Eritrean rider Meron Amanuel of team Stradalli – BIKE AID takes green jersey and 8th in General Classification after finishing 7th on brutal climbing stage at Tour of Eritrea.
At yesterday’s opening stage to Tour of Eritrea, the German team Stradalli – BIKE AID could well present their colours again and take another podium placing in a UCI ranked race with Meron Amanuel’s 3rd place.
In Massawa City, the riders of Team Stradalli – BIKE AID had to expect a unique atmosphere in a city that they surely will never foget. At the end, the result well rounded up this awesome and spectacular day.
Races in Africa are always something special for our team. We already have been reporting a lot about that and pointed out that due to the special mission of the team – to develop African cycling and athletes – races on this continent are from a special interest.
The UCI 2.2 Tour of Eritrea begins April 19th and Stradalli – Bike Aid will be bringing a full team to compete at a race in a country that sits close to the heart of the team’s mission.
Amanuel Mengis finished the sixed stage of the Tour du Cameroun on 3rd place and also climbed to 3rd in the overall and overall leader in youth classifications.
On today’s fifth stage of Tour du Cameroun, Jean Bosco Nsengimana took the first victory for Team Stradalli – BIKE AID in 2016. Daniel Bichlmann, Amanuel Mengis and Patrick Lechner rounded the up with places 6, 8 and 9.
It’s coming closer and closer. Stage 4 and the 4th top-ten result for Amanuel Mengis in a row. But today it was 2nd place and the first ever podium on a UCI race for him so far!
Amanuel Mengis takes 9th place on stage 3 of tour du cameroun. It was his third Top-ten placing in a row that still keeps him in good position for the GC.
While the temperature here in middle Europe is still very cold, the situation in western Africa is pretty different. The guys have to suffer a lot in the tropical heat near the Equator.
Flashback: two years ago, it was the first race that the new formed Procycling team could win. It was Dan Craven from Namibia who brought the yellow jersey home to the Saarland, when he won the general Classification of Tour de Cameroun.
