As Henok Mulubrhan was crowned Elite Men’s Africa Champion for the third year in a row today – unprecedented we think – we thought it good to write up an overview of all the results in one place.
Big congratulations to Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio for her fifth Africa Continental Champion title, first since 2015 when she won her fourth Women’s Elite race in a row (2011, 2012, 2013, 2015) – making her Africa’s most ‘winning-est’ elite rider at the Continental Championships.
Firstly, we thought an overall Individual Gold Medal table would be useful to see (table below). It is not too surprising that Africa’s #1 nation Eritrea dominated these championships with 6 gold medals, and 12 medals overall, over a third of all available. They sent a good squad, and they delivered.
Team South Africa, with all of their riders being self-funded, put in a great performance to back up their Africa’s #2 position in the latest UCI tables, with 2 gold and 4 strong silver medals.
With Team Algeria refusing to attend, there was a chance for some of the second-tier nations to secure some surprises, and Team Uganda was that team, with a brilliant five medal haul, including two golds! Will the associated UCI points see a nice jump up the Africa Tour rankings? We were a bit disappointed with Team Morocco, always a strong group of riders but only one bronze medal this year.
Full individual* medal table:
| Nation | Gold Medals | Silver Medals | Bronze Medals |
| Eritrea | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| South Africa | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Uganda | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Egypt | 1 | ||
| Ethiopia | 2 | ||
| Morocco | 1 | ||
| Namibia | 1 | ||
| Rwanda | 1 |
*This table does not include the ‘Mixed Relay results as hard to reflect this event in an Individual Medal Table. The results of this event were: #1 Rwanda / #2 Eritrea / #3 Ethiopia
Men’s Elite Road Race (13 October) – Eldoret to Iten (154.4km)
Women’s Elite Road Race (12 October) – Eldoret to Iten (104.4km)
Men’s Elite ITT (9 October) – Winner: Charles Kagimu (UGA)
Women’s Elite ITT (9 October) – Winner: Lucy Young (RSA)
Men’s U23 ITT (9 October) – Winner: Paul Lomuria (UGA)
Women’s U23 ITT (9 October) – Winner: Suzana Fisehaye (ERI)
Men’s Junior ITT (9 October) – Winner: Keven Teklemarian (ERI)
Women’s Junior ITT (9 October) – Winner: Betiel Efrem (ERI)
Men’s Junior Road Race (11 October) – Winner: Keven Teklemarian (ERI)
Women’s Junior Road Race (11 October) – Winner: Nardos Tsegay (ERI)
Full results for all these races can be found on our partner ProCyclingStats’ website HERE
