Rafaâ Chtioui (Skydive Dubai–Al Ahli) won the first and second stages and took the yellow jersey for the overall victory.

[4] The other riders to break away on stage 1, Giovanni Bernaudeau (Team Europcar) and Abdelkader Belmokhtar (Algeria), finished second and third respectively in the general classification.

The rose jersey of the points classification, however, was won by Yohann Gène, who finished in the top 10 in six stages.

On a hot and sunny day, Rafaâ Chtioui (Skydive Dubai–Al Ahli), Abdelkader Belmokhtar (Algeria), Giovanni Bernaudeau (Team Europcar) formed a breakaway in the twenty-ninth kilometre.

[12] The break of the day was formed by Janvier Hadi (Rwanda), Clint Hendricks (South Africa) and Herman Yemeli (Cameroon).

Skydive Dubai–Al Ahli, however, controlled the peloton and were able to bring the pair back with 3 km (2 mi) remaining and set up race leader Rafaâ Chtioui for the sprint.

[19] The break of the day was formed by Salah Eddine Mraouni (Morocco), Tesfom Okubamariam (Eritrea) and Jean Bosco Uwizeyimana (Rwanda).

[20] The chase was controlled by Skydive Dubai–Al Ahli on behalf of Chtioui, the race leader, with Bretagne–Séché Environnement and Team Europcar also participating.

[21] McLay and Hutarovich both contested the sprint, with a video replay necessary to determine which rider had won.

[20] McLay's victory was the first by a British rider in La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, and the first professional win of his career.

[26] The breakaway of the day was made by Bryan Nauleau (Team Europcar), Benoît Jarrier (Bretagne–Séché Environnement), Essaïd Abelouache (Morocco) and Adil Barbari (Algeria).

[27][28] Rafaâ Chtioui retained his yellow jersey, while Yohann Gène took over the lead of the points competition.

Yohann Gène of Team Europcar finished second in the rose jersey with Tim De Troyer (Wanty–Groupe Gobert) in third.

Skydive Dubai–Al Ahli, with race leader Rafaâ Chtioui, were only able to set the ninth fastest time, over a minute behind the Moroccan team.

[42] The stage was controlled throughout by Bretagne–Séché Environnement, who set a strong pace in support of Yauheni Hutarovich.

In the sprint finish, Hutarovich opened his sprint with 300 m (980 ft) remaining and was easily able to overcome the other riders – headed by Andrea Palini (Skydive Dubai–Al Ahli) and Yohann Gène (Team Europcar) – to take his second victory of the race and the third for his team.

[43][44][45] The overall lead of Rafaâ Chtioui of Skydive Dubai–Al Ahli was not threatened and he remained more than two minutes ahead of the field and highly likely to win the general classification the following day.

[45] The final stage of the 2015 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo was a 126.8 km (79 mi) route.

It started at Cap Estérias on the outskirts of Libreville, running south along the coast to the city centre, where the riders entered a 5.8 km (3.6 mi) finishing circuit.

They were joined after 16 km (10 mi) of racing by Yannick Lontsi (Cameroon) and Iboudo Harouna (Burkina Faso).

[49][50][51] Chtioui finished in a group 13 seconds behind the leader, but this was did not make a significant difference to his overall lead and he was therefore able to take the overall victory in the race.

[54] The prizes were presented after the stage by President Ali Bongo Ondimba and several other members of the Gabonese government.

Several famous figures from European cycling were also present, including Laurent Jalabert, Bernard Hinault and Jean-Marie Leblanc, formerly the director of the Tour de France.

The rider who had scored most points at intermediate sprints was awarded a blue jersey with white polka dots.