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Tour Ivoirien de la Paix - 2.1
Ivory Coast, March 6-12, 2008
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Stage 6 - March 12: Gd Bassam-Abidjan , 104.1 km
Martias declared winner
Bouygues Telecom's Rony Martias was declared champion of the inaugural Tour de la Paix after heavy rains forced the final stage to be neutralised. He and team-mate Sebastien Turgot took the top two spots on the overall, while Credit Agricole's Jean-Marc Marino took third. Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eritrea) was the best placed African at fifth behind LPR's Walter Proch.
Photography
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- Melons await the riders
- The peloton rolls through one of the many small villages along the stage route.
- The pack rides through Grand Bassam.
- Martias Romy (Bouygues Telecom) takes a drink.
- The pack rides through Abidjan.
- France's Martias Romy (Bouygues Telecom) , winner of the First Tour de la Paix (Tour of Peace) refereshes after crossing the finish line in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
- A rider from Credit Agricole takes photos of the Burkina Faso team.
- The peloton rolls out for a rainy final stage.
- The Moroccan team finds a shady spot before the final stage.
- The leader's Bouygues Telecom team has a chance to relax before the final stage
- The peloton comes in for the final sprint.
- One of the Credit Agricole riders plays a game with some fans at the start.
- Romy came in with the peloton to win the inaugural Tour de la Paix.
- Italy's LPR-Brakes team receive an Ivory Coast flag from young boy before the final stage.
- Romy gets help with the jersey after winning the overall classification.
- France's Martias Romy (Bouygues Telecom) and Ivory Coast Sports Minister Dagobert Banzio on the podium.
- Cyclists from Austria and Rwanda chat before the departure of the final stage of the first edition of the Ivorian Tour de la Paix (Tour of Peace)
- Riders take a pass on some local delicacies before the final stage.
- Tour de la Paiz winner Martias Romy (Bouygues Telecom)
- Martias Romy (Bouygues Telecom) is congratulated by French ambassador to Ivory Coast Andre Janier.
- Cyclists sign-in before the departure of the final stage.
Results
Final general classification 1 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17.15.38 2 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.11 4 Walter Proch (Ita) LPR Brakes 0.25 5 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Eritrea 0.37 6 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 0.41 7 Harald Totschnig (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 0.42 8 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.10 9 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.18 10 Ahmed Mraihi (Tun) Tunisia 2.14 11 Meran Russan (Eri) Eritrea 2.51 12 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes 2.55 13 Sherif Abdalla (Egy) Egypt 3.01 14 Ignas Konovalovas (Ltu) Crédit Agricole 3.02 15 Karim Jendoubi (Tun) Tunisia 3.02 16 Michael Stevenson (Swe) Amore & Vita - McDonald's 3.02 17 Slawomyr Bury (Pol) Amore & Vita - McDonald's 4.15 18 Sergio Lagana (Ita) LPR Brakes 6.22 19 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 8.00 20 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) LPR Brakes 9.21 21 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) Amore & Vita - McDonald's 10.01 22 Mouhssine Lahsaini (Mar) Morocco 10.29 23 Bassirou Kante (CIv) Ivory Coast 11.20 24 Adil Jelloul (Mar) Morocco 11.20 25 Aklilu Goitom (Eri) Eritrea 11.35 26 Becaye Traore (Sen) Senegal 12.17 27 Aymen Brini (Tun) Tunisia 12.20 28 Issiaka Fofana (CIv) Ivory Coast 12.37 29 Ismail Ayoune (Mar) Morocco 14.40 30 Sergio Marinamgeli (Ita) LPR Brakes 16.40 31 Kouame Eugene Lokossue (CIv) Ivory Coast 18.04 32 Uwase Nyandwi (Rwa) Rwanda 20.51 33 Nathan Byukusenge (Rwa) Rwanda 21.08 34 Abdul Wahab Sawadogo (Bur) Burkina Faso 22.21 35 Adnane Aarbia (Mar) Morocco 27.28 36 Berket Yemane (Eri) Eritrea 27.28 37 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 27.37 38 Valentino Fois (Ita) Amore & Vita - McDonald's 28.18 39 Aklilu Haile (Eri) Eritrea 28.19 40 Osama Asran (Egy) Egypt 28.41 41 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 32.37 42 Saïdou Rouamba (Bur) Burkina Faso 34.53 43 Ahmed Ouedraogo (CIv) Ivory Coast 34.55 44 Merhawi Gebrehiwet (Eri) Eritrea 35.13 45 Mohsen Mohamed (Egy) Egypt 35.35 46 Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 36.12 47 Mouhcine Rhaili (Mar) Morocco 37.13 48 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 37.20 49 Idrissa Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso 40.41 50 Massamba Sarre Diouf (Sen) Senegal 40.42 51 Abdoulaye Thiam (Sen) Senegal 41.00 52 Bolodigui Ouattara (CIv) Ivory Coast 41.29 53 Pierre Kiba (Bur) Burkina Faso 41.33 54 Said Ennadifi (Mar) Morocco 41.54 55 Ghislain Ndong (Gab) Gabon 41.57 56 Julien Simon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 42.36 57 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 44.24 58 Elhadji Massokhna Diop (Sen) Senegal 46.45 59 Arnaud Ontsassi (Gab) Gabon 48.09 60 Rafaa Chtioui (Tun) Tunisia 48.57 61 Adrien Niyonshuti (Rwa) Rwanda 50.45 62 Mongonlou Toure (CIv) Ivory Coast 51.13 63 Eyeghe Nzoughe (Gab) Gabon 53.14 64 Obedi Ruvogera (Rwa) Rwanda 59.12 65 Ouedraogo R Jérémie (Bur) Burkina Faso 1.00.06 66 Ahmed Hafez (Egy) Egypt 1.02.21 67 Mbaye Mor Diop (Sen) Senegal 1.09.10 68 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Sen) Senegal 1.10.12 69 Abraham Ruhumuriza (Rwa) Rwanda 1.11.28 70 Saïdou Tall (Bur) Burkina Faso 1.12.34 71 Rafiki Uwimana (Rwa) Rwanda 1.15.05 72 Yaser Elshaht (Egy) Egypt 1.24.14 73 Leris Moukagni (Gab) Gabon 1.29.47 Points classification 1 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 102 pts 2 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 84 3 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes 76 4 Harald Totschnig (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 73 5 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole 61 6 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) LPR Brakes 61 7 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 58 8 Sergio Lagana (Ita) LPR Brakes 55 9 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 53 10 Ignas Konovalovas (Ltu) Crédit Agricole 48 11 Walter Proch (Ita) LPR Brakes 47 12 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 45 13 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 43 14 Sherif Abdalla (Egy) Egypt 42 15 Meran Russan (Eri) Eritrea 37 16 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) Amore & Vita - McDonald's 37 17 Rafaa Chtioui (Tun) Tunisia 35 18 Mouhssine Lahsaini (Mar) Morocco 33 19 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Eritrea 31 20 Karim Jendoubi (Tun) Tunisia 24 21 Bassirou Kante (CIv) Ivory Coast 24 22 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23 23 Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 23 24 Berket Yemane (Eri) Eritrea 17 25 Sergio Marinamgeli (Ita) LPR Brakes 15 26 Ahmed Mraihi (Tun) Tunisia 14 27 Michael Stevenson (Swe) Amore & Vita - McDonald's 13 28 Merhawi Gebrehiwet (Eri) Eritrea 12 29 Valentino Fois (Ita) Amore & Vita - McDonald's 11 30 Adil Jelloul (Mar) Morocco 10 31 Adnane Aarbia (Mar) Morocco 10 32 Abdul Wahab Sawadogo (Bur) Burkina Faso 9 33 Julien Simon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9 34 Ahmed Hafez (Egy) Egypt 8 35 Uwase Nyandwi (Rwa) Rwanda 4 36 Aklilu Goitom (Eri) Eritrea 3 37 Eyeghe Nzoughe (Gab) Gabon 3 Sprints classification 1 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 pts 2 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 3 Mouhssine Lahsaini (Mar) Morocco 8 4 Sergio Lagana (Ita) LPR Brakes 8 5 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 7 6 Rafaa Chtioui (Tun) Tunisia 7 7 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Eritrea 5 8 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5 9 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 10 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4 11 Bolodigui Ouattara (CIv) Ivory Coast 4 12 Walter Proch (Ita) LPR Brakes 3 13 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes 3 14 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) LPR Brakes 3 15 Sherif Abdalla (Egy) Egypt 1 16 Becaye Traore (Sen) Senegal 1 17 Kouame Eugene Lokossue (CIv) Ivory Coast 1 18 Idrissa Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso 1 Combativity classification 1 Mouhssine Lahsaini (Mar) Morocco 9 pts 2 Rafaa Chtioui (Tun) Tunisia 8 3 Nathan Byukusenge (Rwa) Rwanda 7 4 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6 5 Bolodigui Ouattara (CIv) Ivory Coast 6 6 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Eritrea 5 7 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 8 Sherif Abdalla (Egy) Egypt 3 9 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 3 10 Kouame Eugene Lokossue (CIv) Ivory Coast 1 Teams classification 1 LPR Brakes 51.43.50 2 Bouygues Telecom 5.11 3 Credit Agricole 5.26 4 Amore & Vita - McDonald's 10.25 5 Eritrea 17.53 6 Tunisia 18.14 7 Morocco 36.48 8 Elk Haus Simplon 38.11 9 Ivory Coast 38.54 10 Rwanda 46.44 11 Egypt 1.08.38 12 Senegal 1.31.03 13 Burkina Faso 1.34.49 14 Gabon 2.12.29
