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Moroccan rider Mohammed Er-Ragragui broke the European run of stage victories when he took the fourth stage of the Tour du Faso, a 173.5 kilometre journey from Ouagadougou to Ouahigouya. In a two man sprint, he beat stage 2 winner Maarten Tjallingii (Marco Polo), with the next group of 8 riders coming in at 2'48, containing race leader Joost Legtenberg (Marco Polo), who won the sprint for third.
After a slow start to the stage (due to road works), the peloton broke up in the strong winds. A group of 12 was formed at the front, which would never be caught: Mahamadi Sawadogo (Burkina B), Mohammed Er-Ragragui and Abdelati Saadoune (Morocco), Florian Joalland (Loire Atlantique), Yves Beau (Pays d'Allier), Dominique Père (Supersport-23 La Creuse), Nathan Dahlberg, Joost Legtenberg, Bram De Waard, Maarten Tjallingii (all Marco Polo, Christof Marien and Patrice Hemroulle (both Aliplast).
Marco Polo CC was once again very strongly represented, and the gap grew rapidly to . Joost Legtenberg increased his grip on the yellow jersey at the second sprint (km 131), gaining a three second time bonus. His teammate Tjallingii attacked shortly afterwards, taking only Mohammed Er-Ragragui with him. The two gained nearly a three minute advantage by the finish, but Er-Ragragui had the best legs and prevented the Marco Polo team from taking its third stage win.
1 Mohammed Er-Ragragui (Mor) Morocco 3.48.33 (45.5 km/h) 2 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 3 Joost Legtenberg (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 2.48 4 Yves Beau (Fra) Pays d'Allier 5 Dominique Pere (Fra) Supersport - 23 La Creuse 6 Abdelati Saadoune (Mor) Morocco 7 Florian Joalland (Fra) Loire Atlantique 8 Bram De Waard (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 9 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 10 Nathan Dahlberg (Nzl) Marco Polo Cycling Team 11 Patrice Hemroulle (Bel) Aliplast 8.31 12 Christof Marien (Bel) Aliplast 13 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 12.10 14 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Loire Atlantique 15 Nicolas Gand (Fra) Seine Maritime 12.12 16 Johann Sorel (Fra) Seine Maritime 12.17 17 Saïdou Rouamba (Bur) Burkina Faso A 18 Philippe Simonin (Fra) Pays d'Allier 19 Jérémie Dupas (Fra) Loire Atlantique 20 Philippe Lepeurien (Fra) Pays d'Allier 21 Serge Pitouo (Cam) Cameroon 22 Guillaume Retailleau (Fra) Loire Atlantique 12.21 23 Driss Anezroud (Mor) Morocco 18.33 24 Cyril Saez (Fra) Loire Atlantique 18.35 25 Jérémy David (Fra) Loire Atlantique 26 R. Jérémie Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 27 Ronny Stes (Bel) Aliplast 28 N'gatta Coulaibaly (ICo) Ivory Coast 29 Marc Antoine Pauchet (Fra) Seine Maritime 30 Jelloul Adil (Mor) Morocco 31 Simon Dona (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 19.05 32 Gaylord Cumont (Fra) Seine Maritime 19.09 33 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 19.21 34 Mohammed Saïd El Ammoury (Mor) Morocco 19.23 35 Sylvain Despres (Fra) Pays d'Allier 19.25 36 Famousso Souleymane (ICo) Ivory Coast 28.06 37 Karim Kabore (Bur) Burkina Faso B 38 Laurent Zongo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 32.01 39 Jean Ilboudo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 40 Simon Ngopang (Cam) Cameroon 41 Abdoulaye Ibrahim (Nig) Niger 42 François Talla (Cam) Cameroon 43 Hamado Pafadnam (Bur) Burkina Faso A 32.07 44 Edmond Doucoure (Mal) Mali 39.32 45 Owono Owono (Cam) Cameroon 46 Mamadou Ouattara Sie (ICo) Ivory Coast 47 Kouame Eugene Lokossou (ICo) Ivory Coast 48 Rodolphe Pradel (Fra) Supersport - 23 La Creuse 49 Sessouma Abdoulaye (ICo) Ivory Coast 50 Arnaud Vettier (Fra) Seine Maritime 51 S. B. Ibrahim Belem (Bur) Burkina Faso B 52 Abdoulaye Traore (ICo) Ivory Coast 53 Lucien Zongo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 54 Abdoul Salam Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 55 Xavier Vermeeren (Bel) Aliplast 56 Salia Diallo (Mal) Mali 42.28 57 Eric Van Eekelen (Bel) Aliplast 45.38 58 Steve Thijs (Bel) Aliplast 46.24 Teams 1 Marco Polo Cycling Team 11.31.15 2 Maroc 15.45 3 Loire Atlantique 21.39 4 Pays d'Allier 21.46 5 Aliplast 30.01 6 Seine Maritime 37.28 7 Burkina Faso A 44.37 8 Cameroun 50.52 9 Burkina Faso B 57.19 10 Côte d'Ivoire 1.20.37 General classification after stage 4 1 Joost Legtenberg (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 11.51.52 2 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 0.18 3 Abdelati Saadoune (Mor) Morocco 0.20 4 Bram De Waard (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team0.23 5 Nathan Dahlberg (Nzl) Marco Polo Cycling Team 0.35 6 Yves Beau (Fra) Pays d'Allier 2.42 7 Mohammed Er-Ragragui (Mor) Morocco 2.52 8 Dominique Pere (Fra) Supersport - 23 La Creuse 5.54 9 Florian Joalland (Fra) Loire Atlantique 5.55 10 Patrice Hemroulle (Bel) Aliplast 7.46 11 Johann Sorel (Fra) Seine Maritime 9.49 12 Nicolas Gand (Fra) Seine Maritime 9.50 13 Philippe Lepeurien (Fra) Pays d'Allier 9.55 14 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 10.20 15 Guillaume Retailleau (Fra) Loire Atlantique 11.53 16 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 14.42 17 Saïdou Rouamba (Bur) Burkina Faso A 15.25 18 Serge Pitouo (Cam) Cameroon 17.01 19 Gaylord Cumont (Fra) Seine Maritime 18.02 20 R. Jérémie Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 18.35 21 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Loire Atlantique 19.18 22 Philippe Simonin (Fra) Pays d'Allier 19.34 23 Jérémie Dupas (Fra) Loire Atlantique 19.47 24 Christof Marien (Bel) Aliplast 20.51 25 Jérémy David (Fra) Loire Atlantique 21.37 26 Jelloul Adil (Mor) Morocco 21.47 27 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 22.23 28 Ronny Stes (Bel) Aliplast 25.43 29 Cyril Saez (Fra) Loire Atlantique 25.43 30 N'gatta Coulaibaly (ICo) Ivory Coast 25.49 31 Marc Antoine Pauchet (Fra) Seine Maritime 26.52 32 Mohammed Saïd El Ammoury (Mor) Morocco 27.37 33 Driss Anezroud (Mor) Morocco 28.23 34 Simon Dona (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 29.27 35 Sylvain Despres (Fra) Pays d'Allier 33.14 36 Laurent Zongo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 33.43 37 François Talla (Cam) Cameroon 35.02 38 Hamado Pafadnam (Bur) Burkina Faso A 35.05 39 Karim Kabore (Bur) Burkina Faso B 37.56 40 Jean Ilboudo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 38.06 41 Owono Owono (Cam) Cameroon 42.56 42 Lucien Zongo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 44.47 43 Arnaud Vettier (Fra) Seine Maritime 47.36 44 Xavier Vermeeren (Bel) Aliplast 47.41 45 Eric Van Eekelen (Bel) Aliplast 47.43 46 Steve Thijs (Bel) Aliplast 49.26 47 Edmond Doucoure (Mal) Mali 49.40 48 Rodolphe Pradel (Fra) Supersport - 23 La Creuse 54.01 49 Abdoul Salam Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 54.28 50 Abdoulaye Traore (ICo) Ivory Coast 56.08 51 Sessouma Abdoulaye (ICo) Ivory Coast 56.41 52 Famousso Souleymane (ICo) Ivory Coast 58.25 53 Abdoulaye Ibrahim (Nig) Niger 58.52 54 Simon Ngopang (Cam) Cameroon 1.09.54 55 Kouame Eugene Lokossou (ICo) Ivory Coast 1.15.57 56 S. B. Ibrahim Belem (Bur) Burkina Faso B 1.17.34 57 Salia Diallo (Mal) Mali 1.20.06 58 Mamadou Ouattara Sie (ICo) Ivory Coast 1.49.13 Points classification 1 Joost Legtenberg (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 103 pts 2 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 65 3 Johann Sorel (Fra) Seine Maritime 52 4 Abdelati Saadoune (Mor) Morocco 52 5 Nicolas Gand (Fra) Seine Maritime 50 6 Yves Beau (Fra) Pays d'Allier 50 7 Patrice Hemroulle (Bel) Aliplast 49 8 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 45 9 Mohammed Er-Ragragui (Mor) Morocco 40 10 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Loire Atlantique 39 11 Bram De Waard (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 38 12 Hamado Pafadnam (Bur) Burkina Faso A 36 13 Florian Joalland (Fra) Loire Atlantique 31 14 Laurent Zongo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 29 15 Nathan Dahlberg (Nzl) Marco Polo Cycling Team 28 16 Eric Van Eekelen (Bel) Aliplast 25 17 Dominique Pere (Fra) Supersport - 23 La Creuse 23 18 Saïdou Rouamba (Bur) Burkina Faso A 22 19 Philippe Lepeurien (Fra) Pays d'Allier 20 20 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 20 21 Christof Marien (Bel) Aliplast 18 22 Famousso Souleymane (ICo) Ivory Coast 16 23 Gaylord Cumont (Fra) Seine Maritime 15 24 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 13 25 Guillaume Retailleau (Fra) Loire Atlantique 13 26 R. Jérémie Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 11 27 Karim Kabore (Bur) Burkina Faso B 11 28 Steve Thijs (Bel) Aliplast 10 29 Owono Owono (Cam) Cameroon 6 30 Abdoul Salam Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 6 31 Philippe Simonin (Fra) Pays d'Allier 6 32 N'gatta Coulaibaly (ICo) Ivory Coast 5 33 Jérémy David (Fra) Loire Atlantique 4 34 Driss Anezroud (Mor) Morocco 2 35 Jérémie Dupas (Fra) Loire Atlantique 2 36 Serge Pitouo (Cam) Cameroon 1 Sprints classification 1 Christof Marien (Bel) Aliplast 10 pts 2 Joost Legtenberg (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 6 3 Patrice Hemroulle (Bel) Aliplast 5 4 Lucien Zongo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 3 5 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 3 6 Bram De Waard (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 3 7 Dominique Pere (Fra) Supersport - 23 La Creuse 2 8 Laurent Zongo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 2 9 Guillaume Retailleau (Fra) Loire Atlantique 2 10 Abdelati Saadoune (Mor) Morocco 2 11 Florian Joalland (Fra) Loire Atlantique 1 12 Kouame Eugene Lokossou (ICo) Ivory Coast 1 13 François Talla (Cam) Cameroon 1 14 Eric Van Eekelen (Bel) Aliplast 1 Teams classification 1 Marco Polo Cycling Team 35.32.29 2 Maroc 28.10 3 Pays d'Allier 35.09 4 Loire Atlantique 36.06 5 Seine Maritime 40.20 6 Aliplast 43.17 7 Burkina Faso A 58.12 8 Cameroun 1.07.45 9 Burkina Faso B 1.29.29 10 Côte d'Ivoire 1.53.47