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2007–08 UCI Africa Tour

Field	Value
name	2007–08 UCI Africa Tour
edition	4
competition	UCI Africa Tour
dates	–14 September 2008
location	Africa
rounds	18
individual_champion	Nicholas White
individual_champion_team
teams_champion
nations_champion	South Africa
previous	2006–07
next	2008–09

The 2007–08 UCI Africa Tour was the fourth season of the UCI Africa Tour. The season began on 5 October 2007 with the Grand Prix Chantal Biya and ended on 14 September 2008 with the Powerade Dome 2 Dome.

The points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Africa Tour cycling jersey. Hassen Ben Nasser from Tunisia was the defending champion of the 2006–07 UCI Africa Tour. Nicholas White of South Africa was crowned as the 2007–08 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

Events

2007

Date	Race Name	UCI Rating	Winner	Team
5–7 October	Grand Prix Chantal Biya	2.2	Peter Van Agtmaal	CCN Sportswear
26 October–4 November	Tour du Faso	2.2	Adil Jelloul	Morocco (national team)
29 October–4 November	Tour des Aéroports	2.2	Ali Ahmed Mohamed	Libya (national team)
9 November	African Continental Championships – Time Trial	CC	Nicholas White	South Africa (national team)
11 November	African Continental Championships – Road Race	CC	Nicholas White	South Africa (national team)

2008

Date	Race Name	Location	UCI Rating	Winner	Team
16–20 January	La Tropicale Amissa Bongo		2.1	Lilian Jégou
11–17 February	Tour d'Egypte		2.2	Jay Thomson	Team MTN
19 February	GP of Sharm el-Sheikh		1.2	Amr Mahmoud	Egypt (national team)
4–8 March	Giro del Capo	South Africa	2.2	Christian Pfannberger
7–11 March	Tour Ivoirien de la Paix		2.1	Rony Martias
15–21 March	Tour of Libya	Libya	2.2	Omar Hasanin	Doha Team
28 March–6 April	Tour du Cameroun		2.2	Joseph Sanda	SNH Velo Club
30 March–5 April	Tour de la Pharmacie Centrale		2.2	Thomas Nauzaret	France (national team)
7 April	Grand Prix de la ville de Tunis		1.2	Azzedine Lagab
8 April	GP Banque de l'Habitat		1.2	Azzedine Lagab
12–18 May	Boucle du Coton		2.2	Gueswende Sawadogo	Burkina Faso (national team)
30 May–8 June	Tour du Maroc		2.2	Alexey Shchebelin	Cinelli OPD
14 September	Powerade Dome 2 Dome	South Africa	1.2	Nolan Hoffman	Team Neotel

Final standings

Individual classification

Rank	Name	Points
1.	Nicholas White	241
2.	Jay Robert Thomson	184
3.	Robert Hunter	165
4.	Hassen Ben Nasser	132
5.	Christoff van Heerden	132
6.	Adil Jelloul	128
7.	Azzedine Lagab	118
8.	Malcolm Lange	108
9.	Ian McLeod	106
10.	Christian Pfannberger	103

Team classification

Rank	Team	Points
1.		885
2.		409
3.	Team Neotel	282
4.	Doha Team	227
5.		150
6.	Dukla Trenčín Merida	133
7.	Cinelli–OPD	132
8.	Bretagne-Armor Lux	116
9.	House of Paint	94
10.	L.P.R. Brakes	82

Nation classification

Rank	Nation	Points
1.	South Africa	1434
2.		512
3.		404
4.		343
5.		330
6.		225
7.		209
8.	Libya	143
9.		137
10.		130

Nation under-23 classification

Rank	Nation under-23	Points
1.	South Africa	478
2.		324
3.		283
4.		81
5.		67
6.		54
7.		42
8.	Libya	24
9.		21
10.		16

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