Beijing Olympic Games

Updated: 2007-10-12

The UCI Africa Tour season ended with two exciting events; the 10th edition of the Tour of Senegal (August 30 – September and a new one day event in South Africa, the Powerade Dome 2 Dome Cycling Spectacular (September 16).

Winner of this year’s edition of the Tour of Senegal was the Moroccan Jelloul Adil who finished the 10-day stage race of a total of 1′273km in 30:14:41. His compatriot Saadoune Abdelatif finished in 2nd place, and the 3rd best African rider, Sanda Joseph from Cameroon, finished in 8th place. The African riders therefore took most of the UCI points; 40 points for the overall win, 30 points for 2nd overall and 3 points for 8th place. Another strong African rider who showed a great performance was Tekou Damien from Cameroon, winning 8 points for his stage seven victory.

European teams from Italy, France, Belgium and Holland certainly pushed up the level and made this edition a hard challenge. Besides two domestic teams, African Teams came mainly from North, West and Central Africa with teams from Morocco, Egypt, Burkina Faso, Nigeria and Cameroon. For more information see www.tourdusenegal.com .

The Powerade Dome 2 Dome Cycling Spectacular was dominated by South African riders, with Jaco Venter in 1st, Kannemeyer Tiaan in 2nd and George David in 3rd position. However, fantastic performances were shown by the Zambian riders Mushiba Lastus, Nameebo Jupiter, Munangandu Trust and Zulu Yoram. The young U23 riders Lokossue Eugène from Ivory Coast, Loto Petrus from Namibia and Chabane Hichem from Algeria (all 3 are currently training at the African Continental Cycling Centre) also showed great results, finishing in the main bunch. For more information see www.poweradedome2dome.co.za .

Ben Nasser Hassen from Tunisia remains the leader of the UCI Africa Tour and will be awarded the trophy at the end of this month.

The new season has already started with the Grand Prix Chantal Biya in Cameroon, and will continue with the Tour of Faso from 26th October to 4th November.

An exciting African Continental Championship lies ahead from 9 – 11 November in Yaoundé, Cameroon. This event will draw competitors from South Africa, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Egypt, Mauritius, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Morocco, Gabon, Cameroon, Angola, Libya, Tunisia and Ivory Coast.

(Credit: UCI. Click here for further information.)