2019 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo Explained

2019 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
Series:	2019 UCI Africa Tour
Date:	21–27 January 2019
Stages:	7
Distance:	845.2^[1]
Unit:	km
Time:	20h 39' 25"
First:	Niccolò Bonifazio
First Nat:	ITA
Second:	Lorrenzo Manzin
Second Nat:	FRA
Third:	André Greipel
Third Nat:	GER
Previous:	2018
Next:	2020

The 2019 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo was a road cycling stage race that took place in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea between 21 and 27 January 2019. The race was rated as a 2.1 event as part of the 2019 UCI Africa Tour, and was the 14th edition of the race.^[2]

Teams

Fifteen teams started the race. Each team had a maximum of six riders:^[3]

Route

Stage characteristics and winners^{[4] [5]}

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Stage winner
1	January 21	Bongoville to Moanda	100km (100miles)		Hilly stage
2	January 22	Franceville to Okondja	170km (110miles)		Flat stage
3	January 23	Lékoni to Franceville	100km (100miles)		Flat stage
4	January 24	Mitzic to Oyem	120km (80miles)		Flat stage
5	January 25	Bitam to Mongomo	120km (80miles)		Flat stage
6	January 26	Bitam to Oyem	110km (70miles)		Hilly stage
7	January 27	Nkok to Libreville	140km (90miles)		Flat stage

Stages

Stage 1

Stage 1 result^[6] Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 Algeria s.t. 5 Eritrea s.t. 6 s.t. 7 ProTouch Sports s.t. 8 s.t. 9 Algeria s.t. 10 Eritrea s.t.

General classification after Stage 1^[7] Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 Eritrea + 2" 3 Rwanda + 3" 4 + 4" 5 + 6" 6 Algeria + 10" 7 Eritrea s.t. 8 s.t. 9 ProTouch Sports s.t. 10 s.t.

Stage 2

Stage 2 result^[8] Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 Rwanda s.t. 4 s.t. 5 Ethiopia s.t. 6 Algeria s.t. 7 Eritrea s.t. 8 Ethiopia s.t. 9 Mauritius s.t. 10 Morocco s.t.

General classification after Stage 2 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 Eritrea + 9" 3 + 10" 4 Rwanda + 13" 5 + 14" 6 Rwanda + 16" 7 Eritrea + 17" 8 ProTouch Sports + 18" 9 + 19" 10 Algeria + 20"

Stage 3

Stage 3 result^[9] Rank Rider Team Time 1 Eritrea 2 Algeria s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 ProTouch Sports s.t. 8 Eritrea s.t. 9 s.t. 10 Ivory Coast s.t.

General classification after Stage 3 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 Eritrea + 13" 3 + 14" 4 Algeria + 17" 5 Rwanda s.t. 6 + 18" 7 Eritrea + 19" 8 Eritrea + 21" 9 Eritrea s.t. 10 ProTouch Sports + 22"

Stage 4

Stage 4 result^[10] Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 Algeria s.t. 6 s.t. 7 Eritrea s.t. 8 Eritrea s.t. 9 Rwanda s.t. 10 ProTouch Sports s.t.

General classification after Stage 4 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 14" 3 Eritrea + 16" 4 + 20" 5 Algeria + 23" 6 Rwanda s.t. 7 Eritrea + 24" 8 Eritrea + 25" 9 Eritrea + 27" 10 ProTouch Sports + 28"

Stage 5

Stage 5 result^[11] Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 Algeria s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 Eritrea s.t. 6 s.t. 7 ProTouch Sports s.t. 8 Eritrea s.t. 9 s.t. 10 Mauritius s.t.

General classification after Stage 5 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 20" 3 Eritrea + 26" 4 Algeria + 27" 5 Eritrea + 28" 6 + 30" 7 Rwanda + 33" 8 Eritrea + 34" 9 Eritrea + 37" 10 ProTouch Sports + 38"

Stage 6

Stage 6 result^[12] Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 Algeria s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 Eritrea s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 Ethiopia s.t. 9 s.t. 10 Eritrea s.t.

General classification after Stage 6 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 16" 3 + 20" 4 Algeria + 21" 5 Eritrea + 26" 6 Eritrea + 28" 7 Rwanda + 33" 8 Eritrea + 34" 9 Eritrea + 37" 10 ProTouch Sports + 38"

Stage 7

Stage 7 result^[13] Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 Algeria s.t. 4 Eritrea s.t. 5 s.t. 6 Eritrea s.t. 7 s.t. 8 ProTouch Sports s.t. 9 Rwanda s.t. 10 Ivory Coast s.t.

Classifications

Final general classification^[14] ^[15] Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 6" 3 + 14" 4 Algeria + 17" 5 Eritrea + 26" 6 Eritrea + 28" 7 + 32" 8 Rwanda + 33" 9 Eritrea + 34" 10 Eritrea + 37"

Final points classification^[16] ^[17] Rank Rider Team Points 1 176 2 172 3 169 4 Algeria 169 5 102 6 Eritrea 99 7 92 8 ProTouch Sports 90 9 Eritrea 68 10 Ethiopia 60

Final mountains classification^[18] ^[19] Rank Rider Team Points 1 Eritrea 21 2 18 3 Algeria 16 4 Rwanda 12 5 11 6 Rwanda 11 7 Algeria 8 8 ProTouch Sports 8 9 Eritrea 7 10 Rwanda 7

Final young rider classification^[20] ^[21] Rank Rider Team Time 1 Rwanda 2 Eritrea + 4" 3 Rwanda + 7" 4 Ethiopia + 11" 5 Ethiopia s.t. 6 + 13" 7 Rwanda + 20" 8 Mauritius + 22" 9 Ethiopia + 40" 10 Mauritius + 49"

Final teams classification Rank Team Time 1 Eritrea 2 + 7" 3 + 10" 4 + 11" 5 Rwanda + 12"

Classification leadership table

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Team classification
1	Niccolò Bonifazio	Niccolò Bonifazio	Niccolò Bonifazio	Sirak Tesfom	Didier Munyaneza
2	Niccolò Bonifazio
3	Biniam Girmay
4	Lorrenzo Manzin					Eritrea
5	Niccolò Bonifazio
6	André Greipel
7	Lorrenzo Manzin
Final		Niccolò Bonifazio	Niccolò Bonifazio	Sirak Tesfom	Didier Munyaneza	Eritrea

External links

• Web site: La Tropicale Amissa Bongo 2019. La Tropicale Amissa Bongo. https://web.archive.org/web/20190315100837/https://www.tropicaleamissabongo.com/fr#. 15 March 2019. live.

Notes and References

1. Web site: La Tropicale Amissa Bongo (2.1), Gabon. BikeRaceInfo. 8 March 2019.
2. Web site: 2019 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo . ProCyclingStats . 26 February 2019.
3. Web site: 2019 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo - Startlist. FirstCycling. 8 March 2019.
4. Web site: 2019 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo. FirstCycling. 22 March 2019.
5. News: La Tropicale Amissa Bongo 2019. Cycling News. 22 March 2019.
6. News: Tropical Amissa Bongo: Bonifazio wins stage 1. Cycling News. 28 March 2019.
7. Web site: General Classification. Tropicale Amissa Bongo. 28 March 2019.
8. News: Bonifazio doubles up on Tropicale Amissa Bongo stage 2. Cycling News. 28 March 2019.
9. News: Biniam Hailu wins stage 3 at Tropicale Amissa Bongo. Cycling News. 28 March 2019.
10. News: Amissa Bongo: Manzin wins stage 4 in Oyem. Cycling News. 28 March 2019.
11. News: Amissa Bongo: Bonifazio wins stage 5 in Mongomo. Cycling News. 28 March 2019.
12. News: Amissa Bongo: Greipel wins stage 6 in Oyem. Cycling News. 28 March 2019.
13. News: Bonifazio wins La Tropicale Amissa Bongo overall. Cycling News. 25 March 2019.
14. Web site: 2019 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo. First Cycling. 25 March 2019.
15. Web site: General Classification. Tropicale Amissa Bongo. 25 March 2019.
16. Web site: 2019 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo - Points. First Cycling. 25 March 2019.
17. Web site: Points Classification. Tropicale Amissa Bongo. 25 March 2019.
18. Web site: 2019 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo - Mountain. First Cycling. 25 March 2019.
19. Web site: Mountain Classification. Tropicale Amissa Bongo. 25 March 2019.
20. Web site: 2019 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo - Youth. First Cycling. 25 March 2019.
21. Web site: Best Young General Classification. Tropicale Amissa Bongo. 25 March 2019.