Mekseb Debesay
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Mekseb Debesay (2019) | |
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Date of birth | June 15, 1991 |
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discipline | Road cycling |
Driver type | Mountain riders |
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Current team | Bike Aid |
function | driver |
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2014–2015 2016–2018 04/19– |
Bike Aid-Ride for Help Team Dimension Data Bike Aid |
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Last updated: May 11, 2019 |
Mekseb Debesay (born June 15, 1991 in Asmara ) is an Eritrean cyclist. Up to and including 2019 he was four times African team time trial champion.
Athletic career
In 2011 Mekseb Debesay won one stage of the Giro d'Eritrea and in 2013 he won the overall ranking of this tour. In 2014 he won a stage of the Tour d'Algérie and its overall ranking as well as the Cameroonian bike race Grand Prix Chantal Biya . In the same year he became Eritrean vice-champion in the individual time trial . He finished the overall ranking of the UCI Africa Tour 2014 with first place. 2015 he won together with Daniel Teklehaimanot , merhawi kudus and Natnael Berhane for the first time the title of African champions in the team time trial . He won the Tour International de Blida , Criterium International de Sétif , a stage of the Tour International de Sétif and two stages of the Tour of Rwanda . In 2017 he won a stage of the Tour de Langkawi and became Eritrean champion in the individual time trial.
Up to and including 2018, Debesay was three times African team time trial champion. In 2016 he also finished third in the road race
In 2019 Debesay was two-time African champion , in the road race and with Yakob Debesay , Sirak Tesfom and Meron Teshome for the fourth time in the team time trial . On the day he won the title of African Road Champion, his sister Mossana won the women's race and became African Road Champion.
Honors
In 2014, Mekseb Debesay was voted “ Africa's Cyclist of the Year ” ahead of South African Louis Meintjes and his compatriot Natnael Berhane . The prize was awarded by a jury of 21, which included cyclists Chris Froome and Bernard Hinault .
successes
- 2011
- one stage Tour of Eritrea
- 2012
- one stage Tour of Eritrea
- 2013
- one stage Fenkil Northern Red Sea Challenge
- Overall ranking Tour of Eritrea
- 2014
- Overall ranking and one stage of the Tour d'Algérie
- one stage Tour International de Sétif
- Overall ranking and one stage Grand Prix Chantal Biya
- two stages Tour of Rwanda
- Overall ranking UCI Africa Tour
- 2015
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African champions - team time trial (with Daniel Teklehaimanot , Merhawi Kudus and Natnael Berhane )
- Overall ranking and one stage Tour International de Blida
- Criterium International de Setif
- one stage Tour International de Sétif
- two stages Tour of Rwanda
- 2016
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African champions - team time trial (with Elias Afewerki , Tesfom Okubamariam and Amanuel Gebreigzabhier )
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African Championship - Road Race
- 2017
- one stage Tour de Langkawi
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Eritrean champion - individual time trial
- 2018
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African champions - team time trial (with Amanuel Gebreigzabhier , Metkel Eyob and Saymon Musie )
- 2019
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African champions - road races, team time trials (with Yakob Debesay , Sirak Tesfom and Meron Teshome )
Web links
- Mekseb Debesay in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Mekseb Debesay in the ProCyclingStats.com database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Debesay Afrikas Radsportler 2014. radsport-news.com, December 22, 2014, accessed on December 23, 2014 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Debesay, Mekseb |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Eritrean cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 15, 1991 |