Mekseb Debesay

{{short description|Eritrean cyclist}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Mekseb Debesay

| image = Rund um Köln 2019 106.jpg

| caption = Debesay in 2019.

| fullname = Mekseb Debesay Abrha

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|6|16|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Asmara, Ethiopia

| height = 1.82 m

| weight = 64 kg

| currentteam =

| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

| ridertype = Time trialist

| amateuryears1 =

| amateurteam1 =

| proyears1 = 2014–2015

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|BAI|2014}}

| proyears2 = 2016–2018

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|DDD|2016}}

| proyears3 = 2019–2021

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|BAI|2019}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bikeaid.de/en/racing/racing_article/title-mekseb_debesay_returns_to_bike_aid/article-5cc98fd34f4dc|title=Mekseb Debesay returns to Bike Aid|work={{UCI team code|BAI|2019}}|publisher=Bike-Aid e.V.|date=1 May 2019|access-date=7 July 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14065/1001911/257|title=Bike Aid|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|access-date=8 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200308162112/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14065/1001911/257|archive-date=8 March 2020}}

| majorwins = One-day races and Classics

:National Time Trial Championships (2017)

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Men's road cycling}}

{{MedalCountry | {{ERI}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|CAC Road African Championships}}

{{MedalGold |2015 Wartburg|Team time trial}}

{{MedalGold |2018 Kigali|Individual time trial}}

{{MedalGold |2018 Kigali|Team time trial}}

{{MedalGold |2019 Bahir Dar|Road race}}

{{MedalGold |2019 Bahir Dar|Team time trial}}

}}

Mekseb Debesay Abrha (born 16 June 1991) is an Eritrean racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Continental team {{UCI team code|BAI}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.bikeaid.de/en/racing/riders___|title=Riders of Team Bike Aid|work={{UCI team code|BAI|2021}}|publisher=Bike-Aid e.V.|access-date=4 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203231840/https://bikeaid.de/en/racing/riders___|archive-date=3 February 2021}} 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.{{Cite web|title = Richmond worlds: For some, simply a chance to fly the flag - VeloNews.com|url = http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/09/news/richmond-worlds-for-some-simply-a-chance-to-fly-the-flag_386355|website = VeloNews.com|access-date = 3 November 2015|language = en}} He won the 2014 Tour d'Algérie. He is the brother of fellow racing cyclists Mossana Debesai, Ferekalsi Debesay, Yakob Debesay and {{ill|Kindishih Debesay|fr}}.{{cite web |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1077001/debesay-siblings-claim-elite-road-race-titles-as-african-continental-cycling-championships-conclude |title=Debesay siblings claim elite road race titles as African Continental Cycling Championships conclude |last=Etchells |first=Daniel |date=19 March 2019 |website=Inside the Games |access-date=7 September 2020}}