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2008–09 UCI Africa Tour

Field	Value
name	2007–09 UCI Africa Tour
edition	5
competition	UCI Africa Tour
dates	–19 April 2009
location	Africa
rounds	15
individual_champion	Dan Craven
individual_champion_team	Rapha Condor
teams_champion
nations_champion
previous	2007–08
next	2009–10

The 2008–09 UCI Africa Tour was the fifth season of the UCI Africa Tour. The season began on 2 October 2008 with the Grand Prix Chantal Biya and ended on 19 April 2009 with the Tour du Maroc.

The points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Africa Tour cycling jersey. Nicholas White of South Africa was the defending champion of the 2007–08 UCI Africa Tour. Dan Craven of Namibia was crowned as the 2008–09 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

2008

Date	Race Name	UCI Rating	Winner	Team
2–5 October	Grand Prix Chantal Biya	2.2	Thomas Rostollan	Team Allier
11–18 October	Tour du Sénégal	2.2	Joeri Calleeuw	Vlaanderen-Martin
19 October	Amashovashova Classic	1.2	Malcolm Lange
24 October–2 November	Tour du Faso	2.2	Guy Smet	Belgium (national team)
7 November	African Continental Championships – Time Trial	CC	Jay Robert Thomson	South Africa (national team)
9 November	African Continental Championships – Road Race	CC	Dan Craven	Namibia (national team)

2009

Date	Race Name	UCI Rating	Winner	Team
13–18 January	La Tropicale Amissa Bongo Ondimbo	2.1	Mathieu Ladagnous
10–15 February	Tour d'Egypte	2.2	Christoph Springer	Heraklion-Nesebar-Kastro
17 February	Grand Prix of Sharm el-Sheikh	1.2	Ivaïlo Gabrovski	Heraklion-Nesebar-Kastro
17–28 February	Tour du Cameroun	2.2	David Clarke	Nordland-Hamburg
4 March	Giro del Capo I	1.2	Robert Hunter
5 March	Giro del Capo II	1.2	Chris Froome
6 March	Giro del Capo III	1.2	Steve Cummings
8 March	Giro del Capo IV	1.2	Arran Brown	Team Medscheme
10–19 April	Tour du Maroc	2.2	Alexandr Dymovskikh	Brisaspor

Final standings

Individual classification

Rank	Name	Points
1.	Dan Craven	123
2.	Jamie Ball	123
3.	Guy Smet	92
4.	Jay Robert Thomson	89
5.	Filipe Cardoso	87
6.	Sadrak Teguimaha	79
7.	Daryl Impey	78
8.	Joeri Calleeuw	77
9.	Alexandr Dymovskikh	76
10.	Hassan Zahboune	75

Team classification

Rank	Team	Points
1.		261
2.		195
3.	Rapha Condor	144
4.	Liberty Seguros	133
5.	House of Paint	129
6.	CCC Polsat Polkowice	109
7.	Doha Team	199
8.	Heraklion-Nessebar	88
9.	Team Neotel-Stegcomputer	86
10.	Jong Vlaanderen-Bauknecht	77

Nation classification

Rank	Nation	Points
1.		1050.5
2.		453.98
3.		309
4.		228
5.		141
6.		139
7.	Libya	134
8.		123
9.		123
10.		100

Nation under-23 classification

Rank	Nation under-23	Points
1.		179
2.		46
3.	Libya	34
4.		28
5.		25
6.		12
7.		7
8.		6
9.		6

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