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(RSN) 18-year-old Eritrean cheers, Greipel this time fifth

Posted by: Semere Asmelash

Date: Wednesday, 23 January 2019

18-year-old Eritrean cheers, Greipel this time fifth

By Felix Mattis
Biniyam Ghirmay (Eritrea) wins the 3rd stage of the Tropicale Amissa Bongo 2019, André Greipel (Arkéa - Samsic, left in the pink jersey) finishes fifth. | Photo: Twitter account of the Tropicale Amissa Bongo



 "18-year-old Eritrean rejoices, Greipel fifth this time"

23.01.2019 | (Rsn) - André Greipel has to wait in Gabon for his first win of the season and the first success for his new team Arkéa - Samsic. The 36-year-old finished fifth in the mass sprint over 98 kilometers from Léconi to Franceville. Victory went to 18-year-old Eritrean Biniyam Ghirmay (national team), ahead of former Dimension Data professional Youcef Reguigui , who is in Gabon for the Algerian national team. The winner of the first two stages, Niccolo Bonifazio(Direct Energie) from Italy finished third and thus claimed the overall lead. Greipel is still overall third. He is now 14 seconds behind Bonifazio and one second behind runner-up Sirak Tesfom (national team Eritrea).

After the start in Léconi near the border with the Congo, a breakaway duo quickly broke away - with Henok Mulueberhan (national team Eritrea) and defending champion Joseph Areruya, who drives here for the national team of Rwanda, but otherwise the French ProContinental team Delko - Marseille Provence is under contract. The duo pulled out 2:40 minutes ahead, but was then overtaken again after 35 kilometers.

Now, a new, five-person leading group established itself around Metkel Eyob (national team Eritrea). The quintet was not left out of the main field for more than 1:40 minutes. Direct Energie controlled the pace in the peloton with the confidence of Bonifazio's two opening victories in the back, eventually creating the perfect timed combination around five kilometers from the finish.

It came to the third mass sprint in a row, this time with a surprising winner from Eritrea, instead of one of the European aces Bonifazio, Greipel or Lorrenzo Manzin (Vital Concept - B & B Hotels).

The Tropicale Amissa Bongo in Gabon runs for seven days, with all stages being largely flat - although mostly carried out on a plateau some 600 meters above sea level. The topographically difficult stage finale already held the first stage in Moanda - with a 2.7-kilometer final climb at 5.5 gradient percentages. Even there, however, it came to mass sprint.

Stage 3: Stage
1 : Biniyam Ghirmay (National Team Eritrea) 2:35:09 hours 
2. Youcef Reguigui (National Team Algeria) 
3. Niccolo Bonifazio (Direct Energy) 
4. Lorrenzo Manzin (Vital Concept - B & B Hotels) st 
5 . André Greipel st - (Samsic Arkéa)

Appreciation :
1. Niccolo Bonifazio (Direct Energie) 9:22:31 hours 
2. Sirak Tesfom (National Team Eritrea) + 0:14 minutes 
3. André Greipel (Arkéa - Samsic) + 0:14 
4. Yozucef Reguigui (National Team Algeria) + 0:17 
5. Didier Munyaneza (Rwanda national team) + 0:17


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