# 2008–09 UCI Africa Tour

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

### 2009

| Date | Race Name | Location | UCI Rating | Winner | Team |
| 13–18 January | La Tropicale Amissa Bongo Ondimbo | Gabon | 2.1 | Mathieu Ladagnous (FRA) | Française des Jeux |
| 10–15 February | Tour d'Egypte | Egypt | 2.2 | Christoph Springer (GER) | Heraklion-Nesebar-Kastro |
| 17 February | Grand Prix of Sharm el-Sheikh | Egypt | 1.2 | Ivaïlo Gabrovski (BUL) | Heraklion-Nesebar-Kastro |
| 17–28 February | Tour du Cameroun | Cameroon | 2.2 | David Clarke (GBR) | Nordland-Hamburg |
| 4 March | Giro del Capo I | South Africa | 1.2 | Robert Hunter (RSA) | Barloworld |
| 5 March | Giro del Capo II | South Africa | 1.2 | Chris Froome (GBR) | Barloworld |
| 6 March | Giro del Capo III | South Africa | 1.2 | Steve Cummings (GBR) | Barloworld |
| 8 March | Giro del Capo IV | South Africa | 1.2 | Arran Brown (RSA) | Team Medscheme |
| 10–19 April | Tour du Maroc | Morocco | 2.2 | Alexandr Dymovskikh (KAZ) | Brisaspor |

## Final standings
### Individual classification

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

### Team classification

| Rank | Team | Points |
| 1. | Barloworld | 261 |
| 2. | MTN Cycling | 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. | South Africa | 1050.5 |
| 2. | Tunisia | 453.98 |
| 3. | Algeria | 309 |
| 4. | Cameroon | 228 |
| 5. | Burkina Faso | 141 |
| 6. | Morocco | 139 |
| 7. | Libya | 134 |
| 8. | Lesotho | 123 |
| 9. | Namibia | 123 |
| 10. | Eritrea | 100 |

### Nation under-23 classification

| Rank | Nation under-23 | Points |
| 1. | South Africa | 179 |
| 2. | Eritrea | 46 |
| 3. | Libya | 34 |
| 4. | Egypt | 28 |
| 5. | Algeria | 25 |
| 6. | Lesotho | 12 |
| 7. | Ivory Coast | 7 |
| 8. | Senegal | 6 |
| 9. | Tunisia | 6 |