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17th Tour du Faso - 2.5
Burkina Faso, October 29-November 9, 2003
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Stage 7 - November 5: Yako - Ouahigouya, 80 km
Tjallingii opens the gap
By Chris Henry
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On what should have been a fairly straight-forward stage today, yellow jersey wearer Maarten Tjallingii (Marco Polo Cycling Team) extended his lead in the general classification ahead of Frenchman Thierry David (GMCI 38). Another short stage of just 80km, stage 7 took the peloton from Yako to Ouahigouya, and introduced the Europeans to a typically African finishing circuit featuring an unpaved dirt track. Jonathan Kern, third the day before, was the winner of the day, but Tjallingii showed that he is determined to claim the overall victory.
Tjallingii was clearly on another good day Wednesday, and spent the majority of the stage on the attack. He naturally was marked by his closest rival, Thierry David, who at daybreak sat just 1'24 down in the general classification. The two were joined by several others, but they were the focus of attention as they sped towards Ouahigouya.
With valuable bonus seconds on offer at three intermediate sprints, their aggressive riding came as no surprise. David took the first sprint, but Tjallingii took his own revenge shortly after, rewarding himself on his 26th birthday with the consolidation of his overall lead and taking over once again in the pink jersey competition. His Marco Polo teammate Kay Kermer would hold on to the green jersey by day's end.
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Into the 3.5km finishing circuit in Ouahigouya, Tjallingii kept the pressure on and attacked once more, this time catching David unaware. Somewhat inexplicably, second place overall David was caught out at the back of the leading group, and was unable to follow the acceleration sparked by the Dutchman. Tjallingii pulled three riders with him: Jonathan Kern (Alsace), Olivier Keita (Senegal), and Saidou Tall (A.S. Fadoul). David was trapped behind, and although he initially thought Tjallingii's last attack couldn't last, he soon realized his mistake.
From then on until the finish, the riding was fast but steady, and the lead group of four led a pursuit match against David's chasing group of six. Kern took the stage win ahead of Tjallingii, who moved to nearly three minutes clear on David in the general classification.
The sandy track in Ouahigouya provided an exotic finish for the Europeans, and caused neither crashes nor punctures, giving the riders a pleasant memory of the unusual finish. Saturday's penultimate stage finish in Fada N'Gourma will give the peloton another chance to test speed and traction with a final 3.6km section of track.
Photography
Images by Denis Descamps/A.S.O.
- The field sets off from Yako at the beginning of stage 7
- There's a bike race in there somewhere...
- The field tackles two laps of the sandy circuit in Ouahigouya
- Jonathan Kern (Alsace) broke clear with race leader Tjallingii and took the sprint
- Are three wheels better than two?
Results
1 Jonathan Kern (Fra) Alsace 1.50.47 2 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 3 Olivier Keita (Sen) Senegal 0.02 4 Saidou Tall (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 0.03 5 Kay Kermer (Ger) Marco Polo Cycling Team 1.26 6 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 7 R-Geremie Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 8 Brice Bouniot (Fra) GMCI 38 9 Gunther Cuylits (Bel) Aliplast 10 Thierry David (Fra) GMCI 38 11 Thomas Dietsch (Fra) Alsace 12 Saidou Rouamba (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 13 Alexandre Lecocq (Fra) GMCI 38 14 Peter Van Agtmaal (Ned) Aliplast 15 Elhadji Malick Thiam (Sen) Senegal 16 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 17 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 18 Remko Kramer (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 3.35 19 Michel Kauffmann (Fra) Alsace 20 Laurent Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 21 Karim Kabore (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 22 Sadrac Teguimaha (Cam) Cameroon 23 L-Jean Ilboudo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 24 Martin Som (Cam) Cameroon 25 Tidiane Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 26 Cyrille Cosnefroy (Fra) Normandie 27 Guillaume Boisgontier (Fra) Normandie 28 Joost Declerk (Bel) Aliplast 29 Joseph Sanda (Cam) Cameroon 30 Karel Pattyn (Bel) Aliplast 31 Jordane Chazal (Fra) GMCI 38 32 Ibrahim Abdoulaye Soumma (Nig) Niger 33 Kossi Nossi (Tog) Togo 34 Pascal Bouba (Cam) Cameroon 35 Abdoulaye Ouedraogo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 36 Gweswende Sawadogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 37 Thibault Richard (Fra) GMCI 38 38 Kock Rutger (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 39 Peter Schoepen (Bel) Aliplast 40 Michel Bilgo (Bur) Sofitex 41 Ali Sidi Thiam (Sen) Senegal 42 Jean Tonde (Bur) Sofitex 43 Lucien Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 44 Jerome Pamart (Fra) Normandie 45 Damien Tekou (Cam) Cameroon 46 David Washburn (USA) Marco Polo Cycling Team 47 Ablasse Tapsoba (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 48 Zakaria Dia Abdoulsalam (Nig) Niger 49 T-Desire Kabore (Bur) Sofitex 50 Stephane Paol (Fra) GMCI 38 51 Issaka Kabore (Bur) Sofitex 3.55 52 Idrissa Ouedraogo (Bur) Niger 6.18 53 Steven Thys (Bel) Aliplast 7.19 54 Attivi Egue (Tog) Togo 55 Didier Agbefu (Tog) Togo 56 Komi Kondoh (Tog) Togo 57 Jean Claude Badjagoume (Ben) Benin 58 Adamou Gabo (Nig) Niger 59 Houdo Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 60 Jean Lopez (Sen) Senegal 8.37 61 Hamidou Diarra (Mli) Mali 62 EugËne Hansinon (Ben) Benin 9.49 63 Papa Amadou Diouf (Sen) Senegal 11.06 64 Adama Bagayoko (Mli) Mali 12.07 65 Paul Dona (Ben) Benin 14.43 66 Abdoulaye Thiam (Sen) Senegal 17.34 67 Adama Togola (Mli) Mali 17.35 68 Augustin Amoussouvi (Ben) Benin 21.26 69 Kowouvi Dossouvi (Tog) Togo 70 Eric Ahouandjinou (Ben) Benin 71 Siaka Diallo (Mli) Mali 30.47 72 Siaka Diarra (Mli) Mali 73 Salia Togola (Mli) Mali DNF Jerome Amann (Fra) Alsace Points 1 Jonathan Kern (Fra) Alsace 30 Pts 2 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 27 3 Olivier Keita (Sen) Senegal 25 4 Saidou Tall (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 23 5 Kay Kermer (Ger) Marco Polo Cycling Team 21 6 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 19 7 R-Geremie Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 17 8 Brice Bouniot (Fra) GMCI 38 15 9 Gunther Cuylits (Bel) Aliplast 13 10 Thierry David (Fra) GMCI 38 11 11 Thomas Dietsch (Fra) Alsace 10 12 Saidou Rouamba (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 9 13 Alexandre Lecocq (Fra) GMCI 38 8 14 Peter Van Agtmaal (Ned) Aliplast 7 15 Elhadji Malick Thiam (Sen) Senegal 6 16 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 5 17 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 4 18 Remko Kramer (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 3 19 Michel Kauffmann (Fra) Alsace 2 20 Laurent Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 1 Sprints Gourcy, km 29.5 1 Thierry David (Fra) GMCI 38 3 Pts 2 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 2 3 Kay Kermer (Ger) Marco Polo Cycling Team 1 Billiga, km 53.9 1 Gunther Cuylits (Bel) Aliplast 3 Pts 2 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 2 3 Thierry David (Fra) GMCI 38 1 First passage of circuit, km 73.0 1 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 3 Pts 2 Saidou Tall (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 2 3 Olivier Keita (Sen) Senegal 1 Teams 1 Marco Polo Cycling Team 5.37.22 2 GMCI 38 3 Alsace 4 Senegal 0.02 5 A.S.Fadoul 0.03 6 Sifa - Peugeot 1.26 7 Aliplast 8 Cameroon 3.35 9 Sofitex 10 Normandie 5.44 11 Niger 8.27 12 Togo 13.12 13 Benin 26.50 14 Mali 33.18 General classification after stage 7 1 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 17.18.32 2 Thierry David (Fra) GMCI 38 2.59 3 Gunther Cuylits (Bel) Aliplast 3.30 4 Kay Kermer (Ger) Marco Polo Cycling Team 3.41 5 Alexandre Lecocq (Fra) GMCI 38 3.53 6 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 4.27 7 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 4.36 8 Jonathan Kern (Fra) Alsace 5.09 9 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 5.13 10 Saidou Rouamba (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 5.32 11 Karel Pattyn (Bel) Aliplast 5.34 12 Olivier Keita (Sen) Senegal 5.42 13 Brice Bouniot (Fra) GMCI 38 6.00 14 Gweswende Sawadogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 6.14 15 Thomas Dietsch (Fra) Alsace 6.17 16 Elhadji Malick Thiam (Sen) Senegal 6.44 17 Laurent Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 6.45 18 Jordane Chazal (Fra) GMCI 38 6.51 19 Kossi Nossi (Tog) Togo 6.55 20 R-Geremie Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 6.58 21 Saidou Tall (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 7.14 22 Pascal Bouba (Cam) Cameroon 7.39 23 L-Jean Ilboudo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 7.43 24 Lucien Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 7.53 25 Jerome Pamart (Fra) Normandie 8.43 26 Cyrille Cosnefroy (Fra) Normandie 8.46 27 Joost Declerk (Bel) Aliplast 9.00 28 Stephane Paol (Fra) GMCI 38 9.15 29 Steven Thys (Bel) Aliplast 9.18 30 Remko Kramer (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 9.22 31 Sadrac Teguimaha (Cam) Cameroon 9.28 32 Karim Kabore (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 9.33 33 Thibault Richard (Fra) GMCI 38 10.53 34 Damien Tekou (Cam) Cameroon 11.11 35 David Washburn (USA) Marco Polo Cycling Team 12.01 36 Jean Tonde (Bur) Sofitex 14.32 37 Joseph Sanda (Cam) Cameroon 14.33 38 Ibrahim Abdoulaye Soumma (Nig) Niger 14.42 39 Abdoulaye Ouedraogo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 14.56 40 Peter Schoepen (Bel) Aliplast 15.22 41 Martin Som (Cam) Cameroon 16.02 42 T-Desire Kabore (Bur) Sofitex 16.34 43 Michel Kauffmann (Fra) Alsace 19.01 44 Tidiane Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 20.19 45 Michel Bilgo (Bur) Sofitex 21.21 46 Peter Van Agtmaal (Ned) Aliplast 22.24 47 Komi Kondoh (Tog) Togo 23.27 48 Ablasse Tapsoba (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 24.37 49 Guillaume Boisgontier (Fra) Normandie 25.21 50 Idrissa Ouedraogo (Bur) Niger 25.38 51 Kowouvi Dossouvi (Tog) Togo 34.27 52 Papa Amadou Diouf (Sen) Senegal 35.54 53 Kock Rutger (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 37.56 54 Attivi Egue (Tog) Togo 48.20 55 Adamou Gabo (Nig) Niger 49.16 56 Issaka Kabore (Bur) Sofitex 54.14 57 Adama Togola (Mli) Mali 55.41 58 Zakaria Dia Abdoulsalam (Nig) Niger 56.05 59 Eric Ahouandjinou (Ben) Benin 1.02.26 60 Siaka Diarra (Mli) Mali 1.03.14 61 EugËne Hansinon (Ben) Benin 1.03.57 62 Salia Togola (Mli) Mali 1.10.45 63 Jean Claude Badjagoume (Ben) Benin 1.18.31 64 Didier Agbefu (Tog) Togo 1.20.55 65 Paul Dona (Ben) Benin 1.23.55 66 Houdo Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 1.36.19 67 Ali Sidi Thiam (Sen) Senegal 1.40.15 68 Abdoulaye Thiam (Sen) Senegal 1.42.02 69 Siaka Diallo (Mli) Mali 1.45.19 70 Augustin Amoussouvi (Ben) Benin 1.46.11 71 Adama Bagayoko (Mli) Mali 1.46.24 72 Hamidou Diarra (Mli) Mali 1.47.15 73 Jean Lopez (Sen) Senegal 1.47.16 Points classification 1 Kay Kermer (Ger) Marco Polo Cycling Team 133 Pts 2 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 97 3 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 97 4 Brice Bouniot (Fra) GMCI 38 93 5 Thierry David (Fra) GMCI 38 91 6 Karel Pattyn (Bel) Aliplast 80 7 Jonathan Kern (Fra) Alsace 77 8 Laurent Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 75 9 Gunther Cuylits (Bel) Aliplast 70 10 Gweswende Sawadogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 65 11 Olivier Keita (Sen) Senegal 58 12 Saidou Rouamba (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 55 13 Alexandre Lecocq (Fra) GMCI 38 46 14 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 45 15 Steven Thys (Bel) Aliplast 44 16 R-Geremie Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 41 17 Peter Van Agtmaal (Ned) Aliplast 37 18 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 36 19 L-Jean Ilboudo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 36 20 Cyrille Cosnefroy (Fra) Normandie 30 21 Karim Kabore (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 29 22 Michel Kauffmann (Fra) Alsace 29 23 Elhadji Malick Thiam (Sen) Senegal 28 24 Sadrac Teguimaha (Cam) Cameroon 27 25 Kossi Nossi (Tog) Togo 24 26 Thomas Dietsch (Fra) Alsace 24 27 Saidou Tall (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 23 28 T-Desire Kabore (Bur) Sofitex 21 29 Lucien Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 21 30 Joseph Sanda (Cam) Cameroon 19 31 Pascal Bouba (Cam) Cameroon 19 32 Jordane Chazal (Fra) GMCI 38 19 33 Guillaume Boisgontier (Fra) Normandie 16 34 Michel Bilgo (Bur) Sofitex 15 35 Remko Kramer (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 15 36 Eric Ahouandjinou (Ben) Benin 13 37 Joost Declerk (Bel) Aliplast 11 38 Kock Rutger (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 11 39 Peter Schoepen (Bel) Aliplast 10 40 Stephane Paol (Fra) GMCI 38 10 41 Abdoulaye Thiam (Sen) Senegal 6 42 Damien Tekou (Cam) Cameroon 5 43 Martin Som (Cam) Cameroon 5 44 Komi Kondoh (Tog) Togo 3 45 Jerome Pamart (Fra) Normandie 3 Teams classification 1 GMCI 38 52.01.54 2 Aliplast 1.53 3 Marco Polo Cycling Team 5.36 4 A.S.Fadoul 8.14 5 Sifa - Peugeot 9.20 6 Alsace 9.53 7 Cameroon 13.05 8 Senegal 17.21 9 Normandie 21.07 10 Sofitex 24.19 11 Togo 35.24 12 Niger 46.41 13 Mali 1.38.50 14 Benin 1.52.45
