{"id":54758,"date":"2023-10-10T15:43:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T15:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/la-tropicale-amissa-bongo-2024-postponed"},"modified":"2023-10-10T16:58:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T16:58:28","slug":"la-tropicale-amissa-bongo-2024-postponed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/la-tropicale-amissa-bongo-2024-postponed","title":{"rendered":"La Tropicale Amissa Bongo 2024 postponed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Peter Kamasa<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>The 17th edition of \u2018La Tropicale Amissa Bongo\u2019 cycling race which was due in Gabon from January 22-28, 2024 has been postponed to a later date, organisers have announced.<\/p>\n<p>The decision, in agreement with the authorities, was, according to organisers, dictated by a \u201crethinking of the priorities for the coming months, in the context of the renewal of the institutions of the Republic of Gabon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arguably Africa&#8217;s biggest cycling race on the international calendar, La Tropicale Amissa Bongo has, since its creation, been attracting the best African cyclists and professionals of the highest professionals.<\/p>\n<p>For the past 17 years, the UCI 2.1 event has showcased the performances of many African cyclists who are now taking part in the biggest events, such as the Tour de France.<\/p>\n<p>The images of the race, broadcast around the world, have made it possible to showcase the exceptional beauty of Gabon&#8217;s landscapes.<\/p>\n<p>Rwanda won La Tropicale once in 2018 when Joseph Areruya beat the rest to the glory against all odds to become the first Rwandan cyclist to win the race with Team Rwanda.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\">Rwanda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Kamasa Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. The 17th edition of \u2018La Tropicale Amissa Bongo\u2019 cycling race which was due in Gabon from January 22-28, 2024 has been postponed to a later date, organisers have announced. The decision, in agreement with the authorities, was, according to organisers, dictated by a \u201crethinking of the priorities for the coming [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":54757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[760,763,924,3852,758,3562],"class_list":["post-54758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-rwanda","tag-cycling","tag-la-tropicale-amissa-bongo","tag-rwanda","tag-tour-du-rwanda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>La Tropicale Amissa Bongo 2024 postponed - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The 17th edition of \u2018La Tropicale Amissa Bongo\u2019 cycling race which was due in Gabon from January 22-28, 2024 has been po ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/la-tropicale-amissa-bongo-2024-postponed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"La Tropicale Amissa Bongo 2024 postponed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The 17th edition of \u2018La Tropicale Amissa Bongo\u2019 cycling race which was due in Gabon from January 22-28, 2024 has been po ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/la-tropicale-amissa-bongo-2024-postponed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-10-10T15:43:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-10-10T16:58:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/sm_1696944459.190569.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"665\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/la-tropicale-amissa-bongo-2024-postponed#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/la-tropicale-amissa-bongo-2024-postponed\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"La Tropicale Amissa Bongo 2024 postponed\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-10T15:43:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-10T16:58:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/la-tropicale-amissa-bongo-2024-postponed\"},\"wordCount\":196,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/la-tropicale-amissa-bongo-2024-postponed#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/sm_1696944459.190569.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Rwanda\",\"Cycling\",\"La Tropicale Amissa Bongo\",\"Rwanda\",\"Tour du Rwanda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/la-tropicale-amissa-bongo-2024-postponed#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/la-tropicale-amissa-bongo-2024-postponed\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/la-tropicale-amissa-bongo-2024-postponed\",\"name\":\"La Tropicale Amissa Bongo 2024 postponed - 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