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17th Tour du Faso - 2.5
Burkina Faso, October 29-November 9, 2003
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Stage 9 - November 7: Koulbila - Tenkodogo, 149 km
Twice is nice for Van Agtmaal
By Chris Henry
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Stage 5 winner Peter Van Agtmaal (Aliplast) found new success on the road today, claiming the day's victory in the ninth stage of the Tour du Faso. Stage wins are the name of the game, as no rider has shown himself capable of mounting a serious threat to the yellow jersey of Maarten Tjallingii (Marco Polo Cycling Team). The longest stage of the 11 stage tour, Friday's race took the peloton 149 kilometres from Koulbila to Tenkodogo. Sixty nine riders took the start, a sign of relatively modest attrition since the first stage began with 82 starters a week and a half ago.
Today's stage was marked by a day-long break that went the distance, as fourteen riders broke clear in the early kilometres and never looked back. In the move were many of the race's usual suspects, including Van Agtmaal, Saidou Tall, Laurent and Lucien Zongo (A.S. Fadoul), Remko Kramer (Marco Polo), Guillaume Boisgontier (Normandie), Michel Kauffmann (Alsace), Ali Sidi Thiam (Senegal), Stéphane Paol (GMCI 38), R. Geremie Ouedraogo and Gweswende Sawadogo (Sifa-Peugeot), and the Cameroon trio of Martinien Tega, Joseph Sanda, and Pascal Bouba.
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With three riders each from A.S. Fadoul and Cameroon, not to mention Sifa-Peugeot's Sawadogo and Ouedraogo, the break was a well-oiled machine and perfectly capable to keeping the peloton at bay. Race leader Tjallingii had his teammate Kramer in the move, though any sign of danger would have left him more vulnerable having lost three of his teammates from the race.
So it went, as the leaders steadily built an advantage which reached its height (3'30) late in the stage with only 35km to race. The intermediate sprints were won by Kramer, Boisgontier and Laurent Zongo, indicating that no one rider was the dominant sprinter of the group. Despite the presence of his teammate Kramer in the lead group, Marco Polo's yellow jersey Tjallingii nonetheless took his usual responsibilities in setting the pace in the main field to keep the break's advantage in check.
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Still hungry for more success, Marco Polo made another bid for a stage win as Kramer attacked out of the final corner in Tenkodogo. The rest of the break was disorganized behind as riders began to tire from the day's efforts, and Kramer forged ahead with his bold move. He had one chance, and it almost worked, but a flying Van Agtmaal blew by his compatriot Kramer in the final metres to take the win with stage 6 winner Laurent Zongo hot on his heels but unable to pass the Dutchman. France's Boisgontier rounded out the day's podium in third.
Photography
Images by Nana Aboubacar/A.S.O.
- The fourteen man break left early and never came back
- Augustin Amoussouvi (Benin) fetches a bidon while a rider from Mali (l) tries to find his way back onto the pavement
- Other than the early break, the peloton stayed together on the tour's longest stage
- Double stage winner Van Agtmaal has made his Aliplast team director a happy man
- Two Burkinabè juniors enjoy the passing of the Tour du Faso
- The peloton glides by behind the Faso landscape
Results
1 Peter Van Agtmaal (Ned) Aliplast 3.26.17 2 Laurent Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 3 Guillaume Boisgontier (Fra) Normandie 4 Remko Kramer (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 5 Michel Kauffmann (Fra) Alsace 6 R-Geremie Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 0.06 7 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 8 Joseph Sanda (Cam) Cameroon 9 Lucien Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 0.09 10 Stephane Paol (Fra) GMCI 38 11 Gweswende Sawadogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 0.11 12 Ali Sidi Thiam (Sen) Senegal 0.15 13 Saidou Tall (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 14 Pascal Bouba (Cam) Cameroon 0.24 15 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 1.38 16 Kay Kermer (Ger) Marco Polo Cycling Team 17 Saidou Rouamba (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 18 Olivier Keita (Sen) Senegal 19 Brice Bouniot (Fra) GMCI 38 20 Tidiane Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 21 Thomas Dietsch (Fra) Alsace 22 Cyrille Cosnefroy (Fra) Normandie 23 Joost Declerk (Bel) Aliplast 24 Karim Kabore (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 25 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 26 Sadrac Teguimaha (Cam) Cameroon 27 Komi Kondoh (Tog) Togo 28 Attivi Egue (Tog) Togo 29 Gunther Cuylits (Bel) Aliplast 30 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 31 Damien Tekou (Cam) Cameroon 32 Kossi Nossi (Tog) Togo 33 Adama Bagayoko (Mli) Mali 34 Adama Togola (Mli) Mali 35 Elhadji Malick Thiam (Sen) Senegal 36 Kowouvi Dossouvi (Tog) Togo 37 Adamou Gabo (Nig) Niger 38 Idrissa Ouedraogo (Bur) Niger 39 Salia Togola (Mli) Mali 40 Martin Som (Cam) Cameroon 41 Thierry David (Fra) GMCI 38 42 Peter Schoepen (Bel) Aliplast 43 Jonathan Kern (Fra) Alsace 44 T-Desire Kabore (Bur) Sofitex 45 Jordane Chazal (Fra) GMCI 38 46 EugĖne Hansinon (Ben) Benin 47 Jerome Pamart (Fra) Normandie 48 Michel Bilgo (Bur) Sofitex 49 Ibrahim Abdoulaye Soumma (Nig) Niger 50 Abdoulaye Ouedraogo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 51 Eric Ahouandjinou (Ben) Benin 52 Siaka Diallo (Mli) Mali 53 Hamidou Diarra (Mli) Mali 54 Alexandre Lecocq (Fra) GMCI 38 55 L-Jean Ilboudo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 56 Zakaria Dia Abdoulsalam (Nig) Niger 57 Houdo Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 58 Ablasse Tapsoba (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 59 Jean Claude Badjagoume (Ben) Benin 60 Paul Dona (Ben) Benin 2.27 61 Jean Tonde (Bur) Sofitex 1.38 62 Karel Pattyn (Bel) Aliplast 63 Issaka Kabore (Bur) Sofitex 6.12 64 Augustin Amoussouvi (Ben) Benin 26.46 65 Siaka Diarra (Mli) Mali 66 Didier Agbefu (Tog) Togo 29.02 67 Papa Amadou Diouf (Sen) Senegal DNF Jean Lopez (Sen) Senegal DNF Steven Thys (Bel) Aliplast Points 1 Peter Van Agtmaal (Ned) Aliplast 30 Pts 2 Laurent Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 27 3 Guillaume Boisgontier (Fra) Normandie 25 4 Remko Kramer (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 23 5 Michel Kauffmann (Fra) Alsace 21 6 R-Geremie Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 19 7 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 17 8 Joseph Sanda (Cam) Cameroon 15 9 Lucien Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 13 10 Stephane Paol (Fra) GMCI 38 11 11 Gweswende Sawadogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 10 12 Ali Sidi Thiam (Sen) Senegal 9 13 Saidou Tall (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 8 14 Pascal Bouba (Cam) Cameroon 7 15 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 6 16 Kay Kermer (Ger) Marco Polo Cycling Team 5 17 Saidou Rouamba (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 4 18 Olivier Keita (Sen) Senegal 3 19 Brice Bouniot (Fra) GMCI 38 2 20 Tidiane Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 1 Sprints Mogtedo, km 39.70 1 Remko Kramer (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 3 Pts 2 Guillaume Boisgontier (Fra) Normandie 2 3 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 1 Zorgho, km 65.00 1 Guillaume Boisgontier (Fra) Normandie 3 Pts 2 R-Geremie Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 2 3 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 1 Koupela, km 98.40 1 Laurent Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 3 Pts 2 Guillaume Boisgontier (Fra) Normandie 2 3 Michel Kauffmann (Fra) Alsace 1 Teams 1 A.S.Fadoul 10.19.15 2 Cameroon 0.12 3 Sifa - Peugeot 1.31 4 Marco Polo Cycling Team 2.52 5 Aliplast 6 Alsace 7 Normandie 8 GMCI 38 3.01 9 Senegal 3.07 10 Togo 4.30 11 Mali 12 Sofitex 13 Niger 14 Benin General classification after stage 9 1 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 24.06.46 2 Thierry David (Fra) GMCI 38 2.59 3 Gunther Cuylits (Bel) Aliplast 3.12 4 Kay Kermer (Ger) Marco Polo Cycling Team 3.16 5 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 3.39 6 Alexandre Lecocq (Fra) GMCI 38 3.53 7 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 4.19 8 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 4.27 9 Gweswende Sawadogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 4.47 10 Laurent Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 4.58 11 Jonathan Kern (Fra) Alsace 5.09 12 R-Geremie Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 5.24 13 Brice Bouniot (Fra) GMCI 38 5.32 14 Saidou Rouamba (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 15 Olivier Keita (Sen) Senegal 5.42 16 Saidou Tall (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 5.51 17 Thomas Dietsch (Fra) Alsace 6.17 18 Lucien Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 6.18 19 Pascal Bouba (Cam) Cameroon 6.25 20 Elhadji Malick Thiam (Sen) Senegal 6.44 21 Jordane Chazal (Fra) GMCI 38 6.51 22 Remko Kramer (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 7.41 23 L-Jean Ilboudo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 7.43 24 Stephane Paol (Fra) GMCI 38 7.46 25 Cyrille Cosnefroy (Fra) Normandie 8.46 26 Joost Declerk (Bel) Aliplast 9.00 27 Sadrac Teguimaha (Cam) Cameroon 9.22 28 Karim Kabore (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 9.33 29 Kossi Nossi (Tog) Togo 10.36 30 Damien Tekou (Cam) Cameroon 11.17 31 Karel Pattyn (Bel) Aliplast 11.43 32 Joseph Sanda (Cam) Cameroon 13.01 33 Jerome Pamart (Fra) Normandie 13.41 34 Jean Tonde (Bur) Sofitex 14.32 35 Abdoulaye Ouedraogo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 14.56 36 Peter Schoepen (Bel) Aliplast 15.22 37 Ibrahim Abdoulaye Soumma (Nig) Niger 15.23 38 Martin Som (Cam) Cameroon 16.02 39 T-Desire Kabore (Bur) Sofitex 16.34 40 Michel Kauffmann (Fra) Alsace 17.22 41 Tidiane Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 20.19 42 Peter Van Agtmaal (Ned) Aliplast 20.36 43 Michel Bilgo (Bur) Sofitex 21.21 44 Komi Kondoh (Tog) Togo 23.27 45 Guillaume Boisgontier (Fra) Normandie 23.32 46 Ablasse Tapsoba (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 24.37 47 Idrissa Ouedraogo (Bur) Niger 25.38 48 Kowouvi Dossouvi (Tog) Togo 34.27 49 Adamou Gabo (Nig) Niger 49.16 50 Adama Togola (Mli) Mali 55.41 51 Zakaria Dia Abdoulsalam (Nig) Niger 56.05 52 Issaka Kabore (Bur) Sofitex 58.48 53 Siaka Diarra (Mli) Mali 1.03.14 54 Eric Ahouandjinou (Ben) Benin 1.03.34 55 EugĖne Hansinon (Ben) Benin 1.03.57 56 Salia Togola (Mli) Mali 1.10.45 57 Jean Claude Badjagoume (Ben) Benin 1.19.39 58 Papa Amadou Diouf (Sen) Senegal 1.31.10 59 Ali Sidi Thiam (Sen) Senegal 1.38.52 60 Attivi Egue (Tog) Togo 1.40.15 61 Houdo Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 1.40.42 62 Adama Bagayoko (Mli) Mali 1.46.24 63 Hamidou Diarra (Mli) Mali 1.47.15 64 Didier Agbefu (Tog) Togo 1.49.27 65 Siaka Diallo (Mli) Mali 2.13.07 66 Paul Dona (Ben) Benin 2.15.48 67 Augustin Amoussouvi (Ben) Benin 2.39.07 Points classification 1 Kay Kermer (Ger) Marco Polo Cycling Team 165 Pts 2 Brice Bouniot (Fra) GMCI 38 125 3 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 118 4 Laurent Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 113 5 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 97 6 Gunther Cuylits (Bel) Aliplast 95 7 Thierry David (Fra) GMCI 38 91 8 Jonathan Kern (Fra) Alsace 90 9 Karel Pattyn (Bel) Aliplast 80 10 Gweswende Sawadogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 75 11 Olivier Keita (Sen) Senegal 70 12 R-Geremie Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 68 13 Peter Van Agtmaal (Ned) Aliplast 67 14 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 62 15 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 59 16 Saidou Rouamba (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 59 17 Guillaume Boisgontier (Fra) Normandie 58 18 Michel Kauffmann (Fra) Alsace 57 19 Lucien Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 55 20 Alexandre Lecocq (Fra) GMCI 38 46 21 Sadrac Teguimaha (Cam) Cameroon 46 22 Remko Kramer (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 38 23 L-Jean Ilboudo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 36 24 Karim Kabore (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 34 25 Joseph Sanda (Cam) Cameroon 34 26 Cyrille Cosnefroy (Fra) Normandie 34 27 Saidou Tall (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 31 28 Elhadji Malick Thiam (Sen) Senegal 28 29 Pascal Bouba (Cam) Cameroon 26 30 Kossi Nossi (Tog) Togo 24 31 Thomas Dietsch (Fra) Alsace 24 32 T-Desire Kabore (Bur) Sofitex 21 33 Joost Declerk (Bel) Aliplast 21 34 Stephane Paol (Fra) GMCI 38 21 35 Jordane Chazal (Fra) GMCI 38 19 36 Michel Bilgo (Bur) Sofitex 15 37 Eric Ahouandjinou (Ben) Benin 13 38 Martin Som (Cam) Cameroon 11 39 Peter Schoepen (Bel) Aliplast 10 40 Ali Sidi Thiam (Sen) Senegal 9 41 Damien Tekou (Cam) Cameroon 5 42 Komi Kondoh (Tog) Togo 5 43 Abdoulaye Ouedraogo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 3 44 Jerome Pamart (Fra) Normandie 3 45 Tidiane Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 2 Teams classification 1 GMCI 38 72.24.53 2 Aliplast 1.45 3 A.S.Fadoul 5.21 4 Marco Polo Cycling Team 5.28 5 Sifa - Peugeot 8.04 6 Alsace 9.58 7 Cameroon 10.24 8 Senegal 17.41 9 Sofitex 25.52 10 Normandie 26.1 11 Togo 38.15 12 Niger 48.24 13 Mali 1.40.33 14 Benin 1.56.44
