Azzedine Lagab

Azzedine Lagab
Personal information
Born (1986-09-18) 18 September 1986
Algeria
Team information
Current team Groupement Sportif des Pétroliers d'Algérie
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Amateur team(s)
2016– Groupement Sportif des Pétroliers d'Algérie
Professional team(s)
2009 Doha Team
2011–2015 Groupement Sportif Pétrolier Algérie
Major wins
National Road Race Championships (2010, 2012)
National Time Trial Championships (2008, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Infobox last updated on
12 November 2016

Azzedine Lagab (born 18 September 1986) is an Algerian road bicycle racer for the Groupement Sportif des Pétroliers d'Algérie team.[1] During his career he won medals in Algerian national championships, in African and Arab cycling championships as well as at the All Africa Games and the Pan-Arab Games.[2]

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. In the first stage of this race with the finish line in Bordj Bou Arreridj he finished in second place.[3] It was the start of the career of a cyclist who would become one of the best cyclists in his country. The prove of that already came in the following year when he became second in the individual time trial of the Algerian national road cycling championships.[4] Then in 2008 he went on to win two races in Tunisia, the Grand Prix de la ville de Tunis and the Grand Prix de la Banque de l'Habitat.[5][6] Later on he managed to improve his national time trial second place by winning the event in 2008.[7] In addition he also became second in the road race at the same championships.[8] This all resulted in his first contract with a UCI Continental team namely Doha Team for the 2009 cycling season.[9] 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.[10][11] In another Algerian stage race, the Tour de Wilaya de Tipaza he finished in third place overall.[12] 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.[13][14] Team Doha then let him ride on the Presidential Tour of Iran where he took the seventh place overall.[15] This year at the Algerian national road cycling championships he took a second place in the individual time trial.[16] He then won the Grandglise criterium in Belgium before taking part at the 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara in which he placed 17th in the individual time trial and 19th in the road race.[17][18][19] 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.[20][21] He finished 2009 with a third place in the Ouverture Saison de l'Algérie at the end of October.[22]

2010

For the 2010 cycling season the Doha Team did not return in the Continental circuit.[23] 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 managed to win a local Algerian race called Oued Al Alleug.[24] In the Grand Prix International d'Alger he finished third in both the first and third stage and also managed to reach the third spot in the general classification.[25][26][27] Then in this year's Tour de Wilaya de Tipaza he won the first stage and finished third in the third stage.[28][29] 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.[30][31][32] 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.[33] 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.[34] A bronze medal was added in the same discipline at the African Cycling Championships that were held in Kigali.[35] There he also finished fourth in the team time trial (with Abdelmalek Madani and Hichem Chabane) and sixth in the road race.[36][37]

2011

A newly set up UCI Continental Team in Algeria called Groupement Sportif Pétrolier Algérie contracted Lagab for the 2011 season, giving his career a new lift.[38] It turned out to be the best year of his career until then and he managed to become the best scoring rider in the team.[39] It took however until April to book his first notable result with a second place in the Challenges Phosphatiers I (also named Challenge Khouribga).[40] 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.[41] In the Trophée Fédéral he won the first stage in Tiaret and became second in the second stage.[42][43] This in combination with the results in the other stages gave him the win in the general classification as well.[44] 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 Ouled Fayet.[45][46] A great achievement followed in the Tour d'Algerie where he won the second stage after finishing third in the first stage.[47][48] 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.[49] This win was followed by another win in the Circuit d'Alger.[50]

2011 continued with the 16th place in the Tour of Eritrea in preparation for the 2011 All-Africa Games that were held in Maputo.[51] In the capital of Mozambique he finished in fifth position of the road race and he managed to win the bronze medal at the individual time trial.[52][53] His combined results of the year until then gave him an honorable third position in the 2011 UCI Africa Tour rankings.[54] Lagab himself was not ready to finish 2011 yet and went on to win stage two and stage 5 of the Tour du Faso.[55][56] Then in Eritrea he finished 4th in the team time trial of the 2011 African Cycling Championships alongside Abdelbasset Hannachi, Abderrahman Bourezza and Abdelmalek Madani.[57] He also finished fourth in the individual time trial and 14th in the road race of the same Championships held in Asmara.[58][59] After the Championships he won the Ouverture Saison de l'Algérie before heading to his next Championships, the 2011 Pan Arab Games in Doha.[60] 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, Abdelmalek Madani and Abderrahman Bourezza), as well as the silver medal in the road race.[61][62][63] Algeria ended up being the first country to arrive at the finish with three riders (the others being Abdelmalek Madani and Youcef Reguigui), which brought Lagab and his team mates the gold medal in the team road race event.[64]

2012

In 2012 Lagab was still contracted to the Groupement Sportif Pétrolier Algérie team.[65] He won the fifth stage of the Tour d'Algerie and got to the seventh position in the general classification.[66][67] In the Tour du Maroc he finished in 14th position overall, while during La Tropicale Amissa Bongo he rode to a ninth position in the general classifications.[68][69] At the second stage of the Tour of Eritrea he finished in third position.[70] In June he won another gold medal at the national road cycling championships, winning the individual time trial in Souk Ahras.[71]

Palmares

2007
2nd National Time Trial Championships
2008
1st National Time Trial Championships
1st Grand Prix de la ville de Tunis
1st Grand Prix de la Banque de l'Habitat
2nd National Road Race Championships
2009
1st Overall Tour d'Alger
1st Stage 3
2nd Arab Time Trial Championships
2nd National Time Trial Championships
3rd Overall Tour de Wilaya de Tipaza
3rd Ouverture Saison de l'Algérie
7th Overall International Presidency Tour
8th Overall Tour de Singkarak
2010
1st National Road Race Championships
1st Oued Al Alleug
1st Stage 1 Tour de Wilaya de Tipaza
2nd Arab Time Trial Championships
2nd Challenges du Prince – Trophée de l'Anniversaire
3rd African Time Trial Championships
3rd Overall Grand Prix International d'Alger
1st Stages 1 & 3
3rd Challenges du Prince – Trophée Princier
4th Challenges du Prince – Trophée de la Maison Royale
2011
1st National Time Trial Championships
Pan Arab Games
1st Team road race
2nd Road race
3rd Team time trial
3rd Individual time trial
1st Overall Trophée Fédéral
1st Stage 1
1st Overall Tour d'Algérie
1st Stage 2
1st Challenges du Prince – Trophée Princier
1st Circuit d'Alger
1st Ouverture Saison de l'Algérie
Tour du Faso
1st Stages 2 & 5
2nd National Road Race Championships
2nd Challenges Phosphatiers – Challenge Khouribga
3rd Overall UCI Africa Tour
3rd All Africa Games, Individual time trial
6th Challenges du Prince – Trophée de la Maison Royale
10th Challenges Phosphatiers – Challenge Youssoufia
2012
1st National Road Race Championships
1st National Time Trial Championships
2nd Overall Kwita Izina Tour
1st Mountains classification
1st Stage 1
3rd Overall Tour of Eritrea
5th Challenges du Prince – Trophée Princier
6th Challenges Phosphatiers – Challenge Khouribga
7th Overall Tour d'Algérie
1st Stage 5
9th Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
9th Challenges du Prince – Trophée de la Maison Royale
10th Challenges Phosphatiers – Challenge Ben Guerir
2013
Challenge Spécial Ramadan
1st Stages 3 & 4
African Cycling Championships
2nd Team time trial
5th Individual time trial
7th Road race
2nd Circuit d'Alger
3rd National Time Trial Championships
5th Overall Fenkil Northern Red Sea Challenge
5th Asmara Circuit
6th Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
6th Challenge du Prince — Trophée de la Maison Royale
7th Overall Tour of Eritrea
8th Overall Tour de Tipaza
8th Overall Tour de Blida
10th Overall Tour of Rwanda
1st Stages 5 & 7
2014
1st National Time Trial Championships
1st Overall Tour of Al Zubarah
1st Stage 1
1st Circuit d'Alger
1st Stage 1 Tour International de Constantine
2nd National Road Race Championships
2nd Overall Tour de Blida
1st Points classification
1st Stage 1
4th Overall Tour d'Algérie
2015
1st Overall Tour d'Oranie
1st Mountains classification
1st Circuit de Constantine
3rd Overall Tour d'Annaba
1st Stage 1
4th Overall Tour de Blida
8th Circuit d'Alger
10th UAE Cup
2016
1st National Time Trial Championships
1st Stage 10 Tour du Faso
2nd African Team Time Trial Championships
4th Overall Tour du Sénégal
1st Stage 6
9th Circuit de Constantine

References

  1. "Azzedine Lagab at Cycling Archives".
  2. "Azzedine Lagab at CQ Ranking".
  3. "Tour de l'Espoir 2006".
  4. "National Championship, Road, ITT, Elite, Algeria 2007".
  5. "GP de la ville de Tunis 2008".
  6. "GP Banque de l'Habitât 2008".
  7. "National Championship, Road, ITT, Elite, Algeria 2008".
  8. "National Championship, Road, Elite, Algeria 2008".
  9. "Doha Team 2009".
  10. "Tour d'Alger 2009 Stage 3".
  11. "Tour d'Alger 2009 General Classification".
  12. "Tour de Wilaya de Tipaza 2009".
  13. "Jelajah Malaysia 2009 stage 6".
  14. "Tour of Singkarak 2009".
  15. "Presidential Tour of Iran, General classification 15/05/2009".
  16. "National Championships Algeria 2009 I.T.T.".
  17. "Grandglise (b) 2009".
  18. "Mediterranean Games (Pescara) I.T.T. (22 km)".
  19. "Mediterranean Games (Pescara) R.R. (142 km)".
  20. "Tour des Aéroports 2009 stage 1".
  21. "Arab Championship, Road, ITT 2009".
  22. "Ouverture Saison de l'Algérie 2009".
  23. "The following teams are not registered anymore". Archived from the original on 4 April 2010.
  24. "Oued Al Alleug 2010".
  25. "Grand Prix International d'Alger 2010 Stage 1".
  26. "Grand Prix International d'Alger 2010 Stage 3".
  27. "Grand Prix International d'Alger 2010 General classification".
  28. "Tour de Wilaya de Tipaza 2010 Stage 1".
  29. "Tour de Wilaya de Tipaza 2010 Stage 3".
  30. "Challenge du Prince – Trophée Princier 2010".
  31. "Challenge du Prince – Trophée de l'Anniversaire 2010".
  32. "Challenge du Prince – Trophée de la Maison Royale 2010".
  33. "National Championships Algeria (Chlef) R.R. 28/06/2010".
  34. "Arab Championship, Road, ITT 2010".
  35. "African Championship, Road, ITT, Elite 2010".
  36. "African Cycling Championships (Kigali) T.T.T. (40 km) 10/11/2010".
  37. "African Cycling Championships (Kigali) R.R. (144 km) 14/11/2010".
  38. "Groupement Sportif Pétrolier Algérie 2011".
  39. "Rankings and points Groupement Sportif Petrolier Algérie (GSP) – CONT 2011".
  40. "Challenges Phosphatiers I – Challenge Khouribga (118 km) 7/04/2011".
  41. "Challenge du Prince – Trophée Princier 2011".
  42. "Trophée Fédéral 2011 Stage 1".
  43. "Trophée Fédéral 2011 Stage 2".
  44. "Trophée Fédéral 2011 General classification".
  45. "National Championship, Road, ITT, Elite, Algeria 2011".
  46. "National Championship, Road, Elite, Algeria 2011".
  47. "Tour of Algeria 2011 Stage 1".
  48. "Tour of Algeria 2011 Stage 3".
  49. "Tour of Algeria 2011 General classification".
  50. "Circuit d'Alger 2011".
  51. "Tour Eritrea, General classification 24/07/2011".
  52. "All African Games, Road 2011".
  53. "All African Games, Road, ITT, Elite 2011".
  54. "UCI Africa Tour 2011".
  55. "Tour du Faso 2011 Stage 2".
  56. "Tour du Faso 2011 Stage 5".
  57. "African Cycling Championships (Asmara) T.T.T. (36 km) 9/11/2011".
  58. "African Cycling Championships (Asmara) I.T.T. (36 km) 11/11/2011".
  59. "African Cycling Championships (Asmara) R.R. (146.3 km) 13/11/2011".
  60. "Ouverture Saison de l'Algérie 2011".
  61. "Pan Arab Games (Doha) R.R. (142.2 km) 23/12/2011".
  62. "Pan Arab Games (Doha) I.T.T. (33 km) 21/12/2011".
  63. "Pan Arab Games (Doha) T.T.T. (71.1 km) 19/12/2011".
  64. "Men's Team Road Race Finals". Archived from the original on 15 May 2012.
  65. "Groupement Sportif Petrolier Algerie 2012".
  66. "Tour of Algeria 2012 Stage 1".
  67. "Tour of Algeria 2012 General Classification".
  68. "Tour du Maroc, General classification 1/04/2012".
  69. "La Tropicale Amissa Bongo 2012".
  70. "Tour of Eritrea 2012 Stage 2".
  71. "National Championships Algeria (Souk Ahras) I.T.T. (provisional) (29 km)".

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