2013–14 UCI Africa Tour

The 2013–14 UCI Africa Tour was the tenth season of the UCI Africa Tour. The season began on 16 October 2013 with the Grand Prix Chantal Biya and ended on 23 November 2014 with the Tour of Rwanda.^[1]

2013–14 UCI Africa Tour

Tenth edition of the UCI Africa Tour
Details
Dates	16 October 2013 (2013-10-16)–5 December 2014
Location	Africa
Champions
Individual champion	Mekseb Debesay (Bike Aid)
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The points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wore the UCI Africa Tour cycling jersey. Adil Jelloul of Morocco was the defending champion of the 2012–13 UCI Africa Tour.^[2]

Throughout the season, points were 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

The 2013−14 competition was won by Mekseb Debesay of Eritrea, who rode for the Bike Aid cycling team.^[3]

Events

2013

Date	Race Name	Location	UCI Rating	Winner	Team
16–20 October	Grand Prix Chantal Biya	Cameroon	2.2	Yves Ngué Ngock (CMR)	SNH Vélo Club
25 October–3 November	Tour du Faso	Burkina Faso	2.2	Abdoul-Aziz Nikiema (BUR)	Burkina Faso (national team)
17–24 November	Tour of Rwanda	Rwanda	2.2	Dylan Girdlestone (RSA)	South Africa (national team)
29 November	African Continental Championships – Team Time Trial	Egypt	CC	Natnael Berhane (ERI)  Daniel Teklehaimanot (ERI)  Meron Russom (ERI)  Meron Teshome (ERI)	Eritrea (national team)
1 December	African Continental Championships – Time Trial	Egypt	CC	Daniel Teklehaimanot (ERI)	Eritrea (national team)
5 December	African Continental Championships – Road Race	Egypt	CC	Tesfom Okbamariam (ERI)	Eritrea (national team)

2014

Date	Race Name	Location	UCI Rating	Winner	Team
13–19 January	La Tropicale Amissa Bongo	Gabon	2.1	Natnael Berhane (ERI)	Team Europcar
27 February	GP Sakia El Hamra	Morocco	1.2	Essaïd Abelouache (MAR)	Morocco (national team)
1 March	GP Oued Eddahab	Morocco	1.2	Mouhssine Lahsaini (MAR)	Morocco (national team)
2 March	GP Al Massira	Morocco	1.2	Aleksander Alekseev (BUL)	Brisaspor
8 March	Criterium d'Alger	Algeria	1.2	Thomas Rabou (NED)	OCBC Singapore Continental Cycling Team
9–13 March	Tour d'Algérie	Algeria	2.2	Mekseb Debesay (ERI)	Eritrea (national team)
9–18 March	Tour du Cameroun	Cameroon	2.2	Dan Craven (NAM)	Bike Aid-Ride for Help
14 March	GP d'Oran	Algeria	1.2	Adel Barbari (ALG)	Vélo Club Sovac
16–18 March	Tour de Blida	Algeria	2.2	Amanuel Gebrezgabihier (ERI)	Eritrea (national team)
19–21 March	Tour de Setif	Algeria	2.2	Thomas Lebas (FRA)	Bridgestone–Anchor
22 March	Criterium de Setif	Algeria	1.2	Mouhssine Lahsaini (MAR)	Morocco (national team)
24–27 March	Tour de Constantine	Algeria	2.2	Sergey Belykh (RUS)	Team 21
28 March	Circuit d'Alger	Algeria	1.2	Azzedine Lagab (ALG)	Groupement Sportif Pétrolier Algérie
29 March	Criterium de Blida	Algeria	1.2	Marco Amicabile (ITA)	Gragnano Sporting Club
4–13 April	Tour du Maroc	Morocco	2.2	Julien Loubet (FRA)	GSC Blagnac Vélo Sport 31
6–12 April	Mzansi Tour	South Africa	2.2	Jacques Janse van Rensburg (RSA)	MTN–Qhubeka
9 May	Trophée Princier	Morocco	1.2	Abdelati Saadoune (MAR)	Morocco (national team)
10 May	Trophée de l'Anniversaire	Morocco	1.2	Mouhssine Lahsaini (MAR)	Morocco (national team)
12 May	Trophée de la Maison Royale	Morocco	1.2	Tarik Chaoufi (MAR)	Morocco (national team)
6–9 Nov	GP Chantal Biya	Cameroon	2.2	Mekseb Debesay (ERI)	Bike Aid-Ride for Help
16–23 Nov	Tour of Rwanda	Rwanda	2.2	Valens Ndayisenga (RWA)	Rwanda Karisimbi