2024-05-22 20:58:14
Nikos Drakos had an excellent presence on the Worldwide Biking Tour of Greece 2024.
The Bicycle owner from Rhodes who competed with our Nationwide Workforce took tenth place within the Youth rating, displaying in superb racing situation. The twelfth place of Pericles Ilias within the normal classification stood out, after his sensational effort in Velouhi, and the seventh within the factors classification for Nikiforos Arvanitou.
From there on, 3 riders with a complete of 20 years of profession in World Tour groups made up the ultimate podium of this yr’s PPC Worldwide Tour of Hellas, which concluded on Sunday, Might 19 with a powerful race beginning on the Acropolis and ending on the Panathinaikos Stadium.
Riccardo Zoidl, recognized to the Greek public from his participation within the Worldwide Biking Occasions in Rhodes within the earlier 3 years with Workforce Felt Felbermayr and Workforce Vorarlberg, but in addition from his three-year stint with Trek Segafredo, protected in the very best means a distinction given to him by his… stratospheric efficiency within the climb to Velouchi within the royal stage of the Tour, and he deservedly gained the blue jersey of PPC S.A.
In second place is his teammate Hermann Pernsteiner, who we additionally noticed this yr in Rhodes, in his first yr with the Austrian Workforce Felt Felbermayr, after 6 years of presence on the high stage and Workforce Bahrain Victorious.
Third within the normal classification, the Italian Valerio Conti, of Workforce corratec – Vini Fantini with a really nice World Tour profession in Lampre-Merida, UAE Workforce Emirates and Astana Qazaqstan Workforce.
Ending within the first 6 locations in 4 of the 6 phases of the Tour (together with the prologue in Thessaloniki), and naturally his victory within the final stage, in entrance of the emblematic Panathenaic Stadium, the Pole Bartosz Rudyk of ATT Investments gathered the extra factors within the factors rating, deservingly conquering the Apticon jersey.
Within the mountain classification, the 24-year-old Anton Schiffer of the German Workforce BIKE AID in his greatest success thus far, gained the Avance Greece jersey leaving Zoidl and Filippo Tagliani (Vini Monzon – Savini Due – Omz Workforce) in second and third place respectively.
Lastly, Czech Tomáš Přidal of Elkov Kasper Czech Biking Workforce was the winner of the very best new rider classification, taking the ERT jersey from Bogdan Zabelinskiy (Cyprus Biking Federation) from stage 3 and holding it till the tip of the Tour of Athens .
Within the workforce rating, Burgos BH emerged as the highest workforce, with the Greek champion Giorgos Bougla lifting the trophy in entrance of Kallimarmaro, having completed a bit of earlier within the 4th place of the final stage.