Cycling in Algeria

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Second place for Algeria in Tunisia's 'Tour des Aeroports'

October 31, 2010 -- Moroccan cyclist Adil Jalloul won Tunisia's 14th "Tour des Aeroports", MAP reported on Saturday (October 30th). Morocco also won the team title. Algeria finished second and Libya finished third. Some 52 cyclists from nine teams, including an "all-Maghreb" group, participated in the October 23rd-28th event.

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Death of Mustapha Bentayeb

March 9, 2011 -- Mustapha Bentayeb, former champion of Algeria, former national coach of track racing and vice president of the Algerian cycling federation died last Friday. A great figure of Algerian cycling, the native of Oran died last Friday at the age of 72 and left Algeria and the world of cycling. The late Mustaphed Bentayeb started his career in 1960 and won several races in his country. Involved as national coach in track racing and then in the national cycling federation as president of Casoran, he was also vice-president of the Algerian Federation of cycling and president of the League of Oran for 24 years. Mustapha Bentayeb left the sport to which he devoted 50 years and died surrounded by his friends.

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Cycling:
Tour of Algeria relaunches

Algiers, April 14, 2011 (AGI) -- The cycling Tour of Algeria will be starting off in June after a 10-year stop. In truth, the tour of the North African Country was suspended several times in the course of its history: the first edition was held in 1949, was subsequently suspended during the war of independence and was started off again in 1970. Everything ran smoothly until 1986, when there was another total blackout, despite two attempts to give it some regularity in 1999 and 2000. Now it will be relaunched for a long time to come.

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15 countries eye Tour d'Algerie qualification

May 1, 2011 -- Fifteen countries applied for participation in Tour d'Algerie, set to start on June 27th, Algerian cycling federation chief Rachid Fezouine said on Saturday (April 30th). The countries include Bulgaria, Serbia, the Netherlands, Tunisia, Spain, Iran, Hong Kong, Eritrea, Morocco, and Kazakhstan, APS reported.