2006–2007 UCI Africa Tour

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The 2006–2007 UCI Africa Tour is the third season of the UCI Africa Tour of professional road bicycle racing held in various countries throughout Africa. The season begins with the inaugural Grand Prix Chantal Biya stage race in October 2006 and runs until September 2007.

The points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Africa Tour cycling jersey. The final points leader is crowned the 2006–2007 UCI Africa Tour champion. Rabaki Jeremie Ouedraogo was the 2005-2006 champion of the UCI Africa Tour.

[edit] Point standings

[edit] Individual point standings

Points are valid based on results on August 25, 2007.

	Rider	Country	Team	Points
1	Hassen Ben Nasser	Tunisia		232
2	Daniel Spence	South Africa		141
3	Aymen Ben Hassine	Tunisia		132
4	Mohamed Ali Ahmed	Libya		130
5	Jan Sipeky	Slovakia	DUK	128
6	Malcolm Lange	South Africa		126

188 riders have scored points on the UCI Africa Tour.

[edit] National point standings

Points are valid based on results on August 25, 2007.

	Nation	Flag	Points
1	Republic of South Africa	South Africa	1389
2	Tunisian Republic	Tunisia	643
3	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	Libya	443
2	Egypt	Egypt	298
3	Burkina Faso	Burkina Faso	260

Fifteen nations have scored points on the UCI Africa Tour.

[edit] Team point standings

Points are valid based on results on August 25, 2007.

	UCI Code	Team Name	Country	Points
1	BAR	Barloworld	United Kingdom	190
2	DUK	Dukla Trenčín Merida	Slovakia	184
3	NIC	Navigators Insurance Cycling Team	United States	106

Nineteen teams have scored points on the UCI Africa Tour.

[edit] Racing calendar and results

Dates	Race Name	Location	UCI Rating	Winner	Team
2006
6-8 Oct	GP Chantal Biya	Cameroon	2.2	Flaubert Douanla (CMR)	SNH Vélo Club
25 Oct - 5 Nov	Tour du Faso	Burkina Faso	2.2	David Verdonck (BEL)	Bio Avia Mode Markets
30 Oct - 6 Nov	Tour des Aéroports	Tunisia	2.2	Hassen Ben Nasr (TUN)	Pharmacie Centrale
10 Nov	African Cycling Championships - Time Trial	Mauritius	CC	Robert Hunter (RSA)	South Africa (national team)
12 Nov	African Cycling Championships - Road Race	Mauritius	CC	Darren Lill (RSA)	South Africa (national team)
17-26 Nov	Tour du Maroc	Morocco	2.2	Jan Sipeky (SVK)	Slovakia (national team)
2007
16-21 Jan	La Tropicale Amissa Bongo	Gabon	2.2	Frédéric Guesdon (FRA)	Française des Jeux
8-14 Feb	Tour d'Egypte	Egypt	2.2	Waylon Woolcock (RSA)	South Africa (national team)
16 Feb	GP of Sharm el-Sheikh	Egypt	1.2	Jan Sipeky (SVK)	Dukla Trencin-Merida
24 Feb - 9 Mar	Tour du Cameroun	Cameroon	2.2	Flavien Chipault (FRA)	Leboulou
6-11 Mar	Giro del Capo	South Africa	2.2	Alexander Efimkin (RUS)	Barloworld
17-23 Mar	Tour of Libya	Libya	2.2	Ahmed Mohamed Ali (LBA)	Libya (national team A)
8 Apr	GP de la ville de Tunis	Tunisia	1.2	Ahmed Mraihi (TUN)	Tunisia (national team)
28 Apr - 5 May	Tour de la Pharmacie Centrale de Tunisie	Tunisia	2.2	Hassen Ben Nasr (TUN)	Pharmacie Centrale
14-20 May	Boucle du Coton	Burkina Faso	2.2	Saïdou Rouamba (BUR)	Burkina Faso (national team)
8-17 Jun	Tour du Maroc	Morocco	2.2	Nicholas White (RSA)	South Africa (national team B)
30 Aug - 8 Sep	Tour du Sénégal	Senegal	2.2	Adil Jelloul (MAR)	FRMC-Maroc
16 Sep	Dome 2 Dome Cycling Spectacular	South Africa	1.2	Jaco Venter (RSA)	Team Neotel