Tour du Faso

The Tour du Faso is a 10-day road bicycle racing stage race held in Burkina Faso in the late fall. Since 2005, the race has been part of the UCI Africa Tour. The race covered 811 miles (1306 km) in 2006 and is televised on the Versus cable channel. The race was first held in 1987. The race is operated by the Amaury Sport Organisation, the same organization that operates the Tour de France. From 1987 to 1998 it was reserved to amateurs; since 2005, it is organized as a 2.2 event on the UCI Africa Tour. In 2014, the Tour was cancelled because of the Ebola outbreak.[1]

Tour du Faso
Race details
DateLate-October
RegionBurkina Faso
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI Africa Tour
TypeStage race
OrganiserAmaury Sport Organisation
Web sitewww.tourdufaso.bf
History
First edition1987 (1987)
Editions32 (as of 2019)
First winner Igor Luchinko (URS)
Most wins Ernest Zongo (BUR) (2 wins)
Most recent Dario Marcelino (ANG)

Winners

Year Country Rider Team
1987  Soviet Union Igor Luchinko
1988  Burkina Faso Mady Kadore
1989  Burkina Faso Maxime Ouedraogo
1990  Burkina Faso Aimé Zongo
1991  Burkina Faso Saidou Rouamba
1992  France Philippe Lepeurien
1993  Burkina Faso Maurice Sawadogo
1994  Burkina Faso Karim Yameogo
1995  Burkina Faso Ernest Zongo
1996  Germany Guido Fulst
1997  Burkina Faso Ernest Zongo
1998  France Jacques Castan
1999  Egypt Saïd Nasry
2000  Ukraine Mikhaylo Khalilov Aguardiente Néctar-Selle Italia
2001  Netherlands Joost Legtenberg AXA-VvZ Professional Cycling Team
2002  Morocco Abdelati Saadoune Morocco (national team)
2003  Netherlands Maarten Tjallingii Marco Polo Cycling Team
2004  Burkina Faso Abdul Wahab Sawadogo Sifa-Peugeot
2005  Burkina Faso Rabaki Jeremie Ouedraogo Cafe Samba
2006  Belgium David Verdonck Bio Avia Mode Markets
2007  Morocco Adil Jelloul Morocco (national team)
2008  Belgium Guy Smet Belgium (national team)
2009  Morocco Abdelatif Saadoune Morocco (national team)
2010  France Julien Schick Team Reine Blanche
2011  Burkina Faso Hamidou Zidweiba Burkina Faso (national team)
2012  Burkina Faso Rasmane Ouedraogo Burkina Faso (national team)
2013  Burkina Faso Abdoul-Aziz Nikiema Burkina Faso (national team)
2014 No race
2015  Morocco Mouhssine Lahsaini Morocco (national team)
2016  Burkina Faso Harouna Ilboudo Burkina Faso (national team)
2017  Morocco Salah Eddine Mraouni Morocco (national team)
2018  Burkina Faso Wendkouni Songho Burkina Faso (national team)
2019  Angola Dario Marcelino BAI-Sicasal-Petro De Luanda

References

  1. "News Shorts: Tour du Faso cancelled". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 3 October 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
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