January 14/06 6:01 am - Rollin 3rd in Gabon

Posted by Editor on 01/14/06
 

Rollin Third in Gabon
Courtesy L. Rollin

Dominique Rollin finished third today in the second stage of "La Tropicale Amissa Bongo". The race was from Lambaréné to Kango (149 kilometres). The peleton crossed the Equator during this stage. Due to time bonus, he moves one place down in the GC. Tomorrow, the last stage of 140 kilometres will take place, starting in Ntoum and ending with 8 laps of a 12 kilometre circuit in the capital Libreville.

Stage 2
1 Lillan Jegou FDJ (Fra)
2 Michaël Blanchy JAR (Bel)
3 Dominique Rollin VCR (Can)

General Classification
1 Jussi Veikkanen FDJ (Fin) 5:21:15
2 Frédéric Guesdon FDJ (Fra) at 0:16
3 Eygeny Sokolov VCP (Rus) 0:18
4 Alexandre Sabalin VCP (Mda) 1:01
5 Lillan Jegou FDJ (Fra) 1:43

10 Dominique VCR (Can) 1:52