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A French victory for a change today with Guillaume Retailleau winning the stage after a breakaway escaped the previously relentless yellow jersey defence of Team Marco Polo.
Eight riders formed the day';s first serious break: instigator Patrice Hemroulle, plus Laurent Zongo, Jean Ilboudo, Martinien Tega, Florian Joalland, Mamadou Ouattara Sie, Abdoul Salam Ouedraogo and Christof Marien. Hemroulle won the first Hot Spot Sprint and went up the road solo for long enough to take the second one too, but he was not strong enough to ride away in the wind.
Hemroulle soon had a slightly different group of seven companions: Mahamadi Sawadogo, Simon Ngopang, Driss Anezroud, Lucien Zongo, Jérémie Dupas, Florian Joalland and Guillaume Retailleau. These eight were able to stay away from the hard-chasing peloton, and on the line Retailleau out-sprinted Hemroulle and Joalland.
Joost Legtenberg remains in yellow.
1 Guillaume Retailleau (Fra) Loire Atlantique 3.50.38 (35.3km/h) 2 Patrice Hemroulle (Bel) Aliplast 3 Florian Joalland (Fra) Loire Atlantique 4 Driss Anezroud (Mar) Morocco 5 Simon Ngopang (Cam) Cameroon 0.03 6 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 7 Jérémie Dupas (Fra) Loire Atlantique 8 S. B. Ibrahim Belem (Bur) Burkina Faso B 9 Christof Marien (Bel) Aliplast 1.20 10 Abdoul Salam Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 11 Karim Kabore (Bur) Burkina Faso B 12 Saïdou Rouamba (Bur) Burkina Faso A 13 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 14 Bram De Waard (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 15 Dominique Pere (Fra) Supersport - 23 La Creuse 16 Cyril Saez (Fra) Loire Atlantique 17 Abdelati Saadoune (Mar) Morocco 18 Joost Legtenberg (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 19 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 20 Johann Sorel (Fra) Seine Maritime 21 Gaylord Cumont (Fra) Seine Maritime 22 Nicolas Gand (Fra) Seine Maritime 23 Philippe Lepeurien (Fra) Pays d'Allier 24 Philippe Simonin (Fra) Pays d'Allier 25 Eric Van Eekelen (Bel) Aliplast 26 Abdoulaye Ibrahim (Nig) Niger 27 Mohammed Er-Ragragui (Mar) Morocco 28 Ronny Stes (Bel) Aliplast 29 Salia Diallo (Mal) Mali 30 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 31 Hamado Pafadnam (Bur) Burkina Faso A 32 R. Jérémie Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 33 N'gatta Coulaibaly (ICo) Ivory Coast 34 Serge Pitouo (Cam) Cameroon 35 Abdoulaye Traore (ICo) Ivory Coast 36 Arnaud Vettier (Fra) Seine Maritime 37 Laurent Zongo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 38 Nathan Dahlberg (Nzl) Marco Polo Cycling Team 39 François Talla (Cam) Cameroon 40 Owono Owono (Cam) Cameroon 41 Lucien Zongo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 42 Jean Ilboudo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 43 Jelloul Adil (Mar) Morocco 44 Steve Thijs (Bel) Aliplast 1.35 45 Mohammed Saïd El Ammoury (Mar) Morocco 1.40 46 Simon Dona (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 1.46 47 Famousso Souleymane (ICo) Ivory Coast 1.20 48 Sylvain Despres (Fra) Pays d'Allier 19.52 49 Mamadou Ouattara Sie (ICo) Ivory Coast 38.06 General classification after stage 7 1 Joost Legtenberg (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 21.33.39 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 Florian Joalland (Fra) Loire Atlantique 4.27 8 Dominique Pere (Fra) Supersport - 23 La Creuse 5.50 9 Patrice Hemroulle (Bel) Aliplast 6.14 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 10.23 14 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 14.46 15 Saïdou Rouamba (Bur) Burkina Faso A 15.25 16 Serge Pitouo (Cam) Cameroon 17.05 17 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 17.17 18 Gaylord Cumont (Fra) Seine Maritime 17.41 19 R. Jérémie Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 18.12 20 Jérémie Dupas (Fra) Loire Atlantique 18.34 21 Christof Marien (Bel) Aliplast 20.07 22 Jelloul Adil (Mar) Morocco 21.51 23 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 22.21 24 Ronny Stes (Bel) Aliplast 25.47 25 N'gatta Coulaibaly (ICo) Ivory Coast 25.53 26 Driss Anezroud (Mar) Morocco 27.05 27 Mohammed Saïd El Ammoury (Mar) Morocco 31.11 28 Philippe Simonin (Fra) Pays d'Allier 32.14 29 Laurent Zongo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 34.00 30 Cyril Saez (Fra) Loire Atlantique 34.05 31 Hamado Pafadnam (Bur) Burkina Faso A 35.03 32 François Talla (Cam) Cameroon 35.19 33 Karim Kabore (Bur) Burkina Faso B 38.00 34 Simon Dona (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 38.10 35 Jean Ilboudo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 38.26 36 Arnaud Vettier (Fra) Seine Maritime 47.40 37 Eric Van Eekelen (Bel) Aliplast 47.47 38 Lucien Zongo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 48.09 39 Owono Owono (Cam) Cameroon 48.19 40 Sylvain Despres (Fra) Pays d'Allier 52.03 41 Steve Thijs (Bel) Aliplast 53.06 42 Abdoul Salam Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 54.28 43 Abdoulaye Traore (ICo) Ivory Coast 57.55 44 Famousso Souleymane (ICo) Ivory Coast 1.01.56 45 Abdoulaye Ibrahim (Nig) Niger 1.02.19 46 Simon Ngopang (Cam) Cameroon 1.16.43 47 S. B. Ibrahim Belem (Bur) Burkina Faso B 1.19.44 48 Salia Diallo (Mal) Mali 1.22.02 49 Mamadou Ouattara Sie (ICo) Ivory Coast 2.44.09 Points classification 1 Joost Legtenberg (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 115 2 Bram De Waard (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 84 3 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 80 4 Johann Sorel (Fra) Seine Maritime 78 5 Patrice Hemroulle (Bel) Aliplast 76 6 Christof Marien (Bel) Aliplast 73 7 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 71 8 Florian Joalland (Fra) Loire Atlantique 71 9 Nicolas Gand (Fra) Seine Maritime 65 10 Abdelati Saadoune (Mar) Morocco 64 11 Guillaume Retailleau (Fra) Loire Atlantique 25 12 Dominique Pere (Fra) Supersport - 23 La Creuse 53 13 Hamado Pafadnam (Bur) Burkina Faso A 49 14 Mohammed Er-Ragragui (Mar) Morocco 40 15 Gaylord Cumont (Fra) Seine Maritime 39 16 Saïdou Rouamba (Bur) Burkina Faso A 39 17 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 37 18 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 32 19 R. Jérémie Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 32 20 Laurent Zongo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 29 21 Nathan Dahlberg (Nzl) Marco Polo Cycling Team 28 22 Eric Van Eekelen (Bel) Aliplast 25 23 Steve Thijs (Bel) Aliplast 25 24 Driss Anezroud (Mar) Morocco 25 25 Jérémie Dupas (Fra) Loire Atlantique 25 26 Karim Kabore (Bur) Burkina Faso B 22 27 Simon Ngopang (Cam) Cameroon 21 28 Philippe Lepeurien (Fra) Pays d'Allier 20 29 Lucien Zongo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 19 30 Abdoul Salam Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 17 31 Famousso Souleymane (ICo) Ivory Coast 16 32 S. B. Ibrahim Belem (Bur) Burkina Faso B 15 33 Philippe Simonin (Fra) Pays d'Allier 13 34 Owono Owono (Cam) Cameroon 6 35 N'gatta Coulaibaly (ICo) Ivory Coast 5 36 Cyril Saez (Fra) Loire Atlantique 5 37 Jelloul Adil (Mar) Morocco 4 38 Serge Pitouo (Cam) Cameroon 1 Sprint classification 1 Christof Marien (Bel) Aliplast 17 2 Patrice Hemroulle (Bel) Aliplast 11 3 Joost Legtenberg (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 6 4 Florian Joalland (Fra) Loire Atlantique 5 5 Johann Sorel (Fra) Seine Maritime 3 6 Lucien Zongo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 3 7 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 3 8 Bram De Waard (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 3 9 Driss Anezroud (Mar) Morocco 2 10 Hamado Pafadnam (Bur) Burkina Faso A 2 11 R. Jérémie Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 2 12 Dominique Pere (Fra) Supersport - 23 La Creuse 2 13 Laurent Zongo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 2 14 Guillaume Retailleau (Fra) Loire Atlantique 2 15 Abdelati Saadoune (Mar) Morocco 2 16 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 1 17 François Talla (Cam) Cameroon 1 18 Eric Van Eekelen (Bel) Aliplast 1 Team classification 1 Marco Polo Cycling Team 64.37.58 2 A.C.C. Maroc 26.50 3 Loire Atlantique 31.34 4 Seine Maritime 39.26 5 Aliplast 41.18 6 Burkina Faso A 57.14 7 Pays d'Allier 1.06.21 8 Cameroun 1.06.41 9 Burkina Faso B 1.26.51 10 Côte d'Ivoire 1.59.01 Stage 6b