2006–07 UCI Africa Tour
Date Race Name Location UCI Rating Winner Team
16-21 January La Tropicale Amissa Bongo Gabon 2.2 Frédéric Guesdon ( FRA ) Française des Jeux
8-14 February Tour d'Egypte Egypt 2.2 Waylon Woolcock ( RSA ) South Africa ( national team )
16 February GP of Sharm el-Sheikh Egypt 1.2 Ján Šipeky ( SVK ) Dukla Trenčín-Merida
24 February-9 March Tour du Cameroun Cameroon 2.2 Flavien Chipault ( FRA ) Leboulou
6-11 March Giro del Capo South Africa 2.2 Alexander Efimkin ( RUS ) Barloworld
17-23 March Tour of Libya Libya 2.2 Ahmed Mohamed Ali ( LBA ) Libya ( national team )
8 April Grand Prix de la ville de Tunis Tunisia 1.2 Ahmed Mraihi ( TUN ) Tunisia ( national team )
28 April-5 May Tour de la Pharmacie Centrale de Tunisie Tunisia 2.2 Hassen Ben Nasser ( TUN ) Pharmacie Centrale
14-20 May Boucle du Coton Burkina Faso 2.2 Saïdou Rouamba ( BUR ) Burkina Faso ( national team )
8-17 June Tour du Maroc Morocco 2.2 Nicholas White ( RSA ) South Africa ( national team )
30 August-8 September Tour du Sénégal Senegal 2.2 Adil Jelloul ( MAR ) FRMC-Maroc
16 September Dome 2 Dome Cycling Spectacular South Africa 1.2 Jaco Venter ( RSA ) Team Neotel
Events -- 2007
The 2006-07 UCI Africa Tour was the third season of the UCI Africa Tour. The season began on 6 October 2006 with the Grand Prix Chantal Biya and ended on 16 September 2007 with the Dome 2 Dome Cycling Spectacular. The points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Africa Tour cycling jersey. Rabaki Jeremie Ouedraogo of Burkina Faso was the defending champion of the 2005-06 UCI Africa Tour. Hassen Ben Nasser of Tunisia was crowned as the 2006-07 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: