Barbadian National Road Race Championship Ethiopian National Road Race Championship Gabonese National Road Race Championship Moroccan National Road Race Championship Peruvian National Road Race Championship
Some countries wanted to find the worst stretch of road they could find to host an NC, and these five countries all settled on the same stretch of road. The Barbadian riders would rather go to the beach as Matthews is gonna win anyway, Ethiopia is a battle between Grmay and Sendeku of who has less punctures, Gabon might actually be an interesting battle between Moulingui and, well, maybe not Bakari. Morocco is a pray for Saber even if the roads were as smooth as can be, while Nemolito wants his riders to get punished in the Peruvian championship, where we're probably talking about days instead of hours.
Saber rides away on the penultimate sector and only Moulingui can follow, meaning two championships are already decided. Matthews is the only Barbadian in the chasing group while we have lost sight of the riders participating in the other two championships.
The Gabonese is obviously no match for the Moroccan in the sprint. Lahcen Saber retains his title and wins the mixed African-Caribbean-South American championship. Clenne Morvan Moulingui also retains his Gabonese jersey, Bakari only finishing sixth!
Not even a puncture can stop Darren Matthews from another Barbadian championship, because his only rival Vanderpool punctured as well.
The Peruvians beat the Ethiopians, as Robinson Steven Ruiz only lost five minutes to the leader. He takes the red-white jersey from Quispe.
And finally, the Ethiopian title is retained by Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay, because Sendeku was even worse.
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Lahcen Saber
Swisslion Cycling Team
1h12'07
2
Clenne Morvan Moulingui
GCN Racing
s.t.
3
Geoffroy Ngandamba
GCN Racing
+ 1'07
4
El Mehdi Chokri
Bralirwa - Stevens Bikes
s.t.
5
Salah Eddine Mraouni
ISA 2
s.t.
6
Amadou Bakari
Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff
s.t.
7
Darren Matthews
Podium Ambition
+ 2'02
8
Houcaine El Sabbahi
Bralirwa - Stevens Bikes
+ 5'06
9
Robinson Steven Ruiz
Los Pollos Hermanos
s.t.
10
Andre Alexander Gonzales
Los Pollos Hermanos
+ 6'12
11
Kristian Vanderpool
Podium Ambition
+ 6'33
12
Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay
Nordstrom - CA Technologies
+ 7'22
15
Getachew Sendeku
ISA - Hexacta
+ 10'30
16
Alain Quispe
Los Pollos Hermanos
+ 10'51
DNF
Charles Anguilet
GCN Racing
Barbadian National Time Trial Championship Ethiopian National Time Trial Championship Gabonese National Time Trial Championship Moroccan National Time Trial Championship Peruvian National Time Trial Championship
The time trial championships are luckily held on proper roads, so there are no excuses.
The Peruvians aren't fond of the time trial bike, but Andre Alexander Gonzales ends up on top. Poor Quispe is now jerseyless.
Salah Eddine Mraouni only has to look at Chokri for competition, and beats him fair and square by 26 seconds for the Moroccan time trial title.
Four minutes is the margin by which Getachew Sendeku wins the event for Ethiopia, splitting the two jerseys between him and Grmay.
The biggest victory margin goes to Gabon, as Geoffroy Ngandamba beats Anguilet, who even abandoned the road race to be as fresh as possible, by five minutes! Bakari wins the wooden spoon to absolutely no one's surprise.
But the fastest time of all comes from Barbados, as Kristian Vanderpool shows Matthews and all the other men how its done!