La Tropicale Amissa Bongo

La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
Race details
DateLate January
RegionGabon
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI Africa Tour
TypeStage race
Web sitewww.tropicaleamissabongo.com/en/ Edit this at Wikidata
History
First edition2006 (2006)
Editions16 (as of 2023)
First winner Jussi Veikkanen (FIN)
Most wins Anthony Charteau (FRA) (3 wins)
Most recent Geoffrey Soupe (FRA)

La Tropicale Amissa Bongo is a road cycling race held in Gabon, as a 2.1 category event on the UCI Africa Tour. The race consists of only a men's competition, a race run over seven stages. The race is named in honor of Albertine Amissa Bongo. [1]

Past winners

Year Country Rider Team
2006  Finland Jussi Veikkanen Française des Jeux
2007  France Frédéric Guesdon Française des Jeux
2008  France Lilian Jégou Française des Jeux
2009  France Matthieu Ladagnous Française des Jeux
2010  France Anthony Charteau Bbox Bouygues Telecom
2011  France Anthony Charteau Team Europcar
2012  France Anthony Charteau Team Europcar
2013  France Yohann Gène Team Europcar
2014  Eritrea Natnael Berhane Team Europcar
2015  Tunisia Rafaâ Chtioui Skydive Dubai–Al Ahli
2016  France Adrien Petit Direct Énergie
2017  France Yohann Gène Direct Énergie
2018  Rwanda Joseph Areruya Rwanda (national team)
2019  Italy Niccolò Bonifazio Direct Énergie
2020  France Jordan Levasseur Natura4Ever–Roubaix–Lille Métropole
2021–2022 No race
2023  France Geoffrey Soupe Team TotalEnergies

References

  1. ^ Bongo, Tropicale Amissa. "La Gazette - Tropicale Amissa Bongo". www.tropicaleamissabongo.com (in French). Retrieved 2019-01-22.


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