2005–06 UCI Africa Tour

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2005–06 UCI Africa Tour
Second edition of the UCI Africa Tour
Details
Dates26 October 2005 (2005-10-26)–17 September 2006
LocationAfrica
Races9
Champions
Individual champion Rabaki Jérémie Ouédraogo (BUR) (Café Samba)
Teams' championCycling Team Capec
Nations' champion South Africa
← 2005

The 2005–06 UCI Africa Tour was the second season of the UCI Africa Tour. The season began on 26 October 2005 with the Tour du Faso and ended on 17 September 2006 with the Tour du Sénégal.

The points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Africa Tour cycling jersey. Tiaan Kannemeyer from South Africa was the defending champion of the 2005 UCI Africa Tour. Rabaki Jérémie Ouédraogo of Burkina Faso was crowned as the 2005–06 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[edit]

2005[edit]

Date Race name Location UCI Rating Winner Team
26 October–6 November Tour du Faso  Burkina Faso 2.2  Rabaki Jérémie Ouédraogo (BUR) Café Samba
6 December African Continental ChampionshipsTime Trial  Egypt CC  Alex Pavlov (RSA) South Africa (national team)
9 December African Continental ChampionshipsRoad Race  Egypt CC  Rupert Rheeder (RSA) South Africa (national team)

2006[edit]

Date Race name Location UCI Rating Winner Team
12–15 January La Tropicale Amissa Bongo  Gabon 2.2  Jussi Veikkanen (FIN) Française des Jeux
11–19 February Tour d'Egypte  Egypt 2.2  Ilya Chernyshov (KAZ) Cycling Team Capec
25 February–11 March Tour du Cameroun  Cameroon 2.2  Pavel Nevdakh (KAZ) Brisaspor
8–12 March Giro del Capo  South Africa 2.2  Peter Velits (SVK) Team Konica Minolta
15–21 May Boucle du Coton  Burkina Faso 2.2  Rabaki Jérémie Ouédraogo (BUR) Burkina Faso (national team)
7–17 September Tour du Sénégal  Senegal 2.2  Lukasz Podolski (POL) Poland (national team)

Final standings[edit]

Individual classification[edit]

Rank Name Points
1.  Rabaki Jérémie Ouédraogo (BUR) 216
2.  Rupert Rheeder (RSA) 209
3.  Abdul Wahab Sawadogo (BUR) 121
4.  Bakhtyar Mamyrov (KAZ) 101
5.  Pavel Nevdakh (KAZ) 96
6.  Lukasz Podolski (POL) 88
7.  David George (RSA) 86
8.  Saidou Rouamba (BUR) 83
9.  Jacques Fullard (RSA) 80
10.  Darren Lill (RSA) 77

Team classification[edit]

Rank Team Points
1. Cycling Team Capec 130
2. Team Konica Minolta 114
3. Relax–GAM 86
4. Barloworld 38
5. Jartazi–7Mobile 24
6. Team Wiesenhof–Akud 21
7. Dukla Trenčín 17
8. Marco Polo 17
9. KrolStonE Continental Team 4
10. Team Lamonta 2

Nation classification[edit]

Rank Nation Points
1.  South Africa 985
2.  Burkina Faso 536
3.  Egypt 172
4.  Zimbabwe 160
5.  Ivory Coast 140
6.  Morocco 138
7.  Angola 78
8.  Cameroon 77
9.  Mauritius 70
10.  Tunisia 48

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