Italy’s Rinaldo Nocentini won stage six of the Tropicale Amissa Bongo in Oyem, Gabon, yesterday.
Rinaldo Nocentini, pictured here during stage three, won stage six of the Tropicale Amissa Bongo in Gabon yesterday. Photo: Gautier Demouveaux
The Sporting-Tavira cyclist beat Eritrean Zemenfes Selemun and Rwandan Joseph Areruya in 2:32:48 in the 107km race from Bitam.
Areruya still leads the general classification with a time of 20:44:58. Second and third are Bike Aid’s Nikodemus Holler, who hails from Germany, and Direct Energie’s Frenchman Damien Gaudin.
Below are more results.
Stage six results
1. Rinaldo Nocentini (Sporting-Tavira, Italy) 2:32:48
2. Zemenfes Selemun (Erythree, Eritrea)
3. Joseph Areruya (Rwanda) 2:32:52
4. Luca Pacioni (Wilier Triestina-Selle It, Italy) 2:32:53
5. Brenton Jones (Delko Marseille Proven, Australia)
6. Youcef Reguifui (Sovac-Natura4Ever, Algeria)
7. Adrien Petit (Direct Engerie, France)
8. Nikodemus Holler (Bike Aid, Germany) 2:32:55
9. Henok Mulubrhan Erythree, Eritrea)
10. Hailemelekot Hailu (Ethiopie)
General classification
1. Joseph Areruya (Rwanda) 20:44:58
2. Nikodemus Holler (Bike Aid, Germany) 20:45:16
3. Damien Gaudin (Direct Energie, France) 20:45:36
4. Ilia Koshevoy (Wilier Triestina-Selle It, Belarus) 20:46:49
5. Rinaldo Nocentini (Sporting-Tavira, Italy) 20:52:25
6. Brenton Jones (Delko Marseille Proven, Australia) 20:52:31
7. Youcef Reguifui (Sovac-Natura4Ever, Algeria) 20:52:45′
8. Adrien Petit (Direct Engerie, France) 20:52:49
9. Salaheddine Mraouni (Maroc, Moroco) 20:52:53
10. Zemenfes Selemun (Erythree, Eritrea) 20:52:54
