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Ivory Coast rider N'gatta Coulaibaly has won the ninth stage of the Tour du Faso, almost considered a home win after the dominance of the French, Belgian and Dutch riders in the race so far. He beat the Belgian Ronny Stes (Aliplast) with Frenchman Philippe Lepeurien (Pays d'Allier) finishing in third. The three finished just 5 seconds in front of the peloton after a 40 kilometre breakaway. That meant no changes to the overall classification with Dutchman Joost Legtenberg (Marco Polo) still in yellow.
The 80 kilometre stage was between Koupéla and Fada N'Gourma, and things stayed together until the first and only sprint. It was just after there that four riders went clear, with Mahamadi Sawadogo (Burkina Faso) joining Coulaibaly, Stes and Lepeurien.
The four could only build a small gap - 45 seconds was the maximum advantage. It proved to be enough to hold off the peloton, although Sawadogo was unlucky enough to puncture inside the last five 5 kilometres. An ecstatic Coulaibaly won the stage in front of his more fancied European rivals.
1 N'gatta Coulaibaly (ICo) Ivory Coast 2.04.24 (38.5 km/h) 2 Ronny Stes (Bel) Aliplast 3 Philippe Lepeurien (Fra) Pays d'Allier 0.02 4 Christof Marien (Bel) Aliplast 0.05 5 Johann Sorel (Fra) Seine Maritime 6 Guillaume Retailleau (Fra) Loire Atlantique 7 Florian Joalland (Fra) Loire Atlantique 8 Saïdou Rouamba (Bur) Burkina Faso A 9 Bram De Waard (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 10 Nicolas Gand (Fra) Seine Maritime 11 Joost Legtenberg (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 12 Dominique Pere (Fra) Supersport - 23 La Creuse 13 Gaylord Cumont (Fra) Seine Maritime 14 Hamado Pafadnam (Bur) Burkina Faso A 15 Abdoul Salam Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 16 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 17 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 18 Abdelati Saadoune (Mor) Morocco 19 Famousso Souleymane (ICo) Ivory Coast 20 Karim Kabore (Bur) Burkina Faso B 21 Simon Ngopang (Cam) Cameroon 22 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 23 Jelloul Adil (Mor) Morocco 24 S. B. Ibrahim Belem (Bur) Burkina Faso B 25 Abdoulaye Ibrahim (Nig) Niger 26 Patrice Hemroulle (Bel) Aliplast 27 Sylvain Despres (Fra) Pays d'Allier 28 Abdoulaye Traore (ICo) Ivory Coast 29 Cyril Saez (Fra) Loire Atlantique 30 Arnaud Vettier (Fra) Seine Maritime 31 Lucien Zongo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 32 Jean Ilboudo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 33 Laurent Zongo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 34 Mohammed Er-Ragragui (Mor) Morocco 35 Salia Diallo (Mal) Mali 36 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 37 Nathan Dahlberg (Nzl) Marco Polo Cycling Team 38 François Talla (Cam) Cameroon 39 Philippe Simonin (Fra) Pays d'Allier 40 Eric Van Eekelen (Bel) Aliplast 41 Steve Thijs (Bel) Aliplast 42 Owono Owono (Cam) Cameroon 43 Mohammed Saïd El Ammoury (Mor) Morocco 44 Simon Dona (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 0.13 45 R. Jérémie Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 0.16 46 Mamadou Ouattara Sie (ICo) Ivory Coast 1.36 47 Driss Anezroud (Mor) Morocco 1.51 48 Serge Pitouo (Cam) Cameroon 6.02 General classification after stage 8 1 Joost Legtenberg (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 23.38.08 2 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 0.20 3 Abdelati Saadoune (Mor) Morocco 4 Bram De Waard (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 0.21 5 Nathan Dahlberg (Nzl) Marco Polo Cycling Team 0.59 6 Mohammed Er-Ragragui (Mor) 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 9.52 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 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 17.17 17 Gaylord Cumont (Fra) Seine Maritime 17.41 18 R. Jérémie Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 18.23 19 Christof Marien (Bel) Aliplast 20.04 20 Jelloul Adil (Mor) Morocco 21.51 21 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 22.21 22 Serge Pitouo (Cam) Cameroon 23.02 23 Ronny Stes (Bel) Aliplast 25.36 24 N'gatta Coulaibaly (ICo) Ivory Coast 25.38 25 Driss Anezroud (Mor) Morocco 28.51 26 Mohammed Saïd El Ammoury (Mor) Morocco 31.11 27 Philippe Simonin (Fra) Pays d'Allier 32.14 28 Laurent Zongo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 34.00 29 Cyril Saez (Fra) Loire Atlantique 34.04 30 Hamado Pafadnam (Bur) Burkina Faso A 35.03 31 François Talla (Cam) Cameroon 35.19 32 Karim Kabore (Bur) Burkina Faso B 38.00 33 Simon Dona (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 38.18 34 Jean Ilboudo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 38.26 35 Arnaud Vettier (Fra) Seine Maritime 47.40 36 Eric Van Eekelen (Bel) Aliplast 47.47 37 Lucien Zongo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 48.09 38 Owono Owono (Cam) Cameroon 48.19 39 Sylvain Despres (Fra) Pays d'Allier 52.03 40 Steve Thijs (Bel) Aliplast 53.06 41 Abdoul Salam Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 54.28 42 Abdoulaye Traore (ICo) Ivory Coast 57.55 43 Famousso Souleymane (ICo) Ivory Coast 1.01.56 44 Abdoulaye Ibrahim (Nig) Niger 1.02.19 45 Simon Ngopang (Cam) Cameroon 1.16.43 46 S. B. Ibrahim Belem (Bur) Burkina Faso B 1.19.44 47 Salia Diallo (Mal) Mali 1.22.02 48 Mamadou Ouattara Sie (ICo) Ivory Coast 2.45.40 Points classification 1 Joost Legtenberg (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 125 pts 2 Johann Sorel (Fra) Seine Maritime 99 4 Bram De Waard (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 97 5 Christof Marien (Bel) Aliplast 97 6 Florian Joalland (Fra) Loire Atlantique 90 7 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 85 8 Patrice Hemroulle (Bel) Aliplast 82 9 Nicolas Gand (Fra) Seine Maritime 76 10 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 75 11 Guillaume Retailleau (Fra) Loire Atlantique 74 12 Abdelati Saadoune (Mor) Morocco 67 13 Dominique Pere (Fra) Supersport - 23 La Creuse 62 14 Hamado Pafadnam (Bur) Burkina Faso A 56 15 Saïdou Rouamba (Bur) Burkina Faso A 54 16 Gaylord Cumont (Fra) Seine Maritime 47 17 Philippe Lepeurien (Fra) Pays d'Allier 45 18 Mohammed Er-Ragragui (Mor) Morocco 40 19 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 37 20 N'gatta Coulaibaly (ICo) Ivory Coast 35 21 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 33 22 R. Jérémie Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 32 23 Laurent Zongo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 29 24 Nathan Dahlberg (Nzl) Marco Polo Cycling Team 28 25 Driss Anezroud (Mor) Morocco 27 26 Ronny Stes (Bel) Aliplast 27 27 Eric Van Eekelen (Bel) Aliplast 25 28 Steve Thijs (Bel) Aliplast 25 29 Karim Kabore (Bur) Burkina Faso B 23 30 Abdoul Salam Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 23 31 Simon Ngopang (Cam) Cameroon 21 32 Lucien Zongo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 19 33 Famousso Souleymane (ICo) Ivory Coast 18 34 S. B. Ibrahim Belem (Bur) Burkina Faso B 15 35 Philippe Simonin (Fra) Pays d'Allier 13 36 Owono Owono (Cam) Cameroon 6 37 Cyril Saez (Fra) Loire Atlantique 5 38 Jelloul Adil (Mor) Morocco 4 39 Serge Pitouo (Cam) Cameroon 1 Sprints classification 1 Christof Marien (Bel) Aliplast 20 pts 2 Patrice Hemroulle (Bel) Aliplast 11 3 Joost Legtenberg (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 6 4 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 5 5 Florian Joalland (Fra) Loire Atlantique 5 6 Johann Sorel (Fra) Seine Maritime 3 7 Lucien Zongo (Bur) Burkina Faso A 3 8 Bram De Waard (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 3 9 Driss Anezroud (Mor) 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 (Mor) Morocco 2 16 Cyril Saez (Fra) Loire Atlantique 1 17 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Burkina Faso B 1 18 François Talla (Cam) Cameroon 1 19 Eric Van Eekelen (Bel) Aliplast 1 Teams classification 1 Marco Polo Cycling Team 70.51.25 2 A.C.C. Maroc 26.50 3 Loire Atlantique 31.34 4 Seine Maritime 39.26 5 Aliplast 41.13 6 Burkina Faso A 57.14 7 Pays d'Allier 1.06.18 8 Cameroun 1.06.41 9 Burkina Faso B 1.26.51 10 Côte d'Ivoire 1.58.56