Welcome to the Greek Championships, or, as they’ve often been known for the past years, the Festina festivals. Time for one final hurrah, perhaps? Looking at the startlist, not much is standing in their way.
Startlist
Spoiler
Stavrakakis
Georgios
Binance Cycling
Tzortzakis
Polychronis
Binance Cycling
Bouglas
Georgios
Carlsberg - Danske Bank
Christakos
Dimitrios
cycleYorkshire
Soulious
Zisis
Farfetch Pro Cycling
Boutopoulos
Georgios
Farfetch Pro Cycling
Farantakis
Stylianos
Festina - OAKA
Vila
Aimiliano
Festina - OAKA
Kastrantas
Charalampas
Festina - OAKA
Mavrikakis
Michail
Festina - OAKA
Spanopoulos
Ioannis
Festina - OAKA
Karatzios
Georgios
Festina - OAKA
Ioannidis
Nikolaos
Festina - OAKA
Kiriakidis
Ioannidis
Festina - OAKA
Kortsidakis
Michail
Festina - OAKA
Giannoutsos
Miltiadis
Festina - OAKA
Vlatos
Panagiotis
Festina - OAKA
Christapopoulos
Pangiotis
Pas Normal Studios - Mikkeller
At the halfway point of the course, Festina has already shaken off all the amateur riders. 14 men in this group, 10 of them Festina, the others Soulious, Bouglas, Christakos and Christapopoulos.
Into the final descent, Kastrantas attacks and gets a decent gap, Soulious leads the chasers.
But going into the final climb, Kastrantas has a lead of 35 seconds. He’s a good climber, too.
And indeed, he’s not caught. Absolutely dominant performance by Kastrantas!
Result
1
Charalampas Kastrantas
Festina - OAKA
1h19'30
2
Georgios Bouglas
Carlsberg - Danske Bank
+ 46
3
Zisis Soulious
Farfetch Pro Cycling
s.t.
4
Miltiadis Giannoutsos
Festina - OAKA
+ 55
5
Ioannis Spanopoulos
Festina - OAKA
s.t.
6
Michail Mavrikakis
Festina - OAKA
s.t.
7
Ioannidis Kiriakidis
Festina - OAKA
s.t.
8
Pangiotis Christapopoulos
Pas Normal Studios - Mikkeller
s.t.
9
Georgios Karatzios
Festina - OAKA
s.t.
10
Dimitrios Christakos
cycleYorkshire
s.t.
11
Michail Kortsidakis
Festina - OAKA
+ 1'29
12
Aimiliano Vila
Festina - OAKA
+ 2'06
13
Stylianos Farantakis
Festina - OAKA
+ 2'44
14
Panagiotis Vlatos
Festina - OAKA
+ 4'20
15
Polychronis Tzortzakis
Binance Cycling
+ 5'17
16
Georgios Stavrakakis
Binance Cycling
s.t.
17
Georgios Boutopoulos
Farfetch Pro Cycling
+ 9'33
18
Nikolaos Ioannidis
Festina - OAKA
+ 9'52
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Greek Championships - ITT
I mean … it’s a mere formality, arguably.
Ioannidis wins bronze today.
Tzortzakis disrupts the Festina podium sweep by taking silver.
But of course, Vlatos was always going to win this.