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Tour du Faso - 2.2
Burkina Faso, October 26-November 4, 2007
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Stage 4 - October 29: Kokologo - Boromo, 136 km
Edet wins stage
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Yellow jersey wearer Mouhssine Lahsaini of team Morocco was among those driving the pace in Stage 4. The tough pace caused about fifteen riders to drop off the pace. Among the riders who managed to stick with the main bunch was Nicolas Edet (Centre). Edet and three other attackers went for it at the end of the race. Edet was helped by his team-mate Vincent Graczyk to a stage victory. Graczyk finished fourth with Guillaume Gualandi (Auvergne) and Sadrack Teguimaha (Cameroon) in second and third.
How it unfolded
The attacked started immediately after the official start. Bassirou Konte (Ivory Coast) led a group of nine off the front although they never got a big gap. Five other riders attempted to join after another kliometer. Edet almost fell victim to the early attacks as he was caught near the back as riders started to drop off, but he pushed hard along with pink jersey holder Vincent Graczyk to regain his spot in the pack.
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About 60 riders would finish in the main bunch with only the teams from Alsace, Centre, and Essone ending with three riders stick with the bunch. Along the route, the battled continued for intermediate sprints. Joseph Lemoine (Centre) and Vincent Viet (Essonne) tied the day with the same number of points, but Viet came out on top since he was further up in the overall standings.
With 30km to go, Julien Rabaud (Auvergne) took off. Eventually five riders joined him, but they were caught. Later a break of four riders went with just five kilomters to go, including Graczyk, Edet, Gualandi and Teguimaha. the two Centre riders worked together well with the goal of getting Edet the win. Graczyk led him out for the win. Edet is now within one minute and 10 seconds of the overall. The closest challenger for Lahsaini is Dutch rider Roel Egelmeers.
Photography
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- Frenchman Nicolas Edet (Centre) was excited about his win.
- Nicolas Edet (Centre) raises his arms in celebration.
- Fans cheer passing racers.
- The peloton passes by a field.
- The four man break would stick until the end.
- Yellow jersey wearer Mouhssine Lahsaini (Morocco)
- Racers cross the finish line after stage 4.
Results
1 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Centre 3.09.30 (40.528 km/h) 2 Guillaume Gualandi (Fra) Auvergne 3 Sadrack Teguimaha (Cmr) Cameroon 4 Vincent Graczyk (Fra) Centre 0.04 5 Mickaël Schnell (Fra) Alsace 0.15 6 Jérémy Galland (Fra) Essonne 7 Julien Tomasi (Fra) Alsace 8 Benjamin Gault (Fra) Centre 9 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 10 Alexandre Brandt (Fra) Alsace 11 Saidou Rouamba (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 12 Roel Egelmeers (Ned) Netherlands 13 Vincent Viet (Fra) Essonne 14 Dirk Oude Ophuis (Ned) Netherlands 15 Mouhssine Lahsaini (Mar) Morocco 16 Sylvain T. Ilboudo (Bur) Sofitex 17 Abdelati Saadoune (Mar) Morocco 18 Mohammed Er Ragragui (Mar) Morocco 19 Damien Tekou (Cmr) Cameroon 20 Bassirou Konte (CIv) Ivory Coast 21 Laurent Zongo (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 22 Eugène K. Lokossue (CIv) Ivory Coast 23 Narcisse Tamno Tokam (Cmr) Cameroon 24 Ahmed Ouedraogo (CIv) Ivory Coast 25 Guy Smet (Bel) Belgium 26 Lionel Syne (Bel) Belgium 27 Mattias Nys (Bel) Belgium 28 Stéphane Gay (Fra) Auvergne 29 Wahab A. Sawadogo (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 30 Jérémie R. Ouedraogo (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 31 Sébastien Le Baron (Fra) Auvergne 32 Mahamadi Balima (Bur) Burkina Faso 33 Olivier Nari (Fra) Essonne 34 Martinien Tega (Cmr) Cameroon 35 Gerben Nijmeijer (Ned) Netherlands 36 Ferdi Van Katwijk (Ned) Netherlands 37 Loïc Cavalier (Fra) Alsace 38 Adil Jelloul (Mar) Morocco 39 Sébastien Foucher (Fra) Centre 40 Tidiani Sanogo (Mli) Mali 41 Saidou Tall (Bur) Burkina Faso 42 Olivier Derquenne (Fra) Essonne 43 Krihstoff Verbraeken (Bel) Belgium 44 Joseph Sanda (Cmr) Cameroon 45 Boukaré Kagambega (Bur) Burkina Faso 46 Jérôme Amann (Fra) Alsace 47 Abdellatif Karraz (Mar) Morocco 48 Amaury Grelot (Fra) Essonne 49 Abdoulaye Ouedraogo (Bur) Sofitex 50 Mouhcine Rhaili (Mar) Morocco 51 Yann Frette (Fra) Essonne 52 Michel Kaufmann (Fra) Alsace 53 Romain Appert (Fra) Centre 54 Julien Rabaud (Fra) Auvergne 55 Idrissa Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso 56 Issiaka Fofana (CIv) Ivory Coast 57 Houdo Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 58 Désiré Kabore (Bur) Burkina Faso 59 Joseph Lemoine (Fra) Centre 60 Thijs Poelstra (Ned) Netherlands 61 Mickaël Bergerard (Fra) Auvergne 62 Christof Marien (Bel) Belgium 3.45 63 Siaka Mariko (Mli) Mali 20.55 64 Ousmane Compaore (Bur) Sofitex 21.05 65 Hamidou Diarra (Mli) Mali 21.34 66 David Lacoste (Fra) Auvergne 67 Aboubakar Daouda (Cmr) Cameroon 68 Mongonlon Toure (CIv) Ivory Coast 69 Komla Edem Daku (Tog) Togo 70 Kokou Samana (Tog) Togo 71 Bolodigui Ouattara (CIv) Ivory Coast 72 Pierre S. Kiba (Bur) Sofitex 73 Salia Togola (Mli) Mali 74 Adama Bagayoko (Mli) Mali 75 Roel De Vries (Ned) Netherlands 21.42 76 Kowouvi Dossouvi (Tog) Togo 77 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 21.47 78 Mahamadi Nikiema (Bur) Sofitex 79 Tidiani Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso 21.52 80 Jeremy Burton (Bel) Belgium Points 1 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Centre 30 pts 2 Guillaume Gualandi (Fra) Auvergne 27 3 Sadrack Teguimaha (Cmr) Cameroon 25 4 Vincent Graczyk (Fra) Centre 23 5 Mickaël Schnell (Fra) Alsace 21 6 Jérémy Galland (Fra) Essonne 19 7 Julien Tomasi (Fra) Alsace 17 8 Benjamin Gault (Fra) Centre 15 9 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 13 10 Alexandre Brandt (Fra) Alsace 11 11 Saidou Rouamba (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 10 12 Roel Egelmeers (Ned) Netherlands 9 13 Vincent Viet (Fra) Essonne 8 14 Dirk Oude Ophuis (Ned) Netherlands 7 15 Mouhssine Lahsaini (Mar) Morocco 6 16 Sylvain T. Ilboudo (Bur) Sofitex 5 17 Abdelati Saadoune (Mar) Morocco 4 18 Mohammed Er Ragragui (Mar) Morocco 3 19 Damien Tekou (Cmr) Cameroon 2 20 Bassirou Konte (CIv) Ivory Coast 1 Sprints Sabou - km 43 1 Jérémy Galland (Fra) Essonne 3 pts 2 Vincent Viet (Fra) Essonne 2 3 Wahab A. Sawadogo (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 1 Tita - km 80.5 1 Joseph Lemoine (Fra) Centre 3 pts 2 Stéphane Gay (Fra) Auvergne 2 3 Vincent Viet (Fra) Essonne 1 Laba - km 102.5 1 Vincent Viet (Fra) Essonne 3 pts 2 Joseph Lemoine (Fra) Centre 2 3 Sadrack Teguimaha (Cmr) Cameroon 1 Team 1 Centre 9.28.49 2 Cameroon 0.11 3 Auvergne 4 Alsace 0.26 5 Port Autonome De Lome 6 Maroc 7 Essonne 8 Netherlands 9 Ivory Coast 10 Belgium 11 Burkina Faso 12 Sofitex 13 Mali 42.25 14 Togo 1.04.31 General classification after stage 4 1 Mouhssine Lahsaini (Mar) Morocco 12.50.53 2 Roel Egelmeers (Ned) Netherlands 0.05 3 Krihstoff Verbraeken (Bel) Belgium 0.51 4 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Centre 1.10 5 Jérémy Galland (Fra) Essonne 1.17 6 Adil Jelloul (Mar) Morocco 1.19 7 Vincent Graczyk (Fra) Centre 1.21 8 Mickaël Schnell (Fra) Alsace 1.29 9 Lionel Syne (Bel) Belgium 10 Martinien Tega (Cmr) Cameroon 1.31 11 Mohammed Er Ragragui (Mar) Morocco 1.34 12 Guy Smet (Bel) Belgium 13 Sadrack Teguimaha (Cmr) Cameroon 1.37 14 Mattias Nys (Bel) Belgium 1.47 15 Loïc Cavalier (Fra) Alsace 1.50 16 Romain Appert (Fra) Centre 1.51 17 Julien Tomasi (Fra) Alsace 1.52 18 Joseph Sanda (Cmr) Cameroon 1.53 19 Vincent Viet (Fra) Essonne 2.01 20 Stéphane Gay (Fra) Auvergne 2.08 21 Jérémie R. Ouedraogo (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 22 Bassirou Konte (CIv) Ivory Coast 2.09 23 Wahab A. Sawadogo (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 24 Saidou Rouamba (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 2.10 25 Abdelati Saadoune (Mar) Morocco 26 Dirk Oude Ophuis (Ned) Netherlands 27 Olivier Derquenne (Fra) Essonne 28 Ahmed Ouedraogo (CIv) Ivory Coast 29 Eugène K. Lokossue (CIv) Ivory Coast 30 Abdellatif Karraz (Mar) Morocco 31 Benjamin Gault (Fra) Centre 2.18 32 Ferdi Van Katwijk (Ned) Netherlands 33 Jérôme Amann (Fra) Alsace 34 Gerben Nijmeijer (Ned) Netherlands 35 Michel Kaufmann (Fra) Alsace 36 Abdoulaye Ouedraogo (Bur) Sofitex 2.39 37 Sébastien Foucher (Fra) Centre 38 Saidou Tall (Bur) Burkina Faso 2.42 39 Guillaume Gualandi (Fra) Auvergne 2.45 40 Olivier Nari (Fra) Essonne 2.47 41 Mouhcine Rhaili (Mar) Morocco 2.56 42 Désiré Kabore (Bur) Burkina Faso 3.03 43 Yann Frette (Fra) Essonne 3.04 44 Damien Tekou (Cmr) Cameroon 3.06 45 Idrissa Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso 3.25 46 Julien Rabaud (Fra) Auvergne 3.27 47 Boukaré Kagambega (Bur) Burkina Faso 48 Sébastien Le Baron (Fra) Auvergne 3.52 49 Amaury Grelot (Fra) Essonne 3.56 50 Mickaël Bergerard (Fra) Auvergne 4.00 51 Tidiani Sanogo (Mli) Mali 4.58 52 Houdo Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 5.02 53 Alexandre Brandt (Fra) Alsace 5.13 54 Thijs Poelstra (Ned) Netherlands 5.22 55 Christof Marien (Bel) Belgium 5.40 56 Sylvain T. Ilboudo (Bur) Sofitex 7.38 57 Mahamadi Balima (Bur) Burkina Faso 14.42 58 Laurent Zongo (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 15.38 59 Issiaka Fofana (CIv) Ivory Coast 17.54 60 Joseph Lemoine (Fra) Centre 19.25 61 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 20.20 62 Narcisse Tamno Tokam (Cmr) Cameroon 22.07 63 Jeremy Burton (Bel) Belgium 23.27 64 Tidiani Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso 24.19 65 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 24.22 66 Roel De Vries (Ned) Netherlands 24.31 67 Hamidou Diarra (Mli) Mali 25.17 68 Bolodigui Ouattara (CIv) Ivory Coast 25.18 69 Salia Togola (Mli) Mali 26.44 70 Ousmane Compaore (Bur) Sofitex 28.12 71 Siaka Mariko (Mli) Mali 29.18 72 Pierre S. Kiba (Bur) Sofitex 35.08 73 Mahamadi Nikiema (Bur) Sofitex 38.02 74 David Lacoste (Fra) Auvergne 38.20 75 Adama Bagayoko (Mli) Mali 46.30 76 Mongonlon Toure (CIv) Ivory Coast 55.29 77 Kokou Samana (Tog) Togo 56.12 78 Kowouvi Dossouvi (Tog) Togo 1.01.11 79 Komla Edem Daku (Tog) Togo 1.20.42 80 Aboubakar Daouda (Cmr) Cameroon 1.59.23 Points classification 1 Mickaël Schnell (Fra) Alsace 70 pts 2 Jérémy Galland (Fra) Essonne 67 3 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Centre 66 4 Mouhssine Lahsaini (Mar) Morocco 57 5 Julien Tomasi (Fra) Alsace 54 6 Roel Egelmeers (Ned) Netherlands 53 7 Vincent Graczyk (Fra) Centre 45 8 Mohammed Er Ragragui (Mar) Morocco 43 9 Adil Jelloul (Mar) Morocco 42 10 Jeremy Burton (Bel) Belgium 41 11 Guy Smet (Bel) Belgium 40 12 Vincent Viet (Fra) Essonne 39 13 Sadrack Teguimaha (Cmr) Cameroon 36 14 Guillaume Gualandi (Fra) Auvergne 35 15 Dirk Oude Ophuis (Ned) Netherlands 33 16 Romain Appert (Fra) Centre 31 17 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 28 18 Lionel Syne (Bel) Belgium 27 19 Saidou Rouamba (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 27 20 Krihstoff Verbraeken (Bel) Belgium 25 21 Martinien Tega (Cmr) Cameroon 23 22 Loïc Cavalier (Fra) Alsace 21 23 Benjamin Gault (Fra) Centre 18 24 Joseph Sanda (Cmr) Cameroon 17 25 Christof Marien (Bel) Belgium 15 26 Mattias Nys (Bel) Belgium 14 27 Olivier Nari (Fra) Essonne 11 28 Alexandre Brandt (Fra) Alsace 11 29 Olivier Derquenne (Fra) Essonne 9 30 Stéphane Gay (Fra) Auvergne 5 31 Sylvain T. Ilboudo (Bur) Sofitex 5 32 Abdelati Saadoune (Mar) Morocco 4 33 Mouhcine Rhaili (Mar) Morocco 4 34 Roel De Vries (Ned) Netherlands 4 35 Damien Tekou (Cmr) Cameroon 3 36 Bassirou Konte (CIv) Ivory Coast 1 Sprint classification 1 Vincent Viet (Fra) Essonne 9 pts 2 Joseph Lemoine (Fra) Centre 9 3 Vincent Graczyk (Fra) Centre 7 4 Jérémy Galland (Fra) Essonne 5 5 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Centre 4 6 Lionel Syne (Bel) Belgium 4 7 Sadrack Teguimaha (Cmr) Cameroon 4 8 Julien Tomasi (Fra) Alsace 3 9 Bolodigui Ouattara (CIv) Ivory Coast 3 10 Mattias Nys (Bel) Belgium 3 11 Mouhssine Lahsaini (Mar) Morocco 3 12 Laurent Zongo (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 3 13 Stéphane Gay (Fra) Auvergne 2 14 Jérémie R. Ouedraogo (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 2 15 Boukaré Kagambega (Bur) Burkina Faso 2 16 Sylvain T. Ilboudo (Bur) Sofitex 2 17 Roel Egelmeers (Ned) Netherlands 2 18 Mohammed Er Ragragui (Mar) Morocco 2 19 Wahab A. Sawadogo (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 1 20 Bassirou Konte (CIv) Ivory Coast 1 21 Krihstoff Verbraeken (Bel) Belgium 1 Best African classification 1 Mouhssine Lahsaini (Mar) Morocco 12.50.53 2 Adil Jelloul (Mar) Morocco 1.19 3 Martinien Tega (Cmr) Cameroon 1.31 4 Mohammed Er Ragragui (Mar) Morocco 1.34 5 Sadrack Teguimaha (Cmr) Cameroon 1.37 6 Joseph Sanda (Cmr) Cameroon 1.53 7 Jérémie R. Ouedraogo (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 2.08 8 Bassirou Konte (CIv) Ivory Coast 2.09 9 Wahab A. Sawadogo (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 10 Saidou Rouamba (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 2.10 11 Abdelati Saadoune (Mar) Morocco 12 Ahmed Ouedraogo (CIv) Ivory Coast 13 Eugène K. Lokossue (CIv) Ivory Coast 14 Abdellatif Karraz (Mar) Morocco 15 Abdoulaye Ouedraogo (Bur) Sofitex 2.39 16 Saidou Tall (Bur) Burkina Faso 2.42 17 Mouhcine Rhaili (Mar) Morocco 2.56 18 Désiré Kabore (Bur) Burkina Faso 3.03 19 Damien Tekou (Cmr) Cameroon 3.06 20 Idrissa Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso 3.25 21 Boukaré Kagambega (Bur) Burkina Faso 3.27 22 Tidiani Sanogo (Mli) Mali 4.58 23 Houdo Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 5.02 24 Sylvain T. Ilboudo (Bur) Sofitex 7.38 25 Mahamadi Balima (Bur) Burkina Faso 14.42 26 Laurent Zongo (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 15.38 27 Issiaka Fofana (CIv) Ivory Coast 17.54 28 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 20.20 29 Narcisse Tamno Tokam (Cmr) Cameroon 22.07 30 Tidiani Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso 24.19 31 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 24.22 32 Hamidou Diarra (Mli) Mali 25.17 33 Bolodigui Ouattara (CIv) Ivory Coast 25.18 34 Salia Togola (Mli) Mali 26.44 35 Ousmane Compaore (Bur) Sofitex 28.12 36 Siaka Mariko (Mli) Mali 29.18 37 Pierre S. Kiba (Bur) Sofitex 35.08 38 Mahamadi Nikiema (Bur) Sofitex 38.02 39 Adama Bagayoko (Mli) Mali 46.30 40 Mongonlon Toure (CIv) Ivory Coast 55.29 41 Kokou Samana (Tog) Togo 56.12 42 Kowouvi Dossouvi (Tog) Togo 1.01.11 43 Komla Edem Daku (Tog) Togo 1.20.42 44 Aboubakar Daouda (Cmr) Cameroon 1.59.23 UEMOA Classification 1 Jérémie R. Ouedraogo (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 12.53.01 2 Bassirou Konte (CIv) Ivory Coast 0.01 3 Wahab A. Sawadogo (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 4 Saidou Rouamba (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 0.02 5 Ahmed Ouedraogo (CIv) Ivory Coast 6 Eugène K. Lokossue (CIv) Ivory Coast 7 Abdoulaye Ouedraogo (Bur) Sofitex 0.31 8 Saidou Tall (Bur) Burkina Faso 0.34 9 Désiré Kabore (Bur) Burkina Faso 0.55 10 Idrissa Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso 1.17 11 Boukaré Kagambega (Bur) Burkina Faso 1.19 12 Tidiani Sanogo (Mli) Mali 2.50 13 Houdo Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 2.54 14 Sylvain T. Ilboudo (Bur) Sofitex 5.30 15 Mahamadi Balima (Bur) Burkina Faso 12.34 16 Laurent Zongo (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 13.30 17 Issiaka Fofana (CIv) Ivory Coast 15.46 18 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 18.12 19 Tidiani Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso 22.11 20 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 22.14 21 Hamidou Diarra (Mli) Mali 23.09 22 Bolodigui Ouattara (CIv) Ivory Coast 23.10 23 Salia Togola (Mli) Mali 24.36 24 Ousmane Compaore (Bur) Sofitex 26.04 25 Siaka Mariko (Mli) Mali 27.10 26 Pierre S. Kiba (Bur) Sofitex 33.00 27 Mahamadi Nikiema (Bur) Sofitex 35.54 28 Adama Bagayoko (Mli) Mali 44.22 29 Mongonlon Toure (CIv) Ivory Coast 53.21 30 Kokou Samana (Tog) Togo 54.04 31 Kowouvi Dossouvi (Tog) Togo 59.03 32 Komla Edem Daku (Tog) Togo 1.18.34 Best young rider classification 1 Mouhssine Lahsaini (Mar) Morocco 12.50.53 2 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Centre 1.10 3 Jérémy Galland (Fra) Essonne 1.17 4 Vincent Graczyk (Fra) Centre 1.21 5 Julien Tomasi (Fra) Alsace 1.52 6 Joseph Sanda (Cmr) Cameroon 1.53 7 Vincent Viet (Fra) Essonne 2.01 8 Bassirou Konte (CIv) Ivory Coast 2.09 9 Dirk Oude Ophuis (Ned) Netherlands 2.10 10 Eugène K. Lokossue (CIv) Ivory Coast 11 Abdellatif Karraz (Mar) Morocco 12 Benjamin Gault (Fra) Centre 2.18 13 Jérôme Amann (Fra) Alsace 14 Damien Tekou (Cmr) Cameroon 3.06 15 Idrissa Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso 3.25 16 Julien Rabaud (Fra) Auvergne 3.27 17 Amaury Grelot (Fra) Essonne 3.56 18 Mickaël Bergerard (Fra) Auvergne 4.00 19 Jeremy Burton (Bel) Belgium 23.27 20 Roel De Vries (Ned) Netherlands 24.31 21 Ousmane Compaore (Bur) Sofitex 28.12 22 Siaka Mariko (Mli) Mali 29.18 23 Mahamadi Nikiema (Bur) Sofitex 38.02 24 Adama Bagayoko (Mli) Mali 46.30 25 Mongonlon Toure (CIv) Ivory Coast 55.29 26 Komla Edem Daku (Tog) Togo 1.20.42 27 Aboubakar Daouda (Cmr) Cameroon 1.59.23 Team classification 1 Maroc 38.35.51 2 Belgium 0.09 3 Netherlands 1.29 4 Centre 1.37 5 Cameroon 1.57 6 Essonne 2.03 7 Alsace 2.22 8 Port Autonome De Lome 3.18 9 Ivory Coast 3.26 10 Auvergne 3.59 11 Burkina Faso 4.22 12 Sofitex 5.38 13 Mali 51.30 14 Togo 3.02.42
