Ioannis Tamouridis
Introduction '''Ioannis Tamouridis''' (; born 3 June 1980) is a Greek former professional cyclist from Thessaloniki, Greece. 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.In 2008, Tamouridis was given a one-year ban from cycling, following a positive drugs test for oxandrolone, an androgen and anabolic steroid (AAS).He won the bronze medal for the time trial at the XVI Mediterranean Games 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, where he finished 88th out of 200 starters and 135 finishers under treacherous weather conditions, Paris–Roubaix, 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. He also came seventh in the ''Premio della Fuga'' classification.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.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 20px Time trial::1st 20px Road race;1998: 1st 15px Time trial, Balkan Junior Road Championships: National Junior Road Championships::1st 20px Time trial::1st 20px Road race: 1st Overall Junior Tour of Greece: 1st Firenze–Naples;1999: 1st 20px Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships;2000: National Under-23 Road Championships::1st 20px Time trial::2nd Road race;2001: 1st 20px Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships: 6th Time trial, Mediterranean Games;2002: 1st 15px Time trial, Balkan Under-23 Road Championships: 1st 20px Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships: 1st Prologue Tour of Greece;2003: 1st 20px Time trial, National Road Championships: 3rd Overall Tour of Greece: 3rd Sacrifice Cup;2004: 4th Overall Tour of Greece;2005: National Road Championships::1st 20px Time trial::3rd Road race: 9th Time trial, Mediterranean Games;2006: 1st 20px Road race, National Road Championships;2009: 1st 20px Time trial, National Road Championships: 3rd 15px Time trial, Mediterranean Games: 3rd Overall Tour du Maroc: 9th Overall Tour of Romania::1st Prologue;2010: National Road Championships::1st 20px Road race::1st 20px Time trial: 3rd Overall Tour of Romania: 5th Overall Okolo Slovenska;2011: National Road Championships::1st 20px Road race::1st 20px 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 20px 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 20px Road race::1st 20px 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 20px 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 20px Road race::1st 20px Time trial====Grand Tour general classification results timeline==== Grand Tour 2013 alt=A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 152 alt=A yellow jersey Tour de France — alt=A red jersey Vuelta a España —+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish===Track===;1997: 1st 20px Points race, National Junior Track Championships;1998: 1st 15px Points race, Balkan Junior Track Championships: 1st 20px Points race, National Junior Track Championships;1999: 1st 20px 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 20px Points race, National Track Championships: 2nd 15px Points race, UCI Track Cycling World Championships: 2004–05 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics::2nd 15px Points race, Sydney::3rd 15px Scratch, Manchester: 3rd 15px Scratch, 2005–06 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Manchester;2006: 2nd 15px Points race, 2005–06 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Carson: UCI Track Cycling World Championships::3rd 15px Scratch::6th Points race;2007: 2nd 15px Points race, 2006–07 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Manchester;2009: Points race, 2009–10 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics::1st 15px Cali::2nd 15px Melbourne===Mountain biking===;1997: 1st 20px Cross-country, National Junior Mountain Bike Championships
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