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Steve Thijs of Belgium snuck away in the last kilometer to take the win of the second of today's stages, and once again the Marco Polo team defended the yellow jersey against all attackers.
Jérémy David and Johann Sorel launched the first attack, but once their gap had grown to a minute, Marco Polo put down the hammer and shortly after Sorel took the Hot Spot Sprint at 67.5km, he and David were captured.
Adil, El-Ammoury, Tega and Vemeeren were the next to try their hand, and suffered a similar fate a few kilometers later.
But the last escape of the day came from Steve Thijs and, timing his move to perfection, he got away in the last kilometer to easily win the stage.
1 Steve Thijs (Bel) Aliplast 1.34.43 (42.7km/h) 2 Dominique Pere (Fra) Supersport - 23 La Creuse 0.04 3 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Loire Atlantique 4 Nicolas Gand (Fra) Seine Maritime 5 Abdelati Saadoune (Mar) Morocco 6 Florian Joalland (Fra) Loire Atlantique 7 Joost Legtenberg (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 8 Saïdou Rouamba (Bur) Burkina Faso A 9 Simon Ngopang (Cam) Cameroon 10 Guillaume Retailleau (Fra) Loire Atlantique 11 Hamado Pafadnam (Bur) Burkina Faso A 12 Johann Sorel (Fra) Seine Maritime 13 S. B. Ibrahim Belem (Bur) Burkina Faso B 14 Abdoul Salam Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 15 Patrice Hemroulle (Bel) Aliplast 16 Xavier Vermeeren (Bel) Aliplast 17 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 18 Abdoulaye Ibrahim (Nig) Niger 19 Jérémy David (Fra) Loire Atlantique 0.08 20 Serge Pitouo (Cam) Cameroon 21 Laurent Zongo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 22 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 23 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 24 Jérémie Dupas (Fra) Loire Atlantique 25 Salia Diallo (Mal) Mali 26 Karim Kabore (Bur) Burkina Faso B 27 Bram De Waard (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 28 N'gatta Coulaibaly (ICo) Ivory Coast 29 Arnaud Vettier (Fra) Seine Maritime 30 Cyril Saez (Fra) Loire Atlantique 31 Ronny Stes (Bel) Aliplast 32 Philippe Lepeurien (Fra) Pays d'Allier 33 Gaylord Cumont (Fra) Seine Maritime 34 Rodolphe Pradel (Fra) Supersport - 23 La Creuse 35 Driss Anezroud (Mar) Morocco 36 Philippe Simonin (Fra) Pays d'Allier 37 Famousso Souleymane (ICo) Ivory Coast 38 Nathan Dahlberg (Nzl) Marco Polo Cycling Team 39 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 40 Abdoulaye Traore (ICo) Ivory Coast 41 Jelloul Adil (Mar) Morocco 42 Mohammed Er-Ragragui (Mar) Morocco 43 François Talla (Cam) Cameroon 44 Christof Marien (Bel) Aliplast 45 R. Jérémie Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 46 Eric Van Eekelen (Bel) Aliplast 47 Simon Dona (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 48 Owono Owono (Cam) Cameroon 49 Sylvain Despres (Fra) Pays d'Allier 50 Mohammed Saïd El Ammoury (Mar) Morocco 0.24 51 Lucien Zongo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 52 Jean Ilboudo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 53 Edmond Doucoure (Mal) Mali 54 Mamadou Ouattara Sie (ICo) Ivory Coast 8.28 55 Marc Antoine Pauchet (Fra) Seine Maritime Overall classification after stage 6b 1 Joost Legtenberg (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 17.41.41 2 Abdelati Saadoune (Mar) Morocco 0.20 3 Bram De Waard (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 0.21 4 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 0.22 5 Nathan Dahlberg (Nzl) Marco Polo Cycling Team 0.59 6 Mohammed Er-Ragragui (Mar) Morocco 2.56 7 Dominique Pere (Fra) Supersport - 23 La Creuse 5.50 8 Florian Joalland (Fra) Loire Atlantique 5.53 9 Patrice Hemroulle (Bel) Aliplast 7.46 10 Johann Sorel (Fra) Seine Maritime 9.17 11 Nicolas Gand (Fra) Seine Maritime 9.50 12 Philippe Lepeurien (Fra) Pays d'Allier 9.59 13 Guillaume Retailleau (Fra) Loire Atlantique 11.53 14 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 14.46 15 Saïdou Rouamba (Bur) Burkina Faso A 15.25 16 Serge Pitouo (Cam) Cameroon 17.05 17 Gaylord Cumont (Fra) Seine Maritime 17.41 18 R. Jérémie Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 18.12 19 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 18.35 20 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Loire Atlantique 18.42 21 Jérémie Dupas (Fra) Loire Atlantique 19.51 22 Christof Marien (Bel) Aliplast 20.08 23 Jérémy David (Fra) Loire Atlantique 21.39 24 Jelloul Adil (Mar) Morocco 21.51 25 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 22.21 26 Ronny Stes (Bel) Aliplast 25.47 27 N'gatta Coulaibaly (ICo) Ivory Coast 25.53 28 Driss Anezroud (Mar) Morocco 28.27 29 Mohammed Saïd El Ammoury (Mar) Morocco 30.51 30 Philippe Simonin (Fra) Pays d'Allier 32.14 31 Sylvain Despres (Fra) Pays d'Allier 33.31 32 Laurent Zongo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 34.00 33 Cyril Saez (Fra) Loire Atlantique 34.05 34 Hamado Pafadnam (Bur) Burkina Faso A 35.03 35 François Talla (Cam) Cameroon 35.19 36 Simon Dona (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 37.44 37 Karim Kabore (Bur) Burkina Faso B 38.00 38 Jean Ilboudo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 38.26 39 Marc Antoine Pauchet (Fra) Seine Maritime 38.43 40 Arnaud Vettier (Fra) Seine Maritime 47.40 41 Eric Van Eekelen (Bel) Aliplast 47.47 42 Lucien Zongo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 48.09 43 Owono Owono (Cam) Cameroon 48.19 44 Steve Thijs (Bel) Aliplast 52.51 45 Abdoul Salam Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 54.28 46 Abdoulaye Traore (ICo) Ivory Coast 57.55 47 Xavier Vermeeren (Bel) Aliplast 1.00.27 48 Edmond Doucoure (Mal) Mali 1.00.44 49 Rodolphe Pradel (Fra) Supersport - 23 La Creuse 1.01.55 50 Famousso Souleymane (ICo) Ivory Coast 1.01.56 51 Abdoulaye Ibrahim (Nig) Niger 1.02.19 52 Simon Ngopang (Cam) Cameroon 1.18.00 53 S. B. Ibrahim Belem (Bur) Burkina Faso B 1.21.01 54 Salia Diallo (Mal) Mali 1.22.02 55 Mamadou Ouattara Sie (ICo) Ivory Coast 2.07.23 Points classification 1 Joost Legtenberg (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 112 2 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Loire Atlantique 84 3 Johann Sorel (Fra) Seine Maritime 77 4 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 72 5 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 69 6 Nicolas Gand (Fra) Seine Maritime 65 7 Bram De Waard (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 77 8 Christof Marien (Bel) Aliplast 60 9 Abdelati Saadoune (Mar) Morocco 60 10 Patrice Hemroulle (Bel) Aliplast 49 11 Hamado Pafadnam (Bur) Burkina Faso A 49 12 Dominique Pere (Fra) Supersport - 23 La Creuse 47 13 Florian Joalland (Fra) Loire Atlantique 46 14 Mohammed Er-Ragragui (Mar) Morocco 40 15 Gaylord Cumont (Fra) Seine Maritime 39 16 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 37 17 R. Jérémie Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 32 18 Saïdou Rouamba (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 Steve Thijs (Bel) Aliplast 25 23 Guillaume Retailleau (Fra) Loire Atlantique 25 24 Philippe Lepeurien (Fra) Pays d'Allier 20 25 Lucien Zongo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 19 26 Famousso Souleymane (ICo) Ivory Coast 16 27 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 13 28 Philippe Simonin (Fra) Pays d'Allier 13 29 Karim Kabore (Bur) Burkina Faso B 12 30 Jérémy David (Fra) Loire Atlantique 9 31 Jérémie Dupas (Fra) Loire Atlantique 8 32 Abdoul Salam Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 6 33 Owono Owono (Cam) Cameroon 6 34 N'gatta Coulaibaly (ICo) Ivory Coast 5 35 Jelloul Adil (Mar) Morocco 4 36 Driss Anezroud (Mar) Morocco 2 37 Serge Pitouo (Cam) Cameroon 1 Team classification 1 Marco Polo Cycling Team 53.02.04 2 A.C.C. Maroc 28.10 3 Loire Atlantique 35.31 4 Seine Maritime 39.26 5 Aliplast 42.38 6 Pays d'Allier 47.49 7 Burkina Faso A 57.14 8 Cameroun 1.07.58 9 Burkina Faso B 1.29.25 10 Côte d'Ivoire 1.59.01