| 2023 UCI Europe Tour | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dates | 2–6 May 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 4 + Prologue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 660.6 km (410.5 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2023 International Tour of Hellas was a road cycling stage race held between 2 and 6 May 2023 in Greece. [1] It will be the 19th edition of the Tour of Greece. [2]
Six UCI ProTeams, ten UCI Continental and three National teams participated in the race. [3] The peloton consisted of 114 riders with all teams bringing 6 riders. [4]
UCI ProTeams
UCI Continental Teams
National teams
The 2023 edition included five stages covering 660.6 kilometres (410.5 mi) over five days.
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Stage winner | ||
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| P | 2 May | Heraklion to Heraklion | 6.0 km (3.7 mi) |  | Individual time trial |  Aaron Gate (NZL) | |
| 1 | 3 May | Heraklion to Heraklion | 187.7 km (116.6 mi) |  | Hilly stage |  Stanisław Aniołkowski (POL) | |
| 2 | 4 May | Mycenae to Kalamata | 170.3 km (105.8 mi) | | Hilly stage |  Timothy Dupont (BEL) | |
| 3 | 5 May | Costa Navarino to Kyparissia | 153 km (95 mi) | | Hilly stage |  Iúri Leitão (POR) | |
| 4 | 6 May | Costa Navarino to Ancient Olympia | 133.5 km (83.0 mi) | | Hilly stage | Stanisław Aniołkowski (POL) | |
| Total | 660.6 km (410.5 mi) | ||||||
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| Stage | Winner | General classification  | Points classification  | Mountains classification  | Young rider classification  | Team classification |
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| P | Aaron Gate | Aaron Gate | not awarded | not awarded | Logan Currie | Bolton Equities Black Spoke |
| 1 | Stanisław Aniołkowski | Rémi Lelandais | Tomasz Budziński | |||
| 2 | Timothy Dupont | Jakub Otruba | ||||
| 3 | Iúri Leitão | Iúri Leitão | Iúri Leitão | Andreas Miltiadis | ||
| 4 | Stanisław Aniołkowski | |||||
| Final | Iúri Leitão | Iúri Leitão | Andreas Miltiadis | Logan Currie | Bolton Equities Black Spoke | |
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| Denotes the winner of the general classification | | Denotes the winner of the mountains classification |
| Denotes the winner of the points classification | | Denotes the winner of the Young rider classification |
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