Ioannis Tamouridis Explained
Ioannis Tamouridis |
Fullname: | Ioannis Tamouridis |
Birth Date: | 1980 6, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Thessaloniki, Greece |
Height: | 1.8 m |
Weight: | 70 kg |
Amateuryears1: | 1999–2001 |
Amateurteam1: | Aftodromos Salonika |
Amateuryears2: | 2003–2005 |
Amateurteam2: | Bergamasca |
Amateuryears3: | 2006 |
Amateurteam3: | Aftodromos Salonika |
Amateuryears4: | 2007–2008 |
Amateurteam4: | PAOK |
Proyears1: | 2009–2012 |
Proyears2: | 2013 |
Proyears3: | 2014 |
Proyears4: | 2015–2016 |
Manageyears1: | 2019–2021 |
Manageteam1: | [1] |
Manageyears2: | 2022– |
Ioannis Tamouridis (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Ιωάννης Ταμουρίδης; born 3 June 1980) is a Greek former professional cyclist from Thessaloniki, Greece.[2] He started cycling in 1995 and he competed in the road and track disciplines. Tamouridis now works as a directeur sportif for UCI WorldTeam .
Career
Early career
Highlights of his earlier career include two medals in world track championships, in Points Races (Los Angeles 2005) and Scratch (Bordeaux 2006). He has won 4 medals in track world cup by 2006 and has more than 30 times become Greek national champion in all disciplines (road, track and mountain bike races) and all categories.[3]
In 2008, Tamouridis was given a one-year ban from cycling, following a positive drugs test for oxandrolone, an androgen and anabolic steroid (AAS).[4]
He won the bronze medal for the time trial at the XVI Mediterranean Games held in Pescara, Italy,[5] and competed with between 2009 and 2012.
Euskaltel–Euskadi (2013)
He then joined the team for the 2013 season,[6] where he has affectionately become known as 'Tamu' among his teammates.[7]
To date,[8] he is the only Greek cyclist to have raced at the Spring Classics of Milan–San Remo, where he finished 88th out of 200 starters and 135 finishers under treacherous weather conditions,[9] Paris–Roubaix,[10] Tirreno–Adriatico and the Tour of Flanders. He is also the first Greek cyclist to have entered and finished a grand tour, the Giro d'Italia in 2013 where he participated in four bunch sprint finishes, achieving ninth place on the twelfth stage of the race.[11] He also came seventh in the Premio della Fuga classification.[12]
In June 2013 Tamouridis won both the Greek National Road Race Championships and Greek National Time Trial Championships titles, dedicating the latter to Rufino Murguía, 's team masseur, who was killed when the team's bus was involved in a crash.[13]
Tamouridis rejoined in 2014, after his previous team – – folded at the end of the 2013 season.[14]
Major results
Road
Source:[15]
- 1997
National Junior Road Championships
1st Time trial
1st Road race
- 1998
1st Time trial, Balkan Junior Road Championships
National Junior Road Championships
1st Time trial
1st Road race
1st Overall Junior Tour of Greece
1st Firenze–Naples
- 1999
1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 2000
National Under-23 Road Championships
1st Time trial
2nd Road race
- 2001
1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
6th Time trial, Mediterranean Games
- 2002
1st Time trial, Balkan Under-23 Road Championships
1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
1st Prologue Tour of Greece
- 2003
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
3rd Overall Tour of Greece
3rd Sacrifice Cup
- 2004
4th Overall Tour of Greece
- 2005
National Road Championships
1st Time trial
3rd Road race
9th Time trial, Mediterranean Games
- 2006
1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 2009
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
3rd Time trial, Mediterranean Games
3rd Overall Tour du Maroc
9th Overall Tour of Romania
1st Prologue
- 2010
National Road Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
3rd Overall Tour of Romania
5th Overall Okolo Slovenska
- 2011
National Road Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
2nd Overall Tour of Greece
1st Stage 2a (ITT)
2nd Overall Tour of Szeklerland
1st Stage 1
2nd Overall Tour of Romania
1st Stage 3
2nd Jūrmala Grand Prix
3rd Overall Jelajah Malaysia
1st Stage 3
3rd Grand Prix de la ville de Nogent-sur-Oise
5th Tour of Vojvodina II
7th Tour of Vojvodina I
- 2012
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Circuit d'Alger
Tour of Romania
1st Points classification
1st Stages 1 (ITT), 7 & 9
3rd Overall Tour of Greece
1st Mountains classification
4th Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour
5th Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho
6th Overall Tour d'Algérie
8th Overall Five Rings of Moscow
8th Banja Luka–Belgrade I
9th Overall Tour of Szeklerland
1st Stage 4b
- 2013
National Road Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
9th Paris–Tours
- 2014
National Road Championships
2nd Time trial
3rd Road race
2nd Overall Tour de Taiwan
1st Stage 4
7th Overall Five Rings of Moscow
9th Overall Tour de Serbie
9th Race Horizon Park 2
- 2015
National Road Championships
1st Time trial
2nd Road race
2nd Overall Tour of Estonia
5th Belgrade–Banja Luka II
5th Duo Normand (with Maksym Averin)
9th Odessa Grand Prix 2
- 2016
National Road Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trialGrand Tour general classification results timeline
Legend— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish | |
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Track
- 1997
1st Points race, National Junior Track Championships
- 1998
1st Points race, Balkan Junior Track Championships
1st Points race, National Junior Track Championships
- 1999
1st Points race, National Under-23 Track Championships
7th World Cup track team Pursuit
- 2002
2nd European Points Race Championships
- 2003
UCI Track World Cup Classics
6th Madison, Cape Town
6th Individual pursuit, Sydney
6th Points race, Sydney
- 2004
1st Manchester Revolution track event – 1500m
7th Team pursuit, UCI Track World Cup Classics, Aguascalientes
- 2005
1st Points race, National Track Championships
2nd Points race, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
2004–05 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
2nd Points race, Sydney
3rd Scratch, Manchester
3rd Scratch, 2005–06 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Manchester
- 2006
2nd Points race, 2005–06 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Carson
UCI Track Cycling World Championships
3rd Scratch
6th Points race
- 2007
2nd Points race, 2006–07 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Manchester
- 2009
Points race, 2009–10 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
1st Cali
2nd MelbourneMountain biking
- 1997
1st Cross-country, National Junior Mountain Bike ChampionshipsNotes and References
- Web site: Ioannis Tamouridis. . SEG Cycling Agency. 20 November 2022.
- http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=13040 Cycling Archives: Ioannis Tamouridis
- http://www.the-sports.org/track-cycling-tamouridis-ioannis-results-identity-s24-c2-b4-o57-w14035.html the-sports: Ioannis Tamouridis
- News: "Μετά τον εφιάλτη η... ηρεμία" για τον ποδηλάτη Γιάννη Ταμουρίδη. Greek. "After the nightmare... calmness" for cyclist Yiannis Tamouridis. In.gr. Lambrakis Press Group. 17 April 2009. 20 November 2022.
- http://www.cyclingarchives.com/ritfiche.php?ritid=140355 Mediterranean Games, Road, ITT, Elite 2009
- News: Euskaltel to sell team vehicles to balance books . 10 December 2012 . Gregor . Brown . 4 January 2013 . Cycling Weekly . IPC Media Ltd. . It signed 11 new cyclists: Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Spain), Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spain), Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spain), Tarik Chaoufi (Morocco), Jure Kocjan (Slovenia), Robert Vrecer (Slovenia), Ricardo Jorge Correia Mestre (Portugal), Steffen Radochla (Germany), André Schulze (Germany), Alexander Serebryakov (Russia) and Ioannis Tamouridis (Greece)..
- Web site: Speedy 'Tamu' puts Greece on the map.
- Web site: Ioannis Tamouridis | Season 2013 . 23 June 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130703154847/http://ioannistamouridis.com/season-2013/ . 3 July 2013 . dead .
- Web site: 2013 Milan-San Remo Results | Cycling Tips . 23 June 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130622062039/http://cyclingtips.com.au/2013/03/2013-milan-san-remo-results-2/ . 22 June 2013 . dead .
- Web site: Ioannis Tamouridis: "Cuando entré en el velódromo, estaba llorando" / "I almost was crying when I entered the velodrome" - Euskaltel Euskadi . 23 June 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130515090047/http://www.euskalteleuskadi.com/es/noticias-euskaltel-euskadi/819-ioannis-tamourdis-cuando-entre-en-el-velodromo-estaba-llorando-i-almost-was-crying-when-i-entered-the-velodrome.html . 15 May 2013 . dead .
- Web site: Γιάννης Ταμουρίδης: Η Οδύσσεια του "Βάσκου" στην Ιταλία!.
- Web site: Giro d'Italia 2013: Tutte le classifiche. 27 May 2013.
- Web site: Ioannis Tamouridis, campeón griego de contrareloj - Euskaltel Euskadi . 23 June 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130626041814/http://www.euskalteleuskadi.com/es/noticias-euskaltel-euskadi/1056-ioannis-tamouridis-campeon-griego-de-contrareloj.html . 26 June 2013 . dead .
- News: Ioannis Tamouridis (Euskaltel) regresa al SP Tableware . es. Ioannis Tamouridis (Euskaltel) returns to SP Tableware . Biciciclismo . Cycling Total comunicación y servicios S.L. . 2 November 2013 . 22 December 2013.
- Web site: Ioannis Tamouridis. FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. 20 November 2022.