2005 UCI Africa Tour

2005 UCI Africa Tour
First edition of the UCI Africa Tour
Details
Dates 16 February 2005–2 October 2006
Location Africa
Rounds 4
Champions
Individual champion  Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) (Barloworld)
Teams' champion Barloworld
Nations' champion  South Africa

The 2005 UCI Africa Tour was the first season of the UCI Africa Tour. The season began on 16 February 2005 with the Tour d'Egypte and ended on 2 October 2005 with the Tour du Sénégal. Tiaan Kannemeyer of South Africa was crowned as the 2005 UCI Africa Tour champion.

Throughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded. The UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows:

Events

Date Race Name Location UCI Rating Winner Team
16–24 February Tour d'Egypte  Egypt 2.2  Sergey Tretyakov (KAZ)
26 February–12 March Tour du Cameroun  Cameroon 2.2  Davide Silvestri (ITA)
9–13 March Giro del Capo  South Africa 2.2  Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA)
22 March–2 April Tour du Sénégal  Senegal 2.2  Alexandre Lecocq (FRA)

Final standings

Individual classification

Rank Name Points
1.  Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) 163
2.  Ryan Cox (RSA) 151
3.  Rabaki Jeremie Ouedraogo (BUR) 100
4.  Davide Silvestri (ITA) 90
5.  Jamie Ball (RSA) 72.66
6.  Laurent Zongo (BUR) 72
7.  Christian Eminger (AUT) 58
8.  Sergey Tretyakov (KAZ) 45.66
9.  Sergey Lavrenenko (KAZ) 43.66
10.  Willie van Zyl (RSA) 42

Team classification

Rank Team Points
1. Barloworld 327
2. Team Nippo 130
3. Team Konica-Minolta 101
4. Dukla Trenčín 37
5. Team Exel 32.32
6. Team Wiesenhof 28
7. Team Lamonta 27
8. Intel-Action 18
9. Recycling.co.uk 13

Nation classification

Rank Nation Points
1.  South Africa 1049.32
2.  Burkina Faso 329
3.  Namibia 40
4.  Cameroon 22
5.  Tunisia 11.3
6.  Egypt 6
7.  Morocco 5
8.  Zimbabwe 5
9.  Eritrea 4

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