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Race details | |
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Date | May |
Region | Tunisia |
English name | Tour of Tunisia |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | UCI Africa Tour |
Type | stage race |
History | |
First edition | 1953 |
Editions | 34 (as of 2017) |
First winner | Béchir Merdassi (TUN) |
Most recent | Matthias Legley (BEL) |
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