteas Keratsini 64 Christos Adamopoulos (Gre) Larissa Cycling Club 65 Konstantinos Douvikas (Gre) Eos Acharnon 66 Orestis-Kon. Tseris (Gre) Olympiakos Peristeri 67 Alex. Eleftheropoulos (Gre) Talos Nea Kydonia 68 Stilianos Doxas (Gre) Paradissos Cycling Club 69 Dimitrios Kandoglou (Gre) Iraklis Thessaloniki 70 Konstantinos Orfanoudakis (Gre) Talos Nea Kydonia 71 Stavros Valmas (Gre) Ermis Athens 72 Kosmas Ntavoutian (Gre) Messiniakos Sports Club 73 Stefanos Kokkinos (Gre) Paradissos Cycling Club 74 Evangelos Kosmatos (Gre) Patras Cycling Club 75 Dimitrios Imvridis (Gre) Paradissos Cycling Club 76 Ioannis Psychogyios (Gre) Thiseas Zografou 77 Kostas Banos (Gre) Acharavi Kerkyra Cycling Club 78 Georgios Tzortzakis (Gre) Talos Nea Kydonia 79 Christos Makrigiannis (Gre) OF Nea Ionia 80 Kos. Papadimitriou (Gre) Atlas Mytilini 81 Dimitrios Lamprakis (Gre) Thiseas Zografou 82 Georgios Paraskevas (Gre) Alexandros Nikea 83 Zydian Nexhipi (Alb) Kronos Nikea 84 Charalambos Vlachos (Gre) Acharavi Kerkyra Cycling Club 5 laps 85 Dimitris Georgiou (Gre) PESA Athens 86 Ioannis Anastasiadis (Gre) Proteas Keratsini 87 Manos Margaritis (Gre) Pesa Athens 88 Papadimas Konstantinos (Gre) Roda Volos 89 Kiriakos Keleperas (Gre) Ialyssos Rhodes Cycling Club 90 Stelios Ellinikakis (Gre) Talos Nea Kydonia 91 Nikolaos Sismanis (Gre) Proteas Keratsini 92 Theodoros Limpas (Gre) Kronos Nikea Starters: 107 Did not finish: 15 1st Junior Mountain Bike Cup Boys U15 1 Papanastasiou Kyriakos (Dopi Dali Cyprus) 23.39 2 Petouris Panagiotis (Koropi Cycling Club) 3 Mihalargias Nikolaos (Proteas Keratsini) 0.58 4 Lafis Giorgos (Thiseas Zografou) 1.11 5 Karagiannakis Nikolaos (Ialyssos Rhodes) 1.28 6 Sourlatzis Cristos (Koropi Cycling Club) 7 Kyriakidis Xenios (Dopi Dali Cyprus) 8 Karalakis Charalambos (Proteas Keratsini) 2.31 9 Nikou Andreas (Dopi Dali Cyprus) 2.41 10 Paraskeyaidis Michail (Proteas Keratsini) 2.51 11 Ikonomou Dimitris (Larissa Cycling Club) 1 lap 12 Raptis Orestis (Ialyssos Rhodes) 13 Priftis Antonis (Koropi Cycling Club) 2 laps 14 Micherinas Giorgos (Koropi Cycling Club) 15 Fykas Christos (Koropi Cycling Club) 16 Souridis Panagiotis (Koropi Cycling Club) 3 laps Girls U15 1 Kadi Elli (Dopi Dali Cyprus) 28.00 2 Lazari Margarita (OFP Kerkyra) 1 lap 3 Rozi Dimitra (Thiseas Zografou) 3 laps 4 Grammenou Popi (Proteas Keratsini) 4 laps 5 Kontosorou Athina (OFP Kerkyra) Boys & Girls (U13) 1 Georgiadis Vassilis (Dopi Dali Cyprus) 12.09 2 Goulas Giorgos (Koropi Cycling Club) 0.41 3 Tsopouroglou Apostolos (Larissa Cycling Club) 1.05 4 Papastamatakis Kyriakos (Ialyssos Rhodes) 1.21 5 Christodoulou Savvas (Dopi Dali Cyprus) 1.46 6 Platonis Panagiotis (Koropi Cycling Club) 2.36 7 Sourlatzi Anna (Koropi Cycling Club) 3.22 8 Grivas Dimitrios (Koropi Cycling Club) 3.30 9 El Kanti Alexandros (Thiseas Zografou) 1 lap 10 Daggalakis Konstantinos (Thiseas Zografou) 11 Karagiorgos Dimitris (Thiseas Zografou) 12 Karagiannis Ilias (Ialyssos Rhodes) 13 Misailidis Marios (Proteas Keratsini) Boys & Girls (U11) 1 Tzimas Theodoros (Aetos Athens) 17.50 2 Savvopoulos Michail (Thiseas Zografou) 0.24 3 Daggalaki Eftichia (Thiseas Zografou) 4 Antoniou Panagiotis (Salamina Sports Nautical Club) 0.35 5 Keleperas Daniil (Ialyssos Rhodes) 1.00 6 Moraiti Stavroula (Proteas Keratsini) 1.40 7 Karastianidi Areti (Thiseas Zografou) 1 lap 8 Alexandropoulos Nikolaos (Thiseas Zografou) 9 Tantis Aggelos (Anteos Galatsi) 10 Tanti Anastasia (Anteos Galatsi) Team Classification 1 Dopi Dali Cyprus 2 Thiseas Zografou Sports Club 3 Koropi Cycling Club 4 Proteas Keratsini 5 Ialissos Rhodes
