Ivorian National Road Race Championship Tunisian National Road Race Championship Ugandan National Road Race Championship
Two riders from Ivory Coast, two riders from Tunisia and two riders from Uganda. They went to a mountain, invited some amateurs and held a cycling race to determine their national champions.
Ben Nasser declined to participate, so the Tunisian title will be decided between Chtioui and Khederi.
Uganda has Ssabagwanya and Schleck. The Schlecks are known to be great climbers, unfortunately he's not related to the Luxembourgian family.
The two riders from Ivory Coast, Cisse and Sanogo, struggle on a speed bump let alone a forty kilometer climb. Whoever makes it the furthest up the mountain before abandoning will win.
Breakaway caught at ten kilometer. All professionals still climbing with the peloton, a great performance from especially the Ivorian guys.
Ssabagwanya accelerates with four kilometer to go, and Khederi comes with him. Tunisian and Ugandan championships can be considered closed.
Souheil Khederi with the faster final kilometer to take the overall win but more importantly the Tunisian Championship.
Samuel Ssabagwanya disappointed with second place today, but as consolation he receives the Ugandan national jersey.
And we have to wait for the peloton. We can see Sanogo crossing the line here, and we can spot Cisse's Ivorian jersey in the background, so Abou Sanogo is championship of Côte d'Ivoire.
Ivorian National Time Trial Championship Tunisian National Time Trial Championship Ugandan National Time Trial Championship
While technically raced as a combined championship, the Ugandan riders start first, then the Ivorian riders and finally the Tunisians.
Schleck opens with 1h14'10.
Ssabagwanya tying with Schleck at the first split but then gradually loses a second each split. Three seconds slower at the finish, Schleck wins.
Sanogo faster than both Ugandans, but is he faster than Cisse?
The answer: no. Cisse defends his title by 28 seconds. 1h11'48.
The Tunisian championship turned out to be easy pecking for Chtioui. He beats Khederi by two minutes and is fastest of everyone today. All RR winners lost today, so all riders head home with a jersey.