Mekseb Debesay Abrha (born 16 June 1991) is an Eritrean
racing cyclist
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, who currently rides for
UCI Continental team . He rode at the
2014 UCI Road World Championships
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, as well as the 2015 UCI Road World Championships, where he was the only rider from Eritrea to compete in the men's elite road race. He won the 2014
Tour d'Algérie
The Tour d'Algérie is an annual multi-day road cycling race held in Algeria
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. He is the brother of fellow racing cyclist
Mossana Debesai.
Major results
;2011
: 1st Stage 5
Tour of Eritrea
;2012
: 1st Stage 5
Tour of Eritrea
;2013
: 1st

Overall
Tour of Eritrea
::1st Young rider classification
: 3rd Overall
Fenkel Northern Redsea
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The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of ro ...
::1st Stage 1
;2014
: 1st

Overall
Tour d'Algérie
The Tour d'Algérie is an annual multi-day road cycling race held in Algeria
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::1st Points classification
::1st Stage 4
: 1st

Overall
Grand Prix Chantal Biya
::1st

Young rider classification
::1st

African rider classification
::1st Stage 4
:
Tour of Rwanda
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::1st Mountains classification
::1st Stages 1 & 6
: 2nd
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, National Road Championships
: 2nd
Critérium International de Sétif
: 2nd
Critérium International de Blida
: 4th Overall
Tour International de Sétif
The Tour International de Sétif is a cycling race held annually since 2014 in Algeria. It 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 Union Cyclis ...
::1st Points classification
::1st Stage 3
: 7th
Critérium International d'Alger
: 8th Overall
Tour de Blida
The Tour de Blida is a staged
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;2015
: 1st

Team time trial,
African Road Championships
: 1st

Overall
Tour de Blida
The Tour de Blida is a staged
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::1st Points classification
::1st Stage 1
: 1st
Critérium International de Sétif
:
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 The Rwanda Cycling Federation or FERWACY (in French: ''Fédération Rwandaise de Cycl ...
::1st Stages 1 & 4
: 2nd
Critérium International de Blida
: 3rd
Circuit d'Alger
The Circuit d'Alger was a cycling race held annually from 2011 to 2016 in Algeria
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: 6th Overall
Tour International de Sétif
The Tour International de Sétif is a cycling race held annually since 2014 in Algeria. It 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 Union Cyclis ...
::1st Stage 3
: 6th Overall
Tour du Faso
The Tour du Faso is a 10-day road bicycle racing stage race held in Burkina Faso in the late fall. The race is organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation, which also organises the Tour de France, and since 2005, the race has been part of the UCI A ...
::1st Stage 8
: 10th Overall
Tour International de la Wilaya d'Oran
;2016
: 3rd

Road race,
African Road Championships
;2017
: 1st
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, National Road Championships
: 5th Overall
Tour de Langkawi
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::1st Stage 4
: 10th Overall
Tour of Guangxi
;2018
:
African Road Championships
::1st

Team time trial
::1st

Time trial
::4th Road race
;2019
:
African Road Championships
::1st

Team time trial
::1st

Road race
::4th Time trial
References
External links
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1991 births
Living people
Eritrean male cyclists
Sportspeople from Asmara