PPC Tour of Hellas continues today, Saturday, April 5, with the 4th Tutorial, the “royal” database, the largest at 185.95 km and with the highest altitude 3764 m.
The penultimate day of this year’s PPC Tour of Hellas will be the richest racing, as it includes three climbing sprints.
The start will be given to Nea Artaki (13:00), the second largest city in Euboea and its picturesque port, and the start will take place in the city, located about 10 km north of Chalkida.
The athletes’ groups will also enjoy an impressive route with Psachna, climbing to Agios Athanasios, Mount Dirfi where the Gorge Agalis is located, the source of Kratiia to the top of Porticas (1168 m), where the 1st Sprint will take place (968 m).
It follows a quick descent, “touching” the Aegean Sea, uphill to the Settlement of the Stropon, essentially going to the other side of Mount Dirph, where the 2nd Ascension Sprint (1016 m) will take place.
Then we will again have a quick descent with traffic to the Kathenon Avenue – Steni and direction to Chalkida, next to the Aretousa Museum, where the 1st sprinting of the line will take place. After the athletes cross the High Chalkida Bridge, they enter the old Athens – Chalkida highway and passing through the villages of Vathi and Kalochori, head to Avlona, having now entered the Prefecture of Attica and continuing to Malakasa, will be up to Saint Mercury. Then they go down to Katsimidi and Varimbi and through Tatoi, the airport base will enter the Olympic Village, where the Olympic Square will finish.
4th ETAP
Chalkida – Olympic Village (Municipality of Acharnes)
185.95 km – altitude 3,764 m.
The 4th ERAP is the “royal” of this year’s PPC cycling round of Greece, with three ascent sprints and a straight sprint.
Store from the port of Nea Artakis, and starting immediately on the edge of the city.
Route: Nea Artaki – Psachna – Agios Athanasios – Dirfi Mountains (Portits, 1st Ascension Sprint 963 m) – Glyfada – Agia Irini – Next to the top of Aetofolia (Mount Dirfi) – Stropon (2nd Sprint of Ascent – 1016 M. Aliveri) – Nea Lampsakos – Chalkida (side by Museum of Arethoussa) – 1st Sprint Eun – We cross the High Chalkida Bridge – We enter the Old Athens – Chalkida – Vathi – Kalochori – Schimatari – Oinofya – We go down to Katsimidi – Varimbi – Tattoo Airport – We enter the Olympic Village with an end to the Olympic Square.
Signs of interest
km 0 Nea Artaki
km 31.08 Dirfi Mountains (1st Sprint 963 m)
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km 111.13 Chalkida (1st Sprint straight)
km 166.6 Saint Mercury (3rd Ascension Sprint 658 m)
185.95 Olympic Village
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