International Tour of Hellas 2011: Stage 2b Results

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Sven Forberger (Team NSP) and Harmen Mijnen (Babydump-Lemmers-Wilvo) (Image credit: International Tour of Hellas)

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The peloton during stage 2b (Image credit: International Tour of Hellas)

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One could easily get distracted with some of the stunning scenery (Image credit: International Tour of Hellas)

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Anastasios Kourmpetis gives the camera a smile (Image credit: International Tour of Hellas)

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Two days and three stages of 17th International Tour of Greece have been completed with only 12 athletes making it through, without losing any time in Mesolonghi, in the country’s central-west.

Zsolt Der, racing for the National Team of Serbia, had his powerful abilities on show to take the win of the semi stage 2B after 118 km.

The LKT cycling team from Germany continued their solid appearance in Greece, to claim another two places on the podium. Tino Thomel, the winner of the first stage came second and Jacob Fiedler third.

Time trial winner Ioannis Tamouridis was able to stay with the first group on the road maintains the light blue jersey of the general classification, but Andreas Graf wasn’t so lucky. The cyclist from RC Arbo Wels lost 51 seconds and now is in fifth place. Second, just 11 seconds behind Tamouridis was Stefan Schafer from LKT Brandeburg and Marcus Fothen of team NSP was third with 44 seconds back.

Dean Podgornik (Manisaspor) stays with green jersey, Periklis Ilias (SP Tableware) has a companion in the mountains’ jersey, the Italian Alberto di Lorenzo (Meridiana - Kamen) who had also 7 points in KOM classification. In the young riders’ classification Nikias Arndt of LKT Brandeburg stays in white.

Full results
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Zsolt Der (Srb) National Team of Serbia	2:34:39
2	Tino Thomel (Ger) Team NSP
3	Jacob Fiedler (Fra) Team NSP
4	Stefan Schafer (Ger) LKT-Team-Brandenburg
5	Nikias Arndt (Ger) LKT-Team-Brandenburg
6	Martin Riska (Svk) RC Arbo Wels Gourmetfein
7	Lucas Schadlich (Ger) Team NSP
8	Andi Bajc (Slo) Manisaspor
9	Iannis Tamouridis (Gre) SP Tableware
10	Markus Fothen (Ger) Team NSP
11	Nebojsa Jovanovic (Srb) Partizan Powermove
12	Rene Obst (Ger) Team NSP
13	Sebastiaan Kamphuis (Ned) OWC Global Team	0:00:26
14	Florian Bissinger (Ger) Arbo Gebruder Weiss
15	Mariano Giallorenzo (Ita) Meridiana - Kamen
16	Ahmet Akdelek (Tur) Manisaspor
17	Michael Weicht (Ger) LKT-Team-Brandenburg
18	Marko Stankovic (Srb) National Team of Serbia
19	Mustafa Sayar (Tur) Konya Torku Seker-Vivelo
20	Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) RC Arbo Wels Gourmetfein
21	Pous Jaume Rovira (Spa) KTM Murcia Kastro
22	Jan Sokol (Aut) RC Arbo Wels Gourmetfein
23	Van Der Berg (Ned) OWC Global Team
24	Polychronis Tzortzakis (Gre) National Team of Greece
25	Jakub Kratochvila (Cze) Arbo Gebruder Weiss
26	Kenny Van Der Schueren (Bel) Worldofbike.gr
27	Christoph Sokoll (Aut) RC Arbo Wels Gourmetfein
28	Gabor Kasa (Srb) Manisaspor
29	Aleksandar Milivojevic (Srb) National Team of Serbia
30	Dean Podgornik (Slo) Manisaspor
31	Esad Hasanovic (Srb) Partizan Powermove
32	Periklis Ilias (Gre) SP Tableware
33	Georgios Bouglas (Gre) KTM Murcia Kastro
34	Mart Ojevee (Est) Champion System-Hong Kong	0:00:33
35	Alberto Di Lorenzo (Ita) Meridiana - Kamen	0:00:36
36	Ivan Stevic (Srb) Partizan Powermove
37	Stavros Papadimitrakis (Gre) KTM Murcia Kastro
38	Stefan Stadler (Aut) Arbo Gebruder Weiss
39	Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) Champion System-Hong Kong
40	Nieck Busser (Ned) Babydump-Lemmers-Wilvo
41	Marek Canecky (Svk) Manisaspor
42	Marcel Ternovsek (Slo) Tusnad Cycling Team
43	Apostolos Bouglas (Gre) KTM Murcia Kastro
44	Petros Gkazonis (Gre) Worldofbike.gr
45	Georgios Pattes-Toumanis (Gre) National Team of Greece
46	Marien Wallink (Ned) OWC Global Team
47	Goran Smelcerovic (Srb) National Team of Serbia
48	Rodrig Wilches (Col) Meridiana - Kamen
49	Benjamin Hoeber (Ger) Profiline
50	Sergiu Cioban (Mda) Tusnad Cycling Team
51	Alexander Braico (Mda) Tusnad Cycling Team
52	Evgeni Gerganov (Bul) Konya Torku Seker-Vivelo
53	Neof Sakellaridis-Magkouras (Gre) SP Tableware
54	Christoph Springer (Ger) SP Tableware
55	Gernot Auer (Aut) RC Arbo Wels Gourmetfein
56	Konstantinos Konstantinidis (Gre) National Team of Greece
57	Zbigneiw Gucwa (Pol) Equipe CMI/BST
58	Guillaume Bourgeois (Swi) Champion System-Hong Kong
59	Joris Boillat (Swi) Champion System-Hong Kong
60	Georgi Georgiev (Bul) Tusnad Cycling Team
61	Daniel Petrov (Bul) Konya Torku Seker-Vivelo
62	Stanislav Zaraliev (Bul) Konya Torku Seker-Vivelo
63	Andreas Keuser (Ger) Worldofbike.gr
64	Dragan Spasic (Srb) Partizan Powermove
65	Bruno Radotic (Cro) Meridiana - Kamen
66	Ruud Kooijmans (Ned) Babydump-Lemmers-Wilvo	0:00:48
67	Pavlos Chalkiopoulos (Gre) National Team of Greece
68	Dejan Maric (Srb) National Team of Serbia
69	Felix Dehmel (Ger) LKT-Team-Brandenburg
70	Anastasios Kourmpetis (Gre) National Team of Greece
71	Alexandru Niculae Ciocan (Rom) Dinamo Buchurest
72	Georgios Karatzios (Gre) SP Tableware
73	Tino Meier (Ger) LKT-Team-Brandenburg
74	Jeremy Yates (NZl) Manisaspor
75	Jacob Arnold (USA) Equipe CMI/BST
76	Tobias Barkschat (Ger) LKT-Team-Brandenburg	0:00:51
77	Jovan Zekavica (Srb) Partizan Powermove
78	Job Smit (Ned) Babydump-Lemmers-Wilvo
79	Sebastiaan Beens (Ned) Babydump-Lemmers-Wilvo
80	Predrag Prokic (Srb) National Team of Serbia
81	Lars Pria (Rom) Arbo Gebruder Weiss
82	Mihai Varabiev (Rom) Dinamo Buchurest
83	Marian Frunzeanu (Rom) Dinamo Buchurest
84	Guillaume Soula (Fra) Equipe CMI/BST
85	Dimitrios Polydoropoulos (Gre) National Team of Greece
86	Ferry Bruckner (Aut) Profiline
87	Andreas Graf (Aut) RC Arbo Wels Gourmetfein
88	Mark O'Brien (Aus) SP Tableware
89	Stafano Zanichelli (Ita) Konya Torku Seker-Vivelo
90	Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Meridiana - Kamen
91	Darko Blazevic (Cro) Meridiana - Kamen
92	Harald Gruber (Aut) Profiline
93	Csicsaky Tamas (Rom) Dinamo Buchurest	0:01:23
94	Alexandros Papaderos (Gre) KTM Murcia Kastro	0:01:31
95	Charalampos Kastrantas (Gre) Partizan Powermove
96	Daniel Reiter (Aut) Arbo Gebruder Weiss	0:01:36
97	Julien Schick (Fra) Equipe CMI/BST
98	Pavlin Balinski (Bul) Konya Torku Seker-Vivelo
99	Thijs Poelstra (Ned) OWC Global Team
100	Simeon Green (GBr) Equipe CMI/BST
101	Peter Agtmaal (Ned) OWC Global Team	0:02:49
102	Wouter Groot (Ned) OWC Global Team
103	Benjamin Trouche (Fra) Equipe CMI/BST	0:03:00
104	Konstatntinos Efstathiou (Gre) KTM Murcia Kastro	0:04:25
105	Harmen Mijnen (Ned) Babydump-Lemmers-Wilvo
106	Nikolaos Nomikos (Gre) Worldofbike.gr	0:04:35
107	Glenn Van De Maele (Bel) Worldofbike.gr	0:06:31
108	Sven Forberger (Ger) Team NSP	0:14:21
109	Chistos Katrakis (Gre) Worldofbike.gr
110	Mihail Rusu (Rom) Dinamo Buchurest
111	Nandor Lazar (Rom) Tusnad Cycling Team
112	Carol Eduard Novak (Rom) Tusnad Cycling Team
DNF	Stavros Kanellopoulos (Gre) Profiline
DNF	Timo Niesing (Ger) Profiline

Sprint 1
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Ivan Stevic (Srb) Partizan Powermove	3	pts
2	Alberto Di Lorenzo (Ita) Meridiana - Kamen	2
3	Dean Podgornik (Slo) Manisaspor	1

Sprint 2
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Ivan Stevic (Srb) Partizan Powermove	3	pts
2	Alberto Di Lorenzo (Ita) Meridiana - Kamen	2
3	Dean Podgornik (Slo) Manisaspor	1

Mountain 1 - Paliampela
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Alberto Di Lorenzo (Ita) Meridiana - Kamen	3	pts
2	Dean Podgornik (Slo) Manisaspor	2
3	Ivan Stevic (Srb) Partizan Powermove	1

Mountain 2 - 49.6km
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Alberto Di Lorenzo (Ita) Meridiana - Kamen	3	pts
2	Ivan Stevic (Srb) Partizan Powermove	2
3	Rodrig Wilches (Col) Meridiana - Kamen	1

Teams
#	Rider Name (Country) Team
1	Team NSP
2	LKT-Team-Brandenburg
3	National Team of Serbia
4	RC Arbo Wels Gourmetfein
5	Manisaspor
6	Partizan Powermove
7	SP Tableware
8	Arbo Gebruder Weiss
9	OWC Global Team
10	KTM Murcia Kastro
11	Meridiana - Kamen
12	National Team of Greece
13	Konya Torku Seker-Vivelo
14	Worldofbike.gr
15	Champion System-Hong Kong
16	Tusnad Cycling Team
17	Babydump-Lemmers-Wilvo
18	Equipe CMI/BST
19	Profiline
20	Dinamo Buchurest

General classification after stage 2b
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Iannis Tamouridis (Gre) SP Tableware	6:32:46
2	Stefan Schafer (Ger) LKT-Team-Brandenburg	0:00:11
3	Markus Fothen (Ger) Team NSP	0:00:44
4	Nikias Arndt (Ger) LKT-Team-Brandenburg	0:00:51
5	Andreas Graf (Aut) RC Arbo Wels Gourmetfein	0:00:56
6	Polychronis Tzortzakis (Gre) National Team of Greece	0:01:16
7	Zsolt Der (Srb) National Team of Serbia	0:01:19
8	Jakub Kratochvila (Cze) Arbo Gebruder Weiss	0:01:28
9	Jacob Fiedler (Fra) Team NSP	0:01:35
10	Evgeni Gerganov (Bul) Konya Torku Seker-Vivelo
11	Michael Weicht (Ger) LKT-Team-Brandenburg	0:01:37
12	Esad Hasanovic (Srb) Partizan Powermove	0:01:56
13	Mustafa Sayar (Tur) Konya Torku Seker-Vivelo	0:01:59
14	Periklis Ilias (Gre) SP Tableware	0:02:06
15	Mariano Giallorenzo (Ita) Meridiana - Kamen	0:02:10
16	Martin Riska (Svk) RC Arbo Wels Gourmetfein	0:02:11
17	Pous Jaume Rovira (Spa) KTM Murcia Kastro	0:02:12
18	Florian Bissinger (Ger) Arbo Gebruder Weiss	0:02:15
19	Ruud Kooijmans (Ned) Babydump-Lemmers-Wilvo	0:02:24
20	Neof Sakellaridis-Magkouras (Gre) SP Tableware	0:02:31
21	Mart Ojevee (Est) Champion System-Hong Kong	0:02:33
22	Christoph Sokoll (Aut) RC Arbo Wels Gourmetfein	0:02:36
23	Sergiu Cioban (Mda) Tusnad Cycling Team
24	Dimitrios Polydoropoulos (Gre) National Team of Greece	0:02:37
25	Jan Sokol (Aut) RC Arbo Wels Gourmetfein	0:02:40
26	Ivan Stevic (Srb) Partizan Powermove
27	Alberto Di Lorenzo (Ita) Meridiana - Kamen	0:02:43
28	Jeremy Yates (NZl) Manisaspor
29	Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) Champion System-Hong Kong	0:02:50
30	Christoph Springer (Ger) SP Tableware	0:02:54
31	Andreas Keuser (Ger) Worldofbike.gr	0:03:05
32	Daniel Petrov (Bul) Konya Torku Seker-Vivelo	0:03:06
33	Anastasios Kourmpetis (Gre) National Team of Greece	0:03:09
34	Joris Boillat (Swi) Champion System-Hong Kong	0:03:14
35	Stanislav Zaraliev (Bul) Konya Torku Seker-Vivelo	0:03:18
36	Pavlos Chalkiopoulos (Gre) National Team of Greece	0:03:19
37	Marek Canecky (Svk) Manisaspor	0:03:20
38	Benjamin Hoeber (Ger) Profiline	0:03:27
39	Gabor Kasa (Srb) Manisaspor	0:03:28
40	Guillaume Bourgeois (Swi) Champion System-Hong Kong
41	Ahmet Akdelek (Tur) Manisaspor	0:03:32
42	Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) RC Arbo Wels Gourmetfein
43	Dean Podgornik (Slo) Manisaspor	0:03:33
44	Tino Thomel (Ger) Team NSP	0:03:39
45	Konstantinos Konstantinidis (Gre) National Team of Greece	0:03:40
46	Rene Obst (Ger) Team NSP	0:03:41
47	Stefan Stadler (Aut) Arbo Gebruder Weiss	0:03:45
48	Georgi Georgiev (Bul) Tusnad Cycling Team	0:03:47
49	Tobias Barkschat (Ger) LKT-Team-Brandenburg	0:03:49
50	Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Meridiana - Kamen	0:03:51
51	Andi Bajc (Slo) Manisaspor	0:03:56
52	Marko Stankovic (Srb) National Team of Serbia	0:03:57
53	Van Der Berg (Ned) OWC Global Team	0:04:04
54	Petros Gkazonis (Gre) Worldofbike.gr
55	Mark O'Brien (Aus) SP Tableware	0:04:06
56	Nebojsa Jovanovic (Srb) Partizan Powermove	0:04:07
57	Sebastiaan Kamphuis (Ned) OWC Global Team	0:04:11
58	Dragan Spasic (Srb) Partizan Powermove	0:04:12
59	Nieck Busser (Ned) Babydump-Lemmers-Wilvo	0:04:14
60	Aleksandar Milivojevic (Srb) National Team of Serbia	0:04:15
61	Georgios Pattes-Toumanis (Gre) National Team of Greece	0:04:25
62	Felix Dehmel (Ger) LKT-Team-Brandenburg	0:04:26
63	Apostolos Bouglas (Gre) KTM Murcia Kastro	0:04:29
64	Alexandru Niculae Ciocan (Rom) Dinamo Buchurest
65	Georgios Karatzios (Gre) SP Tableware	0:04:34
66	Kenny Van Der Schueren (Bel) Worldofbike.gr	0:04:37
67	Zbigneiw Gucwa (Pol) Equipe CMI/BST
68	Tino Meier (Ger) LKT-Team-Brandenburg	0:04:44
69	Marcel Ternovsek (Slo) Tusnad Cycling Team	0:04:46
70	Bruno Radotic (Cro) Meridiana - Kamen	0:04:51
71	Lars Pria (Rom) Arbo Gebruder Weiss	0:04:57
72	Marian Frunzeanu (Rom) Dinamo Buchurest
73	Rodrig Wilches (Col) Meridiana - Kamen	0:04:59
74	Jovan Zekavica (Srb) Partizan Powermove
75	Alexander Braico (Mda) Tusnad Cycling Team
76	Goran Smelcerovic (Srb) National Team of Serbia	0:05:03
77	Darko Blazevic (Cro) Meridiana - Kamen
78	Job Smit (Ned) Babydump-Lemmers-Wilvo	0:05:09
79	Sebastiaan Beens (Ned) Babydump-Lemmers-Wilvo	0:05:46
80	Gernot Auer (Aut) RC Arbo Wels Gourmetfein	0:05:47
81	Harald Gruber (Aut) Profiline	0:05:49
82	Julien Schick (Fra) Equipe CMI/BST
83	Predrag Prokic (Srb) National Team of Serbia	0:05:56
84	Daniel Reiter (Aut) Arbo Gebruder Weiss	0:06:07
85	Guillaume Soula (Fra) Equipe CMI/BST	0:06:13
86	Ferry Bruckner (Aut) Profiline	0:06:16
87	Jacob Arnold (USA) Equipe CMI/BST	0:06:18
88	Lucas Schadlich (Ger) Team NSP	0:06:23
89	Stafano Zanichelli (Ita) Konya Torku Seker-Vivelo	0:06:40
90	Simeon Green (GBr) Equipe CMI/BST	0:06:58
91	Csicsaky Tamas (Rom) Dinamo Buchurest	0:07:03
92	Peter Agtmaal (Ned) OWC Global Team	0:07:47
93	Dejan Maric (Srb) National Team of Serbia	0:07:52
94	Alexandros Papaderos (Gre) KTM Murcia Kastro	0:08:05
95	Glenn Van De Maele (Bel) Worldofbike.gr	0:09:08
96	Harmen Mijnen (Ned) Babydump-Lemmers-Wilvo	0:09:37
97	Nikolaos Nomikos (Gre) Worldofbike.gr	0:10:08
98	Benjamin Trouche (Fra) Equipe CMI/BST	0:10:16
99	Sven Forberger (Ger) Team NSP	0:17:26
100	Carol Eduard Novak (Rom) Tusnad Cycling Team	0:18:00
101	Georgios Bouglas (Gre) KTM Murcia Kastro	0:19:52
102	Marien Wallink (Ned) OWC Global Team	0:22:57
103	Nandor Lazar (Rom) Tusnad Cycling Team	0:23:57
104	Stavros Papadimitrakis (Gre) KTM Murcia Kastro	0:24:02
105	Mihai Varabiev (Rom) Dinamo Buchurest	0:24:39
106	Thijs Poelstra (Ned) OWC Global Team	0:25:48
107	Wouter Groot (Ned) OWC Global Team	0:26:46
108	Charalampos Kastrantas (Gre) Partizan Powermove	0:26:58
109	Pavlin Balinski (Bul) Konya Torku Seker-Vivelo	0:28:04
110	Konstatntinos Efstathiou (Gre) KTM Murcia Kastro	0:28:14
111	Mihail Rusu (Rom) Dinamo Buchurest	0:37:43
112	Chistos Katrakis (Gre) Worldofbike.gr	0:38:11

Points classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Dean Podgornik (Slo) Manisaspor	8	pts
2	Ivan Stevic (Srb) Partizan Powermove	6
3	Alberto Di Lorenzo (Ita) Meridiana - Kamen	4
4	Esad Hasanovic (Srb) Partizan Powermove	3
5	Gabor Kasa (Srb) Manisaspor	3

Mountains classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Periklis Ilias (Gre) SP Tableware	7	pts
2	Alberto Di Lorenzo (Ita) Meridiana - Kamen	7
3	Iannis Tamouridis (Gre) SP Tableware	5
4	Ivan Stevic (Srb) Partizan Powermove	3
5	Marek Canecky (Svk) Manisaspor	3
6	Andreas Keuser (Ger) Worldofbike.gr	2
7	Dean Podgornik (Slo) Manisaspor	2
8	Rodrig Wilches (Col) Meridiana - Kamen	1

Young rider classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Nikias Arndt (Ger) LKT-Team-Brandenburg	6:33:37
2	Polychronis Tzortzakis (Gre) National Team of Greece	0:00:25
3	Mustafa Sayar (Tur) Konya Torku Seker-Vivelo	0:01:08
4	Neof Sakellaridis-Magkouras (Gre) SP Tableware	0:01:40
5	Dimitrios Polydoropoulos (Gre) National Team of Greece	0:01:46
6	Jan Sokol (Aut) RC Arbo Wels Gourmetfein	0:01:49
7	Gabor Kasa (Srb) Manisaspor	0:02:37
8	Tobias Barkschat (Ger) LKT-Team-Brandenburg	0:02:58
9	Petros Gkazonis (Gre) Worldofbike.gr	0:03:13
10	Felix Dehmel (Ger) LKT-Team-Brandenburg	0:03:35
11	Apostolos Bouglas (Gre) KTM Murcia Kastro	0:03:38
12	Georgios Karatzios (Gre) SP Tableware	0:03:43
13	Jovan Zekavica (Srb) Partizan Powermove	0:04:08
14	Job Smit (Ned) Babydump-Lemmers-Wilvo	0:04:18
15	Sebastiaan Beens (Ned) Babydump-Lemmers-Wilvo	0:04:55
16	Gernot Auer (Aut) RC Arbo Wels Gourmetfein	0:04:56
17	Daniel Reiter (Aut) Arbo Gebruder Weiss	0:05:16
18	Jacob Arnold (USA) Equipe CMI/BST	0:05:27
19	Dejan Maric (Srb) National Team of Serbia	0:07:01
20	Alexandros Papaderos (Gre) KTM Murcia Kastro	0:07:14
21	Glenn Van De Maele (Bel) Worldofbike.gr	0:08:17
22	Georgios Bouglas (Gre) KTM Murcia Kastro	0:19:01
23	Nandor Lazar (Rom) Tusnad Cycling Team	0:23:06
24	Mihai Varabiev (Rom) Dinamo Buchurest	0:23:48
25	Charalampos Kastrantas (Gre) Partizan Powermove	0:26:07
26	Pavlin Balinski (Bul) Konya Torku Seker-Vivelo	0:27:13
27	Konstatntinos Efstathiou (Gre) KTM Murcia Kastro	0:27:23

Teams classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	LKT-Team-Brandenburg	19:41:07
2	Team NSP	0:01:42
3	SP Tableware	0:01:48
4	RC Arbo Wels Gourmetfein	0:02:19
5	National Team of Greece	0:03:46
6	Konya Torku Seker-Vivelo	0:03:51
7	Arbo Gebruder Weiss	0:04:39
8	Partizan Powermove	0:05:23
9	Manisaspor	0:05:34
10	Meridiana - Kamen	0:05:40
11	Champion System-Hong Kong	0:05:48
12	KTM Murcia Kastro	0:05:59
13	National Team of Serbia	0:06:48
14	Tusnad Cycling Team	0:07:08
15	Worldofbike.gr	0:07:13
16	Babydump-Lemmers-Wilvo	0:08:19
17	OWC Global Team	0:11:00
18	Equipe CMI/BST	0:12:13
19	Profiline	0:12:43
20	Dinamo Buchurest	0:13:08