South Africa’s Rohan du Plooy placed seventh on stage five of the Tropicale Amissa Bongo in Oyem, Gabon, yesterday.
The 126km stage was won by Italian Niccolo Bonifazio in 3:04:51. This was the Direct Energie rider’s third stage win in five days.
Niccolo Bonifazio won stage five of the Tropicale Amissa Bongo in Oyem, Gabon, yesterday. Photo: Supplied
Algerie’s Youcef Reguigui was the second rider home, with Vital Concept-B&B Hotels Lorrenzo Manzin third.
Bonifazio also leads overall, with Manzin second and Erythree’s Sirak Tesfom third.
ProTouch’s Du Plooy is 10th on the general classification.
View more results below.
Stage five
1. Niccolo Bonifazio (Direct Energie) 3:04:51
2. Youcef Reguigui (Algeria)
3. Lorrenzo Manzin (Vital Concept-B&B Hotels)
4. Mattheo Pelucchi (Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec)
5. Biniam Hailu (Erythree)
6. Andre Greipel (Arkéa Samsic)
7. Rohan du Plooy (ProTouch)
8. Henok Mulubrhan (Erythree)
9. Andrea Vendrame (Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec)
10. Alexandre Mayer (Maurice)
*Selected
49. Songezo Jim (ProTouch)
64. Pieter Seyffert (ProTouch)
75. Mitchell Eliot (ProTouch) 3:06:45
76. Jayde Julius (ProTouch)
General classification
1. Niccolo Bonifazio (Direct Energie) 15:02:30
2. Lorrenzo Manzin (Vital Concept-B&B Hotels) +0:00:20
3. Sirak Tesfom (Eritrea) +0:00:26
4. Youcef Reguigui (Algeria) +0:00:27
5. Metkel Eyob (Eritrea) +0:00:28
6. Andre Greipel (Arkéa Samsic) +0:00:30
7. Didier Munyaneza (Rwanda) +0:00:33
8. Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eritrea) +0:00:34
9. Henok Mulubrhan (Eritrea) +0:00:37
10. Rohan du Plooy (ProTouch) +0:00:38
*Selected
35. Songezo Jim (ProTouch) +0:01:03
61. Jayde Julius (ProTouch) +0:16:53
63. Mitchell Eliot (ProTouch) +0:19:35
80. Pieter Seyffert (ProTouch) +1:15:33
