The second edition of L’Etape Greece by Tour de France was held around Ancient Olympia in Western Greece on Saturday 6 April, with former Olympian and UCI Mountain Bike World Champion Periklis Ilias winning the 128km gran fondo race.

The 37 year-old Greek rider finished in 3:30:04, beating Charalampos Kastrantas (3:31:10) and Matinos Moutsios (3:31:16) by over one minute. Argyro Milaki won the women’s competition in 3:42:35, with Fasoi Varvara and Anna Olga Mitsou completing the podium

In the 76 km medio fondo race, the champion was Konstantinos Rakintzis (2:11:30), who despite crashing during the race managed win by over one minute. Elisavet Dimou was the fastest woman, finishing in 2:32:34.

Just under 1200 cyclists participated in the event, part of the worldwide L’Etape gran fondo series of amateur cycling races.

L’Etape Greece gran fondo results HERE.

L’Etape Greece medio fondo results HERE.

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