2018 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo Explained

2018 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
Series:	2018 UCI Africa Tour
Stages:	7
Distance:	1011.1
Unit:	km
Time:	23h 52' 24"
First:	Joseph Areruya
First Nat:	RWA
First Team:	Rwanda national Team
First Color:	yellow
Second:	Nikodemus Holler
Second Nat:	GER
Third:	Damien Gaudin
Third Nat:	FRA
Points:	Brenton Jones
Points Nat:	AUS
Points Color:	violet
Mountains:	Tesfom Okubamariam
Mountains Nat:	ERI
Mountains Team:	Eritrea national Team
Mountains Color:	green
Sprints:	Tesfom Okubamariam
Sprints Nat:	ERI
Sprints Team:	Rwanda national Team
Sprints Color:	blue
Youth:	Joseph Areruya
Youth Nat:	RWA
Youth Team:	Rwanda national Team
Youth Color:	white
Previous:	2017
Next:	2019

The 2018 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo was a road cycling stage race that took place in Gabon with an incursion into neighboring Cameroon between 15 and 21 January 2018. The race was rated as a 2.1 event as part of the 2018 UCI Africa Tour, and was the 13th edition of the Tropicale Amissa Bongo.

Teams

The 16 teams invited to the race were:^[1]

Stages

Stage characteristics and winners

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
1	15 January	Kango to Lambaréné	146.6km (91.1miles)		Hilly stage	Lucas Carstensen
2	16 January	Ndendé to Fougamou	173km (107miles)		Flat stage	Brenton Jones
3	17 January	Fougamou to Lambaréné	114km (71miles)		Hilly stage	Rinaldo Nocentini
4	18 January	Ndjolé to Mitzic	182.5km (113.4miles)		Mountain stage	Joseph Areruya
5	19 January	Oyem to Ambam (Cameroon)	141.4km (87.9miles)		Hilly stage	Brenton Jones
6	20 January	Bitam to Oyem	107km (66miles)		Hilly stage	Rinaldo Nocentini
7	21 January	Bikelé to Libreville	139.5km (86.7miles)		Flat stage	Luca Pacioni
	Total		1011.1km (628.3miles)

Classification leadership

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification	Mountains classification	Points classification	Sprints classification	Young rider classification	Best African rider classification	Team classification
1	Lucas Carstensen	Lucas Carstensen	Soufiane Haddi	Lucas Carstensen	Soufiane Haddi	Henok Mulubrhan	Soufiane Haddi
2	Brenton Jones		Henok Mulubrhan		Joseph Areruya		Henok Mulubrhan
3	Rinaldo Nocentini	Brenton Jones	Salah Eddine Mraouni	Luca Pacioni	Mikiel Habtom		Salah Eddine Mraouni
4	Joseph Areruya	Joseph Areruya	Sirak Tesfom	Brenton Jones		Joseph Areruya	Joseph Areruya
5	Brenton Jones				Damien Gaudin
6	Rinaldo Nocentini				Tesfom Okubamariam
7	Luca Pacioni		Tesfom Okubamariam
Final		Joseph Areruya				Joseph Areruya	Joseph Areruya

Final standings

Legend
	Denotes the winner of the general classification		Denotes the leader of the mountains classification
	Denotes the leader of the points classification		Denotes the leader of the sprints classification
	Denotes the winner of the young rider classification		Denotes the leader of the best African rider classification

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1		Rwanda national Team
2			+ 18"
3			+ 50"
4			+ 1' 51"
5			+ 7' 27"
6			+ s.t."
7			+ 7' 43"
8			+ 7' 51"
9		Morocco national Team	+ 7' 55"
10			+ 8' 01"

Mountains classification

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Rider	Team	Points
1		Eritrea national team	22
2		Eritrea national team	19
3		Morocco national team	18
4		Morocco national team	17
5		Rwanda national team	9
6		Eritrea national team	9
7			8
8			8
9		Eritrea national team	6
10			5

Points classification

Rank! scope="col"

Rider	Team	Points
1			165
2			148
3			139
4			106
5			96
6			93
7			90
8		Morocco national team	81
9		Eritrea national team	71
10		Rwanda national team	70

Sprints classification

Rank! scope="col"

Rider	Team	Points
1		Eritrea national team	16
2		Morocco national team	15
3			11
4		Eritrea national team	11
5		Rwanda national Team	9
6			7
7		Ethiopia national team	7
8			6
9		Morocco national Team	6
10		Eritrea national team	5

Young rider classification

Rank! scope="col"

Rider	Team	Time
1		Rwanda national Team
2			+ 8' 01"
3		Ethiopia national team	+ 8' 09"
4		Eritrea national team	+ 8' 20"
5		Eritrea national team	+ 10' 59"
6			+ 11' 35"
7		Morocco national team	+ 13' 18"
8			+ 14' 46"
9			+ 17' 26"
10			+ 17' 52"

Best African rider classification

Final best African rider classification (1–10)

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1		Rwanda national Team
2		Morocco national team	+ 7' 55"
3		Ethiopia national team	+ 8' 01"
4		Morocco national team	+ 8' 08"
5		Ethiopia national team	+ 8' 09"
6		Eritrea national team	+ 8' 20"
7		Eritrea national team	+ 8' 36"
8		Cameroon national team	+ 8' 43"
9		Eritrea national team	+ 10' 11"
10		Eritrea national team	+ 10' 59"

Team classification

Rank! scope="col"

Team	Time
1
2		+ 1' 02"
3		+ 1' 52"
4	Eritrea national team	+ 7' 34"
5		+ 8' 30"
6	Morocco national team	+ 9' 05"
7		+ 11' 10"
8	Ethiopia national team	+ 11' 19"
9	Rwanda national team	+ 23' 47"
10	Tunisia national team	+ 24' 24"

Notes and References

1. Book: Startlist TAB18 . 2018-01-15 . F2Concept . 2018-08-18.