UCI Africa Tour

This article describes the UCI Africa Tour racing series in general. For the individual years see here

UCI Africa Tour logo

The UCI Africa Tour is the African road cycling calendar introduced by the UCI World Cycling Association for the 2005 season . Together with the other continental racing series ( UCI America Tour , UCI Asia Tour , UCI Europe Tour , UCI Oceania Tour ), it belongs to the UCI Continental Circuits below the UCI ProTour (since 2011: UCI WorldTour ) and the UCI ProSeries introduced for the 2010 season .

Teams

To the race of the UCI Africa Tour may - depending on the UCI category - UCI ProTeam , UCI Professional Continental Teams , UCI Continental teams , and participate in national, regional, club and African mixed teams. The first three African Continental teams of a fictional rankings calculated at the beginning of the season on the basis of the obligated drivers must be invited by the organizers of the races in the first and second categories.

run	Teams
HC (1st HC + 2nd HC)	UCI ProTeams (max. 65%) UCI Professional Continental Teams UCI Continental Teams National teams
1 (1.1 + 2.1)	UCI ProTeams (max. 50%) UCI Professional Continental Teams UCI Continental Teams National teams
2 (1.2. + 2.2)	UCI Professional Continental Teams UCI Continental Teams National teams Regional, club and African mixed teams
Ncup (1.2. + 2.2)	National teams mixed teams

run

The main UCI Africa Tour races include:

•  Giro del Capo (until 2009)
• Tour du Faso
• La Tropicale Amissa Bongo Ondimba
• Tour Ivoirien de la Paix

Winner UCI Africa Tour

year	Driver ranking	Team ranking	Nations ranking	Nations Cup U23
2005	Tiaan Kannemeyer	Barloworld-Valsir	South Africa	-
2006	Jérémie Ouédraogo	Cycling team Capec	South Africa	-
2007	Hate Ben Nasser	Barloworld	South Africa	South Africa
2008	Nicholas White	Team MTN	South Africa	South Africa
2009	Dan Craven Jamie Ball	United Kingdom	South Africa	South Africa
2010	Abdelatif Saadoune	MTN Energade	Morocco	South Africa
2011	Adil Jelloul	Groupement Sportif Pétrolier Algérie	Morocco	South Africa
2012	Tarik Chaoufi	MTN Qhubeka	Morocco	Eritrea
2013	Adil Jelloul	MTN Qhubeka	Morocco	Eritrea
2014	Mekseb Debesay	MTN Qhubeka	Morocco	Eritrea
2015	Salah Eddine Mraouni	Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team	Morocco	Algeria
2016	Tesfom Okubamariam	Al Nasr Dubai	Eritrea	Eritrea
2017	Willie Smit	Bike Aid	Eritrea	Eritrea
2018	Joseph Areruya	Sovac-Natura4Ever	Eritrea	Rwanda

Regarding the rules of the individual ranking lists:

→ Main article : UCI Continental Circuits

References and comments

1. ↑ The first number stands for the type of race (1 = one-day race, 2 = stage race). HC = hors category.
2. ↑ UCI regulations for road cycling, there 2.1.005. (PDF) uci.ch, November 1, 2015, accessed on November 22, 2015 (English). 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Men U23 riders, also riders of a UCI WorldTeam , UCI regulations for road cycling, there: 2.14.018 ( Memento of the original from June 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked . Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on July 29, 2011 (English / French) 
4. ↑ Calendar of the UCI Africa Tour

Web links

• Official website
• UCI regulations for road cycling, in particular: Chapter I Calendar and participation