Brutsis: “The PPC Cycling Tour of Greece is establishing itself in the global cycling community”

The PPC Cycling Tour of Greece 2024 officially closed its cycle with the presentation of its results, as they were presented in the debriefing Press Conference held by the “Cycling Greece” Organizing Committee, with the presence of the Deputy Minister of Sports Yannis Vroutsis in the press room of of the OAKA Central Stadium.

This year the Race has been set for April 2 to 6, 2025, and soon the regions that will host the 5 stages of the rated 2.1 Tour in the World Federation (UCI) calendar are expected to be announced.

The results of the PPC Cycling Tour 2024 were impressive, both in terms of its valuation by the official UCI evaluation form, and in its financial figures regarding the goodwill of the race’s media coverage throughout the world, but and in the findings of the research conducted among the involved bodies of the Race, i.e. sponsors, Regions, Municipalities and participating groups.

Here you can see in detail all the data from the overall report of the PPC Cycling Tour of Greece 2024.

“We are here to report another successful organization of the PPC Cycling Tour of Greece. It is our obligation to those who finance us, but also to the main source of income of our Organizing Committee which comes from the profits of the Betting players.

We want a Greece with its face turned outwards! Ready to respond to modern challenges and to organize major sporting events” emphasized at the beginning of his speech Mr. Brutsis and continued:

“With the flagships of the PPC Cycling Tour of Greece and the EKO Rally Acropolis, we firmly entered the game of global sports events!

Since 2022, when the Tour was revived, we are now able to evolve, year after year.

We have noted an increase in interest in hosting the stages of the Tour from regions across Greece, but also from more of the major road cycling teams who want to come and compete.

• 176 countries, 43 TV stations broadcast the 2024 Round putting Greece in 1.3 billion homes!

• In addition, the International Cycling Federation recognized the excellence of the Tour and awarded our Cycling Greece Organizing Committee and its officials for their spectacular results.

The PPC cycling Tour of Greece is slowly establishing itself in the global cycling community and we are investing in expanding its communication within and outside the borders.

Hand in hand with our major sponsor and namesake, PPC, but also with our other important partners, we are moving towards another event, the one in 2025.

Regions and Municipalities, Sponsors, Voluntary organizations such as the Red Cross and the President of Dr. Antonios Avgerinos, the institutional Authorities of the State such as the Greek Police, without whose contribution nothing could be implemented, the groups participating in our Race are our valuable allies in the effort we are making.

We are very excited but also obliged to continue unabated with special emphasis on the Parallel Events which aim to involve the local communities for the ever greater penetration of the bicycle, as a means of exercise as well as of movement”.

The event was welcomed by:

The President of the Cycling Greece Organizing Committee, Pavlos Papadopoulos: “As a person of cycling, I am particularly moved that the PPC Cycling Tour of Greece has been revived with such great success and is evolving every year. The Government’s initiative was an unexpected gift for our sport, which we must take advantage of both for its development and for the consolidation of cycling culture in the population at a time when sustainable development and mobility are becoming more and more imperative. With 3 very successful events behind us, after the revival, in 2022, 2023 and 2024, we are excitedly planning the 2025 PPC Cycling Tour of Greece and you can be sure that there will be many surprises both in terms of entries and routes and important!”

The president of the Hellenic Cycling Federation, Vassilis Diamantopoulos: “In my capacity as President of the Cycling Federation, we are committed to meet the high demands of such an important global event as the PPC Cycling Tour of Greece. The 2024 event was upgraded at every level, an event that strengthens the role of Greece internationally but also helps the most in spreading our sport, cycling. An event that promotes our country and leaves a consistently positive imprint on local communities”.

The representative of PPC, major sponsor and namesake, Katerina Chrysopoulou, Senior Brand and Marketing Communication Director: “We are particularly proud to have supported the PPC Cycling Tour of Greece 2024 for the 3rd year, confirming in practice our strategic commitment to a better and more sustainable future for everyone. At PPC, we are dedicated to supporting initiatives that empower local communities, promote sports and enhance environmental awareness. Emphasizing sustainable mobility, we promote the bicycle and all its versions as a means of sport, entertainment and green transportation. Many congratulations to the athletes who gave us unique moments and a big thank you to everyone who participated in this year’s flawless event”.

The Executive Director of Cycling Greece, Spyros Roussos, made the financial report of the Tour, while the Marketing Director, Takis Xouris, presented the results of the Survey conducted among all the involved bodies as well as the team for the Evaluation of the Tour 2024.

Finally, the Director of Parallel Actions of the Round, Thanos Georgiou, presented the program for 2024, while the Director of the Race, Vladimir Petsas, referred to the excellent impression of the World Federation on the Race and announced the dates of 2025.

At the same time, Cycling Greece and the Deputy Minister of Sports Yannis Vroutsis offered ten helmets to officers of the Greek Police, in the presence of the Police Director of the Attica Traffic Directorate, Georgios Chalkiadakis as a sign of gratitude for their contribution to the safe conduct of the Race!