MC Alger (cycling)

Mouloudia Club d'Alger (Arabic: نادي مولودية الجزائر), referred to as MC Alger or MCA for short, is an Algerian cycling team that was founded in 2011, as a division of MC Alger.^[1]

MC Alger

Team information
Registered	Algeria
Founded	2011; 14 years ago (2011), as GS Pétroliers
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	UCI Continental (2011–2015, 2018, 2020) National (2016–2017, 2019, 2021–)
Key personnel
General manager	Djaffar Bel Hocine
Team name history
2011–2013 2014–2016 2017 2018 2019–2020 2021–	Groupement Sportif Pétrolier Algérie Groupement Sportif des Pétroliers d´Algérie Groupement Sportif des Pétrolier Groupement Sportif des Pétroliers Algerie Groupement Sportif des Pétroliers Mouloudia Club d'Alger

History

From 2011 to 2020, the team was known as GS Pétroliers as it was part of the multi-sports club with that name.

The team's name changed back to MC Alger in 2020.^[2][3][4]

Team roster

As of 2 April 2020.^[5]

Rider Date of birth  Mohamed-Nadjib Assal (ALG) (1999-06-07) 7 June 1999 (age 26)  Saber Belmoukhtar (ALG) (2000-02-12) 12 February 2000 (age 25)  Seddik Benganif (ALG) (2001-10-25) 25 October 2001 (age 23)  Abderaouf Bengayou (ALG) (1998-07-07) 7 July 1998 (age 27)  Abdellah Benyoucef (ALG) (1987-04-10) 10 April 1987 (age 38)  Oussama Cheblaoui (ALG) (1999-10-05) 5 October 1999 (age 25)  Abdelghani Fellah (ALG) (1995-12-11) 11 December 1995 (age 29)

Rider Date of birth  Karim Hadjbouzit (ALG) (1991-02-10) 10 February 1991 (age 34)  Yacine Hamza (ALG) (1997-04-18) 18 April 1997 (age 28)  Zine Eddine Karar (ALG) (1998-09-28) 28 September 1998 (age 26)  Azzedine Lagab (ALG) (1986-09-18) 18 September 1986 (age 38)  Ismail Lallouchi (ALG) (1989-07-19) 19 July 1989 (age 36)  Ismail Medjahed (ALG) (1997-12-27) 27 December 1997 (age 27)  Ayoub Sahiri (ALG) (2001-01-25) 25 January 2001 (age 24)

Major wins

2011

 Algeria Road Race Championships, Youcef Reguigui

 Algeria Time Trial Championships, Azzedine Lagab

Trophée Princier, Azzedine Lagab

Overall Tour d'Algérie, Azzedine Lagab

Stage 2, Azzedine Lagab

Stage 3, Youcef Reguigui

Circuit d'Alger, Azzedine Lagab

Stages 2 & 5 Tour du Faso Azzedine Lagab

Stage 3 Tour du Faso, Abdelmalek Madani

Stage 7 Tour du Faso, Youcef Reguigui

2012

 Algeria Road Race Championships, Azzedine Lagab

 Algeria Time Trial Championships, Azzedine Lagab

Stage 5 Tour d'Algérie, Azzedine Lagab

Challenge Ben Guerir, Abdellah Benyoucef

Heydar Aliyev Anniversary Tour, Youcef Reguigui

Stage 1 Kwita Izina Cycling Tour, Azzedine Lagab

2013

Stage 2 Fenkel Northern Red Sea, Abdelbasset Hannachi

Stage 3 Tour of Eritrea, Abdelbasset Hannachi

Circuit of Asmara, Abdellah Benyoucef

Stage 3 Tour d'Algérie, Abdelbasset Hannachi

Stage 2 Tour de Tipaza, Abdelbasset Hannachi

Stages 5 & 10 Tour du Faso, Abdelbasset Hannachi

Stages 5 & 7 Tour du Rwanda, Azzedine Lagab

2014

 Algeria Road Race Championships, Abdelbasset Hannachi

 Algeria Time Trial Championships, Azzedine Lagab

Stage 1 Tour de Blida, Azzedine Lagab

Stage 1 Tour de Constantine, Azzedine Lagab

Circuit d'Alger, Azzedine Lagab

Stage 6 Tour du Maroc, Abdelbasset Hannachi

2015

Overall Tour d'Oranie, Azzedine Lagab

Stage 2, Ayoub Karrar

Stage 2 Tour de Blida, Adil Barbari

Overall Tour d'Annaba, Abdelbasset Hannachi

Stage 1, Azzedine Lagab

Stages 2 & 3, Abdelbasset Hannachi

Stage 1 Tour de Constantine, Abdelmalek Madani

Circuit de Constantine, Azzedine Lagab

Critérium International de Blida, Abdelbasset Hannachi

Stage 2 Tour de Chlef, Abdelbasset Hannachi

2018

Stage 3 Grand Prix International de la ville d'Alger, Yacine Hamza

Overall Tour d'Algérie, Azzedine Lagab

Stage 2, Yacine Hamza

Stage 4 Tour International de la Wilaya d'Oran, Yacine Hamza

 Algeria Time Trial Championships, Azzedine Lagab

Stage 1 Tour du Rwanda, Azzedine Lagab