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Saturday, 14 March 2015 17:41
Eritrean Mekseb Debesay wins International Tour of Blida
BLIDA- Algerian cyclist Hichem Chaabane from "Cevital" team won
Saturday in Chréa (Blida) the third and final stage of the
international cycling Tour of Blida while yellow jersey returned to
Eritrea's Mekseb Debesay.
At the end of the third and final stage, run between Zéralda and Chréa
over a distance of 110 km, Hichem Chaabane finished in 3:13:37, ahead
of Rwandan Jean Bosc Usengimana (3:13:37) and Eritrean Tesfatsion
Mehari (3:13: 49).
Hichem Chaabane, already winner in Chréa in 2013, also won the polka
dot jersey of best climber, while the leader's yellow jersey finally
returned to Eritrean Mekseb Debesay who also clinched the red jersey
of best sprinter.
Algerian Adil Barbari from GS Petroliers lost the yellow jersey to
Eritrean Mekseb Debesay but managed to have the white jersey of the
best hope.
The caravan of the Grand Tour of Algeria headed to Setif to hold on
Sunday International Tour of Setif (96 Km), fifth round of the
GTAC-2015.
Received on Sun Mar 15 2015 - 22:17:30 EDT