Ioannis Tamouridis

Ioannis Tamouridis (Greek: 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 Intermarché–Circus–Wanty.

Ioannis Tamouridis
Tamouridis during the time trial at the 2011 UCI Road World Championships
Personal information
Full nameIoannis Tamouridis
Born (1980-06-03) 3 June 1980
Thessaloniki, Greece
Height1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Team information
Current teamIntermarché–Circus–Wanty
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
Role
Amateur teams
1999–2001Aftodromos Salonika
2003–2005Bergamasca
2006Aftodromos Salonika
2007–2008PAOK
Professional teams
2009–2012SP Tableware–Gatsoulis Bikes
2013Euskaltel–Euskadi
2014SP Tableware
2015–2016Synergy Baku
Managerial teams
2019–2021SEG Racing Academy[1]
2022–Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux
Major wins
National Time Trial Championships (9 times)[N 1]
National Road Race Championships (5 times)[N 2]
Medal record
Representing  Greece
Men's track cycling
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2005 Los AngelesPoints race
Bronze medal – third place2006 BordeauxScratch race

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 SP Tableware between 2009 and 2012.

Euskaltel–Euskadi (2013)

He then joined the Euskaltel–Euskadi 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, Euskaltel–Euskadi's team masseur, who was killed when the team's bus was involved in a crash.[13]

Tamouridis rejoined SP Tableware in 2014, after his previous team Euskaltel–Euskadi – 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 trial

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2013
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 152
A yellow jersey Tour de France
A red jersey Vuelta a España
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

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 Melbourne

Mountain biking

1997
1st Cross-country, National Junior Mountain Bike Championships

Notes

  1. Tamouridis has won the Greek National Time Trial Championships in 2003, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2016.
  2. Tamouridis has won the Greek National Road Race Championships in 2006, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2016.

References

  1. "Ioannis Tamouridis". SEG Racing Academy. SEG Cycling Agency. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  2. Cycling Archives: Ioannis Tamouridis. Retrieved 1 April 2010
  3. the-sports: Ioannis Tamouridis
  4. "«Μετά τον εφιάλτη η... ηρεμία» για τον ποδηλάτη Γιάννη Ταμουρίδη" ["After the nightmare... calmness" for cyclist Yiannis Tamouridis]. In.gr (in Greek). Lambrakis Press Group. 17 April 2009. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  5. Mediterranean Games, Road, ITT, Elite 2009 cycling archive, retrieved 1 April 2010
  6. Brown, Gregor (10 December 2012). "Euskaltel to sell team vehicles to balance books". Cycling Weekly. IPC Media Ltd. Retrieved 4 January 2013. 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).
  7. "Speedy 'Tamu' puts Greece on the map".
  8. "Ioannis Tamouridis | Season 2013". Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  9. "2013 Milan-San Remo Results | Cycling Tips". Archived from the original on 22 June 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  10. "Ioannis Tamouridis: "Cuando entré en el velódromo, estaba llorando" / "I almost was crying when I entered the velodrome" - Euskaltel Euskadi". Archived from the original on 15 May 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  11. "Γιάννης Ταμουρίδης: Η Οδύσσεια του «Βάσκου» στην Ιταλία!".
  12. "Giro d'Italia 2013: Tutte le classifiche". 27 May 2013.
  13. "Ioannis Tamouridis, campeón griego de contrareloj - Euskaltel Euskadi". Archived from the original on 26 June 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  14. "Ioannis Tamouridis (Euskaltel) regresa al SP Tableware" [Ioannis Tamouridis (Euskaltel) returns to SP Tableware]. Biciciclismo (in Spanish). Cycling Total comunicación y servicios S.L. 2 November 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  15. "Ioannis Tamouridis". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
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