Tropicale Amissa Bongo 2014 *Spoilers*
Art Vandelay
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Started today, finishes Sunday. 11 jerseys are up for grabs each day!
St 1 - break of 21 riders (inc Lulu, Gerdemann, Senechal and Jeandesboz) smashed away and had over 10 mins advantage. 6 of these contested the finish with LL Sanchez taking his first win for Caja Rural.
There's usually a highlights package on French TV/youtube later.
St 1 - break of 21 riders (inc Lulu, Gerdemann, Senechal and Jeandesboz) smashed away and had over 10 mins advantage. 6 of these contested the finish with LL Sanchez taking his first win for Caja Rural.
There's usually a highlights package on French TV/youtube later.
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IIRC it's on TV5 at some point0
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See Berhane took 3rd
Reminds me that they should get a bloody move on and officially name him proper winner of the 2013 Tour of Turkey0 -
TakeTheHighRoad wrote:IIRC it's on TV5 at some point
Only brief 4 minute highlights listed here, alas:
http://www.tv5.org/cms/chaine-francophone/programmes/p-75-s1-z6-lg3-Grille-des-programmes.htm?dateClick=13&date_jour=2014-01-13&genre=
There's no listing on Sky, but think it might be part of the programme, L'INVITÉ on at 10:45pm GMT, if anyone is badly jonesin' for a 4 minute hit of some cycling0 -
Garcia takes the GC due to intermediate sprints. 20 riders stayed away from the peloton who rolled in almost 20 minutes down on Lulu. Berhane of Eritrea is targeting the win and sits in third. Dan Craven is in 12th.
Highlights on TV5 (french). On Cyclingcloud now: http://cyclingcloud.com/race-2623-la-tr ... o-2014-s01
1. Luis Leon Sanchez (ESP, Caja Rural), les 149,2 km en 3h32'35" (Moy. : 42,11km/h) (Bonif : 10’’)
2. Egoitz Garcia (ESP, Cofidis), m.t. (Bonif : 6’’+ 5’’ aux sprints intermédiaires)
3. Natnael Berhane (ERY, Europcar), m.t. (Bonif: 4")
4. Gerdemann (ALL, MTN-Qhubeka), m.t.
5. Grégory Habeaux (BEL, Wanty-Groupe Gobert), m.t.
6. Fabrice Jeandesboz (FRA, Europcar), à 4"
7. Jérôme Baugnies (BEL, Wanty-Groupe Gobert), à 53"
8. Florian Sénéchal (FRA, Cofidis), m.t.
9. Frédérique Robert (BEL, Wanty-Groupe Gobert), à 2'46"
10. Giovanni Bernaudeau (FRA, Europcar), m.t.
Le classement général :
1. Egoitz Garcia (ESP, Cofidis), 3h32'24"
2. Luis Leon Sanchez (ESP, Caja Rural), à 1"
3. Natnael Berhane (ERY, Europcar), à 7"
4. Gerdemann (ALL, MTN-Qhubeka), à 11"
5. Grégory Habeaux (BEL, Wanty-Groupe Gobert), m.t.
6. Fabrice Jeandesboz (FRA, Europcar), à 15"
7. Florian Sénéchal (FRA, Cofidis), à 57"
8. Jérôme Baugnies (BEL, Wanty-Groupe Gobert), à 58"
9. Frédérique Robert (BEL, Wanty-Groupe Gobert), à 2'57"
10. Giovanni Bernaudeau (FRA, Europcar), m.t.
Tomorrow's stage - 120km stage from Awoua to Oyem0 -
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None of those was going to beat him in the sprint but good work LLS. Will be interested to see how he goes on the climbs. Charteau is a three times former winner and a former TdF KOM winner so you need good climbing legs to win.Contador is the Greatest0
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Short highlights:
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Thanks Art
Starting to lift my winter gloom at last.0 -
Good to see Dan Craven in the mix!0
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Classement 2ème étape :
1. Jérôme Baugnies (BEL, Wanty-Groupe Gobert) les 120 km en 2h54'25" (41,2 km/h)
2. Luis-Leon Sanchez (ESP, Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) m.t.
3. Natnael Berhane (ERY, Team Europcar) m.t.
4. Roy Jans (BEL, Wanty-Groupe Gobert) m.t.
5. Meron Amanuel (ERY, Erythrée) m.t.
6. Giovanni Bernaudeau (FRA, Team Europcar) m.t.
7. Salah-Eddine Mraouni (MAR, Maroc) m.t.
8. Metkel Eyob (ERY, Erythrée) m.t.
9. Florian Sénéchal (FRA, Cofidis) m.t.
10. Reda Aadel (MAR, Maroc) m.t.
Classement général :
1. Luis-Leon Sanchez (ESP, Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) en 6h26'44"
2. Egoitz Garcia (ESP, Cofidis) à 5 sec.
3. Natnael Berhane (ERY, Team Europcar) à 8 sec.
4. Linus Gerdemann (ALL, MTN-Qhubeka) à 16 sec.
5. Grégory Habeaux (BEL, Wanty-Groupe Gobert) m.t.
6. Fabrice Jeandesboz (FRA, Team Europcar) à 20 sec.
7. Jérôme Baugnies (BEL, Wanty Groupe-Gobert) à 53 sec.
7. Florian Sénéchal (FRA, Cofidis) à 1'02"
9. Giovanni Bernaudeau (FRA, Team Europcar) à 3'02"
10. Salah-Eddine Mraouni (MAR, Maroc) m.t.
Hinault handing out the jerseys today.
https://www.facebook.com/tropicaleamissabongoContador is the Greatest0 -
I really like the production of these highlights packages. Mademoiselle Ndong is a good presenter too.
Highlights of stage 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ell0NdWRpyg
Going to be difficult to dislodge LL Sanchez but hopefully Berhane will risk it.0 -
For the second day in a row, Songezo Jim (MTN-Qubeka) is in the breakaway
(one of my new favourite riders)0 -
Jim had over 6 mins with 50k to go but Caja Rural worked to reel them in. Good result for Wanty :
1 Roy Jans (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
2 Jérôme Baugnies (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
3 Egoitz Garcia (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credit
4 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar
5 Florian Senechal (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credit0 -
Break of 8 allowed to stay away today - Minard, Guillemois, Verhelst, Mba, Ndayisenga, Lahsaini, F.Debesay and Seibeb.
Ferekalsi Debesay Eritrean rider for MTN attacks in last 2km and wins.0 -
Art Vandelay wrote:Break of 8 allowed to stay away today - Minard, Guillemois, Verhelst, Mba, Ndayisenga, Lahsaini, F.Debesay and Seibeb.
Ferekalsi Debesay Eritrean rider for MTN attacks in last 2km and wins.
Great reward for the team's efforts over the last couple of days0 -
Richmond Racer wrote:Art Vandelay wrote:Break of 8 allowed to stay away today - Minard, Guillemois, Verhelst, Mba, Ndayisenga, Lahsaini, F.Debesay and Seibeb.
Ferekalsi Debesay Eritrean rider for MTN attacks in last 2km and wins.
Great reward for the team's efforts over the last couple of days
Songezo Jim on the podium for most attacking rider as well :-)
https://www.facebook.com/TeamMTNQhubeka ... 3992691210Warning No formatter is installed for the format0 -
I think that's 3 days on the bounce for Songezo Jim!0
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Just noticed that Yves Ngock was suspended by Cameroon for being a twit. Was in the break everyday last year, decent rider.0
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Big day for Team Rwanda - Bonaventure 'Bona' Uwizeyimana wins stage 5. From a 10 man break, Bona and Lahsaini (Morocco) chipped off in the last 20km and held the chasers at bay.
If you haven't seen these they're worth a look - MTN: African Bicycle Dream> This is episode 3 at the Tour of Rwanda:
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Cool, thanks.
Is LLS still leading?Contador is the Greatest0 -
Yes - no change to top of GC.0
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Plenty of action in today's stage - Berhane took some time back on Lulu on bonus sprints, a large group of 29 then broke away with some decent riders forcing Caja Rural to pin it back. With 20 odd km to go the race was altogether and another break of 19 riders chipped off. This stayed away and Wanty got another 1,2 with Frederique Robert taking the win.
Stage 6
1. ROBERT Frédérique Wanty - Groupe Gobert
2. JANS Roy Wanty - Groupe Gobert
3. CHAOUFI Tarik Morocco
The GC is the same but the time gaps are now close!
1. SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon Caja Rural
2. GARCíA ETXEGIBEL Egoitz Cofidis +1 sec
3. BERHANE Natnael Europcar +4 sec
4. GERDEMANN Linus MTN Qhubeka
5. HABEAUX Gregory Wanty - Groupe Gobert
Final stage tomorrow, there's a small climb and 3 intermediate sprints with time bonuses on offer. All to play for!0 -
Victory for Natnael Berhane! Picks up enough seconds on time bonuses to overhaul LL Sanchez. As for the stage, yet another Wanty 1,2 - Robert first, Jans 2nd.
Berhane is 23 - be good to see what he can do in Europe this season.0 -
Art Vandelay wrote:Victory for Natnael Berhane! Picks up enough seconds on time bonuses to overhaul LL Sanchez. As for the stage, yet another Wanty 1,2 - Robert first, Jans 2nd.
Berhane is 23 - be good to see what he can do in Europe this season.
Nice! And with Europcar now a WT team he should have plenty of chances.Warning No formatter is installed for the format0 -
Raking up the wins - Tour of Algeria, Tour of Eritrea, Tour of Turkey (TBC), African RR champs x 2, African TT Champs and now Tropicale Amissa.0
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Haha, nice stuff from Berhane! Shame the top lot were decided on bonus seconds...they could have sorted out some hill top finish.Contador is the Greatest0