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2005 UCI Africa Tour

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Location
  
Africa

Teams' champion
  
Barloworld

Rounds
  
4

Nations' champion
  
South Africa

Dates
  
16 February 2005 (2005-02-16)–2 October 2006

Individual champion
  
Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) (Barloworld)

The 2005 UCI Africa Tour was the first season of the UCI Africa Tour. The season began on 16 February 2005 with the Tour d'Egypte and ended on 2 October 2005 with the Tour du Sénégal. Tiaan Kannemeyer of South Africa was crowned as the 2005 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:

  • Multi-day events: 2.HC, 2.1 and 2.2
  • One-day events: 1.HC, 1.1 and 1.2
  • References

    2005 UCI Africa Tour Wikipedia