Eritrean cyclist Daniel stands first in 3rd phase of “Tour Eritrea 2009” cycling race
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Asmara, 18 December 2009 – The 3rd phase of the “Tour Eritrea 2009” cycling race continued today in which Eritrean cyclist Daniel Teklehaimanot stood first by finishing the race in 3 hrs.:32 minutes and 25 seconds.
Today’s race covered 151 Km. from Dekemhare-Asmara-Nefasit and onwards to Massawa. Eritrean cyclists Frekalsi Debesai, Meron Russom, Bereket Yemane and Natnael Berhane stood from 2nd to 5th respectively, while Moroccan cyclist Abdul-Ati ranked 6th followed by Eritrean cyclists Mel’ake Kahsai, Egyptian Sherif Abdalla, Eritrean Aklilu Haile, Egyptian Ahmed Hafaz from 7th to 10th respectively.
Tomorrow’s 4th phase racing would cover the distance from Massawa to Gahtelai, Ginda and onwards to Asmara. The 5th and final phase is also scheduled to take place on 20 December in the streets of Asmara City.
More than 40 cyclists are taking part in the “Tour Eritrea 2009” race from Eritrea, Sudan,Libya, Morocco, Kenya and Saudi Arabia.
wowwwwww it is amezing game god blesse to all eritrean cyclist . but i want to say same thing to eri tv to tell as how much kilometer per hour they are riding in mountins and leavel area to compeir with international cyclyst just to know how much they are perfect with other international cyclist but i am very very happy god bless to our peopel and goverement of eritrea awet nehafash
Congratulations.Daniel you did it. make at first Good job.i am very happy for you.that is gone to fo all of you.you make proud of your Country.Thankyou very very very much.Awete Nehafsh Hezbee Eritrea.Taawete Eritrea.cawe.
i am very hopfull about etirean cykel champinmships in the near future and this is only the begining . we all proud of u guys . we are very happy that u put our country map in the world.
Demonym Eritrean Government Provisional government
- President Isaias Afewerki
Independence
- From Italy November 1941
- From United Kingdom under UN Mandate 1951
- from Ethiopia de facto 24 May 1991
- From Ethiopia de jure 24 May 1993
Area
- Total 117,600 km2 (100th)
45,405 sq mi - Water (%) 0.14%
Population
- 2009 estimate 5,224,000[4] (109th)
- 2008 census 5,291,370
- Density 43.1/km2 (165th)
111.7/sq mi
GDP (PPP) 2010 estimate
- Total $3.625 billion[5]
- Per capita $681[5]
GDP (nominal) 2010 estimate
- Total $2.117 billion[5]
- Per capita $397[5]
HDI (2007) steady 0.472 (low) (165th)
Currency Nakfa (ERN)
Time zone EAT (UTC+3)
- Summer (DST) not observed (UTC+3)
Drives on the right
ISO 3166 code ER
Internet TLD .er
Calling code 291
1 ,. National TV: Eritrea Television (ERI-TV)
Eritrea (play /ˌɛrɨˈtreɪ.ə/ or /ˌɛrɨˈtriːə/;[6] Ge'ez: ኤርትራ ʾErtrā, Arabic: إرتريا Iritrīyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa. The capital is Asmara. It is bordered by Sudan in the west, Ethiopia in the south, and Djibouti in the southeast. The northeast and east of the country has an extensive coastline on the Red Sea, directly across from Saudi Arabia and Yemen. The Dahlak Archipelago and several of the Hanish Islands are part of Eritrea. Eritrea's size is approximately 117,600 km2 (45,406 sq mi) with an estimated population of 6 million...
Source: Wikipedia
wowwwwww it is amezing game god blesse to all eritrean cyclist . but i want to say same thing to eri tv to tell as how much kilometer per hour they are riding in mountins and leavel area to compeir with international cyclyst just to know how much they are perfect with other international cyclist but i am very very happy god bless to our peopel and goverement of eritrea awet nehafash
Congratulations.Daniel you did it. make at first Good job.i am very happy for you.that is gone to fo all of you.you make proud of your Country.Thankyou very very very much.Awete Nehafsh Hezbee Eritrea.Taawete Eritrea.cawe.
i am very proud of you Guys !
i am very hopfull about etirean cykel champinmships in the near future and this is only the begining . we all proud of u guys . we are very happy that u put our country map in the world.