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Kissavos Cup #1 - E1
Greece, May 11, 2003
Tudor makes a Greek double
By Dimitris Konstantopoulos
Romanian rider Ovidiu-Tudor Oprea made it a double win in two days at this weekend's international cross country race at Kissavos Mountain in Central Greece. On both days "Tudi" did perfect rides, reserving his strength for the last half of the race and coming back from third place at some parts of each race to take the overall victories.
Day 1
Ninety-five riders started five laps of a course that presented difficult uphills and technical dowhills. Kostas Symelidis (GRE) was too fast in the first two laps, and though he had a two minute advantage he was unable to maintain it after a crash with a lapped rider. Tudor Oprea (winner of the 2002 Balkan penninsula championships), was the final winner, despite the efforts of Irish National Champion and last year's winner Robin Seymour to keeps track of the Romanian. In the last lap Symelidis found his strength again and passed Seymour to win the silver medal.
Day 2
Tiredness from the previous day's climbs meant only 70 riders were present at the start line, with Oprea, Seymour, and Symelidis among others in the first row. The second day's course was less demanding as far as climbing went, but more technical. Symelidis attacked early in the race, but soon dropped back to fourth, and that's where he finished. Oprea seemed to be more relaxed after the previous day's strong showing. Hungarian Szilard Buruski, rode a fuss-free race to take second with Seymour once more in third.
Results
Day 1, 42.5km 1 Ovidiu-Tudor Oprea (Rom) 2.21.21 2 Konstantinos Simelidis (Gre) Aftodromos Salonika 5.39 3 Robin Seymour (Irl) Ireland National Team 8.15 4 Mitsa Tancik (Slo) 17.39 5 Szilard Buruczki (Hun) 18.03 6 Konstantinos Bardis (Gre) Eos Acharnon 21.09 7 Boris Popovic (Yug) Serbia-Montenegro National Team 24.44 8 George Fattas (Cyp) Cyprus National Team 28.55 9 Jonathan McBain (GBr) Team Scotland 32.18 10 Basileios Chortomaris (Gre) Aftodromos Salonika 29.26 11 Ioannis Dittopoulos (Gre) Paok Salonika 36.29 12 Eleftherios Nikolaou (Gre) Roda Volos 1 lap 13 Manolis Kotoulas (Gre) Paok Salonika 14 Stefanos Gatzioras (Gre) Elassona Cycling Club 15 Zoran Sivkovic (Yug) Serbia-Montenegro National Team 16 Konstantinos Konstantinidis (Gre) Thessaloniki Cycling Club 17 Andreas Perrakis (Gre) Talos Chania 18 Kostas Stamoulis (Gre) Panerythraikos 19 Vasileios Sventzouris (Gre) Volos Cycling Club 2 laps 20 Ljubisa Kondev (Mkd) Fyrom National Team 21 Michail Liontos (Gre) Aftodromos Salonika 22 Antonios Deligiannis (Gre) Paok Salonika 23 Evangellos Papanikolaou (Gre) Paok Salonika 24 Georgios Paraskevas (Gre) Thessaloniki Cycling Club 25 Petros Tirologos (Gre) Nea Filadelfeia Cycling Club 26 Georgios Koupartmas (Gre) Roda Volos 27 Alexandros Kambouropoulos (Gre) Eos Acharnon 28 Grigorios Melissis (Gre) Roda Volos 29 Nikos Nikolaou (Cyp) Cyprus National Team 30 Christos Batalogiannis (Gre) Aftodromos Salonika 31 Anastasios Mastrotheodoros (Gre) Eos Acharnon 32 Panagiotis Vergetopoulos (Gre) Patras Cycling Club 33 Kougionis (Gre) Paok Salonika 34 Georgios Pattes (Gre) Loasda 35 Kostantinos Douvikas (Gre) Eos Acharnon 36 Evripidis Papadopoulos (Gre) Thiseas Zografou 37 Thoedoros Parastratidis (Gre) Iraklis Salonika 38 Dimitrios Prassos (Gre) Kronos Ioannina 3 laps 39 Georgios Tsalikis (Gre) Pagrati Sports Club 40 Stefanos Tasikas (Gre) Asklipeios Trikala 41 Sokratis Grigoriadis (Gre) Roda Volos 42 Nikos Mettos (Gre) Nea Filadelfeia Cycling Club 43 Theodoros Svarnas (Gre) Thessaloniki Cycling Club 44 Boro Baniski (Mkd) Fyrom National Team 45 Stelios Sofiolakis (Gre) Kastro Heraklion 46 Christos Stavrianidis (Gre) Dedalos Drama 47 Stefanos Vaskos (Gre) Asklipeios Trikala 48 Marios Doulis (Gre) Kronos Ioannina 49 Konstantinos Grammenos (Gre) Proteas Nikea 50 Alexandros Kitselis (Gre) Thiseas Zografou 51 Alex Eleftheropoulos (Gre) Talos Chania 52 Ioannis Psichogios (Gre) Thiseas Zografou 53 Ivan Majdevac (Yug) Serbia-Montenegro National Team 54 Nikos Malliaros (Gre) Paok Salonika 55 Alexandros Papadimas (Gre) Patras Cycling Club 56 Papandreopoulos (Gre) Larissa Cycling Team 57 Dimitrios Lambrakis (Gre) Thiseas Zografou 58 Vasileios Varitimidis (Gre) Dedalos Drama 59 Ioannis Petridis (Gre) Proteas Nikea 60 Michal Dionisopoulos (Gre) Eos Acharnon 61 Pantelis Koutsoukos (Gre) Volos Cycling Club 62 Konstantinos Anthimos (Gre) Phaethon Sports Club 63 Emmanouil Anastasopoulos (Gre) Thiseas Zografou 64 Angelos Paraschou (Gre) Thrakas Ippeas 65 Theodoros Katsakos (Gre) Trikki Trikala 66 Konstantinos Papadimas (Gre) Roda Volos 67 Anargiros Karatzoglou (Gre) Volos Cycling Club 68 Panagiotis Tsiamantanis (Gre) Roda Volos 69 Nikos Christidis (Gre) Thrakas Ippeas 70 Panagiotou (Gre) Larissa Cycling Team 71 Evangelos Kosmatos (Gre) Patras Cycling Club 4 laps 72 Vasileios Sachinidis (Gre) Thessaloniki Cycling Club 73 Georgios Ioannoy (Gre) Thrakas Ippeas 74 Stamatis Baltsis (Gre) Toxotis Cycling Club 75 Nikos Sismanis (Gre) Proteas Nikea 76 Moschos (Gre) Larissa Cycling Team 77 Vasileios Spirou (Gre) Proteas Nikea Starters: 95 Finishers: 77 Abandoned: 18 Day 2, 40km 1 Ovidiu-Tudor Oprea (Rom) 1.49.27 2 Szilard Buruczki (Hun) 2.36 3 Robin Seymour (Irl) Ireland National Team 3.26 4 Konstantinos Simelidis (Gre) Aftodromos Salonika 5.13 5 Andraz Parti (Hun) 5.26 6 Manolis Kotoulas (Gre) Paok Salonika 5.52 7 Richard McCauley (Irl) Ireland National Team 11.53 8 Basileios Chortomaris (Gre) Aftodromos Salonika 12.31 9 Boris Popovic (Yug) Serbia-Montenegro National Team 13.33 10 Konstantinos Bardis (Gre) Eos Acharnon 14.13 11 Pretsell Finlay (GBr) Team Scotland 14.20 12 Periklis Hlias (Gre) Loasda 17.16 13 Dimitrios Galiouris (Gre) Larissa Cycling Team 18.15 14 Ioannis Dittopoulos (Gre) Paok Salonika 19.06 15 Konstan Konstantinidis (Gre) Thessaloniki Cycling Lub 20.23 16 Marios Athanasiades (Cyp) Cyprus National Team 21.50 17 Zoran Sivkovic (Yug) Serbia-Montenegro National Team 23.55 18 George Fattas (Cyp) Cyprus National Team 20.56 19 Georgios Tzortzakis (Gre) Talos Chania 1 lap 20 Grigorios Melissis (Gre) Roda Volos 21 Kostas Stamoulis (Gre) Panerythraikos 22 Petros Tirologos (Gre) Nea Filadelfia Cycling Team 23 Steve McEwen (GBr) Team Scotland 24 Vasileios Sventzouris (Gre) Volos Cylcing Club 25 Andreas Perrakis (Gre) Talos Chania 26 Christos Batalogiannis (Gre) Aftodromos Salonika 27 Ljubisa Kondev (Mkd) Fyrom National Team 28 Stelios Sofiolakis (Gre) Kastro Heraklion 2 laps 29 Stefanos Gatzioras (Gre) Elassona Cycling Club 30 Ivan Majdevac (Yug) Serbia-Montenegro National Team 31 Alexandar Maric (Yug) Serbia-Montenegro National Team 32 Dimitrios Papas (Gre) Patras Cycling Club 33 Nikos Nikolaou (Cyp) Cyprus National Team 34 Nikodimos Protopapas (Cyp) Cyprus National Team 35 Anas Mastrotheodoros (Gre) Eos Acharnon 36 Nikos Mettos (Gre) Nea Filadelfia Cycling Team 37 Georgios Tsalikis (Gre) Pagkrati Sports Club 38 Marko Pavlovic (Yug) Serbia-Montenegro National Team 39 Bojan Stajkovic (Yug) Korn Team 40 Antonios Deligiannis (Gre) Paok Salonika 41 Evripidis Papadopoulos (Gre) Thiseas Zografou 42 Stefanos Vaskos (Gre) Asklipios Trikala 43 Kougionis (Gre) Paok Salonika 44 Kostas Kaskanis (Gre) Larissa Cycling Team 45 Boro Baniski (Mkd) Fyrom National Team 46 Alex Eleftheropoulos (Gre) Talos Chania 47 Evangelos Papanikolaou (Gre) Paok Salonika 48 Alex Kambouropoulos (Gre) Eos Acharnon 49 Theodoros Svarnas (Gre) Thessaloniki Cycling Lub 3 laps 50 Christos Stavrianidis (Gre) Dedalos Drama 51 Ioannis Psichogios (Gre) Thiseas Zografou 52 Eleftherios Nikolaou (Gre) Roda Volos 53 Nikos Malliaros (Gre) Paok Salonika 54 Vasileios Varitimidis (Gre) Dedalos Drama 55 Dimitrios Lambrakis (Gre) Thiseas Zografou 56 Vasileios Sachinidis (Gre) Thessaloniki Cycling Lub 57 Em Anastasopoulos (Gre) Thiseas Zografou 58 Angelos Paraschou (Gre) Thrakas Ippeas 59 Nikos Christidis (Gre) Thrakas Ippeas 60 Theodoros Katsakos (Gre) Trikki Trikala 61 Georgios Ioannoy (Gre) Thrakas Ippeas 62 Stamatis Baltsis (Gre) Toxotis Cycling Club 4 laps 63 Thoedoros Parastratidis (Gre) Iraklis Salonika 64 Moschos (Gre) Larissa Cycling Team Starters: 70 Finishers: 64 Abandoned: 6
