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17th Tour du Faso - 2.5
Burkina Faso, October 29-November 9, 2003
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Stage 10 - November 8: Tenkodogo - Fada N'Gourma, 139.5 km
Kermer gets second win in photo finish
Tjallingii one day from the yellow jersey
By Chris Henry
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The Marco Polo Cycling Team continues to leave the locals gasping in the Tour du Faso, holding the race lead since stage one, the points jersey, and today claiming the third stage victory. For German Kay Kermer, who wears the green points leader's jersey, it was the second stage win of the tour, but only just. Kermer used a perfectly timed throw of the bike to beat Burkinabè R. Gérémie Ouedraogo (Sifa-Peugeot) in an exciting finale. The tour's penultimate stage traveled 139 kilometres from Tenkodogo to Fada N'Gourma, finishing on a 5km circuit that featured another 3.6km of sandy track.
As the tour moves closer to its conclusion, the aggressive riding only gets more exciting. Once again the attacks started at the drop of the flag today, and once again it was race leader Maarten Tjallingii (Marco Polo) who helped create the first splits. Tjallingii went clear with a group of 11 other riders, including his teammate Kermer, and for a moment had his closest rival Thierry David (GMCI 38) on the ropes, having missed the break. David was not to be left out this time, and with the help of three of his Alsace teammates he bridged the widening gap which had quickly shot up to a minute and a half. The lead group roared into Koupéla, where Senegal's Olivier Keita took the first intermediate sprint ahead of Kermer and Seydou Sanfo (Sifa-Peugeot).
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With the opening sprint out of the way and the next bonus another 32 kilometres down the road, things settled down in the bunch and the leaders were eventually re-absorbed by the peloton. It wasn't long, however, before Alsace's Michel Kauffmann set off on a long solo escape. Ali Sidi Thiam (Senegal) and Jean Ilboudo (Sifa-Peugeot) tried unsuccessfully to catch the tail end of the move, and after lingering between Kauffmann and the peloton, the duo was eventually reeled in. Kauffmann continued his day in the sun, keeping the pack at bay until just 28km to the finish.
Not content to wait until the finishing circuit, a new attack was launched immediately by Kermer, David, Ouedraogo, Gunther Cuylits (Aliplast), and Jonathan Kern (Alsace). Only Ouedraogo was without a stage win to his credit, and the royal quintet powered clear of the peloton to dispute the victory on the sandy circuit in Fada. In a frantic rush to the line, with the main field gaining from behind, Kermer denied Ouedraogo entry into the stage winner's club, beating the local rider by just 4/1000 of a second in a photo finish.
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Kermer took back the pink sprint leader's jersey in the process, on top of
his green points jersey. Thierry David managed to pull back 16 seconds on yellow
jersey Tjallingii, but the Frenchman remains 2'44 behind the yellow jersey with
only the final stage to race. Fans will delight in the 10 laps of a 7.6km finishing
circuit tomorrow in Ouagadougou, where the Tour du Faso began 10 days ago. Tjallingii
looks set to cap an extraordinary start to finish reign in yellow, while Kermer's
green jersey is locked up thanks to his great consistency throughout the tour.
Photography
Images by Denis Descamps/A.S.O.
- Grab a tree, have a seat, and check out the Tour du Faso
- Now that's a feed zone
- More hot, dusty conditions on the route to Fada N'Gourma
- Kay Kermer wins in a photo finish by just 4/1000 of a second
- Michel Kauffmann (Alsace) carried out a long solo break, but it wasn't to be
- Race leader Tjallingii (l) sparked the early break, then rode defensively in the second half
- The field stretches out across the dry countryside
- Bleacher seats for some Burkinabè boys
- Senegal's Ali Sidi Thiam receives some technical assistance from his team car
- A Mali rider finds that two bikes are better than one
- Kay Kermer (Marco Polo) took over the pink jersey and maintained the green
- French hero Laurent Jalabert arrived Saturday to greet the riders
- Never too many photo ops for Jaja
- Tour de France director Jean-Marie Leblanc (l) was also on hand for the final weekend of racing
Results
1 Kay Kermer (Ger) Marco Polo Cycling Team 3.07.11 2 R-Geremie Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 3 Jonathan Kern (Fra) Alsace 4 Gunther Cuylits (Bel) Aliplast 5 Thierry David (Fra) GMCI 38 6 Stephane Paol (Fra) GMCI 38 0.04 7 Thomas Dietsch (Fra) Alsace 0.07 8 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 0.16 9 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 10 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 11 Peter Van Agtmaal (Ned) Aliplast 12 Saidou Rouamba (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 13 Laurent Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 14 Alexandre Lecocq (Fra) GMCI 38 15 Cyrille Cosnefroy (Fra) Normandie 16 Olivier Keita (Sen) Senegal 17 Jordane Chazal (Fra) GMCI 38 18 Komi Kondoh (Tog) Togo 19 Peter Schoepen (Bel) Aliplast 20 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 21 Kossi Nossi (Tog) Togo 22 Karim Kabore (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 23 Sadrac Teguimaha (Cam) Cameroon 24 L-Jean Ilboudo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 0.32 25 Martin Som (Cam) Cameroon 0.39 26 Tidiane Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 0.59 27 Joseph Sanda (Cam) Cameroon 1.07 28 Lucien Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 1.22 29 Hamidou Diarra (Mli) Mali 30 Elhadji Malick Thiam (Sen) Senegal 1.42 31 Michel Kauffmann (Fra) Alsace 32 Ali Sidi Thiam (Sen) Senegal 2.15 33 Karel Pattyn (Bel) Aliplast 34 Adama Bagayoko (Mli) Mali 2.22 35 Damien Tekou (Cam) Cameroon 3.20 36 Gweswende Sawadogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 37 Attivi Egue (Tog) Togo 6.40 38 T-Desire Kabore (Bur) Sofitex 8.06 39 Saidou Tall (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 40 EugĖne Hansinon (Ben) Benin 13.21 41 Adama Togola (Mli) Mali 17.40 42 Abdoulaye Ouedraogo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 43 Jerome Pamart (Fra) Normandie 44 Idrissa Ouedraogo (Bur) Niger 45 Michel Bilgo (Bur) Sofitex 46 Salia Togola (Mli) Mali 47 Houdo Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 48 Ablasse Tapsoba (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 49 Jean Tonde (Bur) Sofitex 50 Zakaria Dia Abdoulsalam (Nig) Niger 51 Joost Declerk (Bel) Aliplast 21.27 52 Augustin Amoussouvi (Ben) Benin 53 Ibrahim Abdoulaye Soumma (Nig) Niger 54 Adamou Gabo (Nig) Niger 55 Siaka Diallo (Mli) Mali 56 Jean Claude Badjagoume (Ben) Benin 57 Kowouvi Dossouvi (Tog) Togo 58 Issaka Kabore (Bur) Sofitex 59 Pascal Bouba (Cam) Cameroon 60 Remko Kramer (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 61 Siaka Diarra (Mli) Mali 62 Brice Bouniot (Fra) GMCI 38 21.36 63 Guillaume Boisgontier (Fra) Normandie 64 Paul Dona (Ben) Benin 24.12 65 Papa Amadou Diouf (Sen) Senegal 39.26 DNF Eric Ahouandjinou (Ben) Benin DNS Didier Agbefu (Tog) Togo Points 1 Kay Kermer (Ger) Marco Polo Cycling Team 30 Pts 2 R-Geremie Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 27 3 Jonathan Kern (Fra) Alsace 25 4 Gunther Cuylits (Bel) Aliplast 23 5 Thierry David (Fra) GMCI 38 21 6 Stephane Paol (Fra) GMCI 38 19 7 Thomas Dietsch (Fra) Alsace 17 8 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 15 9 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 13 10 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 11 11 Peter Van Agtmaal (Ned) Aliplast 10 12 Saidou Rouamba (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 9 13 Laurent Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 8 14 Alexandre Lecocq (Fra) GMCI 38 7 15 Cyrille Cosnefroy (Fra) Normandie 6 16 Olivier Keita (Sen) Senegal 5 17 Jordane Chazal (Fra) GMCI 38 4 18 Komi Kondoh (Tog) Togo 3 19 Peter Schoepen (Bel) Aliplast 2 20 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 1 Sprints Koupela, km 48.2 1 Olivier Keita (Sen) Senegal 3 Pts 2 Kay Kermer (Ger) Marco Polo Cycling Team 2 3 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 1 Gounghin, km 80.00 1 Michel Kauffmann (Fra) Alsace 3 Pts 2 Elhadji Malick Thiam (Sen) Senegal 2 3 L-Jean Ilboudo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 1 Diapangou, km 113.00 1 Kay Kermer (Ger) Marco Polo Cycling Team 3 Pts 2 Tidiane Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 2 3 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 1 Teams 1 GMCI 38 9.21.53 2 Aliplast 0.12 3 Sifa-Peugeot 0.28 4 A.S.Fadoul 5 Cameroon 0.51 6 Alsace 1.29 7 Senegal 3.53 8 Togo 6.52 9 Mali 21.04 10 Marco Polo Cycling Team 21.23 11 Sofitex 25.42 12 Normandie 39.12 13 Benin 55.55 14 Niger 56.27 General classification after stage 10 1 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 27.14.12 2 Thierry David (Fra) GMCI 38 2.44 3 Kay Kermer (Ger) Marco Polo Cycling Team 2.46 4 Gunther Cuylits (Bel) Aliplast 2.57 5 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 3.40 6 Alexandre Lecocq (Fra) GMCI 38 3.54 7 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 4.20 8 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 4.27 9 Jonathan Kern (Fra) Alsace 4.50 10 Laurent Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 4.59 11 R-Geremie Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 5.03 12 Saidou Rouamba (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 5.33 13 Olivier Keita (Sen) Senegal 5.40 14 Thomas Dietsch (Fra) Alsace 6.09 15 Jordane Chazal (Fra) GMCI 38 6.52 16 Lucien Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 7.25 17 Stephane Paol (Fra) GMCI 38 7.35 18 Gweswende Sawadogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 7.52 19 L-Jean Ilboudo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 7.59 20 Elhadji Malick Thiam (Sen) Senegal 8.09 21 Cyrille Cosnefroy (Fra) Normandie 8.47 22 Sadrac Teguimaha (Cam) Cameroon 9.23 23 Karim Kabore (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 9.34 24 Kossi Nossi (Tog) Togo 10.37 25 Saidou Tall (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 13.42 26 Karel Pattyn (Bel) Aliplast 13.43 27 Joseph Sanda (Cam) Cameroon 13.53 28 Damien Tekou (Cam) Cameroon 14.22 29 Peter Schoepen (Bel) Aliplast 15.23 30 Martin Som (Cam) Cameroon 16.26 31 Michel Kauffmann (Fra) Alsace 18.46 32 Peter Van Agtmaal (Ned) Aliplast 20.37 33 Tidiane Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 21.01 34 Komi Kondoh (Tog) Togo 23.28 35 T-Desire Kabore (Bur) Sofitex 24.25 36 Brice Bouniot (Fra) GMCI 38 26.53 37 Pascal Bouba (Cam) Cameroon 27.37 38 Remko Kramer (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 28.53 39 Joost Declerk (Bel) Aliplast 30.12 40 Jerome Pamart (Fra) Normandie 31.06 41 Jean Tonde (Bur) Sofitex 31.57 42 Abdoulaye Ouedraogo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 32.21 43 Ibrahim Abdoulaye Soumma (Nig) Niger 36.35 44 Michel Bilgo (Bur) Sofitex 38.46 45 Ablasse Tapsoba (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 42.02 46 Idrissa Ouedraogo (Bur) Niger 43.03 47 Guillaume Boisgontier (Fra) Normandie 44.53 48 Kowouvi Dossouvi (Tog) Togo 55.39 49 Adamou Gabo (Nig) Niger 1.10.28 50 Adama Togola (Mli) Mali 1.13.06 51 Zakaria Dia Abdoulsalam (Nig) Niger 1.13.30 52 EugĖne Hansinon (Ben) Benin 1.17.03 53 Issaka Kabore (Bur) Sofitex 1.20.00 54 Siaka Diarra (Mli) Mali 1.24.26 55 Salia Togola (Mli) Mali 1.28.10 56 Jean Claude Badjagoume (Ben) Benin 1.40.51 57 Ali Sidi Thiam (Sen) Senegal 1.40.52 58 Attivi Egue (Tog) Togo 1.46.40 59 Hamidou Diarra (Mli) Mali 1.48.22 60 Adama Bagayoko (Mli) Mali 1.48.31 61 Houdo Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 1.58.07 62 Papa Amadou Diouf (Sen) Senegal 2.10.21 63 Siaka Diallo (Mli) Mali 2.34.19 64 Paul Dona (Ben) Benin 2.39.45 65 Augustin Amoussouvi (Ben) Benin 3.00.19 Points classification 1 Kay Kermer (Ger) Marco Polo Cycling Team 195 Pts 2 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 133 3 Brice Bouniot (Fra) GMCI 38 125 4 Laurent Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 121 5 Gunther Cuylits (Bel) Aliplast 118 6 Jonathan Kern (Fra) Alsace 115 7 Thierry David (Fra) GMCI 38 112 8 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 110 9 R-Geremie Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 95 10 Karel Pattyn (Bel) Aliplast 80 11 Peter Van Agtmaal (Ned) Aliplast 77 12 Gweswende Sawadogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 75 13 Olivier Keita (Sen) Senegal 75 14 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 70 15 Saidou Rouamba (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 68 16 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 63 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 53 21 Sadrac Teguimaha (Cam) Cameroon 46 22 Thomas Dietsch (Fra) Alsace 41 23 Stephane Paol (Fra) GMCI 38 40 24 Cyrille Cosnefroy (Fra) Normandie 40 25 Remko Kramer (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 38 26 L-Jean Ilboudo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 36 27 Karim Kabore (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 34 28 Joseph Sanda (Cam) Cameroon 34 29 Saidou Tall (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 31 30 Elhadji Malick Thiam (Sen) Senegal 28 31 Pascal Bouba (Cam) Cameroon 26 32 Kossi Nossi (Tog) Togo 24 33 Jordane Chazal (Fra) GMCI 38 23 34 T-Desire Kabore (Bur) Sofitex 21 35 Joost Declerk (Bel) Aliplast 21 36 Michel Bilgo (Bur) Sofitex 15 37 Peter Schoepen (Bel) Aliplast 12 38 Martin Som (Cam) Cameroon 11 39 Ali Sidi Thiam (Sen) Senegal 9 40 Komi Kondoh (Tog) Togo 8 41 Damien Tekou (Cam) Cameroon 5 42 Abdoulaye Ouedraogo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 3 43 Jerome Pamart (Fra) Normandie 3 44 Tidiane Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 2 Teams classification 1 GMCI 38 81.46.46 2 Aliplast 1.57 3 A.S.Fadoul 5.49 4 Sifa-Peugeot 8.32 5 Cameroon 11.15 6 Alsace 11.27 7 Senegal 21.34 8 Marco Polo Cycling Team 26.51 9 Togo 45.07 10 Sofitex 51.34 11 Normandie 1.05.22 12 Niger 1.44.51 13 Mali 2.01.37 14 Benin 2.52.39
