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17th Tour du Faso - 2.5
Burkina Faso, October 29-November 9, 2003
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Stage 2 - October 30: Kaya - Ziniaré, 70 km
Marco Polo in control
By Chris Henry
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A short second stage saw the Tour du Faso peloton keeping the pace high Thursday as the Marco Polo Cycling Team set out on its first day in defense of Maarten Tjallingii's leader's jersey. The winning time for the 70km stage from Kaya to Ziniaré was 1 hour 33 minutes, and it was again Marco Polo taking the honours as German Kay Kermer won the sprint from a small breakaway group. Tjallingii maintained his lead, but the time gaps are small at the top of the general classification.
Aggressive riding was the rule of the day, but despite the best efforts of the three Burkina Faso teams to create a move, Marco Polo was able to control the field. With bonus seconds the reward for the intermediate sprints in this year's race, the GC contenders had to remain vigilant. Eventual stage winner Kermer took the first sprint in Boussouma (km 19), while race leader Tjallingii followed up with the second sprint just 11 kilometres later in Korsimoro.
The African teams kept the pressure on after the second sprint, and eventually the winning move was formed. A group of ten, sparked by the Sifa-Peugeot and A.S. Fadoul teams, went clear around the day's halfway point. Kermer latched onto the move as Marco Polo's watchdog, joined by nine other riders: Seydou Sanfo and Gweswende Sawadogo (Sifa-Peugeot), Karim Kabore (A.S. Fadoul), Karel Pattyn (Aliplast), Sadrac Teguimaha (Cameroon), Michel Bilgo (Sofitex), Eric Ahouandjinou (Benin), Kossi Nossi (Togo). The group's lead barely topped a minute and a half, but their effort was enough to stay away until the finish in Ziniaré and maintain this advantage.
Kermer showed Marco Polo's colours in the sprint, followed by Sanfo and Kabore. Kermer's teammates Kock Rutger and Lionel Syne led the main field across the line 1'33 back. Sifa-Peugeot's Gweswende Sawadogo moved into second place overall, just 9" behind Tjallingii, and one second ahead of third placed Frenchman Thierry David of GMCI 38.
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Images by Denis Descamps/A.S.O.
- Marco Polo Cycling Team exerted more control over the Faso field in the second stage
- Plenty of roadside support for the peloton in stage 2
- A short parcours meant fast racing from Kaya to Ziniaré
Results
1 Kay Kermer (Ger) Marco Polo Cycling Team 1.33.13 2 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 3 Karim Kabore (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 4 Gweswende Sawadogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 5 Karel Pattyn (Bel) Aliplast 6 Sadrac Teguimaha (Cam) Cameroon 7 Kossi Nossi (Tog) Togo 8 Michel Bilgo (Bur) Sofitex 9 Eric Ahouandjinou (Ben) Benin 10 Kock Rutger (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 0.05 11 Lionel Syne (Bel) Marco Polo Cycling Team 1.33 12 Brice Bouniot (Fra) GMCI 38 13 Laurent Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 14 Guillaume Boisgontier (Fra) Normandie 15 Michel Kauffmann (Fra) Alsace 16 Olivier Keita (Sen) Senegal 17 Jonathan Kern (Fra) Alsace 18 R-Geremie Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 19 Remko Kramer (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 20 Jerome Amann (Fra) Alsace 21 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 22 Martin Som (Cam) Cameroon 23 Joost Declerk (Bel) Aliplast 24 Komi Kondoh (Tog) Togo 25 Siaka Diallo (Mli) Mali 26 Houdo Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 27 Steven Thys (Bel) Aliplast 28 Idrissa Ouedraogo (Bur) Niger 29 Joseph Sanda (Cam) Cameroon 30 Papa Amadou Diouf (Sen) Senegal 31 Issaka Kabore (Bur) Sofitex 32 Thierry David (Fra) GMCI 38 33 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 34 Gabriel Margrit (Fra) Normandie 35 T-Desire Kabore (Bur) Sofitex 36 Ibrahim Abdoulaye Soumma (Nig) Niger 37 Peter Van Agtmaal (Ned) Aliplast 38 Pascal Bouba (Cam) Cameroon 39 Jean Lopez (Sen) Senegal 40 Stephane Paol (Fra) GMCI 38 41 Attivi Egue (Tog) Togo 42 Abdoulaye Ouedraogo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 43 Damien Tekou (Cam) Cameroon 44 Amadou Harouna (Nig) Niger 45 Saidou Rouamba (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 46 Augustin Amoussouvi (Ben) Benin 47 Ali Sidi Thiam (Sen) Senegal 48 Salia Togola (Mli) Mali 49 Thomas Dietsch (Fra) Alsace 50 Ludovic Lemarechal (Fra) Normandie 51 Kowouvi Dossouvi (Tog) Togo 52 Adama Togola (Mli) Mali 53 EugËne Hansinon (Ben) Benin 54 Hamidou Diarra (Mli) Mali 55 Siaka Diarra (Mli) Mali 56 Cyrille Cosnefroy (Fra) Normandie 57 L-Jean Ilboudo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 58 Adamou Gabo (Nig) Niger 59 Jean Claude Badjagoume (Ben) Benin 60 Fabrice Bretel (Fra) Alsace 61 Ablasse Tapsoba (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 62 Saidou Tall (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 63 Peter Schoepen (Bel) Aliplast 64 Jordane Chazal (Fra) GMCI 38 65 Elhadji Malick Thiam (Sen) Senegal 66 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 67 Zakaria Dia Abdoulsalam (Nig) Niger 68 Alexandre Lecocq (Fra) GMCI 38 69 Abdoulaye Thiam (Sen) Senegal 70 Jerome Pamart (Fra) Normandie 71 Arnaud Vettier (Fra) Normandie 72 Thibault Richard (Fra) GMCI 38 73 Paul Dona (Ben) Benin 74 Lucien Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 75 David Washburn (USA) Marco Polo Cycling Team 76 Jean Tonde (Bur) Sofitex 77 Gunther Cuylits (Bel) Aliplast 78 Didier Agbefu (Tog) Togo 4.35 79 Tidiane Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 4.36 80 Adama Bagayoko (Mli) Mali 22.27 81 Aldo Kpanti (Ben) Benin 27.47 Points 1 Kay Kermer (Ger) Marco Polo Cycling Team 30 Pts 2 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 27 3 Karim Kabore (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 25 4 Gweswende Sawadogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 23 5 Karel Pattyn (Bel) Aliplast 21 6 Sadrac Teguimaha (Cam) Cameroon 19 7 Kossi Nossi (Tog) Togo 17 8 Michel Bilgo (Bur) Sofitex 15 9 Eric Ahouandjinou (Ben) Benin 13 10 Kock Rutger (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 11 11 Lionel Syne (Bel) Marco Polo Cycling Team 10 12 Brice Bouniot (Fra) GMCI 38 9 13 Laurent Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 8 14 Guillaume Boisgontier (Fra) Normandie 7 15 Michel Kauffmann (Fra) Alsace 6 16 Olivier Keita (Sen) Senegal 5 17 Jonathan Kern (Fra) Alsace 4 18 R-Geremie Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 3 19 Remko Kramer (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Tea 2 20 Jerome Amann (Fra) Alsace 1 Sprints Boussouma - km 19.1 1 Kay Kermer (Ger) Marco Polo Cycling Team 3 Pts 2 Gunther Cuylits (Bel) Aliplast 2 3 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 1 Korsimoro - km 30.4 1 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cyclin 3 Pts 2 Lionel Syne (Bel) Marco Polo Cycling Team 2 3 Pascal Bouba (Cam) Cameroon 1 Teams 1 Sifa - Peugeot 4.41.12 2 Marco Polo Cycling Team 0.05 3 Aliplast 1.33 4 Cameroon 5 A.S.Fadoul 6 Sofitex 7 Togo 8 Benin 9 Alsace 3.06 10 GMCI 38 11 Senegal 12 Normandie 13 Niger 14 Mali General classification after stage 2 1 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 4.20.14 2 Gweswende Sawadogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 0.09 3 Thierry David (Fra) GMCI 38 0.10 4 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 0.14 5 Karel Pattyn (Bel) Aliplast 0.19 6 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 0.21 7 Alexandre Lecocq (Fra) GMCI 38 0.23 8 Kossi Nossi (Tog) Togo 0.28 9 Lucien Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 1.11 10 L-Jean Ilboudo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 1.39 11 Gunther Cuylits (Bel) Aliplast 1.54 12 Steven Thys (Bel) Aliplast 2.00 13 Michel Kauffmann (Fra) Alsace 2.01 14 Saidou Rouamba (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 15 Damien Tekou (Cam) Cameroon 16 Thomas Dietsch (Fra) Alsace 17 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 2.06 18 Jerome Pamart (Fra) Normandie 2.08 19 Stephane Paol (Fra) GMCI 38 2.11 20 Michel Bilgo (Bur) Sofitex 2.44 21 Kay Kermer (Ger) Marco Polo Cycling Team 2.56 22 Remko Kramer (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 2.57 23 Kock Rutger (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 3.00 24 Sadrac Teguimaha (Cam) Cameroon 3.05 25 Karim Kabore (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 26 Jordane Chazal (Fra) GMCI 38 3.21 27 Pascal Bouba (Cam) Cameroon 3.26 28 Laurent Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 3.27 28 Olivier Keita (Sen) Senegal 30 R-Geremie Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 31 Abdoulaye Ouedraogo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 32 Ludovic Lemarechal (Fra) Normandie 33 Jerome Amann (Fra) Alsace 3.30 34 T-Desire Kabore (Bur) Sofitex 35 Eric Ahouandjinou (Ben) Benin 4.16 36 Issaka Kabore (Bur) Sofitex 4.17 37 Hamidou Diarra (Mli) Mali 38 Fabrice Bretel (Fra) Alsace 4.21 39 Saidou Tall (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 40 Thibault Richard (Fra) GMCI 38 41 Papa Amadou Diouf (Sen) Senegal 4.38 42 Cyrille Cosnefroy (Fra) Normandie 43 Jean Tonde (Bur) Sofitex 44 Lionel Syne (Bel) Marco Polo Cycling Team 4.39 45 Komi Kondoh (Tog) Togo 4.41 46 Brice Bouniot (Fra) GMCI 38 4.42 46 Jonathan Kern (Fra) Alsace 48 Joseph Sanda (Cam) Cameroon 49 Joost Declerk (Bel) Aliplast 49 Idrissa Ouedraogo (Bur) Niger 51 Ibrahim Abdoulaye Soumma (Nig) Niger 52 Attivi Egue (Tog) Togo 53 Ali Sidi Thiam (Sen) Senegal 54 Ablasse Tapsoba (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 55 Kowouvi Dossouvi (Tog) Togo 56 Elhadji Malick Thiam (Sen) Senegal 57 Abdoulaye Thiam (Sen) Senegal 58 David Washburn (USA) Marco Polo Cycling Team 59 Houdo Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 4.51 60 Guillaume Boisgontier (Fra) Normandie 4.59 61 Salia Togola (Mli) Mali 62 Zakaria Dia Abdoulsalam (Nig) Niger 5.01 63 Martin Som (Cam) Cameroon 5.07 64 Augustin Amoussouvi (Ben) Benin 5.47 65 Arnaud Vettier (Fra) Normandie 6.03 66 Siaka Diarra (Mli) Mali 6.19 67 Tidiane Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 6.23 68 Didier Agbefu (Tog) Togo 7.44 69 Peter Van Agtmaal (Ned) Aliplast 10.18 70 Peter Schoepen (Bel) Aliplast 10.24 71 Gabriel Margrit (Fra) Normandie 10.35 72 EugËne Hansinon (Ben) Benin 12.07 73 Adama Togola (Mli) Mali 23.19 74 Adama Bagayoko (Mli) Mali 25.13 75 Jean Lopez (Sen) Senegal 31.45 76 Jean Claude Badjagoume (Ben) Benin 31.52 77 Adamou Gabo (Nig) Niger 31.55 78 Paul Dona (Ben) Benin 79 Aldo Kpanti (Ben) Benin 32.01 80 Siaka Diallo (Mli) Mali 33.15 81 Amadou Harouna (Nig) Niger 42.43 Points classification 1 Gweswende Sawadogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 40 Pts 2 Karel Pattyn (Bel) Aliplast 36 3 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 34 4 Kay Kermer (Ger) Marco Polo Cycling Team 30 5 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cyclin 30 6 Thierry David (Fra) GMCI 38 27 7 Karim Kabore (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 25 8 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 25 9 Alexandre Lecocq (Fra) GMCI 38 23 10 Kossi Nossi (Tog) Togo 23 11 Lucien Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 21 12 Sadrac Teguimaha (Cam) Cameroon 19 13 L-Jean Ilboudo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 19 14 Michel Kauffmann (Fra) Alsace 19 15 Michel Bilgo (Bur) Sofitex 15 16 Eric Ahouandjinou (Ben) Benin 13 17 Kock Rutger (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 11 18 Saidou Rouamba (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 11 19 Lionel Syne (Bel) Marco Polo Cycling Team 10 20 Steven Thys (Bel) Aliplast 10 21 Brice Bouniot (Fra) GMCI 38 9 22 Thomas Dietsch (Fra) Alsace 9 23 Laurent Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 8 24 Gunther Cuylits (Bel) Aliplast 8 25 Guillaume Boisgontier (Fra) Normandie 7 26 Olivier Keita (Sen) Senegal 5 27 Damien Tekou (Cam) Cameroon 5 28 Jonathan Kern (Fra) Alsace 4 29 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 4 30 R-Geremie Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 3 31 Jerome Pamart (Fra) Normandie 3 32 Remko Kramer (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Tea 3 33 Stephane Paol (Fra) GMCI 38 2 34 Jerome Amann (Fra) Alsace 1 Teams classification 1 Sifa - Peugeot 13.02.58 2 GMCI 38 0.36 3 Aliplast 2.05 4 Marco Polo Cycling Team 2.26 5 A.S.Fadoul 2.52 6 Cameroon 3.45 7 Sofitex 4.19 8 Alsace 5.16 9 Togo 7.35 10 Normandie 7.57 11 Senegal 10.31 12 Mali 11.19 13 Niger 12.09 14 Benin 13.34
