Ecuadorian National Road Race Championship Ivorian National Road Race Championship Fijian National Road Race Championship South Korean National Road Race Championship
Ecuador, Fiji, Ivory Coast and South Korea. Four countries on opposite ends of the globe but hosting their national championships together as they would be too small to host it alone.
Ecuador is a battle between Carapaz and Cepeda Hernandez. Neither is comfortable on the cobblestone route so it might as well be a coin toss.
Fiji has three participants with Ngamoki-Cameron as favorite over Eroni and Salcone.
Sanogo only has to leave Cisse behind for the Ivorian title, the T-Mobile rider arguably being the rider most proficient on the cobblestone out of all participants.
Jang, Jung and Min are the three contenders for the championship of South Korea.
Sanogo attacks on the penultimate sector and leads by a minute heading onto the final sector, looking secure of the win. Ngamoki-Cameron, Cepeda Hernandez, Jung, Cisse and Min composing the chasing group. Only South Korea is represented with more than one rider, indicating the other championships have already been decided.
Abou Sanogo indeed wins the race and with it, the Ivorian Road Race Championship. He keeps the chasers behind, which have split up.
Carl Ngamoki-Cameron approached rapidly in the final kilometers and finishes second at 36 seconds. As he is not from the same country as Sanogo, the Fijian title is his! To be fair, his competitors were nowhere this race, as Eroni is nine minutes behind and Salcone wouldn't even finish.
Cisse took third but the Ivorian title is already gone. Jefferson Cepeda Hernandez just behind him claiming the Ecuadorian Championship.
Ha Jeon Jung is the first Korean rider to cross the line in fifth place, meaning he is their new champion. Min finished sixth, 1'40 behind his countryman, with outgoing champion Jang six minutes down.
Ecuadorian National Time Trial Championship Fijian National Time Trial Championship Ivorian National Time Trial Championship South Korean National Time Trial Championship
The countries also join forces for the time trial. Ten participants from four different countries battling for their national but also the combined championship.
The Korean title goes to Kyen Ho Min, 3'02 faster than Jang and 4'04 faster than Jung. They would all finish in the bottom four of the combined table, with Min nine minutes down on the winner.
Richard Antonio Carapaz is on his way to the Ecuadorian title, overtaking Issiaka Cisse who will take the Ivorian title. Carapaz wins by eight minutes over Cepeda Hernandez, Cisse wins by five minutes over Sanogo.
The Fijian and overall title goes to Jacob Salcone in a time of 1h26'55, beating Carapaz by a minute. Ngamoki-Cameron finished second in Fiji and third overall at five minutes, with Eroni behind Cisse in fifth at seven minutes.