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Tropicale Amissa Bongo - 2.2
Gabon, January 12-15, 2006
The Stages
- Prologue - January 12: Libreville,
- Stage 1 - January 13: Bifoun - Lambaréné, 78 km
- Stage 2 - January 14: Lambaréné - Kango, 149 km
- Stage 3 - January 15: Ntoum - Libreville, 120 km
Preview
Six European teams, Française des Jeux, Jartazi, Luxembourg National Team, Capec Kazakhstan, VC Roubaix and VC La Pomme Marseille, will take part in the inaugural Tropicale Amissa Bongo stage race in Gabon, which will kick off the African UCI Tour January 12-15. Eight African teams from Angola, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Benin, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Senegal and Gabon will also take the start in capital Libreville. The 450 kilometres of racing will take place mostly in and around the Congo river basin with stage finishes in Lambaréné, Kango and Libreville.
