Azzedine Lagab (born 18 September 1986) is an Algerian

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, who currently rides for UCI Continental team . During his career he won medals in Algerian national championships, in African and Arab cycling championships as well as at the

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and the

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Career

2006–2009

As a youngster, Lagab took part in the Tour de l'Espoir, a stage race within his own country for young and talented riders. He finished in second place in the first stage of this race with the finish line in Bordj Bou Arreridj. It was the start of the career of a cyclist who would become one of the best cyclists in his country. The proof of that already came in the following year when he became second in the individual time trial of the Algerian national road cycling championships. Then in 2008 he went on to win two races in Tunisia, the

Grand Prix de la ville de Tunis Grand Prix de la ville de Tunis ( en, Grand Prize (of cycling) of the City of Tunis) is a one-day professional road bicycle racing event and sports festival established in 2007 and projected to be held annually each April in Tunis, the capital city ...

and the Grand Prix de la Banque de l'Habitat. Later on he improved his national time trial second place by winning the event in 2008. In addition he also became second in the road race at the same championships. This all resulted in his first contract with a UCI Continental team namely

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for the 2009 cycling season. With this team, he took part in the Tour d'Alger in which he won the third stage, with start and departure in Alger as well as the general classification at the end. In another Algerian stage race, the Tour de Wilaya de Tipaza he finished in third place overall. Then in the Jelajah Malaysia he rode to a fifth place in the sixth stage, while he ended up in eighth position overall in the Tour of Singkarak. Team Doha then let him ride on the Presidential Tour of Iran where he took the seventh place overall. This year at the Algerian national road cycling championships he took a second place in the individual time trial. He then won the Grandglise

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in Belgium before taking part at the

2009 Mediterranean Games The 2009 Mediterranean Games, officially the XVI Mediterranean Games ( it, XVI Giochi del Mediterraneo) and commonly known as Pescara 2009, was a multi-sport event held in Pescara, Italy, from 26 June to 5 July 2009. It was governed by the Inte ...

in Pescara in which he placed 17th in the individual time trial and 19th in the road race. In the Tour des Aéroports in Tunisia he placed second in the first stage, before clinching the silver medal at the individual time trial of the 2009 Arab Cycling Championships. He finished 2009 with a third place in the Ouverture Saison de l'Algérie at the end of October.

2010

For the 2010 cycling season, the Doha Team did not return to the Continental circuit. As Lagab did not get a new contract with any other team he had to take a step back again. Still, 2010 turned out to be a good year for him in which he booked many successes. Already in January, he won a local Algerian race called Oued Al Alleug. In the Grand Prix International d'Alger he finished third in both the first and third stage and also reached the third spot in the general classification. Then in this year's Tour de Wilaya de Tipaza he won the first stage and finished third in the third stage. Lagab then traveled to Morocco to take part in the Challenges du Prince. He finished third in the Trophée Princier, second in the Trophée de l'Anniversaire, and fourth in the Trophée de la Maison Royale. Back in Algeria it was time for the national road cycling championships again. This time Lagab took the national title on the road race arriving first at the finish in Chlef. He went on to take part in the 2010 Arab Cycling Championships in Tunis where he took the silver medal in the individual time trial event. A bronze medal was added in the same discipline at the African Cycling Championships that were held in

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. There he also finished fourth in the

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(with

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and

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) and sixth in the road race.

2011

A newly set up UCI Continental Team in Algeria called contracted Lagab for the 2011 season, giving his career a new lift. It turned out to be the best year of his career until then and he became the best scoring rider on the team. It took however until April to book his first notable result with a second place in the Challenges Phosphatiers I (also named Challenge Khouribga). Approximately a month later his first win of the season was clinched as he took the first place in the Trophée Princier of the Challenges du Prince. In the Trophée Fédéral he won the first stage in Tiaret and became second in the second stage. This in combination with the results in the other stages gave him the win in the general classification as well. In Birtouta Lagab took the national title in the individual time trial championship, while he became second in the road race championship that was held in

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. A great achievement followed in the Tour d'Algerie where he won the second stage after finishing third in the first stage. He then received the leader's jersey after that stage and wore it for the remaining stages until he crossed the finish line of the fifth stage in Chrea to add another win to his palmares. This win was followed by another win in the Circuit d'Alger. 2011 continued with the 16th place in the

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in preparation for the

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that were held in Maputo. In the capital of Mozambique he finished in the fifth position of the road race, and he won the bronze medal at the individual time trial. His combined results of the year until then gave him an honorable third position in the 2011

UCI Africa Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to expand cycling around the world. The five circuits (representing the continents of Africa, the ...

rankings. Lagab himself was not ready to finish 2011 yet and went on to win stage two and stage 5 of the Tour du Faso. Then in

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he finished 4th in the team time trial of the 2011 African Cycling Championships alongside

Abdelbasset Hannachi Abdelbasset Hannachi (born February 2, 1985) is an Algerian former professional cyclist. Major results ;2003 : 1st Road race, Arab Road Championships ;2006 : 1st Road race, Arab Road Championships ;2007 : 1st Stage 5 Tour des Aéroports ;2008 ...

, Abderrahman Bourezza and

. He also finished fourth in the individual time trial and 14th in the road race of the same Championships held in

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. After the Championships he won the Ouverture Saison de l'Algérie before heading to his next Championships, the

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in Doha. In the Qatari capital he won three medals for Algeria. A bronze medal in the individual time trial and team trial (with Abdalla Ben Youcef,

and Abderrahman Bourezza), as well as the silver medal in the road race. Algeria ended up being the first country to arrive at the finish with three riders (the others being

and

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), which brought Lagab and his teammates the gold medal in the team road race event.

2012

In 2012 Lagab was still contracted to the team. He won the fifth stage of the Tour d'Algerie and got to the seventh position in the general classification. In the Tour du Maroc he finished in 14th position overall, while during

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he rode to a ninth position in the general classifications. At the second stage of the

he finished in third position. In June, he won another gold medal at the national road cycling championships, winning the individual time trial in Souk Ahras.

Major results

;2007 : 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships ;2008 : National Road Championships ::1st Algeria's champion maillot

Time trial ::1st Algeria's champion maillot

Road race : 1st

: 1st Grand Prix de la Banque de l'Habitat ;2009 : 1st Overall Tour d'Alger ::1st Stage 3 : 2nd Silver medal blank

Time trial, Arab Road Championships : 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships : 3rd Overall Tour de Wilaya de Tipaza : 3rd Ouverture Saison de l'Algérie : 7th Overall International Presidency Tour : 8th Overall

Tour de Singkarak Tour de Singkarak (abbreviated TdS) is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in West Sumatra, Indonesia, and named after the Lake Singkarak. First staged in 2009, Tour de Singkarak is classified by the Union Cycling Inte ...

;2010 : National Road Championships ::1st Algeria's champion maillot

Road race ::3rd Time trial : 1st Oued Al Alleug : 1st Stage 1 Tour de Wilaya de Tipaza : 2nd Silver medal blank

Time trial, Arab Road Championships : Challenge du Prince ::2nd Trophée de l'Anniversaire ::3rd Trophée Princier ::4th Trophée de la Maison Royale :

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::3rd

Time trial ::6th Road race : 3rd Overall Grand Prix International d'Alger ::1st Stages 1 & 3 ;2011 : National Road Championships ::1st Algeria's champion maillot

Time trial ::2nd Road race : Pan Arab Games ::1st Gold medal blank

Team road race ::2nd Silver medal blank

Road race ::3rd Bronze medal blank

Team time trial ::3rd Bronze medal blank

Time trial : 1st Overall Trophée Fédéral ::1st Stage 1 : 1st Overall

Tour d'Algérie The Tour d'Algérie is an annual multi-day road cycling race held in Algeria. It has been held as a 2.2 category event on UCI Africa Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 ...

::1st Stage 2 : Challenge du Prince ::1st Trophée Princier ::6th Trophée de la Maison Royale : 1st

Circuit d'Alger The Circuit d'Alger was a cycling race held annually from 2011 to 2016 in Algeria. It was rated 2.2 event on the UCI Africa Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the ...

: 1st Ouverture Saison de l'Algérie : Tour du Faso ::1st Stages 2 & 5 :

Challenge des phosphates The Challenge des phosphates is a series of One-day races held annually since 2011 in Morocco. It consists of three One-day races; Grand prix de Khouribga, Grand Prix Fkih Ben Saleh and Grand prix de Ben Guerir, each rated 1.2 and is part of UCI ...

::2nd Challenge Khouribga ::10th Challenge Youssoufia : 3rd Overall

2010–11 UCI Africa Tour The 2010–11 UCI Africa Tour was the seventh season of the UCI Africa Tour. The season began on 6 October 2010 with the Grand Prix Chantal Biya and ended on 24 July 2011 with the Tour of Eritrea. The points leader, based on the cumulative resu ...

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::3rd

Time trial ::5th Road race : 4th Time trial,

;2012 : National Road Championships ::1st Algeria's champion maillot

Time trial ::1st Algeria's champion maillot

Road race : 2nd Overall

Kwita Izina Cycling Tour The Kwita Izina Cycling Tour was a multi-day road cycling race in Rwanda that was held annually from 2009 until 2012. It was part of UCI Africa Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were intro ...

::1st Mountains classification ::1st Stage 1 : 3rd Overall

: Challenge du Prince ::5th Trophée Princier ::9th Trophée de la Maison Royale :

::6th Challenge Khouribga ::10th Challenge Ben Guerir : 7th Overall

::1st Stage 5 : 9th Overall

;2013 : Challenge Spécial Ramadan ::1st Stages 3 & 4 :

::2nd

Team time trial ::5th Time trial ::7th Road race : 2nd

: 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships : 5th Overall

Fenkil Northern Red Sea Challenge The Fenkel Northern Redsea Challenge is a cycling race held annually in the Northern Red Sea Region, Eritrea since 2013. It was rated 2.2 in 2013 and 1.2 in 2016. The race is part of UCI Africa Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of ...

: 5th Asmara Circuit : 6th Overall

: 6th Trophée de la Maison Royale, Challenge du Prince : 7th Overall

: 8th Overall Tour de Tipaza : 8th Overall

Tour de Blida The Tour de Blida is a staged cycling race held annually in Algeria since 2013. It is rated 2.2 and is part of UCI Africa Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the ...

: 10th Overall

Tour of Rwanda The Tour du Rwanda is a cycling event created in 1988 and based in Rwanda. The event is a cycling stage race that is organized by the Rwanda Cycling Federation (FERWACY). The event has been part of the UCI Africa Tour as a category 2.1 The U ...

::1st Stages 5 & 7 ;2014 : National Road Championships ::1st Algeria's champion maillot

Time trial ::2nd Road race : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

Tour of Al Zubarah Tour of Al Zubarah is a men's four-days cycle race which takes place in Zubarah, Qatar and was rated by the UCI as 2.2 and forms part of the UCI Asia Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which wer ...

::1st Stage 1 : 1st

: 1st Stage 1

Tour de Constantine The Tour de Constantine was a stage race held in Algeria between 2014 and 2016, that was rated 2.2 and was held as part of the UCI Africa Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in ...

: 2nd Overall

::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 1 : 4th Overall

;2015 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

Tour d'Oranie The Tour International de la Wilaya d'Oran (Tour Internationale d'Oranie) is a 2.2-categorised stage race held between 2015 and 2018 in Algeria, as part of the UCI Africa Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing compe ...

::1st Mountains classification : 1st

Circuit de Constantine The Circuit de Constantine was a one-day cycling race held in 2015 and 2016 in Algeria, that was rated 1.2 and held as part of the UCI Africa Tour. Hichem Chaabane Hichem Chaabane ( ar, هشام شعبان; born 10 August 1988 in Blida) is an A ...

: 2nd

Team time trial, African Games : 3rd Overall

Tour d'Annaba The Tour d'Annaba was a stage race held in 2015 and 2016 in Algeria, which was rated 2.2 and part of the UCI Africa Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cyc ...

::1st Stage 1 : 4th Overall

: 8th

: 9th Time trial,

: 10th

UAE Cup UAE Cup is a men's one-day cycle race which takes place in the United Arab Emirates and was rated by the UCI as 1.2 and forms part of the UCI Asia Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were int ...

;2016 : 1st Algeria's champion maillot

Time trial, National Road Championships : 1st Stage 10 Tour du Faso : 2nd Silver medal africa

Team time trial,

: 4th Overall

Tour du Sénégal The Tour du Sénégal is a stage cycling race held annually in Senegal since 2001. It is rated 2.2 and is part of UCI Africa Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the U ...

::1st Stage 6 : 9th

;2017 : National Road Championships ::1st Algeria's champion maillot

Time trial ::2nd Road race : 2nd Silver medal africa

Team time trial,

: 2nd Overall

: 9th Overall Tour de Tunisie ;2018 : 1st Algeria's champion maillot

Time trial, National Road Championships : 1st Overall

::3rd

Road race ::3rd Bronze medal africa

Team time trial ::7th Time trial : 3rd Overall

Tour International de la Wilaya d'Oran The Tour International de la Wilaya d'Oran (Tour Internationale d'Oranie) is a 2.2-categorised stage race held between 2015 and 2018 in Algeria, as part of the UCI Africa Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing comp ...

: 4th Overall

::1st Stages 1 & 8 ;2019 : 1st Overall

Grand Prix Chantal Biya Grand Prix Chantal Biya is a professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Cameroon and sponsored by the Fédération Camerounaise de Cyclisme/Ateba Koungou. The race is named in honor of Chantal Biya, the First Lady of Cameroon as wife ...

::1st Stage 1 :

::2nd

Road race ::7th Time trial : 2nd Silver medal blank

Time trial, Arab Road Championships : 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships : African Games ::4th Team time trial ::9th Time trial : 6th Overall

Tour of Mesopotamia Tour of Mesopotamia is a multi-day road cycling race held annually in Turkey since 2018. It is part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cyclis ...

: 9th Trophée de la Maison Royale, Challenge du Prince ;2020 : 9th Overall

;2021 : National Road Championships ::1st Algeria's champion maillot

Time trial ::1st Algeria's champion maillot

Road race : 1st

Grand Prix Velo Erciyes The Grand Prix Velo Erciyes is a men's and women's one-day road cycling race held in Turkey. It is rated as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced i ...

::3rd

Team time trial ::6th Road race ::9th Time trial : 4th Overall Tour du Faso ;2022 : 1st Algeria's champion maillot

Time trial, National Road Championships :

::3rd

Team time trial ::9th Road race : 4th Overall

::1st Mountains classification : Islamic Solidarity Games ::4th Time trial ::6th Road race : 7th Grand Prix Kapuzbaşı : 8th

Grand Prix Cappadocia The Grand Prix Cappadocia is a men's and women's one-day road cycling race held in Turkey. It is rated as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 20 ...

;2023 : 1st Gold medal africa

Team time trial,

: 1st Stage 4

References

External links

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