***AFRICA RISING EXCLUSIVE***
Please find below the current schedule for the 2027 ‘Africa Tour‘, all the UCI classified multi-stage and one day road races across the continent, alongside all individual National Championships – a key source of UCI points.
Although four events from 2026 are not showing on the calendar so far – these are the Tour du Faso (Burkina Faso), the 3-stage Grand Prix El Djazaïr and 2 one day GPs in Algeria, there are TWELVE new events in 2027, including the Tour of Ghana making its UCI debut at the 2.1 level alongside the Tour du Rwanda. We believe the Tour of Faso will take place as a UCI race in 2027 but as yet unconfirmed.
Another huge step forward is the inclusion of four new women events: a women’s Tour of Mauritius, elite and junior women’s tours and new one day race in Rwanda, and a rumour of a FIFTH, with a women’s Tour of Faso being looked at as well!
The FULL PROVISIONAL SCHEDULE (as of 1 November) of UCI races on the African Continent is below:
22-23 January: African Para Athlete Continental Championships – Egypt
4-7 February: National Championships – South Africa
11-13 February: National Championships – Zimbabwe
22-27 February: Africa Tour (Men): Tour du Rwanda (2.1) – 6 stages
NEW – 28 February: Africa Tour (Men): Kigali Classic (1.1) – one day (Rwanda)
8 April: Africa Tour (Men): Tour d’Algeria (2.2) – 7 stages (Algeria)
16 April: Africa Tour (Men): Grand Prix de la Ville d’Alger (1.2) – one day (Algeria)
25 April: Africa Tour (Men): Grand Prix de la ville de Cotonou (1.2) – one day (Benin)
25 April: Africa Tour (Women): Grand Prix des Amazones (1.2) – one day (Benin)
27 April – 2 May: Africa Tour (Men): Tour du Benin (2.2) – 6 stages (Benin)
NEW – 14-16 May: Africa Tour (Men Juniors): Isonga Junior Men Tour (2.Ncup) – 3 stages (Rwanda)
NEW – 14-16 May: Africa Tour (Women Juniors): Isonga Junior Women Tour (2.Ncup) – 3 stages (Rwanda)
NEW – 18-22 May: Africa Tour (Men): Tour du Nord (2.2) – 5 stages (Algeria)
NEW – 19 May: Africa Tour (Men): Grand Prix Region Tangier Tetouan (1.2) – one day (Algeria)
3-13 June: Africa Tour (Men): Tour du Cameroun (2.2) – 11 stages (Cameroon)
14 June: Africa Tour (Men): Men’s Mauritius Classique (1.2) – one day (Mauritius)
15-18 June: Africa Tour (Men): Tour of Mauritius (2.2) – 4 stages (Mauritius)
NEW – 15-17 June: Africa Tour (Women): Tour of Mauritius (1.2) – 3 stages (Mauritius)
NEW – 18 June: Africa Tour (Men): Air Mauritius Classique (1.2) – one day (Mauritius)
19-27 June: National Championships – Benin
23-27 June: National Championships – Algeria
24-27 June: National Championships – Mauritius
25-27 June: National Championships – Namibia
25-27 June: National Championships – Cameroon
26-27 June: National Championships – Ghana
NEW – 11 July: Africa Tour (Men): Bahati Cycling Classic (1.2) – one day (Ghana)
23 July: National Championships – Cape Verde
NEW – 4-7 August: Africa Tour (Women): Tour du Rwanda Femmes (2.2) – 4 stages (Rwanda)
NEW – 8 August: Africa Tour (Women): Kigalian Classic Femmes (1.1) – one day (Rwanda)
15-19 August: Africa Tour (Women): Tour Cycliste Feminin du Burundi (2.2) – 5 stages (Burundi)
10-19 September: Africa Tour (Men): Tour du Maroc (2.2) – 10 stages (Morocco)
5 October: Africa Tour (Men): Grand Prix d’Ongola (1.2) – one day (Cameroon)
6-10 October: Africa Tour (Men): Grand Prix Chantal Biya (2.2) – 5 stages (Cameroon)
13-17 October: African Continental Championships – TBC
Date TBC: Africa Tour (Men): Tour du Faso (2.2) – TBC stages (Burkina Faso)
NEW – Date TBC: Africa Tour (Women): Tour du Faso (2.2) – TBC stages (Burkina Faso)
NEW – 12-21 November: Africa Tour (Men): Tour of Ghana (2.1) – 10 stages (Ghana)
In the coming weeks, this information should begin to appear on the official UCI Calendar on their website.
