Eritrean Biniam Girmay won the African Cyclist award for the second successive year. This trophy was created ten years ago by the organizers of the Tropicale Amissa Bongo, always ready to encourage the development of African cycling, rewarding the rider of the continent who achieved the best performances of the season and managed by its influence to make known African cycling on the world.As in 2020 Biniam Girmay achieved this year a clear majority by the jury chaired by five... Read more
Next January, the peloton will find exactly the same stage to open Gabon week between Bitam and Ebolowa in Cameroon that the tropical Amissa Bongo has taken to make a regular visit. It was Luis Leon Sanchez who had prevailed that day on these hilly roads that always give rise to great battles between the riders who want to impose their mark on a significant distance at the start of the season, 150 kilometers. The peloton will remain three days traveling the roads of Woleu-Ntem, where the public always responds with its fervor and enthusiasm for cycling, before visiting four other provinces. With first the Middle Ogooué to Ndjolé for the arrival of the 3rd stage and Lambaréné which will offer two starts of stages on the banks of the Ogooué, the longest of the week on the 4th day to Mouila (190). kilometers) capital of Ngounié. On the eve of the last weekend the riders will then land in the Province of the Estuary very close to Libreville the capital, at the arrival of the 5th stage Kango before finding the day before the final finish, the Ogooué Maritime in Port-Gentil. As in 2015, for the 10th anniversary of the Tropicale, this sixth stage will take place exclusively on the streets of the country's economic capital, this time for the 15th anniversary of the event. The riders will stand out as tradition dictates on the last day on the waterfront in Libreville with a start as in 2019 since the flourishing economic zone of Nkok.
The Tropicale will head out for Cameroon the first day. The peloton will cross the Ntem River after thirty kilometers which marks the natural border b...
It is a short stage, without much difficulty along the route, until the final kilometers where the riders will have to cross the hill of the president...
Mitzic is the scene of a start for the second time in its history, after 2019. The last part of this long day looks very dynamic with a succession of ...
Lambaréné welcomes for the 23rd time the Tropicale at the start of this longest stage of the 2020 edition (190 km). The excellent roads excellent and ...
The difficulties of the day are mainly in the first part of the race but it remains the preserve of the sprinters who know take advantage of the final...
As for the 10th edition in 2015, the Tropicale will visit the roads of Port-Gentil five years later for a circuit in the center of the country's econo...