2018 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo

The 2018 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo was a road cycling stage race that took place in Gabon with an incursion into neighboring Cameroon between 15 and 21 January 2018. The race was rated as a 2.1 event as part of the 2018 UCI Africa Tour, and was the 13th edition of the Tropicale Amissa Bongo.

2018 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo

2018 UCI Africa Tour
Race details
Dates	January 15–21, 2018 (2018-01-15 – 2018-01-21)
Stages	7
Distance	1,011.1 km (628.3 mi)
Winning time	23h 52' 24"
Results
Winner  Joseph Areruya (RWA) (Rwanda national Team)   Second  Nikodemus Holler (GER) (Bike Aid)   Third  Damien Gaudin (FRA) (Direct Énergie) Points  Brenton Jones (AUS) (Delko–Marseille Provence KTM) Mountains  Tesfom Okubamariam (ERI) (Eritrea national Team) Youth  Joseph Areruya (RWA) (Rwanda national Team) Sprints  Tesfom Okubamariam (ERI) (Rwanda national Team)   Team Bike Aid
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Teams

Main article: List of teams and cyclists in the 2018 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo

The 16 teams invited to the race were:^[1]

UCI Professional Continental teams

• Direct Énergie
• Wilier Triestina–Selle Italia
• Delko–Marseille Provence KTM

UCI Continental teams

• Bike Aid
• Sporting / Tavira
• Sovac–Natura4Ever

National teams

• Eritrea
• Morocco
• Rwanda
• Gabon
• Ethiopia
• Ivory Coast
• Burkina Faso
• Tunisia
• Cameroon

Stages

Stage characteristics and winners

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
1	15 January	Kango to Lambaréné	146.6 km (91 mi)		Hilly stage	Lucas Carstensen
2	16 January	Ndendé to Fougamou	173 km (107 mi)		Flat stage	Brenton Jones
3	17 January	Fougamou to Lambaréné	114 km (71 mi)		Hilly stage	Rinaldo Nocentini
4	18 January	Ndjolé to Mitzic	182.5 km (113 mi)		Mountain stage	Joseph Areruya
5	19 January	Oyem to Ambam (Cameroon)	141.4 km (88 mi)		Hilly stage	Brenton Jones
6	20 January	Bitam to Oyem	107 km (66 mi)		Hilly stage	Rinaldo Nocentini
7	21 January	Bikelé to Libreville	139.5 km (87 mi)		Flat stage	Luca Pacioni
	Total		1,011.1 km (628 mi)

Classification leadership

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification	Mountains classification	Points classification	Sprints classification	Young rider classification	Best African rider classification	Team classification
1	Lucas Carstensen	Lucas Carstensen	Soufiane Haddi	Lucas Carstensen	Soufiane Haddi	Henok Mulubrhan	Soufiane Haddi	Bike Aid
2	Brenton Jones		Henok Mulubrhan		Joseph Areruya		Henok Mulubrhan
3	Rinaldo Nocentini	Brenton Jones	Salah Eddine Mraouni	Luca Pacioni	Mikiel Habtom		Salah Eddine Mraouni	Direct Énergie
4	Joseph Areruya	Joseph Areruya	Sirak Tesfom	Brenton Jones		Joseph Areruya	Joseph Areruya	Bike Aid
5	Brenton Jones				Damien Gaudin
6	Rinaldo Nocentini				Tesfom Okubamariam
7	Luca Pacioni		Tesfom Okubamariam
Final		Joseph Areruya	Tesfom Okubamariam	Brenton Jones	Tesfom Okubamariam	Joseph Areruya	Joseph Areruya	Bike Aid

Final standings

Legend
	Denotes the winner of the general classification		Denotes the leader of the mountains classification
	Denotes the leader of the points classification		Denotes the leader of the sprints classification
	Denotes the winner of the young rider classification		Denotes the leader of the best African rider classification

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Joseph Areruya (RWA)	Rwanda national Team	23h 52' 24"
2	Nikodemus Holler (GER)	Bike Aid	+ 18"
3	Damien Gaudin (FRA)	Direct Énergie	+ 50"
4	Ilia Koshevoy (BLR)	Wilier Triestina–Selle Italia	+ 1' 51"
5	Brenton Jones (AUS)	Delko–Marseille Provence KTM	+ 7' 27"
6	Rinaldo Nocentini (ITA)	Sporting / Tavira	+ s.t."
7	Youcef Reguigui (ALG)	Sovac–Natura4Ever	+ 7' 43"
8	Adrien Petit (FRA)	Direct Énergie	+ 7' 51"
9	Salah Eddine Mraouni (MAR)	Morocco national Team	+ 7' 55"
10	Salim Kipkemboi (KEN)	Bike Aid	+ 8' 01"

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Tesfom Okubamariam (ERI)	Eritrea national team	22
2	Sirak Tesfom (ERI)	Eritrea national team	19
3	Salah Eddine Mraouni (MAR)	Morocco national team	18
4	Mohcine El Kouraji (MAR)	Morocco national team	17
5	Joseph Areruya (RWA)	Rwanda national team	9
6	Henok Mulubrhan (ERI)	Eritrea national team	9
7	Alejandro Marque (ESP)	Sporting / Tavira	8
8	Damien Gaudin (FRA)	Direct Énergie	8
9	Mikiel Habtom (ERI)	Eritrea national team	6
10	Rinaldo Nocentini (ITA)	Sporting / Tavira	5

Points classification

Final points classification (1–10)

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Brenton Jones (AUS)	Delko–Marseille Provence KTM	165
2	Youcef Reguigui (ALG)	Sovac–Natura4Ever	148
3	Luca Pacioni (ITA)	Wilier Triestina–Selle Italia	139
4	Rinaldo Nocentini (ITA)	Sporting / Tavira	106
5	Adrien Petit (FRA)	Direct Énergie	96
6	Lucas Carstensen (GER)	Bike Aid	93
7	Nikodemus Holler (GER)	Bike Aid	90
8	Salah Eddine Mraouni (MAR)	Morocco national team	81
9	Henok Mulubrhan (ERI)	Eritrea national team	71
10	Joseph Areruya (RWA)	Rwanda national team	70

Sprints classification

Final sprints classification (1–10)

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Tesfom Okubamariam (ERI)	Eritrea national team	16
2	Mohcine El Kouraji (MAR)	Morocco national team	15
3	Damien Gaudin (FRA)	Direct Énergie	11
4	Mikiel Habtom (ERI)	Eritrea national team	11
5	Joseph Areruya (RWA)	Rwanda national Team	9
6	Nicola Toffali (ITA)	Sporting / Tavira	7
7	Temesgen Buru (ETH)	Ethiopia national team	7
8	Nikodemus Holler (GER)	Bike Aid	6
9	Salah Eddine Mraouni (MAR)	Morocco national Team	6
10	Henok Mulubrhan (ERI)	Eritrea national team	5

Young rider classification

Final young rider classification (1–10)

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Joseph Areruya (RWA)	Rwanda national Team	23h 52' 24"
2	Salim Kipkemboi (KEN)	Bike Aid	+ 8' 01"
3	Fiseha Gebremariam (ETH)	Ethiopia national team	+ 8' 09"
4	Henok Mulubrhan (ERI)	Eritrea national team	+ 8' 20"
5	Saymon Musie Mehari (ERI)	Eritrea national team	+ 10' 59"
6	Meron Abraham (ERI)	Bike Aid	+ 11' 35"
7	Mohcine El Kouraji (MAR)	Morocco national team	+ 13' 18"
8	Luca Raggio (ITA)	Wilier Triestina–Selle Italia	+ 14' 46"
9	Simone Bevilacqua (ITA)	Wilier Triestina–Selle Italia	+ 17' 26"
10	Massimo Rosa (ITA)	Wilier Triestina–Selle Italia	+ 17' 52"

Best African rider classification

Final best African rider classification (1–10)

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Joseph Areruya (RWA)	Rwanda national Team	23h 52' 24"
2	Salah Eddine Mraouni (MAR)	Morocco national team	+ 7' 55"
3	Hailemelekot Hailu (ETH)	Ethiopia national team	+ 8' 01"
4	Lahcen Saber (MAR)	Morocco national team	+ 8' 08"
5	Fiseha Gebremariam (ETH)	Ethiopia national team	+ 8' 09"
6	Henok Mulubrhan (ERI)	Eritrea national team	+ 8' 20"
7	Tesfom Okubamariam (ERI)	Eritrea national team	+ 8' 36"
8	Damien Tekou (CMR)	Cameroon national team	+ 8' 43"
9	Sirak Tesfom (ERI)	Eritrea national team	+ 10' 11"
10	Saymon Musie Mehari (ERI)	Eritrea national team	+ 10' 59"

Team classification

Final team classification (1–10)

Rank	Team	Time
1	Bike Aid	71h 53' 42"
2	Direct Énergie	+ 1' 02"
3	Wilier Triestina–Selle Italia	+ 1' 52"
4	Eritrea national team	+ 7' 34"
5	Sporting / Tavira	+ 8' 30"
6	Morocco national team	+ 9' 05"
7	Delko–Marseille Provence KTM	+ 11' 10"
8	Ethiopia national team	+ 11' 19"
9	Rwanda national team	+ 23' 47"
10	Tunisia national team	+ 24' 24"