South Africa’s Rohan du Plooy placed seventh on the 100km first stage of the Tropicale Amissa Bongo, which finished in Moanda, Gabon, yesterday.
ProTouch’s Du Plooy got home in a sprint finish, won by Direct Energie’s Niccolo Bonifazio (Italy) in 2:43:23. Vital Concept-B&B Hotels’ Lorrenzo Manzin (France) and Arkéa Samsic’s Andre Greipel (Germany) completed the podium.
Direct Energie’s Niccolo Bonifazio pictured winning the final sprint on stage one of the Tropicale Amissa Bongo yesterday. Photo: Supplied
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Stage one
1. Niccolo Bonifazio (Direct Energie) 2:43:23
2. Lorrenzo Manzin (Vital Concept-B&B Hotels)
3. Andre Greipel (Arkéa Samsic)
4. Youcef Reguigui (Algeria)
5. Henok Mulubrhan (Eritrea)
6. Alexandre Pichot (Direct Energie)
7. Rohan du Plooy (ProTouch)
8. Andrea Vendrame (Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec)
9. Abderrahmane Mehdi Hamza (Algeria)
10. Sirak Tesfom (Eritrea)
*Selected
22. Reynard Butler (ProTouch)
41. Jayde Julius (ProTouch)
67. Songezo Jim (ProTouch) 0:01:10
86. Mitchell Eliot (ProTouch) 0:07:14
88. Pieter Seyffert (ProTouch) 0:12:43
