2007–2008 UCI Africa Tour

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The 2007-2008 UCI Africa Tour is the fourth 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 2007 and runs until September 2008.

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 2007-2008 UCI Africa Tour champion. Hassen Ben Nasser from Tunisia is the defending 2006-2007 UCI Africa Tour champion. Rabaki Jeremie Ouedraogo was the 2005-2006 champion of the UCI Africa Tour.

[edit] Racing calendar and results

Dates	Race Name	Location	Winner	Country	Team
2007
October 6-8	Grand Prix Chantal Biya	Cameroon	Peter van Agtmaal	Netherlands	Team CCN Sportswear
October 28 - November 4	Tour du Faso	Burkina Faso	Adil Jelloul	Morocco
October - November	Tour des Aéroports	Tunisia	Ahmed Mohamed Ali	Libya	Libye
November 9-11	African Continental Cycling Championships	Mauritius	Road Race: Time Trial:
November	Tour du Maroc	Morocco
2008
January	La Tropicale Amissa Bongo Ondimbo	Gabon	Lilian Jégou	France	Française des Jeux
February	Tour d'Egypte	Egypt	Jay Robert Thomson	South Africa	MTN Energade
February	Grand Prix of Sharm el-Sheikh	Egypt	Amr Mahmoud	Egypt
February-March	Tour du Cameroun	Cameroon
March	Giro del Capo	South Africa	Christian Pfannberger	Austria	Barloworld
March 6-12	Tour Ivoirien de la Paix	Côte d'Ivoire	Rony Martias	France	Bouygues Telecom
March	Tour of Libya	Libya	Omar Hasanin	Syria	Doha Team
March	The Maloti Tour	South Africa
April	GP de la ville de Tunis	Tunisia	Ezzeddine Agab	Algeria
April-May	Tour de la Pharmacie Centrale de Tunisie	Tunisia	Thomas Nauzaret	France
May	Boucle du Coton	Burkina Faso	Gueswende Sawadogo	Burkina Faso
May	Tour de Tunisie Cycliste International	Tunisia
June	Tour du Maroc	Morocco
August-September	Tour du Senegal (11th edition)	Senegal
September	Powerade Dome 2 Dome Cycling Spectacular	South Africa