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Belgian rider Patrice Hemroulle (Aliplast) has won the third stage of the Tour du Faso, 153 kilometres from Boromo to Koudougou. He finished over 3 minutes ahead of the peloton which contained all the top GC riders and was headed home by Dutchman Joost Legtenberg (Marco Polo), who kept his lead in the race.
After a fairly calm early portion of the stage, Burkina Faso rider Gueswendé Sawadogo and Belgians Christof Marien and Patrice Hemroulle attacked after 60 kilometres. They rapidly gained a lead, as they were not seriously threatening the GC. Hemroulle dropped the other two riders who were then absorbed by the bunch, and he had a three minute advantage with 25 km to go. He held onto it to win the stage at an average speed of 37.5 km/h.
1 Patrice Hemroulle (Bel) Aliplast 4.04.39 (37.5 km/h) 2 Joost Legtenberg (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 3.02 3 Hamado Pafadnam (Bur) Burkina Faso A 4 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 5 Nicolas Gand (Fra) Seine Maritime 6 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Supersport - 23 La Creuse 7 Yves Beau (Fra) Pays d'Allier 8 Baptiste Bruhlet (Fra) Pays d'Allier 9 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Loire Atlantique 10 Karim Kabore (Bur) Burkina Faso B 11 Mohammed Er-Ragragui (Mor) Morocco 12 Famousso Souleymane (ICo) Ivory Coast 13 Abdelati Saadoune (Mor) Morocco 14 Johann Sorel (Fra) Seine Maritime 15 Florian Joalland (Fra) Loire Atlantique 16 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 17 Jérémy David (Fra) Loire Atlantique 18 Philippe Simonin (Fra) Pays d'Allier 19 Driss Anezroud (Mor) Morocco 20 Serge Pitouo (Cam) Cameroon 21 Ronny Stes (Bel) Aliplast 22 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 23 Guillaume Retailleau (Fra) Loire Atlantique 24 Philippe Lepeurien (Fra) Pays d'Allier 25 Laurent Zongo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 26 Steve Thijs (Bel) Aliplast 27 François Talla (Cam) Cameroon 28 Ram Deward (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 29 Gaylord Cumont (Fra) Seine Maritime 30 Nathan Dahlberg (Nzl) Marco Polo Cycling Team 31 Dominique Pere (Fra) Supersport - 23 La Creuse 3.08 32 Saïdou Rouamba (Bur) Burkina Faso A 33 N'gatta Coulaibaly (ICo) Ivory Coast 34 Jean Ilboudo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 35 Eric Van Eekelen (Bel) Aliplast 36 R. Jérémie Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 37 Simon Dona (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 38 Jelloul Adil (Mor) Morocco 3.12 39 Jérémie Dupas (Fra) Loire Atlantique 3.15 40 Kouame Eugene Lokossou (ICo) Ivory Coast 3.17 41 Fouad Fellahi (Mor) Morocco 42 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 3.26 43 Lucien Zongo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 3.46 44 Owono Owono (Cam) Cameroon 3.50 45 Arnaud Vettier (Fra) Seine Maritime 3.58 46 Marc Antoine Pauchet (Fra) Seine Maritime 47 Xavier Vermeeren (Bel) Aliplast 4.03 48 Mohammed Saïd El Ammoury (Mor) Morocco 4.08 49 Lionel Vedrine (Fra) Supersport - 23 La Creuse 4.33 50 Abdoulaye Ibrahim (Nig) Niger 51 Cyril Saez (Fra) Loire Atlantique 3.02 52 Edmond Doucoure (Mal) Mali 6.02 53 François Lavaleur (Fra) Seine Maritime 6.18 54 Rodolphe Pradel (Fra) Supersport - 23 La Creuse 7.30 55 Abdoul Salam Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 8.08 56 Sylvain Despres (Fra) Pays d'Allier 9.30 57 Salia Diallo (Mal) Mali 10.21 58 Sessouma Abdoulaye (ICo) Ivory Coast 59 Christof Marien (Bel) Aliplast 12.30 60 Abdoulaye Traore (ICo) Ivory Coast 61 Gueswendé Sawadogo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 18.20 62 S. B. Ibrahim Belem (Bur) Burkina Faso B 63 Sébastien Garcia (Fra) Supersport - 23 La Creuse 18.39 64 Simon Ngopang (Cam) Cameroon 36.21 65 Mamadou Ouattara Sie (ICo) Ivory Coast 66 Louis Euzet (Fra) Pays d'Allier 67 Harouna Amadou (Nig) Niger 1.10.35 General classification after stage 3 1 Joost Legtenberg (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 8.00.38 2 Johann Sorel (Fra) Seine Maritime 0.13 3 Abdelati Saadoune (Mor) Morocco 0.15 4 Ram Deward (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 0.18 5 Nicolas Gand (Fra) Seine Maritime 0.19 6 Philippe Lepeurien (Fra) Pays d'Allier 7 Nathan Dahlberg (Nzl) Marco Polo Cycling Team 0.28 8 Gaylord Cumont (Fra) Seine Maritime 1.34 9 Patrice Hemroulle (Bel) Aliplast 1.56 10 Guillaume Retailleau (Fra) Loire Atlantique 2.13 11 Yves Beau (Fra) Pays d'Allier 2.35 12 R. Jérémie Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 2.41 13 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 3.05 14 Laurent Zongo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 4.23 15 Eric Van Eekelen (Bel) Aliplast 4.46 16 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 5.13 17 Hamado Pafadnam (Bur) Burkina Faso A 5.39 18 François Talla (Cam) Cameroon 5.42 19 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 5.43 20 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Supersport - 23 La Creuse 21 Jérémy David (Fra) Loire Atlantique 22 Steve Thijs (Bel) Aliplast 23 Mohammed Er-Ragragui (Mor) Morocco 24 Florian Joalland (Fra) Loire Atlantique 5.49 25 Saïdou Rouamba (Bur) Burkina Faso A 26 Dominique Pere (Fra) Supersport - 23 La Creuse 27 Jelloul Adil (Mor) Morocco 5.53 28 Owono Owono (Cam) Cameroon 6.05 29 Fouad Fellahi (Mor) Morocco 6.09 30 Serge Pitouo (Cam) Cameroon 7.25 31 Lucien Zongo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 7.56 32 Jean Ilboudo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 8.46 33 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Loire Atlantique 9.49 34 Ronny Stes (Bel) Aliplast 35 Cyril Saez (Fra) Loire Atlantique 36 N'gatta Coulaibaly (ICo) Ivory Coast 9.55 37 Philippe Simonin (Fra) Pays d'Allier 9.58 38 Baptiste Bruhlet (Fra) Pays d'Allier 10.00 39 Jérémie Dupas (Fra) Loire Atlantique 10.11 40 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 10.13 41 Arnaud Vettier (Fra) Seine Maritime 10.45 42 Xavier Vermeeren (Bel) Aliplast 10.50 43 Mohammed Saïd El Ammoury (Mor) Morocco 10.55 44 Marc Antoine Pauchet (Fra) Seine Maritime 10.58 45 Karim Kabore (Bur) Burkina Faso B 12.31 46 Driss Anezroud (Mor) Morocco 47 Edmond Doucoure (Mal) Mali 12.49 48 Simon Dona (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 13.03 49 Christof Marien (Bel) Aliplast 15.06 50 François Lavaleur (Fra) Seine Maritime 15.57 51 Sylvain Despres (Fra) Pays d'Allier 16.30 52 Rodolphe Pradel (Fra) Supersport - 23 La Creuse 17.10 53 Abdoul Salam Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 17.37 54 Abdoulaye Traore (ICo) Ivory Coast 19.17 55 Sessouma Abdoulaye (ICo) Ivory Coast 19.50 56 Sébastien Garcia (Fra) Supersport - 23 La Creuse 28.08 57 Gueswendé Sawadogo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 28.19 58 Abdoulaye Ibrahim (Nig) Niger 29.32 59 Lionel Vedrine (Fra) Supersport - 23 La Creuse 31.37 60 Famousso Souleymane (ICo) Ivory Coast 33.00 61 Kouame Eugene Lokossou (ICo) Ivory Coast 39.06 62 Salia Diallo (Mal) Mali 40.19 63 Simon Ngopang (Cam) Cameroon 40.34 64 S. B. Ibrahim Belem (Bur) Burkina Faso B 40.43 65 Louis Euzet (Fra) Pays d'Allier 45.50 66 Mamadou Ouattara Sie (ICo) Ivory Coast 1.12.22 67 Harouna Amadou (Nig) Niger 2.21.18 Points classification 1 Joost Legtenberg (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 78 pts 2 Johann Sorel (Fra) Seine Maritime 47 3 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Supersport - 23 La Creuse 46 4 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 45 5 Nicolas Gand (Fra) Seine Maritime 44 6 Patrice Hemroulle (Bel) Aliplast 39 7 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 38 8 Hamado Pafadnam (Bur) Burkina Faso A 36 9 Abdelati Saadoune (Mor) Morocco 33 10 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Loire Atlantique 32 11 Laurent Zongo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 29 12 Yves Beau (Fra) Pays d'Allier 27 13 Eric Van Eekelen (Bel) Aliplast 25 14 Ram Deward (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 23 15 Philippe Lepeurien (Fra) Pays d'Allier 19 16 Saïdou Rouamba (Bur) Burkina Faso A 18 17 Nathan Dahlberg (Nzl) Marco Polo Cycling Team 17 18 Famousso Souleymane (ICo) Ivory Coast 16 19 Gaylord Cumont (Fra) Seine Maritime 15 20 Baptiste Bruhlet (Fra) Pays d'Allier 15 21 Florian Joalland (Fra) Loire Atlantique 14 22 Guillaume Retailleau (Fra) Loire Atlantique 13 23 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 12 24 Karim Kabore (Bur) Burkina Faso B 11 25 R. Jérémie Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 11 26 Mohammed Er-Ragragui (Mor) Morocco 10 27 Steve Thijs (Bel) Aliplast 10 28 Christof Marien (Bel) Aliplast 9 29 Owono Owono (Cam) Cameroon 6 30 Abdoul Salam Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 6 31 N'gatta Coulaibaly (ICo) Ivory Coast 5 32 Jérémy David (Fra) Loire Atlantique 4 33 Sébastien Garcia (Fra) Supersport - 23 La Creuse 4 34 Philippe Simonin (Fra) Pays d'Allier 3 35 Gueswendé Sawadogo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 3 36 Driss Anezroud (Mor) Morocco 2 37 Dominique Pere (Fra) Supersport - 23 La Creuse 2 38 Serge Pitouo (Cam) Cameroon 1 Sprints classification 1 Patrice Hemroulle (Bel) Aliplast 5 pts 2 Christof Marien (Bel) Aliplast 5 3 Lucien Zongo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 3 4 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 3 5 Joost Legtenberg (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 3 6 Fouad Fellahi (Mor) Morocco 2 7 Laurent Zongo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 2 8 Guillaume Retailleau (Fra) Loire Atlantique 2 9 Kouame Eugene Lokossou (ICo) Ivory Coast 1 10 Gueswendé Sawadogo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 1 11 François Talla (Cam) Cameroon 1 12 Eric Van Eekelen (Bel) Aliplast 1 13 Ram Deward (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 1 Teams classification 1 Marco Polo Cycling Team 24.01.14 2 Seine Maritime 2.52 3 Maroc 12.25 4 Aliplast 13.16 5 Pays d'Allier 13.23 6 Burkina Faso A 13.35 7 Loire Atlantique 14.27 8 Cameroun 16.53 9 Supersport - 23 La Creuse 26.14 10 Burkina Faso B 32.10 11 Côte d'Ivoire 33.10