The 2007-2008 UCI Africa Tour is the fourth season of the UCI Africa Tour of professional road bicycle racing

Road bicycle racing

Road bicycle racing is a bicycle racing sport held on roads, using racing bicycles. The term "road racing" is usually applied to events where competing riders start simultaneously with the winner being the first to the line at the end of the course .Historically, the most...

 held in various countries throughout Africa

Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...

. The season begins with the inaugural Grand Prix Chantal Biya

Grand Prix Chantal Biya

Grand Prix Chantal Biya is a professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Cameroon and sponsored by the Fédération Camerounaise de Cyclisme/Ateba Koungou. The race is named in honor of Chantal Biya, the First Lady of Cameroon as wife of President Paul Biya.-Winners:-External links:*...

 stage race in October 2007 and runs until September 2008.

The points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Africa Tour cycling jersey

Cycling jersey

A cycling jersey is a specialized jersey for cycling. While the vast majority of cyclists worldwide wear conventional clothing while riding, a jersey offers certain advantages for the serious cyclist. A cycling jersey is cut long in the back to accommodate the bent-over position used in serious...

. The final points leader is crowned the 2007-2008 UCI Africa Tour champion. Hassen Ben Nasser from Tunisia is the defending 2006-2007 UCI Africa Tour champion. Rabaki Jeremie Ouedraogo

Rabaki Jeremie Ouedraogo

Rabaki Jeremie Ouedraogo is a professional road racing cyclist from Burkina Faso. He is the 2005-2006 UCI Africa Tour season champion and the overall winner at the 2005 Tour du Faso...

 was the 2005-2006 champion of the UCI Africa Tour.

Racing calendar and results

Date	Race Name	Location	UCI Rating UCI race classifications The Union Cycliste Internationale , the world's governing body in the sport of bicycle racing, classifies races according to a rating scale....	Winner	Team
2007
5 Oct - 7 Oct	Grand Prix Chantal Biya Grand Prix Chantal Biya Grand Prix Chantal Biya is a professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Cameroon and sponsored by the Fédération Camerounaise de Cyclisme/Ateba Koungou. The race is named in honor of Chantal Biya, the First Lady of Cameroon as wife of President Paul Biya.-Winners:-External links:*...		2.2		CCN Sportswear
26 Oct - 4 Nov	Tour du Faso Tour du Faso The Tour du Faso is a 10-day road bicycle racing stage race held in Burkina Faso in the late fall. Since 2005, the race has been part of the UCI Africa Tour...		2.2		Morocco Morocco Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...  (national team)
29 Oct - 4 Nov	Tour des Aéroports		2.2		Libya Libya Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....  (national team)
November 9	African Continental Championships (Time Trial)		CC		South Africa South Africa The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...  (national team)
November 9	African Continental Championships (Time Trial)		CC		South Africa South Africa The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...  (national team)
2008
January	La Tropicale Amissa Bongo		2.1
11 Feb - 17 Feb	Tour d'Egypte Tour d'Egypte Tour d'Egypte is a professional road cycling stage race held annually each February in Egypt. Tour d'Egypte is part of the UCI Africa Tour.-Winners:...		2.2		Team MTN MTN Energade MTN Qhubeka is a continental cycling team based in South Africa that participates in UCI Continental Circuits races. The team was founded in 2007, becoming a Continental Team in 2008.- Major Results :2008...
19 Feb	GP of Sharm el-Sheikh		1.2		Egypt Egypt Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...  (national team)
4 Mar - 8 Mar	Giro del Capo		2.2
7 Mar - 11 Mar	Tour Ivoirien de la Paix Tour Ivoirien de la Paix Tour Ivoirien de la Paix is a professional road bicycle racing event held in Côte d'Ivoire that began in 2008. The 6-day stage race is part of the UCI Africa Tour. In its inaugural year, the Tour received a UCI rating of 2.1. The second edition of the race is planned for 2011.- Past winners :...		2.1
15 Mar - 21 Mar	Tour of Libya Tour of Libya Tour of Libya is a professional road cycling stage race held annually each March in Libya. The circuit is 860 km long. Tour of Libya is part of the UCI Africa Tour.- Past winners :...	Libya	2.2		Doha Team
28 Mar - 6 Apr	Tour du Cameroun		2.2		SNH Velo Club
30 Mar - 5 Apr	Tour de la Pharmacie Centrale		2.2		France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...  (national team)
7 Apr	GP de la ville de Tunis		1.2
8 Apr	GP Banque de l'Habitat		1.2
12 May - 18 May	Boucle du Coton		2.2		Burkina Faso Burkina Faso Burkina Faso – also known by its short-form name Burkina – is a landlocked country in west Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Côte d'Ivoire to the southwest.Its size is with an estimated...  (national team)
30 May - 8 Jun	Tour du Maroc Tour du Maroc 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:...		2.2		Cinelli OPD
14 Sep	Powerade Dome 2 Dome		1.2		Team Neotel

External links

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