Tour of Eritrea 2008: Jani Tewolde Won Blue Jersey at the Port City - Massawa
 
 By Essayas Fessahaye (essayasf@yahoo.com)
   
  Friday, 18th April 2008’s Stage Seven Contests
  A stage where Jani Tewolde saw his consistency on rankings rewarded with his first ever stage victory on the Tour. This made him wear his first ever-blue jersey of the tour. It is also a stage where Daniel Teclehaimanot’s climbing contest leadership was further strengthened.
   
  Riders are heading to Asmara from Massawa climbing all the swelling mountains on the crucial race of the Saturday’s 19th April contest - just on the eve of the closing ceremony. Here, EriTel and Asbeco are expected to battle it out for leadership. Individually, defending champion Merhawi Gebrhiwet has a task of maintaining his strength for an overall back to back tour championship.
   
  Stage Seven
  April 18, 2008
  Mendefera-Asmara-Massawa, 169 km
    
   Jani Tewolde (Asbeco)
   Dawit Haile (Asbeco)
   Awet Habtom (Adulis)
   Bereket Yemane (Asbeco)
   Micheal Tiku (EriTel)
   Vaccaro Domenico (Medeber)
   Merhawi G/hiwet (EriTel)
   Simon Semere (Medeber)
   Merhawi Yemane (Adulis)
   Abrham Amare (Gegante)
   
  Overall Individual Classification after Stage 7
    
   Merhawi G/hiwet (EriTel) 37 pts
   Jani Tewolde (Asbeco) 29 pts
   Yonas Mengestu (EriTel) 28 pts
   Dawit Haile (Asbeco) 27 pts
   
  Overall Mountain Classification after Stage 7
    
   Daniel Teclehaimanot (Debub) 35 pts
   Merhawi G/hiwet (EriTel) 22 pts
   Dawit Haile (Asbeco) 21 pts
   
  Overall Team Classification
    
   EriTel 128 pts
   Asbeco 103 pts
   Adulis 52 pts
   Debub 41 pts