Visit to Cameroon for the 2007 African biking Championships..
On a flight from Sao Tome by Libreville and Douala, the transference from Douala to Yaoundé in luxury bus 3 hours.
Friday November 9, 2008, took place the first two tests valid for securities African men and women against the clock.
In the test involved 30 male athletes representing 12 countries.
Enei Pereira with a time of 21'11''won the 15th place among the best African athletes. Enei made an exciting race to catch athletes 3 parties ahead of him and managed to contain the attack Moroccan Er Ragragoui who arrived at the finish line well before meters.
The course consists of a circuit very difficult with high rises were particularly suited to the rider Sao Tome, which has managed to remain among the best cyclists in Africa. The race was won by South African Nicholas White preceding his compatriot Robert Thomson, 30''at the finish line.
Serafim Fernandes second representative of Sao Tome and Principe achieved 23rd place.
It should be noted that most of the athletes had the opportunity to sharpen their preparation with the Tour of Burkina Faso, while the athletes STP had few opportunities to compete this year. So the result of Enei is even more value.
The level of classification by nations, Santomense the team managed to qualify in seventh place, winning countries such as Gabon, Central African Republic, Malawi and Zimbabwe, the Ivory Coast.
Evidence was dominated by female athletes of South Africa who have achieved the first and second place on the podium in front of the athlete of Mauritius.
Test in linea male and female
Proof Inline male third edition of the African cycling championships were dominated by athletes from South Africa, who won the first three positions with Nicholas White in the first place, Johann Rabier in second and Robert Thomson in the third. The fourth place was occupied by Moroccan Adil Jelloul. The pace was high from the first laps with continuous attacks from the team of Eritrea to the finish paid the efforts made and failed to hold the final assaults perpetrated by South Africans.
The proof that the game saw 67 riders representing 14 countries such as South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mauritius, Malawi, Kenya, Rwanda, Eritrea, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Central Africa, Morocco, Guinea Conakry and Sao Tome and Principe, was carried out in a circuit, very selective of 7.5 km in the center of the city of Yaounde, with an increase of about 1 km to repeat 18 times. After 3 laps of the main pack was already reduced to about 40 members including representatives of the 2 Sao Tome and Principe.
Over the 4 lap down 6 riders in front of the pack also involved Enei Pereira who did not report injuries but only damage that forced him to replace the rear wheel thus losing some precious minutes away from the front of the peloton.
Throughout the 10 lap two cyclists Santomean abandoned the race, when an extremely small number of competitors still in the competition.
Only 18 riders managed to finish the 134 km of the race.
However, the evidence he saw women on the podium three more riders from South Africa with Marissa Van Der Merwe who won the continental title, Lynette Burger in second place and Yolandi Du Toit in third.