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17th Tour du Faso - 2.5
Burkina Faso, October 29-November 9, 2003
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Stage 3 - October 31: Kokologo - Boromo, 132.5 km
Maarten Tjallingii holds all the cards
Stage win for Cuylits
By Chris Henry
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After another fast, hot stage on the roads of Burkina Faso, Marco Polo's Maarten Tjallingii continues to hold all of the cards in the early days of this year's race. Race leader since the first stage, Tjallingii put in another strong performance to open up a more dangerous gap on his rivals in the general classification. The Dutchman finished second today behind Belgian Gunther Cuylits of the Aliplast team.
Friday began with a morning temperature of 28 degrees, and the heat only got worse as the afternoon sun pushed the mercury to 37. Despite a headwind, the peloton averaged a brisk 41 km/h over the 132 kilometres from Kokologo to Boromo. Once again, the attacks were constant in the first half of the stage, and a four man break emerged featuring Laurent Zongo (A.S. Fadoul), Stéphane Paol (GMCI 38), Joseph Sanda (Cameroon), and yesterday's stage winner Kay Kermer of Marco Polo. The group held an advantage of 30" but never pulled far enough clear of the peloton to go the distance.
After the second intermediate sprint in Tita (km 80) it was Burkina Faso rider Gweswende Sawadogo (Sifa - Peugeot), sitting in second place overall, who put in the serious move of the day. Sawadogo was eager to test his rivals from Marco Polo and challenge for the leader's yellow jersey, but he was quickly marked by Tjallingii and two other riders. Not interested in towing Tjallingii to the finish, Sawadogo sat up and stopped working in the break. The move was quickly caught, but Tjallingii decided he had more fight in him, and launched his own attack with 50km to go.
The yellow jersey proved that he was still the strongest in the race, opening up a gap of 1'30 on the field. With 20km still to race, however, the Dutchman began to tire, and his lead slowly dropped. As Tjallingii slowed, 18 riders lept from the pack in pursuit of the jersey. The chase group was closing in with 5km to go, but for all but one man it was not enough.
Gunther Cuylits escaped from this group and in no time at all bridged the gap to Tjallingii. The two rode together to the finish in Boromo, but the sprint was no contest. Cuylits easily took the day's honours, but Tjallingii had plenty of reasons to smile. He not only maintained his overall lead, extending his advantage in the general classification, but he now holds every jersey in the race: yellow (race lead), pink (sprints), and green (points).
Photos
Images by Denis Descamps/A.S.O.
- Field workers take a moment of respite as the peloton passes by.
- At 50 kilometres to go, race leader Maarten Tjallingii (Marco Polo Cycling Team) decided he had more fight left in him, launching a solo attack.
- Sensing danger, the peloton reacts in an attempt to chase down the lead duo, but in the end, it was too little, too late.
- With first and second place decided, the peloton fight it out for the minor placings.
- Stage winner Gunther Cuylits (Aliplast) is delighted with his victory.
Results
1 Gunther Cuylits (Bel) Aliplast 3.24.14 2 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 3 Kay Kermer (Ger) Marco Polo Cycling Team 1.30 4 Thierry David (Fra) GMCI 38 1.32 5 Karel Pattyn (Bel) Aliplast 6 Steven Thys (Bel) Aliplast 1.38 7 Lionel Syne (Bel) Marco Polo Cycling Team 1.40 8 Laurent Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 9 Saidou Rouamba (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 10 Jonathan Kern (Fra) Alsace 11 R-Geremie Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 12 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 13 Alexandre Lecocq (Fra) GMCI 38 1.42 14 Jordane Chazal (Fra) GMCI 38 1.43 15 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 2.15 16 Thomas Dietsch (Fra) Alsace 17 Michel Kauffmann (Fra) Alsace 2.21 18 Remko Kramer (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 19 Cyrille Cosnefroy (Fra) Normandie 2.23 20 Kossi Nossi (Tog) Togo 21 Abdoulaye Ouedraogo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 22 Pascal Bouba (Cam) Cameroon 23 Komi Kondoh (Tog) Togo 24 Sadrac Teguimaha (Cam) Cameroon 25 Saidou Tall (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 26 L-Jean Ilboudo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 2.25 27 Elhadji Malick Thiam (Sen) Senegal 28 Kock Rutger (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 29 Joost Declerk (Bel) Aliplast 30 Papa Amadou Diouf (Sen) Senegal 31 Jerome Pamart (Fra) Normandie 32 Gweswende Sawadogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 2.28 33 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 34 Michel Bilgo (Bur) Sofitex 35 Fabrice Bretel (Fra) Alsace 36 David Washburn (USA) Marco Polo Cycling Team 37 Thibault Richard (Fra) GMCI 38 38 Kowouvi Dossouvi (Tog) Togo 39 Brice Bouniot (Fra) GMCI 38 40 Peter Schoepen (Bel) Aliplast 41 Lucien Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 42 Guillaume Boisgontier (Fra) Normandie 43 Olivier Keita (Sen) Senegal 44 Karim Kabore (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 45 T-Desire Kabore (Bur) Sofitex 2.35 46 Jerome Amann (Fra) Alsace 2.39 47 Stephane Paol (Fra) GMCI 38 4.48 48 Ablasse Tapsoba (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 4.52 49 Joseph Sanda (Cam) Cameroon 5.06 50 Damien Tekou (Cam) Cameroon 51 Martin Som (Cam) Cameroon 5.41 52 Jean Tonde (Bur) Sofitex 5.50 53 Ibrahim Abdoulaye Soumma (Nig) Niger 54 Peter Van Agtmaal (Ned) Aliplast 6.06 55 Issaka Kabore (Bur) Sofitex 8.42 56 Adamou Gabo (Nig) Niger 57 Tidiane Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 8.44 58 Adama Bagayoko (Mli) Mali 8.47 59 Idrissa Ouedraogo (Bur) Niger 60 Gabriel Margrit (Fra) Normandie 9.17 61 Adama Togola (Mli) Mali 14.18 62 Paul Dona (Ben) Benin 15.19 63 Jean Claude Badjagoume (Ben) Benin 17.26 64 Salia Togola (Mli) Mali 17.33 65 Ludovic Lemarechal (Fra) Normandie 20.42 66 Siaka Diallo (Mli) Mali 67 Siaka Diarra (Mli) Mali 68 Eugène Hansinon (Ben) Benin 20.50 69 Arnaud Vettier (Fra) Normandie 21.09 70 Eric Ahouandjinou (Ben) Benin 30.53 71 Attivi Egue (Tog) Togo 72 Zakaria Dia Abdoulsalam (Nig) Niger 73 Jean Lopez (Sen) Senegal 30.57 74 Houdo Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 47.31 75 Hamidou Diarra (Mli) Mali 1.00.01 76 Didier Agbefu (Tog) Togo 77 Augustin Amoussouvi (Ben) Benin 78 Abdoulaye Thiam (Sen) Senegal 1.06.01 79 Ali Sidi Thiam (Sen) Senegal DNF Amadou Harouna (Nig) Niger DNF Aldo Kpanti (Ben) Benin Sprints Sabou, km 43.00 1 Kay Kermer (Ger) Marco Polo Cycling Team 3 pts 2 Laurent Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 2 3 Joseph Sanda (Cam) Cameroon 1 Tita, km 80.50 1 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 3 pts 2 Jordane Chazal (Fra) GMCI 38 2 3 Olivier Keita (Sen) Senegal 1 Laba, km 102.40 1 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 3 pts 2 Gunther Cuylits (Bel) Aliplast 2 3 Lionel Syne (Bel) Marco Polo Cycling Team 1 Boromo, km 136.00 1 Gunther Cuylits (Bel) Aliplast 30 pts 2 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 27 3 Kay Kermer (Ger) Marco Polo Cycling Team 25 4 Thierry David (Fra) GMCI 38 23 5 Karel Pattyn (Bel) Aliplast 21 6 Steven Thys (Bel) Aliplast 19 7 Lionel Syne (Bel) Marco Polo Cycling Team 17 8 Laurent Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 15 9 Saidou Rouamba (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 13 10 Jonathan Kern (Fra) Alsace 11 11 R-Geremie Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 10 12 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 9 13 Alexandre Lecocq (Fra) GMCI 38 8 14 Jordane Chazal (Fra) GMCI 38 7 15 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 6 16 Thomas Dietsch (Fra) Alsace 5 17 Michel Kauffmann (Fra) Alsace 4 18 Remko Kramer (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 3 19 Cyrille Cosnefroy (Fra) Normandie 2 20 Kossi Nossi (Tog) Togo 1 Teams 1 Aliplast 10.15.52 2 Marco Polo Cycling Team 3 GMCI 38 1.47 4 A.S.Fadoul 2.33 5 Alsace 3.06 6 Sifa - Peugeot 3.10 7 Cameroon 3.16 8 Togo 4.04 9 Normandie 4.06 10 Senegal 4.08 11 Sofitex 4.21 12 Niger 20.09 13 Mali 37.28 14 Benin 50.25 General classification after stage 3 1 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 7.44.16 2 Thierry David (Fra) GMCI 38 1.54 3 Gunther Cuylits (Bel) Aliplast 4 Karel Pattyn (Bel) Aliplast 2.03 5 Alexandre Lecocq (Fra) GMCI 38 2.17 6 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 2.48 7 Gweswende Sawadogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 2.49 8 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 2.54 9 Kossi Nossi (Tog) Togo 3.03 10 Steven Thys (Bel) Aliplast 3.50 11 Lucien Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 3.51 12 Saidou Rouamba (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 3.53 13 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 3.58 14 L-Jean Ilboudo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 4.16 15 Thomas Dietsch (Fra) Alsace 4.28 16 Kay Kermer (Ger) Marco Polo Cycling Team 4.31 17 Michel Kauffmann (Fra) Alsace 4.34 18 Jerome Pamart (Fra) Normandie 4.45 19 Jordane Chazal (Fra) GMCI 38 5.14 20 Laurent Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 5.17 21 R-Geremie Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 5.19 22 Michel Bilgo (Bur) Sofitex 5.24 23 Remko Kramer (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 5.30 24 Kock Rutger (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 5.37 25 Sadrac Teguimaha (Cam) Cameroon 5.40 26 Karim Kabore (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 5.45 27 Pascal Bouba (Cam) Cameroon 6.01 28 Abdoulaye Ouedraogo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 6.02 29 Olivier Keita (Sen) Senegal 6.06 30 T-Desire Kabore (Bur) Sofitex 6.17 31 Jerome Amann (Fra) Alsace 6.21 32 Lionel Syne (Bel) Marco Polo Cycling Team 6.30 33 Jonathan Kern (Fra) Alsace 6.34 34 Saidou Tall (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 6.56 35 Fabrice Bretel (Fra) Alsace 7.01 36 Thibault Richard (Fra) GMCI 38 37 Stephane Paol (Fra) GMCI 38 7.11 38 Cyrille Cosnefroy (Fra) Normandie 7.13 39 Papa Amadou Diouf (Sen) Senegal 7.15 40 Komi Kondoh (Tog) Togo 7.16 41 Damien Tekou (Cam) Cameroon 7.19 42 Joost Declerk (Bel) Aliplast 43 Elhadji Malick Thiam (Sen) Senegal 44 Brice Bouniot (Fra) GMCI 38 7.22 45 Kowouvi Dossouvi (Tog) Togo 46 David Washburn (USA) Marco Polo Cycling Team 47 Guillaume Boisgontier (Fra) Normandie 7.39 48 Ablasse Tapsoba (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 9.46 49 Joseph Sanda (Cam) Cameroon 9.59 50 Jean Tonde (Bur) Sofitex 10.40 51 Ibrahim Abdoulaye Soumma (Nig) Niger 10.44 52 Martin Som (Cam) Cameroon 11.00 53 Peter Schoepen (Bel) Aliplast 13.04 54 Issaka Kabore (Bur) Sofitex 13.11 55 Idrissa Ouedraogo (Bur) Niger 13.41 56 Tidiane Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 15.19 57 Peter Van Agtmaal (Ned) Aliplast 16.36 58 Gabriel Margrit (Fra) Normandie 20.04 59 Salia Togola (Mli) Mali 22.44 60 Ludovic Lemarechal (Fra) Normandie 24.21 61 Siaka Diarra (Mli) Mali 27.13 62 Arnaud Vettier (Fra) Normandie 27.24 63 Eugène Hansinon (Ben) Benin 33.09 64 Adama Bagayoko (Mli) Mali 34.12 65 Eric Ahouandjinou (Ben) Benin 35.21 66 Attivi Egue (Tog) Togo 35.47 67 Zakaria Dia Abdoulsalam (Nig) Niger 36.06 68 Adama Togola (Mli) Mali 37.49 69 Adamou Gabo (Nig) Niger 40.49 70 Paul Dona (Ben) Benin 47.26 71 Jean Claude Badjagoume (Ben) Benin 49.30 72 Houdo Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 52.34 73 Siaka Diallo (Mli) Mali 54.09 74 Jean Lopez (Sen) Senegal 1.02.54 75 Hamidou Diarra (Mli) Mali 1.04.30 76 Augustin Amoussouvi (Ben) Benin 1.06.00 77 Didier Agbefu (Tog) Togo 1.07.57 78 Ali Sidi Thiam (Sen) Senegal 1.10.55 79 Abdoulaye Thiam (Sen) Senegal 1.10.55 Points 1 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 57 pts 2 Karel Pattyn (Bel) Aliplast 57 3 Kay Kermer (Ger) Marco Polo Cycling Team 55 4 Thierry David (Fra) GMCI 38 50 5 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 40 6 Gweswende Sawadogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 40 7 Gunther Cuylits (Bel) Aliplast 38 8 Alexandre Lecocq (Fra) GMCI 38 31 9 Steven Thys (Bel) Aliplast 29 10 Lionel Syne (Bel) Marco Polo Cycling Team 27 11 Karim Kabore (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 25 12 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 25 13 Kossi Nossi (Tog) Togo 24 14 Saidou Rouamba (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 24 15 Laurent Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 23 16 Michel Kauffmann (Fra) Alsace 23 17 Lucien Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 21 18 Sadrac Teguimaha (Cam) Cameroon 19 19 L-Jean Ilboudo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 19 20 Michel Bilgo (Bur) Sofitex 15 21 Jonathan Kern (Fra) Alsace 15 22 Thomas Dietsch (Fra) Alsace 14 23 Eric Ahouandjinou (Ben) Benin 13 24 R-Geremie Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 13 25 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 13 26 Kock Rutger (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 11 27 Brice Bouniot (Fra) GMCI 38 9 28 Jordane Chazal (Fra) GMCI 38 7 29 Guillaume Boisgontier (Fra) Normandie 7 30 Remko Kramer (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 6 31 Olivier Keita (Sen) Senegal 5 32 Damien Tekou (Cam) Cameroon 5 33 Jerome Pamart (Fra) Normandie 3 34 Cyrille Cosnefroy (Fra) Normandie 2 35 Stephane Paol (Fra) GMCI 38 2 36 Jerome Amann (Fra) Alsace 1 Teams 1 Aliplast 23.20.55 2 GMCI 38 0.18 3 Marco Polo Cycling Team 0.21 4 Sifa - Peugeot 1.05 5 A.S.Fadoul 3.20 6 Cameroon 4.56 7 Alsace 6.17 8 Sofitex 6.35 9 Togo 9.34 10 Normandie 9.58 11 Senegal 12.34 12 Niger 30.13 13 Mali 46.42 14 Benin 1.01.54
