2010–11 UCI Africa Tour

2010–11 UCI Africa Tour
Seventh edition of the UCI Africa Tour
Details
Dates6 October 2010 (2010-10-06)–24 July 2011
LocationAfrica
Races23
Champions
Individual champion Adil Jelloul (MAR)
Teams' championGroupement Sportif Petrolier Algérie
Nations' champion Morocco
← 2009–10

The 2010–11 UCI Africa Tour was the seventh season of the UCI Africa Tour. The season began on 6 October 2010 with the Grand Prix Chantal Biya and ended on 24 July 2011 with the Tour of Eritrea.

The points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Africa Tour cycling jersey. Abdelatif Saadoune of Morocco was the defending champion of the 2009–10 UCI Africa Tour. Adil Jelloul of Morocco was crowned as the 2010–11 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:

  • Multi-day events: 2.HC, 2.1 and 2.2
  • One-day events: 1.HC, 1.1 and 1.2

Events

2010

Date Race Name Location UCI Rating Winner Team
6–9 October Grand Prix Chantal Biya  Cameroon 2.2  Martinien Tega (CMR) SNH Vélo Club
22–31 October Tour du Faso  Burkina Faso 2.2  Julien Schick (FRA) Team Reine Blanche
4 November GP Sakia El Hamra  Morocco 1.2  Mouhssine Lahsaini (MAR) Morocco (national team A)
5 November GP Oued Eddahab  Morocco 1.2  Abdelatif Saadoune (MAR) Morocco (national team B)
6 November GP Al Massira  Morocco 1.2  Tarik Chaoufi (MAR) Morocco (national team A)
10 November African Continental ChampionshipsTeam Time Trial  Rwanda CC  Daniel Teklehaymanot (ERI)
 Meron Russom (ERI)
 Tesfai Teklit (ERI)
 Freqalsi Debesay (ERI)
Eritrea (national team)
12 November African Continental ChampionshipsTime Trial  Rwanda CC  Daniel Teklehaymanot (ERI) Eritrea (national team)
14 November African Continental ChampionshipsRoad Race  Rwanda CC  Daniel Teklehaymanot (ERI) Eritrea (national team)
17–25 Nov Tour of Rwanda  Rwanda 2.2  Daniel Teklehaymanot (ERI) Eritrea (national team)

2011

Date Race Name Location UCI Rating Winner Team
25–30 January La Tropicale Amissa Bongo  Gabon 2.1  Anthony Charteau (FRA) Team Europcar
19–26 February Tour of South Africa  South Africa 2.2  Kristian House (GBR) Rapha Condor-Sharp
27 February – 7 March Tour du Cameroun  Cameroon 2.2  Oumarou Minoungou (BUR) Burkina Faso (national team)
25 March – 3 April Tour du Maroc  Morocco 2.2  Mouhssine Lahsaini (MAR) Morocco (national team A)
7 April Challenge Khouribga  Morocco 1.2  Maroš Kováč (SVK) Dukla Trencin-Merida
8 April Challenge Youssoufia  Morocco 1.2  Adil Jelloul (MAR) Morocco (national team)
9 April Challenge Ben Guerir  Morocco 1.2  Hassan Zahboune (MAR) Morocco (national team)
6 May Trophée Princier  Morocco 1.2  Azzedine Lagab (ALG) Groupement Sportif Petrolier Algérie
7 May Trophée de l'Anniversaire  Morocco 1.2  Volodymyr Bileka (UKR) Amore & Vita
8 May Trophée de la Maison Royale  Morocco 1.2  Vladislav Borisov (RUS) Amore & Vita
11–12 June Kwita Izina Cycling Tour  Rwanda 2.2  Daniel Teklehaymanot (ERI) Eritrea (national team)
27 June – 1 July Tour d'Algérie  Algeria 2.2  Azzedine Lagab (ALG) Groupement Sportif Petrolier Algérie
2 July Circuit d'Alger  Algeria 1.2  Azzedine Lagab (ALG) Groupement Sportif Petrolier Algérie
20–24 July Tour of Eritrea  Eritrea 2.2  Meron Russom (ERI) Eritrea (national team)

Final standings

Individual classification

Rank Name Points
1.  Adil Jelloul (MAR) 446
2.  Daniel Teklehaimanot (ERI) 325.67
3.  Azzeddine Lagab (ALG) 248.33
4.  Tarik Chaoufi (MAR) 203
5.  Mouhssine Lahsaini (MAR) 184
6.  Abdelatif Saadoune (MAR) 124
7.  Ferekalsi Debessay (ERI) 120.67
8.  Anthony Charteau (FRA) 112
9.  Johann Rabie (RSA) 109
10.  Natnael Berhane (ERI) 106

Team classification

Rank Team Points
1. Groupement Sportif Petrolier Algérie 463.66
2. Team Europcar 197
3. Team Bonitas 188.34
4. MTN–Qhubeka 175.67
5. Rapha Condor-Sharp 150
6. Amore & Vita 129
7. FDJ 94
8. Team NetApp 75
9. Miche-Guerciotti 70
10. Dukla Trenčín Merida 58

Nation classification

Rank Nation Points
1.  Morocco 1212
2.  Eritrea 806.68
3.  South Africa 581.67
4.  Algeria 548.99
5.  Burkina Faso 300
6.  Cameroon 202
7.  Namibia 149.67
8.  Angola 140
9.  Lesotho 140
10.  Zimbabwe 140

Nation under-23 classification

Rank Nation under-23 Points
1.  South Africa 193.34
2.  Algeria 146
3.  Eritrea 141
4.  Morocco 32
5.  Burkina Faso 30
6.  Ethiopia 27
7.  Morocco 22
8.  Lesotho 21
9.  Tunisia 18
10.  Angola 14