After
a relaxing rest day yesterday in touristy well developed Limbe on the coast of
Cameroon we traveled with the tour entourage (with free room and board,
including the driver of the Congolese national team who had accidentally missed
their original arrival flight, but now they do not want to miss out).
The
severe sixth stage between Mbanga and Bafanga was over 129km. From my first
participation of the Tour of Cameroon in 2014 I just felt that this was the
stage for me. That’s why I and the rest of the team were motivated even more to
start on the offensive.
Finally,
the group of the day consisted of a Moroccan and myself. Everyone who knows me
knows how much I appreciate the typical North African practices. I was
surprised to learn that we had a chaser and was even more surprised to learn it
was my teammate Jean Bosco from Rwanda who had won the stage the day before.
After we teamed up the Moroccan racer no longer wanted to work together.
To
get the stage win to the team I decided to try and wear down the Moroccans by
alternating attacks. I went on the attack and Jean Bosco wasn’t as fresh as the
day before but I wanted to grab the bull by the horns.
All
communications were difficult because Bosco is still trying to improve his
English. I tried to be as aerodynamic as possible to master my Stradalli Aversa
racing machine to curve the remaining 25km of the day.
Unfortunately
the group got away from me before the summit of the last climb of the day. I
was frustrated and just wanted to get back to the air conditioned hotel room.
However, when I saw our teammate Amanuel Mengis had finished well to improve to
3rd place overall I felt better.
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