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Tour du Faso - 2.2
Burkina Faso, October 26-November 4, 2007
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Stage 9 - November 3: Fada N'Gourma - Zorgho, 110 km
Tomasi captures his second
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One had to wait until the penultimate day to witness a large bunch sprint at the end of a stage. All the ingredients fell into place for this type of finish On Stage 9. As the peloton pushed closer to Zorgho it chased down a small group of escapees, while the Alsace team prepared its train to secure another stage victory, but sprinter Mickaël Schnell (Alsace) was slightly too keen to put his arms up in the air and claim the victory, with a photo finish showing his team-mate was actually first across the line. It was finally Julien Tomasi who offered Alsace another victory, his second of the event after his success in Kaya.
The Moroccan squad finished the day as expected, with the yellow jersey remaining on Adil Jelloul's shoulders with one stage remaining. The squad also holds the pink jersey, with Mohammed Er Ragragui the new leader in the points standing.
How it unfolded
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Some thought that the 110 kilometres from Fada N'Gourma to Zorgho would provide a slight rest day after yesterday's tough stage conquered by Adil Jelloul. But again a conqueror's spirit shone through in the Moroccan team, that had decided to go for Vincent Viet's pink jersey - one of the only jerseys not yet on Moroccan shoulders. The man in charge of the mission was Mohammed Er Ragragui, who made a move in a breakaway group of seven riders. Three kilometres later, 30 riders were to enjoy a leading role, including Vincent Viet who was well aware of Morocco's intentions. At the intermediate sprint of Diapangou (kilometre 14), the Essonne rider was to lose his leading place by one point.
The pack bunched up again just after the sprint. The fast pace still led by the Morrocan squad started making things tough for many struggling riders. After just under 40 kilometres of racing, only 45 riders remained among the main pack, including all the Alsace and Moroccan men - the holders of the leading jerseys and the first 25 riders overall. For all the others, a gruppetto was organised.
Pierre S. Kiba (Sofitex) and Romain Appert (Centre) tried their luck and broke away at kilometre 45. Their attempt only lasted around 30 kilometres until the following intermediate sprint, where a new episode in the battle for pink played out. Viet's reaction allowed him to get back into joint leading position, but 10 kilometres later in Sapaga, Er Ragragui claimed a precious point that gave him the lead again.
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Immediately after a new breakaway group took off, which included the likes of Mahamadi Sawadogo (Port Autonome De Lome), Abdellatif Karraz (Morocco), Saidou Tall (Burkina Faso), Damien Tekou (Cameroon) and Tomasi. The five men kept hope alive during 20 kilometres they were away, but were caught with eight kilometres left.
Several teams then looked as if they'd decided to wait for a bunched sprint to fight it out, especially the Belgium and Alsace squads. Tomasi went back to work with the ambition to help out Mickaël Schnell in his green jersey defence. On the finish line, the Alsace riders slightly anticipated their joy without knowing if Lionel Syne's last minute effort would be good enough. But the photo-finish said it all - by just an inch Tomasi claimed the stage.
Photography
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- The local children came out to cheer on the international peloton on Stage 9.
- France's Julien Tomasi (Alsace) takes victory on the Tour's penultimate stage.
- Local children cool off in the pond while riders sweat it out on the tarmac.
- Riders were challenged with varying road conditions on the way to Zorgho.
- The peloton was treated to some harsh surroundings on the 110 kilometre trip to Zorgho.
Results
1 Julien Tomasi (Fra) Alsace 2.33.54 (42.885 km/h) 2 Lionel Syne (Bel) Belgium 3 Mickaël Schnell (Fra) Alsace 4 Christof Marien (Bel) Belgium 5 Abdelati Saadoune (Mar) Morocco 6 Wahab A. Sawadogo (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 7 Bassirou Konte (CIv) Ivory Coast 8 Saidou Rouamba (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 9 Mohammed Er Ragragui (Mar) Morocco 10 Ferdi Van Katwijk (Ned) Netherlands 11 Vincent Viet (Fra) Essonne 12 Jérémy Galland (Fra) Essonne 13 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Centre 14 Laurent Zongo (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 15 Guillaume Gualandi (Fra) Auvergne 16 Stéphane Gay (Fra) Auvergne 17 Martinien Tega (Cmr) Cameroon 18 Mickaël Bergerard (Fra) Auvergne 19 Damien Tekou (Cmr) Cameroon 20 Joseph Sanda (Cmr) Cameroon 21 Sylvain T. Ilboudo (Bur) Sofitex 22 Ahmed Ouedraogo (CIv) Ivory Coast 23 Vincent Graczyk (Fra) Centre 24 Jérémie R. Ouedraogo (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 25 Sadrack Teguimaha (Cmr) Cameroon 26 Mouhssine Lahsaini (Mar) Morocco 27 Roel Egelmeers (Ned) Netherlands 28 Adil Jelloul (Mar) Morocco 29 Michel Kaufmann (Fra) Alsace 30 Pierre S. Kiba (Bur) Sofitex 31 Gerben Nijmeijer (Ned) Netherlands 32 Loïc Cavalier (Fra) Alsace 33 Guy Smet (Bel) Belgium 34 Abdellatif Karraz (Mar) Morocco 35 Olivier Derquenne (Fra) Essonne 36 Boukaré Kagambega (Bur) Burkina Faso 37 Saidou Tall (Bur) Burkina Faso 38 Jérôme Amann (Fra) Alsace 39 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 40 Issiaka Fofana (CIv) Ivory Coast 41 Sébastien Foucher (Fra) Centre 42 Alexandre Brandt (Fra) Alsace 0.09 43 Mouhcine Rhaili (Mar) Morocco 1.31 44 Romain Appert (Fra) Centre 3.54 45 Mattias Nys (Bel) Belgium 5.23 46 Ousmane Compaore (Bur) Sofitex 6.10 47 Houdo Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 48 Idrissa Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso 49 David Lacoste (Fra) Auvergne 6.13 50 Tidiani Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso 51 Tidiani Sanogo (Mli) Mali 52 Salia Togola (Mli) Mali 6.18 53 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 7.05 54 Mahamadi Balima (Bur) Burkina Faso 55 Yann Frette (Fra) Essonne 56 Abdoulaye Ouedraogo (Bur) Sofitex 57 Olivier Nari (Fra) Essonne 58 Narcisse Tamno Tokam (Cmr) Cameroon 59 Joseph Lemoine (Fra) Centre 7.10 60 Jeremy Burton (Bel) Belgium 61 Benjamin Gault (Fra) Centre 62 Julien Rabaud (Fra) Auvergne 63 Dirk Oude Ophuis (Ned) Netherlands 64 Roel De Vries (Ned) Netherlands 65 Thijs Poelstra (Ned) Netherlands 66 Amaury Grelot (Fra) Essonne 7.28 67 Mongonlon Toure (CIv) Ivory Coast 18.17 68 Désiré Kabore (Bur) Burkina Faso 18.20 69 Adama Bagayoko (Mli) Mali 19.04 70 Hamidou Diarra (Mli) Mali 71 Siaka Mariko (Mli) Mali 72 Aboubakar Daouda (Cmr) Cameroon 73 Komla Edem Daku (Tog) Togo 74 Kokou Samana (Tog) Togo 75 Bolodigui Ouattara (CIv) Ivory Coast 76 Mahamadi Nikiema (Bur) Sofitex 19.09 77 Sébastien Le Baron (Fra) Auvergne 78 Krihstoff Verbraeken (Bel) Belgium 28.52 DNS Eugène K. Lokossue (CIv) Ivory Coast Sprints Diapangou - km. 14 1 Mohammed Er Ragragui (Mar) Morocco 3 pts 2 Abdelati Saadoune (Mar) Morocco 2 3 Christof Marien (Bel) Belgium 1 Koupela - km. 74 1 Vincent Viet (Fra) Essonne 3 pts 2 Mohammed Er Ragragui (Mar) Morocco 2 3 Lionel Syne (Bel) Belgium 1 Sapaga - km. 83 1 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 3 pts 2 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Centre 2 3 Mohammed Er Ragragui (Mar) Morocco 1 Points 1 Julien Tomasi (Fra) Alsace 30 pts 2 Lionel Syne (Bel) Belgium 27 3 Mickaël Schnell (Fra) Alsace 25 4 Christof Marien (Bel) Belgium 23 5 Abdelati Saadoune (Mar) Morocco 21 6 Wahab A. Sawadogo (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 19 7 Bassirou Konte (CIv) Ivory Coast 17 8 Saidou Rouamba (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 15 9 Mohammed Er Ragragui (Mar) Morocco 13 10 Ferdi Van Katwijk (Ned) Netherlands 11 11 Vincent Viet (Fra) Essonne 10 12 Jérémy Galland (Fra) Essonne 9 13 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Centre 8 14 Laurent Zongo (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 7 15 Guillaume Gualandi (Fra) Auvergne 6 16 Stéphane Gay (Fra) Auvergne 5 17 Martinien Tega (Cmr) Cameroon 4 18 Mickaël Bergerard (Fra) Auvergne 3 19 Damien Tekou (Cmr) Cameroon 2 20 Joseph Sanda (Cmr) Cameroon 1 Teams 1 Port Autonome De Lome 7.41.42 2 Alsace 3 Belgium 4 Morocco 5 Auvergne 6 Cameroon 7 Essonne 8 Netherlands 9 Ivory Coast 10 Centre 11 Sofitex 6.10 12 Burkina Faso 13 Mali 31.35 General classification after stage 9 1 Adil Jelloul (Mar) Morocco 29.07.09 2 Sadrack Teguimaha (Cmr) Cameroon 0.51 3 Mouhssine Lahsaini (Mar) Morocco 3.30 4 Abdelati Saadoune (Mar) Morocco 3.35 5 Roel Egelmeers (Ned) Netherlands 3.40 6 Guy Smet (Bel) Belgium 3.57 7 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Centre 4.16 8 Mohammed Er Ragragui (Mar) Morocco 4.29 9 Vincent Graczyk (Fra) Centre 4.30 10 Lionel Syne (Bel) Belgium 4.31 11 Jérémy Galland (Fra) Essonne 4.32 12 Mickaël Schnell (Fra) Alsace 4.43 13 Martinien Tega (Cmr) Cameroon 14 Vincent Viet (Fra) Essonne 5.07 15 Loïc Cavalier (Fra) Alsace 5.20 16 Bassirou Konte (CIv) Ivory Coast 5.36 17 Wahab A. Sawadogo (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 18 Stéphane Gay (Fra) Auvergne 5.38 19 Saidou Rouamba (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 5.40 20 Michel Kaufmann (Fra) Alsace 5.41 21 Jérôme Amann (Fra) Alsace 5.48 22 Jérémie R. Ouedraogo (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 7.34 23 Olivier Derquenne (Fra) Essonne 8.19 24 Damien Tekou (Cmr) Cameroon 8.39 25 Sylvain T. Ilboudo (Bur) Sofitex 10.47 26 Guillaume Gualandi (Fra) Auvergne 11.20 27 Julien Tomasi (Fra) Alsace 12.35 28 Abdellatif Karraz (Mar) Morocco 13.05 29 Ferdi Van Katwijk (Ned) Netherlands 13.47 30 Houdo Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 14.39 31 Mattias Nys (Bel) Belgium 15.16 32 Mouhcine Rhaili (Mar) Morocco 15.38 33 Christof Marien (Bel) Belgium 15.46 34 Olivier Nari (Fra) Essonne 16.34 35 Mickaël Bergerard (Fra) Auvergne 16.43 36 Sébastien Foucher (Fra) Centre 18.51 37 Ahmed Ouedraogo (CIv) Ivory Coast 20.24 38 Boukaré Kagambega (Bur) Burkina Faso 22.53 39 Idrissa Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso 22.59 40 Joseph Sanda (Cmr) Cameroon 24.52 41 Julien Rabaud (Fra) Auvergne 42 Dirk Oude Ophuis (Ned) Netherlands 25.54 43 Yann Frette (Fra) Essonne 27.40 44 Abdoulaye Ouedraogo (Bur) Sofitex 27.53 45 Thijs Poelstra (Ned) Netherlands 31.05 46 Laurent Zongo (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 32.34 47 Désiré Kabore (Bur) Burkina Faso 33.25 48 Issiaka Fofana (CIv) Ivory Coast 34.20 49 Mahamadi Balima (Bur) Burkina Faso 34.30 50 Alexandre Brandt (Fra) Alsace 37.17 51 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 37.21 52 Gerben Nijmeijer (Ned) Netherlands 39.57 53 Romain Appert (Fra) Centre 45.01 54 Krihstoff Verbraeken (Bel) Belgium 45.19 55 Tidiani Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso 45.40 56 Joseph Lemoine (Fra) Centre 47.13 57 Pierre S. Kiba (Bur) Sofitex 47.50 58 Sébastien Le Baron (Fra) Auvergne 47.51 59 Roel De Vries (Ned) Netherlands 48.22 60 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 48.54 61 Salia Togola (Mli) Mali 48.57 62 Jeremy Burton (Bel) Belgium 49.00 63 Saidou Tall (Bur) Burkina Faso 51.38 64 Amaury Grelot (Fra) Essonne 53.30 65 Tidiani Sanogo (Mli) Mali 56.18 66 David Lacoste (Fra) Auvergne 57.16 67 Ousmane Compaore (Bur) Sofitex 59.10 68 Benjamin Gault (Fra) Centre 1.11.47 69 Narcisse Tamno Tokam (Cmr) Cameroon 1.24.16 70 Hamidou Diarra (Mli) Mali 1.24.29 71 Mahamadi Nikiema (Bur) Sofitex 1.48.02 72 Mongonlon Toure (CIv) Ivory Coast 2.02.32 73 Bolodigui Ouattara (CIv) Ivory Coast 2.03.58 74 Siaka Mariko (Mli) Mali 2.06.17 75 Adama Bagayoko (Mli) Mali 2.24.06 76 Kokou Samana (Tog) Togo 2.28.45 77 Aboubakar Daouda (Cmr) Cameroon 3.21.07 78 Komla Edem Daku (Tog) Togo 3.34.06 Points classification 1 Mouhssine Lahsaini (Mar) Morocco 29.10.39 2 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Centre 0.46 3 Vincent Graczyk (Fra) Centre 1.00 4 Jérémy Galland (Fra) Essonne 1.02 5 Vincent Viet (Fra) Essonne 1.37 6 Bassirou Konte (CIv) Ivory Coast 2.06 7 Jérôme Amann (Fra) Alsace 2.18 8 Damien Tekou (Cmr) Cameroon 5.09 9 Julien Tomasi (Fra) Alsace 9.05 10 Abdellatif Karraz (Mar) Morocco 9.35 11 Mickaël Bergerard (Fra) Auvergne 13.13 12 Idrissa Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso 19.29 13 Joseph Sanda (Cmr) Cameroon 21.22 14 Julien Rabaud (Fra) Auvergne 15 Dirk Oude Ophuis (Ned) Netherlands 22.24 16 Roel De Vries (Ned) Netherlands 44.52 17 Jeremy Burton (Bel) Belgium 45.30 18 Amaury Grelot (Fra) Essonne 50.00 19 Ousmane Compaore (Bur) Sofitex 55.40 20 Benjamin Gault (Fra) Centre 1.08.17 21 Mahamadi Nikiema (Bur) Sofitex 1.44.32 22 Mongonlon Toure (CIv) Ivory Coast 1.59.02 23 Siaka Mariko (Mli) Mali 2.02.47 24 Adama Bagayoko (Mli) Mali 2.20.36 25 Aboubakar Daouda (Cmr) Cameroon 3.17.37 26 Komla Edem Daku (Tog) Togo 3.30.36 Sprint classification 1 Mohammed Er Ragragui (Mar) Morocco 19 pts 2 Vincent Viet (Fra) Essonne 18 3 Joseph Lemoine (Fra) Centre 13 4 Vincent Graczyk (Fra) Centre 10 5 Adil Jelloul (Mar) Morocco 9 6 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Centre 9 7 Bolodigui Ouattara (CIv) Ivory Coast 8 8 Guy Smet (Bel) Belgium 8 9 Jérémy Galland (Fra) Essonne 6 10 Pierre S. Kiba (Bur) Sofitex 6 11 Lionel Syne (Bel) Belgium 5 12 Sadrack Teguimaha (Cmr) Cameroon 5 13 Wahab A. Sawadogo (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 4 14 Bassirou Konte (CIv) Ivory Coast 4 15 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 3 16 Martinien Tega (Cmr) Cameroon 3 17 Julien Tomasi (Fra) Alsace 3 18 Mattias Nys (Bel) Belgium 3 19 Mouhssine Lahsaini (Mar) Morocco 3 20 Laurent Zongo (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 3 21 Abdelati Saadoune (Mar) Morocco 2 22 Abdellatif Karraz (Mar) Morocco 2 23 Dirk Oude Ophuis (Ned) Netherlands 2 24 Stéphane Gay (Fra) Auvergne 2 25 Jérémie R. Ouedraogo (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 2 26 Boukaré Kagambega (Bur) Burkina Faso 2 27 Sylvain T. Ilboudo (Bur) Sofitex 2 28 Roel Egelmeers (Ned) Netherlands 2 29 Saidou Tall (Bur) Burkina Faso 2 30 Christof Marien (Bel) Belgium 1 31 Krihstoff Verbraeken (Bel) Belgium 1 UEMOA classification 1 Bassirou Konte (CIv) Ivory Coast 29.12.45 2 Wahab A. Sawadogo (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 0.04 3 Saidou Rouamba (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 4 Jérémie R. Ouedraogo (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 1.58 5 Sylvain T. Ilboudo (Bur) Sofitex 5.11 6 Houdo Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 9.03 7 Ahmed Ouedraogo (CIv) Ivory Coast 14.48 8 Boukaré Kagambega (Bur) Burkina Faso 17.17 9 Idrissa Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso 17.23 10 Abdoulaye Ouedraogo (Bur) Sofitex 22.17 11 Laurent Zongo (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 26.58 12 Désiré Kabore (Bur) Burkina Faso 27.49 13 Issiaka Fofana (CIv) Ivory Coast 28.44 14 Mahamadi Balima (Bur) Burkina Faso 28.54 15 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 31.45 16 Tidiani Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso 40.04 17 Pierre S. Kiba (Bur) Sofitex 42.14 18 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Port Autonome De Lome 43.18 19 Salia Togola (Mli) Mali 43.21 20 Saidou Tall (Bur) Burkina Faso 46.02 21 Tidiani Sanogo (Mli) Mali 50.42 22 Ousmane Compaore (Bur) Sofitex 53.34 23 Hamidou Diarra (Mli) Mali 1.18.53 24 Mahamadi Nikiema (Bur) Sofitex 1.42.26 25 Mongonlon Toure (CIv) Ivory Coast 1.56.56 26 Bolodigui Ouattara (CIv) Ivory Coast 1.58.22 27 Siaka Mariko (Mli) Mali 2.00.41 28 Adama Bagayoko (Mli) Mali 2.18.30 29 Kokou Samana (Tog) Togo 2.23.09 30 Komla Edem Daku (Tog) Togo 3.28.30 Teams classification 1 Morocco 87.28.16 2 Belgium 5.58 3 Cameroon 6.27 4 Centre 7.19 5 Alsace 8.45 6 Essonne 11.12 7 Port Autonome De Lome 11.52 8 Netherlands 15.35 9 Auvergne 16.53 10 Ivory Coast 20.01 11 Sofitex 24.28 12 Burkina Faso 35.16 13 Mali 2.36.54
