9th La Tropicale Amissa Bongo (2.1) 13th - 19th January

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

Jérôme Baugnies (Wanty) apparently wins stage 2 in a bunch finish. Great!

 

[del1962]

Jérôme Baugnies (Wanty) apparently wins stage 2 in a bunch finish. Great!

Also apparently LLS takes leaders jersey

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

LLS was 2nd today!

Classement étape 2 :

1. BAUGNIIES (WANTY GROUPE GOBERT)
2. SANCHEZ (CAJA RURAL)
3. BERHANE (EUROPCAR)
4. JANS (WANTY GROUPE GOBERT)
5. AMANUEL (ERYTHREE)

TOP 5 GENERAL apres ETAPE 2 :
1.SANCHEZ (CAJA RURAL)
2. GARCIA (COFIDIS) à 5"
3. BERHANE (EUROPCAR) à 8"
4. GERDEMANN (MTN QHUBEKA) à 16"
5. HABEAU (WANTY GROUPE GOBERT) à 16"

 

[oliveira]

CLASSEMENT ETAPE 2 :
1. BAUGNIIES (WANTY GROUPE GOBERT)
2. SANCHEZ (CAJA RURAL)
3. BERHANE (EUROPCAR)
4. JANS (WANTY GROUPE GOBERT)
5. AMANUEL (ERYTHREE)

TOP 5 GENERAL apres ETAPE 2 :
1.SANCHEZ (CAJA RURAL)
2. GARCIA (COFIDIS) à 5"
3. BERHANE (EUROPCAR) à 8"
4. GERDEMANN (MTN QHUBEKA) à 16"
5. HABEAU (WANTY GROUPE GOBERT) à 16"

 

[oliveira]

It will be hard to take this GC from Lulu! And great smile in Gerdemann's face in that 1st stage TV report. This must be one of the most fun races to do.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Wow Lulu

 

[Arredondo]

Stage 2

1. Jerome Baugnies
2. LL Sanchez
3. Natnael Berhane
4. Roy Jans
5. Meron Amanuel

GC

1. LL Sanchez
2. Egoitz Garcia at 5s
3. Natnael Berhane 8s
4. Linus Gerdemann 16s
5. Gregory Habeaux s.t.

Edit: And i didn't look for page 4 apparently

But great win from ''Jerome Cortisone''.

 

[manafana]

sometimes a drop in level can do wonders for rider LL finding himself at that lower level, less money but more enjoyable and sure Belkin paid him off anyway

 

[Lexman]

Jérôme Baugnies (Wanty) apparently wins stage 2 in a bunch finish. Great!

Yeah indeed good start for the new team !!

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

Wanty wants more.

stage 3:

1. Roy Jans
2. Jerome Baugnies
3. Egoitz Garcia
4. Yohann Gene
5. Florian Senechal

 

[Lexman]

Wanty doin' good, yeah!!

 

[manafana]

Are wanty a completely new team? I see Bjorn Leukemans had signed for them

 

[Gloin22]

No, they are formed up from Accent Jobs Wanty ( 2013 PCT team ).

 

[Wallenquist]

Minnaard, Guillemois, Verhelst, Mba, Ndayisenga, Lahsaini, F.Debesay, Seibeb will fight for stage win today since they have seven minutes advantage with less than 10km to the finish. No GC changes since top guy from a breakaway have more than 15 minutes to Sanchez.

My pick is Verhelst

 

[del1962]

Minnaard, Guillemois, Verhelst, Mba, Ndayisenga, Lahsaini, F.Debesay, Seibeb will fight for stage win today since they have seven minutes advantage with less than 10km to the finish. No GC changes since top guy from a breakaway have more than 15 minutes to Sanchez.

My pick is Verhelst

The will suit LLS since he does not have to fight for placing with Garcia

 

[Wallenquist]

The will suit LLS since he does not have to fight for placing with Garcia

Exactly. And Debesay won with late attack, first season win for MTN

 

[Taxus4a]

The great climber Jhon Lee Augustin is back.
Good news.

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

20km to go, ten riders have 6 minutes: De Troyer, Uwizeyemana, Reguigi, Teshome, Naulleau, Gene, Kabre, Hadjbouzit, Petit, Lahsaini

Should be one for Petit

 

[Dazed and Confused]

20km to go, ten riders have 6 minutes: De Troyer, Uwizeyemana, Reguigi, Teshome, Naulleau, Gene, Kabre, Hadjbouzit, Petit, Lahsaini

Should be one for Petit

Looks like the GC boys gave up the effort, but where can you make a difference on the parcours? African version of Tour of Hainan, just a bunch of flat stages. The roads, however, appears in better shape than many in Europe.

 

[Lexman]

don't underestimate Gene ...

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

and in the end Bonaventure Uwizeyimana got his first pro win. A 21 year old from Rwanda. Fantastic!

 

[Guybrush]

The great climber Jhon Lee Augustin is back.
Good news.

Nice to see him back, his career had been downhill since that downhill

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Wanty dominates another stage in Bongoland:

1 ROBERT Frédérique [www.procyclingstats.com] Wanty - Groupe Gobert 16 20
2 JANS Roy Wanty - Groupe Gobert 11 12
3 CHAOUFI Tarik Morocco 6 7
4 BERNAUDEAU Giovanni Team Europcar 5 5
5 DE TROYER Tim [www.procyclingstats.com] Wanty - Groupe Gobert

Lulu leads GC.

 

[Lexman]

Wanty rules

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

All set up for a Europcar ambush tomorrow.