page_title: 2015 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
section_title: Stage 8
hierarchical_section_title: 2015 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo / Stages / Stage 8
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Vue aérienne du Boulevard du bord de mer au centre-ville de Libreville.
context_page_description: The 2015 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo was the tenth edition of the La Tropicale Amissa Bongo road cycling stage race held in Gabon. It was held between 16 and 22 February 2015. It was rated a 2.1 event and was part of the UCI Africa Tour. The race is therefore the highest ranked stage race in Africa.
  The race is known for bringing amateur African cycling teams together with professional teams from Europe. Team Europcar had dominated the recent editions of the race, having won every edition between 2010 and 2014. The 2014 champion was Natnael Berhane, the first ever African to win the event, but he was not selected to defend his title. His teammate Yohann Gène was chosen to lead Team Europcar instead.
  The 2015 race consisted of eight stages. These began with difficult, hilly stages in eastern Gabon, before coming to the western coast for several stages suitable for sprinters. There was also a team time trial that took place at night, although the times for this did not play a part in the general classification following because of a delay to the start of the stage.
context_section_description: The final stage of the 2015 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo was a 127 km (79 mi) route. It started at Cap Estérias on the outskirts of Libreville, running south along the coast to the city centre, where the riders entered a 5.8 km (3.6 mi) finishing circuit. After 15 laps of the circuit, they finished the race outside the Lycée National Léon M'Ba.
  The first break was formed by Mohamed Er Rafai (Morocco) and Daniel Teklay (Eritrea). They were joined after 16 km (10 mi) of racing by Yannick Lontsi (Cameroon) and Iboudo Harouna (Burkina Faso). The stage was controlled by Rafaâ Chtioui's Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team–Al Ahli Club team, especially by Francisco Mancebo, despite a late ambitious attack by Team Europcar. Once again, the stage finished in a bunch sprint and, once again, Bretagne–Séché Environnement were dominant. Yauheni Hutarovich won his third stage of the week, with his team mate and lead-out rider Daniel McLay able to take second place on the stage. Morgan Lamoisson (Team Europcar) took third place in the sprint.
  Chtioui finished in a group 13 seconds behind the leader, but this was did not make a significant difference to his overall lead and he was therefore able to take the overall victory in the race. The one significant change in the final stage was Giovanni Bernaudeau (Team Europcar) gaining enough mountain points to win the mountains classification.
  The prizes were presented after the stage by President Ali Bongo Ondimba and several other members of the Gabonese government. Several famous figures from European cycling were also present, including Laurent Jalabert, Bernard Hinault and Jean-Marie Leblanc, formerly the director of the Tour de France.
caption: Libreville, venue of the finishing circuit of stage 8
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