Ioannis Tamouridis is a Greek cyclist, from Thessalonika, Greece. He started cycling in 1995 and he competes in Road and Track

Road & Track

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 races. Some of the highlights of his career are two medals in world track championships, in Points Races (Los Angeles 2005) and Scratch (Bordeaux 2006). He had won 4 medals in track world cup by 2006 and has more than 30 times been national champion, in all disciplines (Road races, track races and mountain bike

Mountain bike

A mountain bike or mountain bicycle is a bicycle created for off-road cycling. This activity includes traversing of rocks and washouts, and steep declines,...

) and all categories. Since 2009 he competes with Greek cycling teams colours, Sp Tableware - Gatsoulis Bikes. At XVI Mediterranean Games

Mediterranean Games

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 in Pescara, Italy, he also won the bronze medal, in time trial.

Major accomplishments (track and road)

1997 – Category Junior

1st Greece Championships MTB.

1st Greece Championships Road (ITT – Endurance race).

1st Greece Championships Track (3000m. – Points race

Points race

A points race is a mass start track cycling event involving large numbers of riders simultaneously on track. It was an Olympic event for men between 1984–2008 and for women 1996-2008....

).

1998 - Category Junior

1st Greece Championships Road (ITT – Endurance race).

1st Greece Championships Track ( Points race).

1st Balkans Championships Road (ITT – Endurance race)

1st Balkans Championships Track (3000m N.R. – Points race).

1st General Classification Tour of Greece.

1st Road race

Road racing

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 in Italy (Firenze – Naples).

AWARD from P.S.A.T as the best athlete in Greece for 1998.

1999 – Category U23

1st Greece Championships Road (ITT – Endurance race).

1st Greece Championships Track (3000m. – Points race).

7th World Cup track team Pursuit

Team pursuit

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.

Rider for the Italian team BERGAMASCA for 3 years.

2000 - Category U23

1st Greece Championships Road (ITT – Endurance race).

11th World Championships ITT in Plouay – France.

2001 - Category U23

1st Greece Championships Road ITT

6th Mediterranean Games ITT

14th European Championships ITT

2002 - Category U23

1st Tour of Greece Prologue

13th World Cup track Moscow – N.R 4000m 4.38.466

1st Greece Championships Road (ITT – Endurance race).

2nd European Championships Track Points Race – Budgen Germany

12th European Championships Track 4000m 4.37.997

1st Balkans Championships Road (ITT – Endurance race).

24th World Championships Road Endurance Zolder – Belgium

2003 – Category Elite

11th World Cup track Moscow – N.R 4000m 4.34.016

12th World Cup track Moscow – N.R 4000m team pursuit 4.18.731

3rd General Classification Tour of Greece.

6th World Cup track Cape Town

Cape Town

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Madison

6th World Cup track Sydney 4000m.

6th World Cup track Sydney Points race.

1st Greece Championships Road ITT

16th World Championships Points race Studgard

2004 - Category Elite

1st Manchester Revolution track event – 1500m

7th World Cup track Mexico – 4000m team pursuit

4th General Classification Tour of Greece.

2005 - Category Elite

2nd World Champion in Track Points race – L.A 2005

2nd World Cup 4 Sydney 2005 Points Race.

3rd World Cup 3 Manchester 2005 Scratch Race.

1st Greece Championships Track (4000m. – Points race).

1st Greece Championships Road ITT.

2006 - Category Elite

3nd World Champion in Track Scratch race – Bordeaux

6nd World Champion in Track Points race – Bordeaux

3nd World Cup 2 Manchester 2005 Scratch Race.

2rd World Cup 3 Los Angeles 2006 Points Race.

2009 - Category Elite

1st tour of Romania (Uci 2.2) 1st stage

2nd World Cup 2 Melbourne 2009-2010 Points Race.