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The 2019 Tropicale will continue to be marked by stage victories in the world peloton, riders who have each raced in World Tour teams before, Germany's André Greipel, France's Lorrenzo Manzin and the final winner, Italy's Niccolo Bonifazio. But the Gabonese event has not turned around around these European professional champions, Africans have also had their say. Starting with the Eritreans who won a stage thanks to their young hopeful of 18 years Biniam Girmay. They also pla... Read more
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The Tropicale 2019 will be no exception, the changeover for the place of the Grand Départ is still relevant, sometimes the North of the country, sometimes the South. If the 14th edition will start from the southern part of Gabon from the province of Haut-Ogooué, the Woleu-Ntem will not be forgotten. For the first time indeed since 2009, the riders will visit the two geographical extremes of the country with in addition a great innovation, the passage to the neighbors of Guinea-Equatoriale during the 5th stage via Cameroon. This unprecedented stage will discover new roads. But before that, it will be necessary to remain concentrated during the first three stages on the demanding and selective roads of Haut-Ogooué, in particular since the second day between Franceville and Okondja that the Tropicale never traveled in this way. This will be the longest stage of the 2019 edition. Three provinces will be crossed: Haut-Ogooué, Woleu-Ntem and Estuaire for the final arrival in Libreville, added to the two bordering countries visited, Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea, which will make this 14th edition of the Tropicale as one of the most varied in its history. Especially since the program also offers four unprecedented stages on the seven that count the event, Franceville-Okondja (2nd stage), Mitzic-Oyem (4th stage), Bitam-Mongomo in Equatorial Guinea (5th stage), and Nkok -Libreville (7th and last stage). Once again since its creation in 2006, the Tropicale Amissa Bongo offers a balanced course that will give way to both punters and sprinters to succeed Rwandan Joseph Areruya winner in January 2018.
The riders will go dive right in on this 100 kilometers of this first day which will certainly be very nervous on a feisty course with four hills with...
We can consider this stage as the queen stage of the Tropicale 2019. In any case, it will be the longest of the week, around 170 kilometers, which can...
This very short stage may be very nervous with no downtime. The arrival at Franceville in front of the official tribune is famous for its difficulty a...
This is the first stage in the Woleu-Ntem, it will take place mainly through the tropical forest. This could favor the most adventurous riders. The ve...
The incursion among the neighbors of Equatorial Guinea is a brand-new experience. The riders will make about twenty kilometers in Gabon before enterin...
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...
