TZORTZAKIS Polychronis

Greece

Cycling Road

Date of Birth: 3 Jan 1989

Age: 32

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.86/6'1''

Place of birth: KHANIA

Birth Country:

Greece

Place of residence : KHANIA

Residence Country:

Greece

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Cycling Road	Men's Road Race	63

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Fuji International Speedway	Men's Road Race	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

CYCLING ROAD

UCI Road World Championships

Year	Location	Road Race	Individual Time Trial
2020	Imola, ITA	DNF	42
2019	Harrogate, GBR	DNF	-
2016	Doha, QAT	-	53
2015	Richmond, VA, USA	DNF	55

European Games

Year	Location	Road Race
2019	Minsk, BLR	33

Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified, OTL - Outside the Time Limit

CYCLING TRACK

World Championships

Year	Location	Points Race	4km TP
2011	Apeldoorn, NED	9	16
2010	Ballerup, DEN	-	16

Legend
IP - Individual Pursuit, TP - Team Pursuit, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Nickname:

Pol (Instagram profile, 20 Feb 2021)

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Sports Science

Languages spoken:

English, French, Greek

Club name:

Kuwait Pro Cycling Team [Kuwait] since 2021

Debut:

Turned professional in 2010

Injuries:

He fractured his elbow in early 2017, which meant he could not cycle for three weeks. He was back competing in March 2017 and then suffered a wrist injury before returning to compete in May 2017. (polychronis-tzortzakis.blogspot.com, 27 May 2017)

Start:

He began cycling after his father and brother surprised him with a new mountain bike that they had hidden in his grandmother's yard. He started competing at age 15. (cycle365.gr, 27 May 2019; wielerverhaal.com, 14 Feb 2018)

Reason:

He watched his brother George finish second at the 2003 national junior championships in Greece and thought that cycling talent might run in the family. He stopped playing football and joined a cycling club. "It is also fantastic to train in Crete with the wide roads and good weather." (cycle365.gr, 27 May 2019; wielerverhaal.com, 14 Feb 2018)

Ambition:

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (cycle365.gr, 27 May 2019)

Memorable:

Competing at the 2015 World Championships in Richmond, VA, United States of America. (polychronis-tzortzakis.blogspot.com, 23 Oct 2015)

Philosophy:

"Suffering builds character and character is revealed when pressure is applied." (Facebook Fanpage, 18 Jun 2019)

General Interest

General
MOVE TO FRANCE
He decided to leave Greece in 2012 to pursue a cycling career in France because he thought there were not enough road races in his home country to become a specialist in that discipline. "If you want to start racing competitively in Greece, you have to compete in all disciplines - road, track and mountain bike. Otherwise there are simply not enough competitions when you are young. If you only want to do one discipline, you will get 15 to 20 races in a year. If you race in all the disciplines then there are 45 to 50." (wielerverhaal.com, 14 Feb 2018)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/ptzortzakis
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Polychronis-Tzortzakis-Fanpage-154927181952806/?ref=page_internal
https://instagram.com/pol_tzortzakis/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/polychronis-tzortzakis-81326b85
Strava: http://app.strava.com/athletes/10522870
Athlete Website: https://polychronis-tzortzakis.blogspot.com/

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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