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In a day where there were no major changes to the general classification, Belgian rider Christophe Marien (Aliplast) won stage 5 of the Tour du Faso. Marien was part of a seven man breakaway that finished just 27 seconds clear of the main peloton. Frenchmen Anthony Ravard (Loire Atlantique) and Johann Sorel (Seine Maritime) were the second and third placed riders.
The stage from Ouahigouya to Yako was 71.5 km, and the pace was on from the gun. Johann Sorel attacked immediately and took his Seine Maritime teammate Gaylord Cumont with him, along with Jérémie Ouedraogo and Lucien Zongo (Burkina Faso A), Martinien Tega (Cameroon), Anthony Ravard and Jérémie Dupas (Loire Atlantique), and Aliplast's Christof Marien.
Dupas was dropped, and the remaining riders in the break led the race by 2 minutes at one stage. However, the Marco Polo team of race leader Joost Legtenberg managed to pull the gap back to 27 seconds by the finish.
Marien easily won the sprint from Ravard, with Sorel coming in as third. Legtenberg kept his yellow jersey but there is still plenty of racing to come in this year's Tour du Faso.
Denis Descamps provided these striking images of stage 5
1 Christof Marien (Bel) Aliplast 1.44.30 2 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Loire Atlantique 3 Johann Sorel (Fra) Seine Maritime 0.02 4 Gaylord Cumont (Fra) Seine Maritime 5 R. Jérémie Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 6 Lucien Zongo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 7(?) Ronny Stes (Bel) Aliplast 0.27 8 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 9 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 10 Yves Beau (Fra) Pays d'Allier 11 Guillaume Retailleau (Fra) Loire Atlantique 12 Dominique Pere (Fra) Supersport - 23 La Creuse 13 Bram De Waard (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 14 Hamado Pafadnam (Bur) Burkina Faso A 15 Philippe Simonin (Fra) Pays d'Allier 16 Jérémie Dupas (Fra) Loire Atlantique 17 Jérémy David (Fra) Loire Atlantique 18 Florian Joalland (Fra) Loire Atlantique 19 Nicolas Gand (Fra) Seine Maritime 20 Saïdou Rouamba (Bur) Burkina Faso A 21 Jelloul Adil (Mor) Morocco 22 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 23 Serge Pitouo (Cam) Cameroon 24 Sessouma Abdoulaye (ICo) Ivory Coast 25 Abdelati Saadoune (Mor) Morocco 26 Mohammed Er-Ragragui (Mor) Morocco 27 Jean Ilboudo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 28 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 29 Mohammed Saïd El Ammoury (Mor) Morocco 30 Philippe Lepeurien (Fra) Pays d'Allier 31 Joost Legtenberg (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 32 Ronny Stes (Bel) Aliplast 33 Famousso Souleymane (ICo) Ivory Coast 34 Abdoul Salam Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 35 Karim Kabore (Bur) Burkina Faso B 36 Driss Anezroud (Mor) Morocco 37 N'gatta Coulaibaly (ICo) Ivory Coast 38 Arnaud Vettier (Fra) Seine Maritime 39 Marc Antoine Pauchet (Fra) Seine Maritime 40 S. B. Ibrahim Belem (Bur) Burkina Faso B 41 Kouame Eugene Lokossou (ICo) Ivory Coast 42 Nathan Dahlberg (Nzl) Marco Polo Cycling Team 43 Simon Dona (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 44 Cyril Saez (Fra) Loire Atlantique 45 Abdoulaye Traore (ICo) Ivory Coast 46 Patrice Hemroulle (Bel) Aliplast 47 Eric Van Eekelen (Bel) Aliplast 48 Simon Ngopang (Cam) Cameroon 49 Abdoulaye Ibrahim (Nig) Niger 50 Steve Thijs (Bel) Aliplast 0.35 51 Xavier Vermeeren (Bel) Aliplast 0.37 52 Laurent Zongo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 0.40 53 Sylvain Despres (Fra) Pays d'Allier 54 Rodolphe Pradel (Fra) Supersport - 23 La Creuse 1.39 55 François Talla (Cam) Cameroon 56 Mamadou Ouattara Sie (ICo) Ivory Coast 2.19 57 Owono Owono (Cam) Cameroon 58 Salia Diallo (Mal) Mali 59 Edmond Doucoure (Mal) Mali 3.00 Teams 1 Burkina Faso A 5.14.01 2 Seine Maritime 3 Loire Atlantique 0.23 4 Aliplast 5 Pays d'Allier 0.50 6 Marco Polo Cycling Team 7 Maroc 8 Cameroun 9 Burkina Faso B 10 Côte d'Ivoire General classification after stage 5 1 Joost Legtenberg (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 13.36.49 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 Team 0.23 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 9.20 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 17.37 20 R. Jérémie Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 18.06 21 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Loire Atlantique 18.43 22 Philippe Simonin (Fra) Pays d'Allier 19.34 23 Jérémie Dupas (Fra) Loire Atlantique 19.47 24 Christof Marien (Bel) Aliplast 20.08 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 Cyril Saez (Fra) Loire Atlantique 25.43 29 N'gatta Coulaibaly (ICo) Ivory Coast 25.49 30 Marc Antoine Pauchet (Fra) Seine Maritime 26.52 31 Mohammed Saïd El Ammoury (Mor) Morocco 27.37 32 Driss Anezroud (Mor) Morocco 28.23 33 Simon Dona (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 29.27 34 Sylvain Despres (Fra) Pays d'Allier 33.27 35 Laurent Zongo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 33.56 36 François Talla (Cam) Cameroon 35.02 37 Hamado Pafadnam (Bur) Burkina Faso A 35.05 38 Karim Kabore (Bur) Burkina Faso B 37.56 39 Jean Ilboudo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 38.06 40 Lucien Zongo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 44.22 41 Owono Owono (Cam) Cameroon 44.48 42 Arnaud Vettier (Fra) Seine Maritime 47.36 43 Eric Van Eekelen (Bel) Aliplast 47.43 44 Xavier Vermeeren (Bel) Aliplast 47.51 45 Steve Thijs (Bel) Aliplast 49.34 46 Edmond Doucoure (Mal) Mali 52.13 47 Abdoul Salam Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 54.28 48 Rodolphe Pradel (Fra) Supersport - 23 La Creuse 55.13 49 Abdoulaye Traore (ICo) Ivory Coast 56.08 50 Sessouma Abdoulaye (ICo) Ivory Coast 56.41 51 Famousso Souleymane (ICo) Ivory Coast 58.25 52 Abdoulaye Ibrahim (Nig) Niger 58.52 53 Simon Ngopang (Cam) Cameroon 1.09.54 54 Kouame Eugene Lokossou (ICo) Ivory Coast 1.15.57 55 S. B. Ibrahim Belem (Bur) Burkina Faso B 1.17.34 56 Salia Diallo (Mal) Mali 1.21.58 57 Mamadou Ouattara Sie (ICo) Ivory Coast 1.51.05 58 Ronny Stes (Bel) Aliplast 2.10.40 Points classification 1 Joost Legtenberg (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 103 pts 2 Johann Sorel (Fra) Seine Maritime 77 3 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Loire Atlantique 66 4 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 65 5 Yves Beau (Fra) Pays d'Allier 61 6 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 58 7 Abdelati Saadoune (Mor) Morocco 52 8 Nicolas Gand (Fra) Seine Maritime 52 9 Patrice Hemroulle (Bel) Aliplast 49 10 Christof Marien (Bel) Aliplast 48 11 Bram De Waard (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 46 12 Hamado Pafadnam (Bur) Burkina Faso A 43 13 Mohammed Er-Ragragui (Mor) Morocco 40 14 Gaylord Cumont (Fra) Seine Maritime 36 15 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 35 16 Florian Joalland (Fra) Loire Atlantique 34 17 Dominique Pere (Fra) Supersport - 23 La Creuse 32 18 R. Jérémie Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 30 19 Laurent Zongo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 29 20 Nathan Dahlberg (Nzl) Marco Polo Cycling Team 28 21 Eric Van Eekelen (Bel) Aliplast 25 22 Ronny Stes (Bel) Aliplast 23 23 Saïdou Rouamba (Bur) Burkina Faso A 23 24 Guillaume Retailleau (Fra) Loire Atlantique 23 25 Philippe Lepeurien (Fra) Pays d'Allier 20 26 Lucien Zongo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 17 27 Famousso Souleymane (ICo) Ivory Coast 16 28 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 13 29 Philippe Simonin (Fra) Pays d'Allier 12 30 Karim Kabore (Bur) Burkina Faso B 11 31 Steve Thijs (Bel) Aliplast 10 32 Jérémy David (Fra) Loire Atlantique 8 33 Jérémie Dupas (Fra) Loire Atlantique 7 34 Abdoul Salam Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 6 35 Owono Owono (Cam) Cameroon 6 36 N'gatta Coulaibaly (ICo) Ivory Coast 5 37 Driss Anezroud (Mor) Morocco 2 38 Serge Pitouo (Cam) Cameroon 1 Teams classification 1 Marco Polo Cycling Team 40.47.20 2 Maroc 28.10 3 Pays d'Allier 35.09 4 Loire Atlantique 35.39 5 Seine Maritime 39.30 6 Aliplast 42.50 7 Burkina Faso A 57.22 8 Cameroun 1.07.45 9 Burkina Faso B 1.29.29 10 Côte d'Ivoire 1.53.47