Tour Ivoirien de la Paix - 2.1

Ivory Coast, March 6-12, 2008

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The Stages

Prologue - March 6: Elimination Criterium, Abidjan
Stage 1 - March 7: Abidjan-Akoupé , 130 km
Stage 2 - March 8: Toumodi-Bouaké , 150 km
Stage 3 - March 9: Yamoussoukro-Daloa , 134 km
Stage 4 - March 10: Zoukougbeu-Man , 140 km
Stage 5 - March 11: Yamoussoukro-Gagnoa , 140 km
Stage 6 - March 12: Gd Bassam-Abidjan , 104.1 km

Tour Ivoirien de la Paix for the first time

The inaugural Tour Ivoirien de la Paix has got no less than a 2.1 status on the African Tour. Two ProTour teams are participating, Crédit Agricole and Bouygues Telecom. Pro continental teams LPR Brakes and Elk Haus-Simplon, plus the continental team Amore & Vita McDonald's make up the European part of the peloton, taking on national teams from ten African countries.

General director is Jean-Claude Herault, who has 30 years of experience from the Tour de France. He was also in charge of the establishment of the Tour du Faso in Burkina Faso and the Tropicale Amissa Bongo in Gabon onto the international cycling scene.

Start list


Ivory Coast                       Amore & Vita - McDonald's
 
1 Ahmed Ouedraogo (CIv)           11 Michael Stevenson (Swe)
2 Issiaka Fofana (CIv)            12 Ivan Quaranta (Ita)
3 Bolodigui Ouattara (CIv)        13 Graziano Gasparre (Ita)
4 Bassirou Kante (CIv)            14 Valentino Fois (Ita)
5 Kouame Eugene Lokossue (CIv)    15 Phil Cortes (Can)
6 Mongonlou Toure (CIv)           16 Slawomyr Bury (Pol)
 
Burkina Faso                      Elk Haus - Simplon
 
21 Abdul Wahab Sawadogo (Bur)     31 Clemens Fankhauser (Aut)
22 Pierre Kiba (Bur)              32 Robert Lauscha (Aut)
23 Idrissa Ouedraogo (Bur)        33 Wolfgang Murer (Aut)
24 Saïdou Tall (Bur)              34 Stefan Rucker (Aut)
25 Ouedraogo R Jérémie (Bur)      35 Harald Totschnig (Aut)
26 Saïdou Rouamba (Bur)
 
Tunisia                           Bouygues Telecom
 
41 Rafaa Chtioui (Tun)            51 Rony Martias (Fra)
42 Ahmed Mraihi (Tun)             52 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra)
43 Karim Jendoubi (Tun)           53 Mathieu Claude (Fra)
44 Aymen Ben Hassine (Tun)        54 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra)
45 Aymen Brini (Tun)              55 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus)
                                  56 Sébastien Turgot (Fra)
 
Egypt                             Crédit Agricole
 
61 Osama Asran (Egy)              71 Patrice Halgand (Fra)
62 Yaser Elshaht (Egy)            72 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra)
63 Sherif Abdalla (Egy)           73 Ignas Konovalovas (Ltu)
64 Ahmed Hafez (Egy)              74 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra)
65 Amr Mahmod (Egy)               75 Nicolas Roche (Irl)
66 Mohsen Mohamed (Egy)           76 Julien Simon (Fra)
 
Eritrea                           LPR Brakes
 
81 Berket Yemane (Eri)            91 Roberto Ferrari (Ita)
82 Meran Russan (Eri)             92 Sergio Lagana (Ita)
83 Aklilu Goitom (Eri)            93 Sergio Marinamgeli (Ita)
84 Aklilu Haile (Eri)             94 Matteo Montaguti (Ita)
85 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri)     95 Alessandro Maserati (Ita)
86 Merhawi Gebrehiwet (Eri)       96 Walter Proch (Ita)
 
Gabon                             Morocco
 
101 Frederic Obiang (Gab)         111 Adil Jelloul (Mar)
102 Arnaud Ontsassi (Gab)         112 Adnane Aarbia (Mar)
103 Eyeghe Nzoughe (Gab)          113 Ismail Ayoune (Mar)
104 Ghislain Ndong (Gab)          114 Mouhcine Rhaili (Mar)
105 Leris Moukagni (Gab)          115 Mouhssine Lahsaini (Mar)
                                  116 Said Ennadifi (Mar)
 
Rwanda                            Senegal
 
121 Uwase Nyandwi (Rwa)           131 Mbaye Mor Diop (Sen)
122 Nathan Byukusenge (Rwa)       132 Elhadji Massokhna Diop (Sen)
123 Adrien Niyonshuti (Rwa)       133 Becaye Traore (Sen)
124 Obedi Ruvogera (Rwa)          134 Massamba Sarre Diouf (Sen)
125 Abraham Ruhumuriza (Rwa)      135 Abdoulaye Thiam (Sen)
126 Rafiki Uwimana (Rwa)          136 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Sen)