Tour of Libya was a professional

road cycling Road cycling is the most widespread form of cycling in which cyclists ride on paved roadways. It includes recreational, racing, commuting, and utility cycling. As users of the road, road cyclists are generally expected to obey the same laws a ...

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held annually each March in

Libya Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya border, the east, Sudan to Libya–Sudan border, the southeast, Chad to Chad–L ...

. The circuit is 860 km long.CSC South Africa: Willemse Jnr moves up in Tour of Libya 20 March 2007
Tour of Libya was 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 Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to expand cycling around the world. The five circuits (representing the continents of Africa, the ...

Past winners

References

Cycle races in Libya UCI Africa Tour races Recurring sporting events established in 2007 2007 establishments in Libya {{cycling-race-stub