Les Challenges de la Marche Verte

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Les Challenges de la Marche Verte
Race details
RegionMorocco
DisciplineRoad
Competition UCI Africa Tour
TypeThree One-day races
History
First edition2010 (2010)
Editions8 (as of 2022)

The Les Challenges de la Marche Verte is a series of One-day races held annually since 2010 in Morocco. It consists of three One-day races; GP Sakia El Hamra, [1] GP Oued Eddahab [2] and GP Al Massira, [3] each rated 1.2 and is part of UCI Africa Tour.

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Winners – GP Sakia El Hamra

YearCountryRiderTeam
2010Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Mouhssine Lahsaini
2012Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Tarik Chaoufi
2013Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Essaïd Abelouache
2014Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Essaïd Abelouache
2015Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Salah Eddine Mraouni
2017Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Ahmed Amine Galdoune
2018No race
2019Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Hermann Keller Team Embrace The World
2020–2021No race
2022Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates Ahmed Al Mansoori United Arab Emirates (national team)

Winners – GP Oued Eddahab

YearCountryRiderTeam
2010Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Abdelati Saadoune
2012Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Andris Smirnovs Rietumu-Delfin
2013Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Adil Jelloul
2014Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Mouhssine Lahsaini
2015Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Essaïd Abelouache
2017Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Ivan Balykin Torku Şekerspor
2018No race
2019Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Jason Oosthuizen TEG Pro Cycling Team
2020–2021No race
2022Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Heiko Homrighausen Team Embrace The World

Winners – GP Al Massira

YearCountryRiderTeam
2010Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Tarik Chaoufi
2012Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Ismail Ayoune
2013Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Ismail Ayoune
2014Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Aleksandar Aleksiev
2015Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Abdelati Saadoune
2017Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Ahmet Örken Torku Şekerspor
2018No race
2019Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Gustav Basson TEG Pro Cycling Team
2020–2021No race
2022Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Jules de Cock Global Cycling Team

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References

  1. "Les Challenges de la Marche Verte - GP Sakia El Hamra 2015 - Classic". Archived from the original on 2016-01-13.
  2. "Les Challenges de la Marche Verte - GP Oued Eddahab 2015 - Classic". Archived from the original on 2016-01-13.
  3. "Les Challenges de la Marche Verte - GP Al Massira 2015 - Classic". Archived from the original on 2016-01-12.