Tour d'Afrique

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The Tour d'Afrique is one of the longest and toughest bicycle races in the world. It runs over four months from Giza to Cape Town. It was founded by Henry Gold and Michael de Jong of Toronto, Canada, and the format is a stage race (~100 stages varying from 40km to 180km) with ~20 rest days.

The 2003 Tour d'Afrique set a Guinness World Record for fastest crossing of Africa by bicycle and this was achieved by nine participants of the race.

The 2008 Tour d'Afrique did not cross Kenya due to the political situation and reported violence.

Start	km	Finish	Winner	First female	Countries on route
2003-01-18	10 967	2003-05-18	Sascha Hartl,  Austria	Marie-Claude Baehler,  Switzerland	Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa
2004-01-17	11 750	2004-05-15	Rob Van der Geest,  Netherlands	Sandra Simon,  Austria	Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa
2005-01-15	11 786	2005-05-15	Kim Bremer,  Denmark	Francziska Morger,  Switzerland	Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa
2006-01-14	11 900	2006-05-13	Matt Caretti,  United States	Joan Louwrens,  South Africa	Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa
2007-01-13	11 900	2007-05-12	Adrie Frijters,  Netherlands	Eva Nijssen,  Netherlands	Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa
2008-01-12	10 700	2008-05-10	Jos Kaal,  Netherlands	Deb Corbeil,  Canada	Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Botswana,Namibia, South Africa

[edit] External links

• Official site
• Mail and Guardian Online

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