2009–10 UCI Africa Tour explained

The 2009–10 UCI Africa Tour was the sixth season of the UCI Africa Tour. The season began on 1 October 2009 with the Grand Prix Chantal Biya and ended on 21 May 2010 with the Tour of Eritrea.

The points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Africa Tour cycling jersey. Dan Craven of Namibia was the defending champion of the 2008–09 UCI Africa Tour. Abdelatif Saadoune of Morocco was crowned as the 2009–10 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

2009

Date	Race Name	Location		Winner	Team
1–4 October			2.2
23 October–1 November			2.2		Morocco (national team)
4 November	African Continental Championships – Team Time Trial		CC		South Africa (national team)
6 November	African Continental Championships – Time Trial		CC		South Africa (national team)
8 November	African Continental Championships – Road Race		CC		South Africa (national team)
16–24 November			2.2		Morocco (national team)
28 November–2 December			2.2		Eritrea (national team)

2010

Date	Race Name	Location		Winner	Team
19–24 January			2.1
15–26 February			2.2		Slovakia (national team)
7–13 March			2.2		Morocco (national team)
13–17 March			2.2		Libya (national team)
19 March			1.2		Pendragon-Le Col-Colnago
26 March–4 April			2.2		Loborika
7 May			1.2		Betonexpressz 2000-Universal Caffè
8 May			1.2		Morocco (national team)
9 May			1.2		Betonexpressz 2000-Universal Caffè
17–21 May			2.2		Eritrea (national team)

Final standings

Individual classification

Rank	Name	Points
1.		231
2.		202.66
3.		174
4.		154
5.		140
6.		131
7.		107.66
8.		96.66
9.		96
10.		94

Team classification

Rank	Team	Points
1.		455.98
2.		200
3.		130
4.		112
5.		96.66
6.		96
7.		68
8.		40
9.		33
10.		32

Nation classification

Rank	Nation	Points
1.		935
2.		930.64
3.		444
4.		263.64
5.		206
6.		159
7.		137
8.		122
9.		91.98
10.		87

Nation under-23 classification

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Rank	Nation under-23	Points
1.		216
2.		95.66
3.		56
4.		44
5.		21
6.		15
7.		12
8.		12
9.		10.66
10.		7.66