Cycling Tour of Cameroon: Cissé Isiaka Grabs Yellow Jersey

After the East and the Centre regions it was the turn of the South Region yesterday June 3, 2019. The 16th edition of the International Cycling Tour of Cameroon entered the third day yesterday June 3 2019. The race took place along the Yaounde-Ebolowa highway over a distance of 151.3km. A total of 47 cyclists from African and European teams took part in the race that kicked off at the Messa-Mendongo neigbourhood at 9:50 am. The riders rode past towns and villages in the Centre and South regions.

As it has always been the case the populations in these areas came out massively to cheer the riders. It was a highly competitive race as each rider struggled to finish at the top. In the first sprint in Mbalmayo 38km into the race, three cyclists Ruberwa Jean Damascene (Rwanda) Yaou Gadji, (Cameroon and Bdadou Youssef (Morocco) were leading the race. The same group led the race till Mengueme, 78km in the race.

The group was however joined by the bunch of riders till the end of the competition. On arrival Cissé Isiaka from Côte d’Ivoire finished first in 3H59’51”. Clovis Kamzong Abossolo from SNH Velo Club was second in 3H59’52” and Stephan Bakker from Global Cycling Netherlands was thi...