Tour de Tunisie

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Tour de Tunisie
Race details
DateMay
Region Tunisia
English nameTour of Tunisia
DisciplineRoad
Competition UCI Africa Tour
Type stage race
History
First edition1953 (1953)
Editions34 (as of 2017)
First winnerFlag of Tunisia.svg  Béchir Merdassi  (TUN)
Most recentFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Matthias Legley  (BEL)

The Tour de Tunisie is a stage cycling race held annually in Tunisia since 1953. It is rated 2.2 and is part of UCI Africa Tour. [1] The race was revived in 2016 after not being held since 2004.

Winners

YearWinnerSecondThirdKmPointsComments
1953 Flag of Tunisia.svg Béchir Merdassi Flag of Algeria.svg André Alcaraz Flag of Algeria.svg Abdelkader Bennoui 1184-
1954 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Étienne Amelijnck Flag of France.svg Jacques Bianco Flag of France.svg Paul Debadts 1427-
1955 Flag of France.svg Jean Hobjanian Flag of Tunisia.svg Béchir Merdassi Flag of Algeria.svg André Alcaraz 1395-
1956-1958No race
1959 Flag of Sweden.svg Göran Karlsson Flag of the Netherlands.svg Frits Knoops Flag of Sweden.svg Knut Karlsson 1420 ?
1960 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Stan Goossens Flag of Sweden.svg Karl Johansson Flag of the Netherlands.svg Werner Swaneveld 1537 ?
1961 Flag of France.svg Jean-Claude Lebaube Flag of East Germany.svg Hans Scheibner Flag of Sweden.svg Ove Adamsson 1470 ?
1962 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Sergey Korge Flag of Sweden.svg Gösta Pettersson Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jaap de Waard 1562 ?
1964 Flag of Sweden.svg Gösta Pettersson Flag of France.svg Lucien Aimar Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Walter Godefroot 1894 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Walter Godefroot
1965-1977No race
1978 Flag of Morocco.svg Mustapha Nejjari Flag of Morocco.svg Mustapha Afandi Flag of Morocco.svg Mohamed Adlaoui 1346 ?
1979 Flag of Tunisia.svg Moncef Ayed Flag of Tunisia.svg Moncef Hached Flag of Algeria.svg Hamid Chibane 1305 ?
1980 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Hans Koot Flag of the Netherlands.svg Piet Kuijs Flag of the Netherlands.svg Herman Winkel 1190 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Piet Kuijs
1981 Flag of Morocco.svg Mustapha Nejjari Flag of Morocco.svg Brahim Ben Bouila Flag of Algeria.svg Mehdi Aziz 1463 ?
1982 Flag of Morocco.svg Mohamed Aït Oufkir Flag of Algeria.svg Abdelwahab Damergi Flag of Algeria.svg Saïd Kadri 1317 ?
1983 Flag of East Germany.svg Uwe Ampler Flag of East Germany.svg Michael Prix Flag of East Germany.svg Andreas Lux 1380 ?
1984No race
1985 Flag of East Germany.svg Frank Karrass Flag of Algeria.svg Farouk Hamza Flag of Tunisia.svg Jallel Marrouche 1058 ?
1986 Flag of East Germany.svg Uwe Zeidler Flag of East Germany.svg Maik Landsmann Flag of East Germany.svg Thomas Schenderlein 968 ?
1987 Flag of Poland.svg Edward Kaczmarczyk Flag of Poland.svg Mieczeslaw Pluciak Flag of East Germany.svg Thomas Schmidt 1338 ?
1988 Flag of Poland.svg Zbigniew Albin Flag of Poland.svg Wieslaw Matuszek Flag of Poland.svg Pawel Bartkowiak 1282 ?
1989 Flag of Algeria.svg Sebti Benzine Flag of Morocco.svg Mohamed Bilal Flag of Tunisia.svg Abderrazak Ayari 1227 ?
1990 Flag of Tunisia.svg Hatem Denguir Flag of Tunisia.svg Samir Souissi Flag of Tunisia.svg Ali Marrouche 1050 Flag of Tunisia.svg Mohamed Yazidi
1991 Flag of Tunisia.svg Mohamed Yazidi Flag of Germany.svg Jürgen Blümmel Flag of Germany.svg Reinhard Runge 1099 Flag of Germany.svg Peter Rohracker
1992 Flag of Tunisia.svg Ali Marrouche Flag of Syria.svg Moussa Abdelhannan Flag of Syria.svg Nabhan Mohamed 1083 ?
1993 Flag of Tunisia.svg Ali Marrouche Flag of Algeria.svg Ahmed Ben Jeddou Flag of Tunisia.svg Mehrez Khelifi 1100 ?
1994 Flag of Germany.svg Christian Lademann Flag of Morocco.svg Abdelwahed Latrech Flag of Algeria.svg Abdelkader Rahmani 1292 Flag of Algeria.svg Abdelkader Rahmani
1995 Flag of Tunisia.svg Lemjed Belkadhi Flag of Ukraine.svg Leonid Timchenko Flag of Tunisia.svg Karim Jendoubi 1339 ?
1996 Flag of Egypt.svg Amr El Nadi Flag of Ukraine.svg Yuri Metlushenko Flag of Algeria.svg Nordine Haouchine 1339 ?2.6
1997 Flag of Germany.svg Patrick Moster Flag of Germany.svg Marco Weber Flag of Germany.svg Ingo Moster 1279 Flag of Ukraine.svg Yuri Metlushenko 2.5
1998-1999No race
2000 Flag of Algeria.svg Hichem Mennad Flag of Egypt.svg Hisham Abdelbaki Flag of Algeria.svg Omar Slimane Zitoune 900 ?
2001 Flag of Tunisia.svg Ahmed Mraihi Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Abdelfattah Flag of Algeria.svg Brahim El Ouaret 1053 ?
2002 Flag of Tunisia.svg Ahmed Mraihi Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Abdelaziz Flag of Morocco.svg Driss Anezroud 849 ?
2003 Flag of Morocco.svg Brahim Lachheb Flag of Morocco.svg Abdelati Saadoune Flag of Algeria.svg Redouane Salah 855 ?
2004 Flag of South Africa.svg Jeremy Maartens Flag of Italy.svg Alfonso Falzarano Flag of Italy.svg Simone Biasci 1166 Flag of South Africa.svg Malcolm Lange 2.5
2005-2015No race
2016 Flag of Algeria.svg Abderrahmane Mansouri Flag of Morocco.svg Reda Aadel Flag of France.svg Thomas Vaubourzeix 550-2.2 UCI Africa Tour
2017 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Matthias Legley Flag of France.svg Jérôme Pulidori Flag of Tunisia.svg Ali Nouisri 795,5 Flag of Germany.svg Lucas Carstensen 2.2 UCI Africa Tour

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References

  1. "2016 Tour de Tunisie". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 15 May 2016.