Mekseb Debesay
Mekseb Debesay Abrha (born 16 June 1991) is an Eritrean racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Bike Aid.[2] He rode at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships, 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.[3] He won the 2014 Tour d'Algérie.
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| Full name | Mekseb Debesay Abrha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 June 1991 Asmara, Eritrea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Bike Aid | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Time trialist | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2014–2015 | Bike Aid–Ride for Help | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Team Dimension Data | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Bike Aid[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Major results
- 2011
- 1st Stage 5 Tour of Eritrea
- 2012
- 1st Stage 5 Tour of Eritrea
- 2013
- 1st
- 3rd Overall Fenkel Northern Redsea
- 1st Stage 1
- 2014
- 1st
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st
- 1st Stage 4
- Tour of Rwanda
- 1st Stages 1 & 6
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de Setif
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2nd Critérium International de Sétif
- 2nd Critérium International de Blida
- 2015
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Critérium International de Sétif
- 1st Tour de Setif
- 3rd Circuit d'Alger
- 2017
- 1st
- 5th Overall Tour de Langkawi
- 1st Stage 4
- 10th Overall Tour of Guangxi
- 2018
- African Road Championships
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- 2019
- African Road Championships
- 1st
- 1st
- 4th Time trial
- 1st
References
- "Mekseb Debesay returns to Bike Aid". Bike Aid. Bike-Aid e.V. 1 May 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
- "Bike Aid". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 8 March 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
- "Richmond worlds: For some, simply a chance to fly the flag - VeloNews.com". VeloNews.com. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
External links
- Mekseb Debesay at Cycling Archives
- Mekseb Debesay at ProCyclingStats
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