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Dates | 20–26 January 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stages | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 969.2 km (602.2 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winning time | 22h 22' 23" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2020 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo was a road cycling stage race that took place in Gabon and Cameroon between 20 and 26 January 2020. The race was rated as a 2.1 event as part of the 2020 UCI Africa Tour, and was the 15th edition of La Tropicale Amissa Bongo. [1]
Fifteen teams were invited to the race, of which one was a UCI WorldTeam, two were UCI Professional Continental teams, four were UCI Continental teams, and eight were national teams. Each team entered six riders into the race for a total of 90 riders, of which 72 finished the race. [2] [3]
UCI WorldTeams
UCI Professional Continental Teams
UCI Continental Teams
National Teams
Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Stage winner | |
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1 | January 20 | Bitam to Ebolowa (Cameroon) | 149 km (93 mi) | Flat stage | Attilio Viviani (ITA) | |
2 | January 21 | Bitam to Oyem | 107 km (66 mi) | Flat stage | Natnael Tesfatsion (ERI) | |
3 | January 22 | Mitzic to Ndjolé | 186 km (116 mi) | Hilly stage | Biniam Girmay (ERI) | |
4 | January 23 | Lambaréné to Mouila | 190 km (120 mi) | Flat stage | Clovis Kamzong (CMR) | |
5 | January 24 | Lambaréné to Bifoun | 82 km (51 mi) | Flat stage | Youcef Reguigui (ALG) | |
6 | January 25 | Port-Gentil to Port-Gentil | 127.2 km (79.0 mi) | Flat stage | Biniam Girmay (ERI) | |
7 | January 26 | Nkok to Libreville | 128 km (80 mi) | Flat stage | Lorrenzo Manzin (FRA) | |
Total | 969.2 km (602.2 mi) |
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Stage | Winner | General classification | Points classification | Mountains classification | Young rider classification | Sprints classification | Team classification |
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1 | Attilio Viviani | Attilio Viviani | Attilio Viviani | Dawit Yemane | Attilio Viviani | Dawit Yemane | Total Direct Énergie |
2 | Natnael Tesfatsion | Natnael Tesfatsion | Henok Mulubrhan | Natnael Tesfatsion | Eritrea | ||
3 | Biniam Girmay | ||||||
4 | Clovis Kamzong | Rwanda | |||||
5 | Youcef Reguigui | Biniam Girmay | |||||
6 | Biniam Girmay | ||||||
7 | Lorrenzo Manzin | Jordan Levasseur | Jordan Levasseur | ||||
Final | Jordan Levasseur | Biniam Girmay | Dawit Yemane | Natnael Tesfatsion | Jordan Levasseur | Rwanda |
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Denotes the winner of the general classification | Denotes the winner of the young rider classification | ||
Denotes the winner of the points classification | Denotes the winner of the sprints classification | ||
Denotes the winner of the mountains classification | Denotes the winner of the teams classification |
Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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1 | Jordan Levasseur (FRA) | Natura4Ever–Roubaix–Lille Métropole | 22h 22' 23" |
2 | Natnael Tesfatsion (ERI) | Eritrea | + 1" |
3 | Emmanuel Morin (FRA) | Cofidis | + 4" |
4 | Youcef Reguigui (ALG) | Algeria | + 6" |
5 | Henok Mulubrhan (ERI) | Eritrea | + 11" |
6 | Jérémy Cabot (FRA) | Total Direct Énergie | + 16" |
7 | Carlos Oyarzún (CHI) | BAI–Sicasal–Petro de Luanda | + 16" |
8 | Damien Gaudin (FRA) | Total Direct Énergie | + 20" |
9 | Azzedine Lagab (ALG) | Algeria | + 24" |
10 | Ramūnas Navardauskas (LTU) | Nippo–Delko–One Provence | + 27" |
Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
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1 | Biniam Girmay (ERI) | Nippo–Delko–One Provence | 144 |
2 | Youcef Reguigui (ALG) | Algeria | 140 |
3 | Emmanuel Morin (FRA) | Cofidis | 134 |
4 | Attilio Viviani (ITA) | Cofidis | 116 |
5 | Natnael Tesfatsion (ERI) | Eritrea | 115 |
6 | Jordan Levasseur (FRA) | Natura4Ever–Roubaix–Lille Métropole | 110 |
7 | Jérémy Cabot (FRA) | Total Direct Énergie | 98 |
8 | Henok Mulubrhan (ERI) | Eritrea | 97 |
9 | Lorrenzo Manzin (FRA) | Total Direct Énergie | 80 |
10 | Riccardo Minali (ITA) | Nippo–Delko–One Provence | 78 |
Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
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1 | Dawit Yemane (ERI) | Eritrea | 17 |
2 | Paul Daumont (BUR) | Burkina Faso | 11 |
3 | Oussama Khafi (MAR) | Morocco | 8 |
4 | Abdoul Aziz Nikiéma (BUR) | Burkina Faso | 8 |
5 | Ramūnas Navardauskas (LTU) | Nippo–Delko–One Provence | 6 |
6 | Mekseb Debesay (ERI) | Eritrea | 6 |
7 | Victor Lafay (FRA) | Cofidis | 5 |
8 | Mohcine El Kouraji (MAR) | Morocco | 5 |
9 | Pierre-Luc Périchon (FRA) | Cofidis | 5 |
10 | Clovis Kamzong (CMR) | Cameroon | 5 |
Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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1 | Natnael Tesfatsion (ERI) | Eritrea | 22h 22' 24" |
2 | Henok Mulubrhan (ERI) | Eritrea | + 10" |
3 | Dawit Yemane (ERI) | Eritrea | + 52" |
4 | Renus Byiza Uhiriwe (RWA) | Rwanda | + 1' 39" |
5 | Victor Lafay (FRA) | Cofidis | + 2' 44" |
6 | Mohcine El Kouraji (MAR) | Morocco | + 2' 47" |
7 | Yacine Hamza (ALG) | Algeria | + 3' 40" |
8 | Oussama Khafi (MAR) | Morocco | + 4' 53" |
9 | Eddy Finé (FRA) | Cofidis | + 5' 03" |
10 | Lukáš Kubiš (SVK) | Dukla Banská Bystrica | + 14' 20" |
Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
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1 | Jordan Levasseur (FRA) | Natura4Ever–Roubaix–Lille Métropole | 11 |
2 | Dawit Yemane (ERI) | Eritrea | 11 |
3 | El Houcaine Sabbahi (MAR) | Morocco | 9 |
4 | Damien Gaudin (FRA) | Total Direct Énergie | 8 |
5 | Natnael Tesfatsion (ERI) | Eritrea | 8 |
6 | Emmanuel Morin (FRA) | Cofidis | 7 |
7 | Mekseb Debesay (ERI) | Eritrea | 6 |
8 | Adil El Arbaoui (MAR) | Morocco | 6 |
9 | Henok Mulubrhan (ERI) | Eritrea | 4 |
10 | Joseph Areruya (RWA) | Rwanda | 4 |
Rank | Team | Time |
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1 | Rwanda | 67h 06' 26" |
2 | Eritrea | + 2' 25" |
3 | Cofidis | + 4' 37" |
4 | Algeria | + 5' 28" |
5 | ProTouch | + 6' 38" |
6 | Natura4Ever–Roubaix–Lille Métropole | + 9' 25" |
7 | Nippo–Delko–One Provence | + 18' 15" |
8 | Total Direct Énergie | + 18' 23" |
9 | Morocco | + 22' 41" |
10 | BAI–Sicasal–Petro de Luanda | + 23' 05" |
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