Ronde van Kameroen 2.2

Adne van Engelen van het Global cycling team draagt de leiderstrui in de Ronde van Kameroen na een derde plaats in de eerste etappe en een tweede plaats in de tweede.

1e etappe:
1. Cissé
2. Tybor
3. Van Engelen
4. Mraouni op 7 seconden.

2e etappe:
1. Holler
2. Van Engelen
3. Teshome op 57 sec
4. Mraouni
5. Kangangi (de Keniaan draagt de bolletjestrui en is de derde man van Bike Aid in deze top 5)
6. Tybor

Klassement:
1. Van Engelen
2. Holler op 0.07
3. Tybor op 0.56
4. Teshome op 1.04
5. Mraouni op 1.12
6. Jelloul op 1.18
7. Valens op 1.20 (de Rwandees is de beste jongere vóór enkele landgenoten)

Eindelijk, de duiven zijn binnen. Bike Aid is lekker op dreef.

What? Another victory? Yes, Meron Teshome is on fire!

After yesterday's stage win by Nikodemus Holler, it was his teammate Meron Teshome who took the stage win today and let Nikodemus Holler just the 2nd place.

The season could not start in a better way at all. Already the 3rd place in the GC of "La Tropicale Amissa Bongo" (UCI 2.1) was a big deal and then yesterday's win by Niko Holler. But the boys are on fire and Meron Teshome heads to today's victory on stage 3 at Tour du Cameroun.

Juraj Bellan from Slovakian Pro-Team "Dukla Banska Bystrica" finished 3rd behind the two BIKE AID boys.

But the biggest curiosity happened already before the start: the whole convoy had to stop for several hours as one of the transfer busses' engine broke down and nothing went on. The start had to be delayed by couple of hours - but this is also Africa

Was toch slimmer van Teshome geweest als hij ploeggenoot Holler liet winnen in de sprint want als ik goed reken (mits van Engelen geen boniseconden heeft gepakt onderweg) had Holler nu leider kunnen zijn als hij de etappe had gewonnen

Ach Holler deelt wat troostprijsjes uit aan Meron en Adne. Bovendien hoeft Bike Aid zo nog niet het volledige gewicht van de koers te dragen. Yaounde is nog ver.

Holler wordt weer tweede en pakt nu wel de leiderstrui over van Adne van Engelen. Mraouni wint de etappe.


Holler takes the lead in GC of Tour du Cameroun

Nikodemus Holler finished second on today's fourth stage and takes over the yellow yersey of Tour du Cameroun (UCI 2.2).

The fourth stage of Tour du Cameroun was again a tough one, despite it just led over 98 kilometers from Limbé to Kumba and was one of the shortest stages of the Tour. Nevertheless, there was a bunch of hills the riders had to overcome and the heat is doing the rest.

In the middle of the race there was a 5man break-away that was able to put a gap and that went well together. In that break were also two of the BIKE AID riders with Nikodemus Holler and Daniel Bichlmann. In a quite hectic finale, the Morrocan rider Salah Eddine Marouni could take the win in the sprint in front of niko Holler. Daniel Bichlmann finished 5th today.

With his second place, Niko Holler could take the lead in the general classificaion and will start with the yellow jersey tomorrow. Also Suleiman Kangangi could defend his polka-dot jersey for the best climber of the Tour. Only Meron Teshome lost his lead in the "best African rider" classification that is now led by today's winner Marouni from Morocco.

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Tweede etappezege voor Teshome. Het zijn steeds dezelfde renners die hier de dienst uitmaken.
1. Teshome
2. Mraouni
3. Jeroen Breewel
4. Bona
5. Holler

Klassement:
1. Holler
2. Mraouni 0.57
3. Adne van Engelen 1.22
4. Teshome 2.04

Hattrick - Teshome wins also stage 5,

After the third stage, the Eritrean sprinter Meron Teshome wins also stage number 5 of Tour du Cmaeroun in bunch sprint.

The guys are still on fire and it burns, burns, burns! The main goal for today's stage about 108 flat kilometers around Douala was to defend Niko Holler's leader jersey.

But by doing the one thing good, you will also earn more. So it happened today when the boys controlled the bunch quite smart and prepared a good lead out for Meron Teshome to finish with stage win!

After stage 5 out of 8, the yellow jersey and the polka-dot jersey remains on the shoulders of the boys from BIKE AID (Niko Holler and Suleiman Kangangi), as well as the overall lead in team's classification.

Etappe 6 wordt gewonnen door Roelandts. Hij verslaat medevluchter Bona. In de top van het klassement zijn er geen wijzigingen: Holler leidt voor Mraouni, Van Engelen en Teshome.

1. Roelandts
2. Bona
3. Lahsaini
4. Kwiatkovski

Etappe 7 levert een zelfde scenario als etappe 6: een Belg klopt een Rwandees în een sprint à deux. Ditmaal gaat het om Legley en Bosco.

1. Legley
2. Bosco
3. Haring op 6 sec
4. Kwiatkovski
5. Lahsaini
6. Cissé op 1.06
7. Tybor 1.35
8. Jake Griffin NL

Klassement
1. Holler
2. Mraouni 56
3. Adne van Engelen 1.23
4. Haring 1.51
5. Teshome 2.05
6. Tybor 2.11
7. Saber 2.43
8. Legley 2.46
9. Kangangi 2.52
10. Valens 3.04

Haring maakt een mooie sprong in het klassement en Bosco pakt de bergtrui over van Kangangi.

It's done! Holler wins Tour du Cameroun - Kangangi 3rd on final stage!

What a feeling! After 8 days of hard work it's finally done. Suleiman Kangangi fnishes 3rd on final stage and Niko Holler brings the yellow jersey home - what a day!

Eight days of a lot of ups but also days of suffering and fighting are behind the guys from BIKE AID now. And how can it end up better than bringing home the yellow jersey and winning the GC of Tour du Cameroun.

"It has been demanding in so many ways, as after couple of days the heat gets worse and worse and our bodies reacted on that. Yesterday, I felt very tired for the first time and was so happy having my team mates around me to counter all the attacks and keeping me in yellow. Withouth them, I would have lost it yesterday, for sure!" Nikodemus Holler said after the race, tired but the same way happy.

When the bunch entered the capital of Cameroon today and crossed the finish line, the Kenyan rider of the team Suleiman Kangangi secured another place on the podium finishing 3rd. "It was a crazy week. I've been wearing the climbers jersey so long and just lost it yesterday. But well, we are one team and we achieved a lot here, so it's just great", Kangangi said.

In the GC the riders from the German team ranking 1st, 6th and 8th after the finish. Furthermore the guys could win the Team's classification and finish the stages in total with 3 victories, one time 2nd, one time 3rd one time 7th and two times 9th as best stage results. What a week!

We now wish you all a good way back home and see you back in action soon!

Laatste etappe:

1 MRAOUNI Salah Eddine Kuwait - Cartucho.es3:39:21
2 TYBOR Patrik Dukla Banska Bystrica,,
3 KANGANGI Suleiman Bike Aid,,
4 HOLLER Nikodemus Bike Aid,,
5 UWIZEYE Jean Cloude ,,
6VAN ENGELEN Adne ,,
7 SABER Lahcen
8 LAHSAINI Mouhssine
9 HARING Martin Dukla Banska Bystrica,,
10 CLAIN Médéric 0:10
11 ROELANDTS Rutger
12 TOURTELOT Alexis
13 RICHET Noël
14 JELLOUL Adil
15 LEGLEY Matthias
16 TESHOME Meron Bike Aid,,
17 UWIZEYIMANA Bonaventure
18 SIKANDJI Ghislain
19 NDAYISENGA Valens Tirol Cycling Team 0:13
20 KWIATKOWSKI Grzegorz

Klassement met een mooie podiumplaats voor Adne van Engelen:

1 HOLLER Nikodemus Bike Aid 24:01:27
2 MRAOUNI Salah Eddine Kuwait - Cartucho.es 0:46
3 VAN ENGELEN Adne 1:23
4 HARING Martin Dukla Banska Bystrica 1:51
5 TYBOR Patrik Dukla Banska Bystrica 2:05
6 TESHOME Meron Bike Aid 2:15
7 SABER Lahcen 2:43
8 KANGANGI Suleiman Bike Aid 2:48
9 LEGLEY Matthias 2:56
10 NDAYISENGA Valens Tirol Cycling Team 3:17
11 UWIZEYE Jean Cloude 3:24
12 LAHSAINI Mouhssine 3:31
13 UWIZEYIMANA Bonaventure 3:53
14 UKINIWABO Jean Paul Rene 4:10
15 CISSE Isiaka 5:57