Tour du Maroc

Tour du Maroc
Race details
Date Early March
Region  Morocco
English name Tour of Morocco
Discipline Road race
Competition UCI Africa Tour
Type Stage race
History
First edition 1937
Editions 39 (as of 2015)
First winner  Mariano Canardo (ESP)
Most wins  Mohamed El Gourch (MAR) (3 wins)
Most recent  Tomasz Marczyński (POL)

Tour du Maroc is the most important road bicycle race in the African state of Morocco. The editions 1957–1993 were reserved to amateurs. Since 2006, it is organized as a 2.2 event on the UCI Africa Tour.

Winners

Rider Team
1937 Spain Canardo, MarianoMariano Canardo (ESP) France Sport-Dunlop
1938 Spain Canardo, MarianoMariano Canardo (ESP) France Sport-Dunlop
1939 France Bernardoni, OresteOreste Bernardoni (FRA) Terrot-Hutchinson
1940–1948 No race
1949 France Brule, AndreAndré Brule (FRA) Chaplait-Hutchinson
1950 Italy Bizzi, OlimpioOlimpio Bizzi (ITA) Guerra
1951 France Redolfi, AttilioAttilio Redolfi (FRA) Mercier-Hutchinson
1952 Italy Giacchero, FrancoFranco Giacchero (ITA) Bianchi-Pirelli
1953 Belgium Couvreur, HilaireHilaire Couvreur (BEL) Terrot-Hutchinson
1954 Switzerland Huber, MarcelMarcel Huber (SUI)
1955 Belgium Adriaensens, JanJan Adriaensens (BEL)
1956 No race
1957 France Anastasi, FrancisFrancis Anastasi (FRA)
1958 No race
1959 Belgium Bar, ANdreAndré Bar (BEL)
1960 Morocco El Gourch, MohamedMohamed El Gourch (MAR)
1961–1963 No race
1964 Morocco El Gourch, MohamedMohamed El Gourch (MAR)
1965 Morocco El Gourch, MohamedMohamed El Gourch (MAR)
1966 No race
1967 Sweden Pettersson, GöstaGösta Pettersson (SWE)
1968 Sweden Soderlund, CurtCurt Söderlund (SWE)
1969 Switzerland Burki, WalterWalter Bürki (SUI)
1970 No race
1971 France Magni, ClaudeClaude Magni (FRA)
1972 Soviet Union Likhatchov, ValeryValery Likhatchov (URS)
1973 No race
1974 Soviet Union Jacobson, AndrisAndris Jacobson (URS)
1975 No race
1976 Soviet Union Bantchenkov, ViktorViktor Bantchenkov (URS)
1977–1980 No race
1981 Czechoslovakia Ferebauer, LadislavLadislav Ferebauer (TCH)
1982 No race
1983 Germany Petermann, AndreasAndreas Petermann (GER)
1984 No race
1985 Soviet Union Ganeyev, MaratMarat Ganeyev (URS)
1986 No race
1987 Soviet Union Kasputis, ArturasArturas Kasputis (URS)
1988–1992 No race
1993 France Simon, RegisRégis Simon (FRA)
1994–2000 No race
2001 New Zealand Dahlberg, NathanNathan Dahlberg (NZL) Marco Polo Cycling Club
2002–2003 No race
2004 South Africa Maartens, JeremyJeremy Maartens (RSA) South Africa (national team)
2005 No race
2006 Slovakia Sipeky, JanJan Sipeky (SVK) Dukla-Trencin
2007 South Africa White, NicholasNicholas White (RSA) South Africa (national team)
2008 Russia Shchebelin, AlexeyAlexey Shchebelin (RUS) Cinelli-OPD
2009 Kazakhstan Dymovskikh, AlexandrAlexandr Dymovskikh (KAZ) Brisaspor
2010 Slovenia Podgornik, DeanDean Podgornik (SLO) Loborika
2011 Morocco Lahsaini, MouhssineMouhssine Lahsaini (MAR) Morocco (national team A)
2012 South Africa Janse van Rensburg, ReinardtReinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA) MTN Qhubeka
2013 France Perget, MathieuMathieu Perget (FRA) CMI-Greenover
2014 France Loubet, JulienJulien Loubet (FRA) GSC Blagnac
2015 Poland Marczyński, TomaszTomasz Marczyński (POL) Torku-Şekerspor

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