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Ioannis Tamouridis ( el, Ιωάννης Ταμουρίδης; born 3 June 1980) is a Greek former professional cyclist from
Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area, and the capi ...
, Greece. He started cycling in 1995 and he competed in the road and track disciplines. Tamouridis now works as a
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for
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.


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
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races) and all categories. In 2008, Tamouridis was given a one-year ban from cycling, following a positive drugs test for
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and
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(AAS). He won the bronze medal for the time trial at the XVI
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held in Pescara, Italy, and competed with between 2009 and 2012.


Euskaltel–Euskadi (2013)

He then joined the team for the 2013 season, where he has affectionately become known as 'Tamu' among his teammates. To date, he is the only Greek cyclist to have raced at the Spring Classics of
Milan–San Remo Milan–San Remo (in Italian ''Milano-Sanremo''), also called "''The Spring classic''" or "''La Classicissima''", is an annual road cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy. With a distance of 298 km (~185.2 miles) it is t ...
, where he finished 88th out of 200 starters and 135 finishers under treacherous weather conditions,
Paris–Roubaix Paris–Roubaix is a one-day professional bicycle road race in northern France, starting north of Paris and finishing in Roubaix, at the border with Belgium. It is one of cycling's oldest races, and is one of the 'Monuments' or classics of the ...
,
Tirreno–Adriatico Tirreno–Adriatico, nicknamed the "Race of the Two Seas", is an elite road cycling stage race in Italy, run between the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic coasts. Traditionally held in the early part of the season, it is considered to be an important prep ...
and the
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. He is also the first Greek cyclist to have entered and finished a grand tour, the Giro d'Italia in
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where he participated in four bunch sprint finishes, achieving ninth place on the twelfth stage of the race. He also came seventh in the ''Premio della Fuga'' classification. In June 2013 Tamouridis won both the
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and
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titles, dedicating the latter to Rufino Murguía, 's team masseur, who was killed when the team's bus was involved in a crash. Tamouridis rejoined in 2014, after his previous team –  – folded at the end of the 2013 season.


Major results


Road

Source: ;1997 : National Junior Road Championships ::1st
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::1st Road race ;1998 : 1st Time trial, Balkan Junior Road Championships : National Junior Road Championships ::1st
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::1st Road race : 1st Overall Junior
Tour of Greece The International Tour of Hellas is a road bicycle racing stage race. It consists of five stages and is usually held between April and May. The race was first held in 1968 as the ''Antiquities Trophy'', and was later known as the ''Tour of Hellas ...
: 1st Firenze–Naples ;1999 : 1st
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, National Under-23 Road Championships ;2000 : National Under-23 Road Championships ::1st
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::2nd Road race ;2001 : 1st
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, National Under-23 Road Championships : 6th Time trial,
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;2002 : 1st Time trial, Balkan Under-23 Road Championships : 1st
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
, National Under-23 Road Championships : 1st Prologue
Tour of Greece The International Tour of Hellas is a road bicycle racing stage race. It consists of five stages and is usually held between April and May. The race was first held in 1968 as the ''Antiquities Trophy'', and was later known as the ''Tour of Hellas ...
;2003 : 1st
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
, National Road Championships : 3rd Overall
Tour of Greece The International Tour of Hellas is a road bicycle racing stage race. It consists of five stages and is usually held between April and May. The race was first held in 1968 as the ''Antiquities Trophy'', and was later known as the ''Tour of Hellas ...
: 3rd Sacrifice Cup ;2004 : 4th Overall
Tour of Greece The International Tour of Hellas is a road bicycle racing stage race. It consists of five stages and is usually held between April and May. The race was first held in 1968 as the ''Antiquities Trophy'', and was later known as the ''Tour of Hellas ...
;2005 : National Road Championships ::1st
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::3rd Road race : 9th Time trial,
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;2006 : 1st Road race, National Road Championships ;2009 : 1st
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
, National Road Championships : 3rd Time trial,
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: 3rd Overall
Tour du Maroc Tour du Maroc is the most important road bicycle race in the African state of Morocco. The editions 1957–1993 were reserved to amateurs. Since 2006, it is organized as a 2.2 event on the UCI Africa Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a ser ...
: 9th Overall
Tour of Romania The Tour of Romania (or "Little Loop") is a cycling competition held in Romania. It is organised as 2.1 race on the UCI Europe Tour. History Inspired by Tour de France, the monthly publication "Car Magazine" held in August 1910 the first edition ...
::1st Prologue ;2010 : National Road Championships ::1st Road race ::1st
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
: 3rd Overall
Tour of Romania The Tour of Romania (or "Little Loop") is a cycling competition held in Romania. It is organised as 2.1 race on the UCI Europe Tour. History Inspired by Tour de France, the monthly publication "Car Magazine" held in August 1910 the first edition ...
: 5th Overall
Okolo Slovenska Okolo Slovenska ( en, Tour of Slovakia; french: Tour de Slovaquie) is an annual road cycling stage race in Slovakia. Founded in 1954, since 2017 it has been rated as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is a stage race that usually includes f ...
;2011 : National Road Championships ::1st Road race ::1st
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
: 2nd Overall
Tour of Greece The International Tour of Hellas is a road bicycle racing stage race. It consists of five stages and is usually held between April and May. The race was first held in 1968 as the ''Antiquities Trophy'', and was later known as the ''Tour of Hellas ...
::1st Stage 2a (
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) : 2nd Overall
Tour of Szeklerland The Tour of Szeklerland is a European cycling stage race held in Romania. Since 2008, the race has been organised as a 2.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were intro ...
::1st Stage 1 : 2nd Overall
Tour of Romania The Tour of Romania (or "Little Loop") is a cycling competition held in Romania. It is organised as 2.1 race on the UCI Europe Tour. History Inspired by Tour de France, the monthly publication "Car Magazine" held in August 1910 the first edition ...
::1st Stage 3 : 2nd
Jūrmala Grand Prix The Jūrmala Grand Prix was a one-day cycling race held in Jūrmala, Latvia. It was part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste I ...
: 3rd Overall
Jelajah Malaysia The Jelajah Malaysia is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Malaysia since 1963. The race is part of the UCI Asia Tour and was classified by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.2 category races. The race exists o ...
::1st Stage 3 : 3rd
Grand Prix de la ville de Nogent-sur-Oise The Grand Prix de la ville de Nogent-sur-Oise is a road bicycle race held annually in France. It was organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introdu ...
: 5th
Tour of Vojvodina The Tour of Vojvodina was a road cycling race held in Serbia. The race consisted of two one day races. It was part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by th ...
II : 7th
Tour of Vojvodina The Tour of Vojvodina was a road cycling race held in Serbia. The race consisted of two one day races. It was part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by th ...
I ;2012 : 1st
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, National Road Championships : 1st
Circuit d'Alger The Circuit d'Alger was a cycling race held annually from 2011 to 2016 in Algeria. It was rated 2.2 event on the UCI Africa Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the ...
:
Tour of Romania The Tour of Romania (or "Little Loop") is a cycling competition held in Romania. It is organised as 2.1 race on the UCI Europe Tour. History Inspired by Tour de France, the monthly publication "Car Magazine" held in August 1910 the first edition ...
::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 1 (
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), 7 & 9 : 3rd Overall
Tour of Greece The International Tour of Hellas is a road bicycle racing stage race. It consists of five stages and is usually held between April and May. The race was first held in 1968 as the ''Antiquities Trophy'', and was later known as the ''Tour of Hellas ...
::1st Mountains classification : 4th Overall
Sibiu Cycling Tour The Sibiu Cycling Tour (Cycling Tour of Sibiu until 2015) is a 2.1 category professional Road bicycle racing, bicycle road race held in Sibiu, Romania. Its first edition took place in July 2011, as part of the UCI Europe Tour. The race is organise ...
: 5th Overall
Troféu Joaquim Agostinho The Grande Prémio Internacional de Torres Vedras – Troféu Joaquim Agostinho is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in the Torres Vedras, Portugal. Since 2005, it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Cont ...
: 6th Overall
Tour d'Algérie The Tour d'Algérie is an annual multi-day road cycling race held in Algeria. It has been held as a 2.2 category event on UCI Africa Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 ...
: 8th Overall
Five Rings of Moscow The Five Rings of Moscow is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in Moscow, Russia. It was first run in 1993 and since 2005 has been part of the UCI Europe Tour as a 2.2 category race. The most successful riders are Sergey Firsanov, An ...
: 8th
Banja Luka–Belgrade Banja can refer to: * Banja (woreda), an administrative division of the Amhara Region, Ethiopia * Banja, Aranđelovac, a village in Šumadija District, Serbia * Banja (Priboj), a village in Zlatibor District, Serbia * , a village near Vrgorac, Cro ...
I : 9th Overall
Tour of Szeklerland The Tour of Szeklerland is a European cycling stage race held in Romania. Since 2008, the race has been organised as a 2.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were intro ...
::1st Stage 4b ;2013 : National Road Championships ::1st Road race ::1st
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
: 9th
Paris–Tours Paris–Tours is a French one-day classic road cycling race held every October from the outskirts of Paris to the cathedral city of Tours. It is a predominantly flat course through the Chevreuse and Loire valleys; the highest point is 200 m, ...
;2014 : National Road Championships ::2nd
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
::3rd Road race : 2nd Overall
Tour de Taiwan The Tour de Taiwan is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Taiwan since 1978, and has been part of the UCI Asia Tour since 2005. It has been classed a 2.1 category race for the first time in 2012. History The Tour de Taiw ...
::1st Stage 4 : 7th Overall
Five Rings of Moscow The Five Rings of Moscow is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in Moscow, Russia. It was first run in 1993 and since 2005 has been part of the UCI Europe Tour as a 2.2 category race. The most successful riders are Sergey Firsanov, An ...
: 9th Overall
Tour de Serbie Tour de Serbie is a road bicycle race held annually in Serbia. First held in 1939, since 2005 it has been ranked 2.2 on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2 ...
: 9th
Race Horizon Park Race Horizon Park is an international cycling road race (category UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale) 1.2, within the Europe Tour calendar), held annually in the capital of Ukraine, during the celebration of the Day of Kyiv. As a part of the bicy ...
2 ;2015 : National Road Championships ::1st
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
::2nd Road race : 2nd Overall
Tour of Estonia The Tour of Estonia is a road bicycle racing stage race held in Estonia. The race is organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.http://www.tourofestonia.ee/en Tour of Estonia Official Website The race was created by amalgamating two existing ...
: 5th
Belgrade–Banja Luka Belgrade–Banja Luka is a road bicycle race held annually since 2007 in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina respectively. Until 2017, it is made up of two one-day races: Belgrade–Banja Luka I and Belgrade–Banja Luka II, which were both organi ...
II : 5th
Duo Normand The Duo Normand is a two-man team time trial (against the clock) for elite racing cyclists. Held annually at Marigny-le-Lozon in Normandy Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of '' ...
(with Maksym Averin) : 9th
Odessa Grand Prix The Odessa Grand Prix is a road cycling race held annually since 2015. In 2015 the race consisted of two one day races, but in 2016 it was a single race. It is part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racin ...
2 ;2016 : National Road Championships ::1st Road race ::1st
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...


Grand Tour general classification results timeline


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 The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
;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 The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI ...
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2004–05 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics The 2004–2005 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics is a multi race tournament over a season of track cycling Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycl ...
::2nd Points race, Sydney ::3rd Scratch, Manchester : 3rd Scratch,
2005–06 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics The 2005–2006 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics is a multi race tournament over a season of track cycling Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycl ...
, Manchester ;2006 : 2nd Points race,
2005–06 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics The 2005–2006 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics is a multi race tournament over a season of track cycling Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycl ...
, Carson :
UCI Track Cycling World Championships The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI ...
::3rd Scratch ::6th Points race ;2007 : 2nd Points race,
2006–07 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics The 2006–2007 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics is a multi race tournament over a season of track cycling Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bic ...
, Manchester ;2009 : Points race,
2009–10 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics The 2009–10 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics is a multi race tournament over a season of track cycling. The season ran from 30 October 2009 to 24 January 2010. The World Cup was organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale. The World Cup k ...
::1st Cali ::2nd Melbourne


Mountain biking

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


Notes


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tamouridis, Ioannis 1980 births Greek male cyclists Living people Sportspeople from Thessaloniki Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of Greece Greek track cyclists Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Greece Mediterranean Games medalists in cycling European Games competitors for Greece Cyclists at the 2015 European Games Competitors at the 2001 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games