Tour of Greece

The Tour of Greece was a cycling stage race held in Greece. It has been held intermittently since 1968, when it began as the Tour of Ancient Greece. It has not been held since 2012.

Tour of Greece
Race details
RegionGreece
Local name(s)Γύρος Ελλάδος (in Greek)
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI Europe Tour
TypeStage race
History
First edition1968 (1968)
Final edition ()
First winner J. Nielsen (DEN)
Final winner Robert Vrečer (SLO)

Past winners

Year Country Rider Team
1968  Denmark Jan Nielsen
1967–
1980
Unknown
1981  Greece Kanellos Kanellopoulos
1982  Netherlands Henri Manders
1983 Unknown
1984  Soviet Union Asiat Saitov
1985  Soviet Union Ivan Romanov
1986  Austria Roland Königshofer
1987  East Germany Olaf Jentzsch
1988  Soviet Union Gintautas Umaras
1989  East Germany Frank Kühn
1990–
1997
No race
1998  Germany Thomas Liese
1999–
2001
No race
2002  New Zealand Fraser MacMaster Volksbank-Ideal
2003  Greece Vasilis Anastopoulos Volksbank-Ideal
2004  Kazakhstan Assan Bazayev Kazakhstan (national team)
2005  Kazakhstan Valeriy Dmitriyev Kazakhstan (national team)
2006  Russia Pavel Brutt Tinkoff Restaurants
2007–
2010
No race
2011  Germany Stefan Schäfer LKT Team Brandenburg
2012  Slovenia Robert Vrečer Team Vorarlberg


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