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17th Tour du Faso - 2.5
Burkina Faso, October 29-November 9, 2003
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Stage 11 - November 9: Kombissiri - Ouagadougou, 123 km
Maarten Tjallingii, start to finish
Final stage for Dietsch
By Chris Henry
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Dutchman Maarten Tjallingii of the Marco Polo Cycling Team completed an extraordinary victory in the 17th Tour du Faso Sunday, wearing the leader's yellow jersey on every stage after claiming victory in the first. Tjallingii proved himself to be the dominant rider of the tour, and even when his lead looked more and more secure in the final days, he showed his class by continuing to ride an aggressive race, witnessed by his second place on the final finishing circuit in Ouagadougou. France's Thomas Dietsch (Alsace) claimed the final stage of the tour, a 123 kilometre finale from Kombissiri to Ouagadougou that focused on a finishing circuit of 7.6 km, covered 10 times.
Not only was this year's tour a huge success for Tjallingii, but his Marco Polo team was multi-talented, taking three stage wins between Tjallingii and Kay Kermer, as well as the green points jersey (Kermer) and the pink intermediate sprints jersey, which Tjallingii wrestled back from his teammate on today's final stage. Tjallingii's gap over GC rival Thierry David (GMCI 38) widened to 3'57, while Kermer claimed the third spot on the podium just two seconds behind David.
Stage 11 began in typical fashion, with early attacks lighting up the peloton and setting off a series of frantic chases. The first group of note to go clear included Aliplast's Gunther Cuylits (winner of stage 3), who was joined by Lucien Zongo (A.S. Fadoul), Michel Bilgo (Sofitex), Alexandre Lecocq (GMCI 38), Olivier Keita (Senegal), and Attivi Egue of Togo.
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Eager to seal his overall victory, and perhaps even go one better with a closing stage win, yellow jersey Tjallingii took command of the field and led the chase of the escapees. Mission accomplished for the Dutchman as the six were reeled in, but no sooner was Tjallingii's work done than rival fast men Dietsch (Alsace) and Brice Bouniot of GMCI 38 launched their own series of attacks. The Marco Polo leader had an answer for every attack, and in due time the three men were ahead of the main field.
Each of the three took an intermediate sprint, but Tjallingii's points on the sixth lap of the finishing circuit were the most important, giving him the pink jersey back from teammate Kermer, who could still be happy himself with the green points jersey by day's end. As the lead trio continued to pressure each other through the circuit, their advantage only grew over the main field, helpless against such an important move. Although eventually dropping in the closing stages, their lead reached three minutes over the field.
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As the cat and mouse tactics set in for the final sprint, time was lost but it was inconsequential. Tjallingii and Bouniot watched each other, which was Dietsch's nod to make his own dash for the line. Aggressive until the final crossing the of line, Tjallingii tried to stop Dietsch, but settled for second place ahead of Bouniot.
The Burkinabè could at least smile as Seydou Sanfo claimed the field sprint for fourth, but a certain disappointment was evident as their national tour was a showcase for the European riders. Cameroon's Martinien Tega claimed the prize of best African, finishing 5th overall, 4'53 behind Tjallingii. He also took home the white jersey for best young rider. The team prize went to France's GMCI 38, more than two minutes clear of Aliplast from Belgium and A.S. Fadoul from Burkina Faso.
Photography
Images by Denis Descamps/A.S.O.
- The royal escape of the final day: Dietsch (l), Bouniot, and yellow jersey Tjallingii
- Despite plenty of encouragement, the locals were helpless against the winning break
- Thomas Dietsch (Alsace) claims the final sprint of the Tour du Faso
- Dietsch dusts himself off and enjoys his stage win
- Another fast day to keep the fans happy
- Senegal's team jersey says all it needs to say
- A rider from Mali basks in the glow of the tour's final day
- Thomas Dietsch and Maarten Tjallingii congratulate each other after an exciting finale
- Senegal will have to think to next year for the Tour du Faso trophy
Results
1 Thomas Dietsch (Fra) Alsace 2.52.45 2 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 0.28 3 Brice Bouniot (Fra) GMCI 38 4 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 1.28 5 Michel Kauffmann (Fra) Alsace 6 Kay Kermer (Ger) Marco Polo Cycling Team 7 Saidou Rouamba (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 8 Guillaume Boisgontier (Fra) Normandie 9 Jonathan Kern (Fra) Alsace 10 Gunther Cuylits (Bel) Aliplast 11 Olivier Keita (Sen) Senegal 12 Remko Kramer (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 13 Thierry David (Fra) GMCI 38 14 Siaka Diallo (Mli) Mali 15 Augustin Amoussouvi (Ben) Benin 16 Karim Kabore (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 17 R-Geremie Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 18 Kossi Nossi (Tog) Togo 19 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 20 Sadrac Teguimaha (Cam) Cameroon 21 Damien Tekou (Cam) Cameroon 22 L-Jean Ilboudo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 23 Saidou Tall (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 24 Karel Pattyn (Bel) Aliplast 25 Cyrille Cosnefroy (Fra) Normandie 26 T-Desire Kabore (Bur) Sofitex 27 Ablasse Tapsoba (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 28 Laurent Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 29 Alexandre Lecocq (Fra) GMCI 38 30 Jordane Chazal (Fra) GMCI 38 31 Salia Togola (Mli) Mali 32 Peter Schoepen (Bel) Aliplast 33 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 34 Adama Togola (Mli) Mali 35 Jean Tonde (Bur) Sofitex 36 Issaka Kabore (Bur) Sofitex 37 Abdoulaye Ouedraogo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 38 Houdo Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 1.42 39 Jerome Pamart (Fra) Normandie 1.45 40 Joseph Sanda (Cam) Cameroon 41 Idrissa Ouedraogo (Bur) Niger 42 Michel Bilgo (Bur) Sofitex 43 Stephane Paol (Fra) GMCI 38 1.47 44 Jean Claude Badjagoume (Ben) Benin 1.50 45 Martin Som (Cam) Cameroon 2.03 46 Gweswende Sawadogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 2.07 47 Adamou Gabo (Nig) Niger 2.13 48 Paul Dona (Ben) Benin 49 Lucien Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 50 Ibrahim Abdoulaye Soumma (Nig) Niger 4.07 51 Peter Van Agtmaal (Ned) Aliplast 4.41 52 Tidiane Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 5.49 53 Adama Bagayoko (Mli) Mali 9.31 54 Zakaria Dia Abdoulsalam (Nig) Niger 12.49 55 Joost Declerk (Bel) Aliplast 15.42 56 Siaka Diarra (Mli) Mali 57 Hamidou Diarra (Mli) Mali 19.49 58 Pascal Bouba (Cam) Cameroon 20.11 59 Elhadji Malick Thiam (Sen) Senegal 22.22 60 Ali Sidi Thiam (Sen) Senegal 61 Papa Amadou Diouf (Sen) Senegal 31.31 DNF Komi Kondoh (Tog) Togo DNF Kowouvi Dossouvi (Tog) Togo DNF Attivi Egue (Tog) Togo DNF EugËne Hansinon (Ben) Benin Points 1 Thomas Dietsch (Fra) Alsace 30 Pts 2 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 27 3 Brice Bouniot (Fra) GMCI 38 25 4 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 23 5 Michel Kauffmann (Fra) Alsace 21 6 Kay Kermer (Ger) Marco Polo Cycling Team 19 7 Saidou Rouamba (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 17 8 Guillaume Boisgontier (Fra) Normandie 15 9 Jonathan Kern (Fra) Alsace 13 10 Gunther Cuylits (Bel) Aliplast 11 11 Olivier Keita (Sen) Senegal 10 12 Remko Kramer (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 9 13 Thierry David (Fra) GMCI 38 8 14 Siaka Diallo (Mli) Mali 7 15 Augustin Amoussouvi (Ben) Benin 6 16 Karim Kabore (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 5 17 R-Geremie Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 4 18 Kossi Nossi (Tog) Togo 3 19 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 2 20 Sadrac Teguimaha (Cam) Cameroon 1 Sprints 2nd Passsage of finish line, km 54.60 1 Thomas Dietsch (Fra) Alsace 3 Pts 2 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 2 3 Brice Bouniot (Fra) GMCI 38 1 4th Passage of finish line, km 69.80 1 Brice Bouniot (Fra) GMCI 38 3 Pts 2 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 2 3 Thomas Dietsch (Fra) Alsace 1 6th Passage of finish line, km 85.00 1 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 3 Pts 2 Thomas Dietsch (Fra) Alsace 2 3 Brice Bouniot (Fra) GMCI 38 1 Teams 1 Alsace 8.41.11 2 Marco Polo Cycling Team 0.28 3 GMCI 38 4 Sifa-Peugeot 1.28 5 A.S. Fadoul 6 Cameroon 7 Aliplast 8 Mali 9 Sofitex 10 Normandie 1.45 11 Benin 2.35 12 Niger 5.09 13 Senegal 43.16 Final general classification 1 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 30.07.12 2 Thierry David (Fra) GMCI 38 3.57 3 Kay Kermer (Ger) Marco Polo Cycling Team 3.59 4 Gunther Cuylits (Bel) Aliplast 4.10 5 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 4.53 6 Alexandre Lecocq (Fra) GMCI 38 5.07 7 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 5.33 8 Thomas Dietsch (Fra) Alsace 5.38 9 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 5.40 10 Jonathan Kern (Fra) Alsace 6.03 11 Laurent Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 6.12 12 R-Geremie Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 6.16 13 Saidou Rouamba (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 6.46 14 Olivier Keita (Sen) Senegal 6.53 15 Jordane Chazal (Fra) GMCI 38 8.05 16 Lucien Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 8.38 17 Stephane Paol (Fra) GMCI 38 9.07 18 L-Jean Ilboudo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 9.12 19 Gweswende Sawadogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 9.44 20 Cyrille Cosnefroy (Fra) Normandie 10.00 21 Sadrac Teguimaha (Cam) Cameroon 10.36 22 Karim Kabore (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 10.47 23 Kossi Nossi (Tog) Togo 11.50 24 Saidou Tall (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 14.55 25 Karel Pattyn (Bel) Aliplast 14.56 26 Joseph Sanda (Cam) Cameroon 15.23 27 Damien Tekou (Cam) Cameroon 15.35 28 Peter Schoepen (Bel) Aliplast 16.36 29 Martin Som (Cam) Cameroon 18.14 30 Michel Kauffmann (Fra) Alsace 19.59 31 Peter Van Agtmaal (Ned) Aliplast 25.03 32 T-Desire Kabore (Bur) Sofitex 25.38 33 Tidiane Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 26.35 34 Brice Bouniot (Fra) GMCI 38 26.57 35 Remko Kramer (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 30.06 36 Elhadji Malick Thiam (Sen) Senegal 30.16 37 Jerome Pamart (Fra) Normandie 32.36 38 Jean Tonde (Bur) Sofitex 33.10 39 Abdoulaye Ouedraogo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 33.34 40 Michel Bilgo (Bur) Sofitex 40.16 41 Ibrahim Abdoulaye Soumma (Nig) Niger 40.27 42 Ablasse Tapsoba (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 43.15 43 Idrissa Ouedraogo (Bur) Niger 44.33 44 Joost Declerk (Bel) Aliplast 45.39 45 Guillaume Boisgontier (Fra) Normandie 46.06 46 Pascal Bouba (Cam) Cameroon 47.33 47 Adamou Gabo (Nig) Niger 1.12.26 48 Adama Togola (Mli) Mali 1.14.19 49 Issaka Kabore (Bur) Sofitex 1.21.13 50 Zakaria Dia Abdoulsalam (Nig) Niger 1.26.04 51 Salia Togola (Mli) Mali 1.29.23 52 Siaka Diarra (Mli) Mali 1.39.53 53 Jean Claude Badjagoume (Ben) Benin 1.42.26 54 Adama Bagayoko (Mli) Mali 1.57.47 55 Houdo Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 1.59.34 56 Ali Sidi Thiam (Sen) Senegal 2.02.59 57 Hamidou Diarra (Mli) Mali 2.07.56 58 Siaka Diallo (Mli) Mali 2.35.32 59 Papa Amadou Diouf (Sen) Senegal 2.41.37 60 Paul Dona (Ben) Benin 2.41.43 61 Augustin Amoussouvi (Ben) Benin 3.01.32 Points classification 1 Kay Kermer (Ger) Marco Polo Cycling Team 214 Pts 2 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 156 3 Brice Bouniot (Fra) GMCI 38 150 4 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 137 5 Gunther Cuylits (Bel) Aliplast 129 6 Jonathan Kern (Fra) Alsace 128 7 Laurent Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 121 8 Thierry David (Fra) GMCI 38 120 9 R-Geremie Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 99 10 Olivier Keita (Sen) Senegal 85 11 Saidou Rouamba (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 85 12 Karel Pattyn (Bel) Aliplast 80 13 Michel Kauffmann (Fra) Alsace 78 14 Peter Van Agtmaal (Ned) Aliplast 77 15 Gweswende Sawadogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 75 16 Guillaume Boisgontier (Fra) Normandie 73 17 Thomas Dietsch (Fra) Alsace 71 18 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 70 19 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 65 20 Lucien Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 55 21 Alexandre Lecocq (Fra) GMCI 38 53 22 Remko Kramer (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 47 23 Sadrac Teguimaha (Cam) Cameroon 47 24 Stephane Paol (Fra) GMCI 38 40 25 Cyrille Cosnefroy (Fra) Normandie 40 26 Karim Kabore (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 39 27 L-Jean Ilboudo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 36 28 Joseph Sanda (Cam) Cameroon 34 29 Saidou Tall (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 31 30 Elhadji Malick Thiam (Sen) Senegal 28 31 Kossi Nossi (Tog) Togo 27 32 Pascal Bouba (Cam) Cameroon 26 33 Jordane Chazal (Fra) GMCI 38 23 34 T-Desire Kabore (Bur) Sofitex 21 35 Joost Declerk (Bel) Aliplast 21 36 Michel Bilgo (Bur) Sofitex 15 37 Peter Schoepen (Bel) Aliplast 12 38 Martin Som (Cam) Cameroon 11 39 Ali Sidi Thiam (Sen) Senegal 9 40 Siaka Diallo (Mli) Mali 7 41 Augustin Amoussouvi (Ben) Benin 6 42 Damien Tekou (Cam) Cameroon 5 43 Abdoulaye Ouedraogo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 3 44 Jerome Pamart (Fra) Normandie 3 45 Tidiane Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 2 Team classification 1 GMCI 38 90.28.25 2 Aliplast 2.57 3 A.S. Fadoul 6.49 4 Sifa-Peugeot 9.32 5 Alsace 10.59 6 Cameroon 12.15 7 Marco Polo Cycling Team 26.51 8 Sofitex 52.34 9 Senegal 1.04.22 10 Normandie 1.06.39 11 Niger 1.49.32 12 Mali 2.02.37 13 Benin 2.54.46
