The Tour du Sahel is a multi-day road cycling race annually held in Mauritania, in the Sahel region. The race was first held in 2018.[1] Since 2023 it has been held as a 2.2 category event on the UCI Africa Tour.[2]

Tour du Sahel
Race details
DateFebruary
RegionSahel, Mauritania
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI Africa Tour
TypeStage race
OrganiserMauritanian Cycling Federation
History
First edition2018 (2018)
Editions4 (as of 2023)
First winner El Houcaine Sabbahi (MAR)
Most wins El Houcaine Sabbahi (MAR) (2 wins)
Most recent Adil El Arbaoui (MAR)

Winners edit

Year Winner Second Third
2018   El Houcaine Sabbahi   Aymen Merdj   Bécaye Traoré
2019   Grzegorz Kwiatkowski   Allaeldin Ahmouda   Abdeladim Al Moutaouakkel
2020   El Houcaine Sabbahi   Yasser Tahiri   Lahcene Sabbahi
2021–2022 No race
2023   Adil El Arbaoui   Achraf Ed Doghmy   El Houcaine Sabbahi

References edit

  1. ^ "Tour du Sahel cycliste de Mauritanie : la première édition a vécu". rimsport.net (in French).
  2. ^ "2023 Tour du Sahel". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 3 February 2023.