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17th Tour du Faso - 2.5
Burkina Faso, October 29-November 9, 2003
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Stage 4 - November 1: Boromo - Houndé, 74 km
David wins stage, Tjallingii loses time
By Chris Henry
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Still in control of the general classification, Dutchman Maarten Tjallingii (Marco Polo Cycling Team) nonetheless saw a group of four men escape to chip time away from his yellow jersey. Chief among them was France's Thierry David (GMCI 38), who won the stage and held his second place overall, moving to within 1'24 of Tjallingii. Burkina Faso's always aggressive Gweswende Sawadogo (Sifa - Peugeot) remains the best placed African rider in 6th overall, 2'26 down.
Road conditions were at times rough along the short 74km parcours from Boromo to Houndé, and the difficult conditions were reflected in a slightly slower average speed, which belied the typically nervous and aggressive racing seen thus far in this year's tour.
David's GMCI 38 teammate Alexandre Lecocq was on the attack in the first half of the race, along with Desire Kabore (Sofitex), but the two were unable to create a move that stuck. As has happened in recent days, the more threatening attacks were to come after the intermediate sprints, the first of which was won in Pa by Lecocq, ahead of Mahamadi Sawadogo (Sofitex) and Lionel Syne (Marco Polo).
Shortly after, a twenty-strong group formed and broke free of the peloton, including many of the stage's principal protagonists such as David, Syne, Gweswende Sawadogo, D. Kabore, Martinien Tega (Cameroon), among others.
As pace increased for the second sprint, David and Sawadogo helped weed out the excess baggage and attacked again to take three more riders with them. David took the second sprint with Sawadogo on his wheel, followed by Tega, D. Kabore, and Karel Pattyn, teammate of yesterday's winner Gunther Cuylits.
With the field split into several groups and the second place overall forging ahead in the lead, yellow jersey Maarten Tjallingii found himself caught out by the move. He marshaled his Marco Polo teammates and closed the gap, but the effort came too late to prevent David and Sawadogo from picking up valuable GC seconds.
David and Sawadogo both benefited from bonifications, 13 and 6 seconds, respectively, to compliment their time gains at the end of the stage. David's reward was the green points jersey, while Sawadogo regained the blue jersey for best African after a tough stage Friday.
Photography
Images by Denis Descamps/A.S.O.
- The field lines up for stage 4 of the Tour du Faso
- Hot, dusty conditions greet the riders each day
- The Cameroon team gets ready before stage 4
- Riders cross the line in Houndé
- A team meeting in the shade for Cameroon after stage 4
- Thierry David (GMCI 38) gave France its first stage win
Results
1 Thierry David (Fra) GMCI 38 1.53.11 2 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 3 Gweswende Sawadogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 4 Karel Pattyn (Bel) Aliplast 5 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 0.17 6 Brice Bouniot (Fra) GMCI 38 7 Lionel Syne (Bel) Marco Polo Cycling Team 8 Kay Kermer (Ger) Marco Polo Cycling Team 9 Saidou Rouamba (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 10 R-Geremie Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 11 Gabriel Margrit (Fra) Normandie 12 Elhadji Malick Thiam (Sen) Senegal 13 Gunther Cuylits (Bel) Aliplast 14 Alexandre Lecocq (Fra) GMCI 38 15 Cyrille Cosnefroy (Fra) Normandie 16 Olivier Keita (Sen) Senegal 17 Michel Kauffmann (Fra) Alsace 18 Jordane Chazal (Fra) GMCI 38 19 Sadrac Teguimaha (Cam) Cameroon 20 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 21 Karim Kabore (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 22 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 0.20 23 Joost Declerk (Bel) Aliplast 0.21 24 Komi Kondoh (Tog) Togo 25 David Washburn (USA) Marco Polo Cycling Team 26 Siaka Diallo (Mli) Mali 27 Jean Tonde (Bur) Sofitex 28 Remko Kramer (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 29 T-Desire Kabore (Bur) Sofitex 30 L-Jean Ilboudo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 31 Ablasse Tapsoba (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 32 Adamou Gabo (Nig) Niger 33 Tidiane Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 34 Michel Bilgo (Bur) Sofitex 35 Lucien Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 36 Issaka Kabore (Bur) Sofitex 37 Damien Tekou (Cam) Cameroon 38 Saidou Tall (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 39 Zakaria Dia Abdoulsalam (Nig) Niger 40 Pascal Bouba (Cam) Cameroon 41 Thibault Richard (Fra) GMCI 38 42 Jerome Amann (Fra) Alsace 43 Kossi Nossi (Tog) Togo 44 Adama Togola (Mli) Mali 45 Ibrahim Abdoulaye Soumma (Nig) Niger 0.27 46 Stephane Paol (Fra) GMCI 38 47 Steven Thys (Bel) Aliplast 48 Jean Lopez (Sen) Senegal 49 Jerome Pamart (Fra) Normandie 50 Thomas Dietsch (Fra) Alsace 51 Salia Togola (Mli) Mali 0.31 52 Laurent Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 0.49 53 Jonathan Kern (Fra) Alsace 0.58 54 Peter Schoepen (Bel) Aliplast 55 Martin Som (Cam) Cameroon 1.31 56 Joseph Sanda (Cam) Cameroon 57 Ludovic Lemarechal (Fra) Normandie 1.34 58 Guillaume Boisgontier (Fra) Normandie 2.06 59 Fabrice Bretel (Fra) Alsace 5.17 60 Attivi Egue (Tog) Togo 5.18 61 Siaka Diarra (Mli) Mali 62 Abdoulaye Ouedraogo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 5.23 63 Papa Amadou Diouf (Sen) Senegal 5.43 64 Houdo Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 65 Jean Claude Badjagoume (Ben) Benin 66 Eric Ahouandjinou (Ben) Benin 67 Kock Rutger (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 68 Adama Bagayoko (Mli) Mali 69 Didier Agbefu (Tog) Togo 70 Kowouvi Dossouvi (Tog) Togo 71 Idrissa Ouedraogo (Bur) Niger 72 Arnaud Vettier (Fra) Normandie 73 Paul Dona (Ben) Benin 74 Peter Van Agtmaal (Ned) Aliplast 6.22 75 Hamidou Diarra (Mli) Mali 6.25 76 Ali Sidi Thiam (Sen) Senegal 6.27 77 Abdoulaye Thiam (Sen) Senegal 13.52 78 Augustin Amoussouvi (Ben) Benin 16.30 79 Eugène Hansinon (Ben) Benin 21.03 Sprints Pa, km 42.90 1 Alexandre Lecocq (Fra) GMCI 38 3 pts 2 T-Desire Kabore (Bur) Sofitex 2 3 Lionel Syne (Bel) Marco Polo Cycling Team 1 Boni, km 58.30 1 Thierry David (Fra) GMCI 38 3 pts 2 Gweswende Sawadogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 2 3 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 1 Hounde, km 74.00 1 Thierry David (Fra) GMCI 38 30 pts 2 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 27 3 Gweswende Sawadogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 25 4 Karel Pattyn (Bel) Aliplast 23 5 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 21 6 Brice Bouniot (Fra) GMCI 38 19 7 Lionel Syne (Bel) Marco Polo Cycling Team 17 8 Kay Kermer (Ger) Marco Polo Cycling Team 15 9 Saidou Rouamba (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 13 10 R-Geremie Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 11 11 Gabriel Margrit (Fra) Normandie 10 12 Elhadji Malick Thiam (Sen) Senegal 9 13 Gunther Cuylits (Bel) Aliplast 8 14 Alexandre Lecocq (Fra) GMCI 38 7 15 Cyrille Cosnefroy (Fra) Normandie 6 16 Olivier Keita (Sen) Senegal 5 17 Michel Kauffmann (Fra) Alsace 4 18 Jordane Chazal (Fra) GMCI 38 3 19 Sadrac Teguimaha (Cam) Cameroon 2 20 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 1 Teams 1 Sifa - Peugeot 5.40.07 2 GMCI 38 3 Aliplast 0.04 4 Cameroon 5 Marco Polo Cycling Team 0.17 6 A.S.Fadoul 0.21 7 Alsace 8 Normandie 0.27 9 Senegal 10 Sofitex 0.28 11 Niger 0.35 12 Mali 0.39 13 Togo 5.26 14 Benin 16.35 General classification after stage 4 1 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 9.37.44 2 Thierry David (Fra) GMCI 38 1.24 3 Karel Pattyn (Bel) Aliplast 1.46 4 Gunther Cuylits (Bel) Aliplast 1.54 5 Alexandre Lecocq (Fra) GMCI 38 2.14 6 Gweswende Sawadogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 2.26 7 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 2.48 8 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 2.57 9 Kossi Nossi (Tog) Togo 3.07 10 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 3.34 11 Saidou Rouamba (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 3.53 12 Lucien Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 3.55 13 Steven Thys (Bel) Aliplast 4.00 14 L-Jean Ilboudo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 4.20 15 Kay Kermer (Ger) Marco Polo Cycling Team 4.31 16 Michel Kauffmann (Fra) Alsace 4.34 17 Thomas Dietsch (Fra) Alsace 4.38 18 Jerome Pamart (Fra) Normandie 4.55 19 Jordane Chazal (Fra) GMCI 38 5.14 20 R-Geremie Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 5.19 21 Michel Bilgo (Bur) Sofitex 5.28 22 Remko Kramer (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 5.34 23 Sadrac Teguimaha (Cam) Cameroon 5.40 24 Karim Kabore (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 5.45 25 Laurent Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 5.49 26 Pascal Bouba (Cam) Cameroon 6.05 27 Olivier Keita (Sen) Senegal 6.06 28 T-Desire Kabore (Bur) Sofitex 6.19 29 Jerome Amann (Fra) Alsace 6.25 30 Lionel Syne (Bel) Marco Polo Cycling Team 6.29 31 Saidou Tall (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 7.00 32 Fabrice Bretel (Fra) Alsace 7.01 33 Thibault Richard (Fra) GMCI 38 7.05 34 Cyrille Cosnefroy (Fra) Normandie 7.13 35 Jonathan Kern (Fra) Alsace 7.15 36 Elhadji Malick Thiam (Sen) Senegal 7.19 37 Komi Kondoh (Tog) Togo 7.20 38 Stephane Paol (Fra) GMCI 38 7.21 39 Brice Bouniot (Fra) GMCI 38 7.22 40 Joost Declerk (Bel) Aliplast 7.23 41 Damien Tekou (Cam) Cameroon 42 David Washburn (USA) Marco Polo Cycling Team 7.26 43 Guillaume Boisgontier (Fra) Normandie 9.28 44 Ablasse Tapsoba (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 9.50 45 Jean Tonde (Bur) Sofitex 10.44 46 Ibrahim Abdoulaye Soumma (Nig) Niger 10.54 47 Kock Rutger (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 11.03 48 Abdoulaye Ouedraogo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 11.08 49 Joseph Sanda (Cam) Cameroon 11.13 50 Martin Som (Cam) Cameroon 12.14 51 Papa Amadou Diouf (Sen) Senegal 12.41 52 Kowouvi Dossouvi (Tog) Togo 12.48 53 Issaka Kabore (Bur) Sofitex 13.15 54 Peter Schoepen (Bel) Aliplast 13.45 55 Tidiane Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 15.23 56 Idrissa Ouedraogo (Bur) Niger 19.07 57 Gabriel Margrit (Fra) Normandie 20.04 58 Peter Van Agtmaal (Ned) Aliplast 22.41 59 Salia Togola (Mli) Mali 22.58 60 Ludovic Lemarechal (Fra) Normandie 25.38 61 Siaka Diarra (Mli) Mali 32.14 62 Arnaud Vettier (Fra) Normandie 32.50 63 Zakaria Dia Abdoulsalam (Nig) Niger 36.10 64 Adama Togola (Mli) Mali 37.53 65 Adama Bagayoko (Mli) Mali 39.38 66 Eric Ahouandjinou (Ben) Benin 40.47 67 Attivi Egue (Tog) Togo 40.48 68 Adamou Gabo (Nig) Niger 40.53 69 Ali Sidi Thiam (Sen) Senegal 42.01 70 Paul Dona (Ben) Benin 52.52 71 Eugène Hansinon (Ben) Benin 53.55 72 Siaka Diallo (Mli) Mali 54.13 73 Jean Claude Badjagoume (Ben) Benin 54.56 74 Houdo Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 58.00 75 Hamidou Diarra (Mli) Mali 1.10.38 76 Didier Agbefu (Tog) Togo 1.13.23 77 Augustin Amoussouvi (Ben) Benin 1.22.13 78 Abdoulaye Thiam (Sen) Senegal 1.24.30 79 Jean Lopez (Sen) Senegal 1.38.08 Points classification 1 Thierry David (Fra) GMCI 38 80 pts 2 Karel Pattyn (Bel) Aliplast 80 3 Kay Kermer (Ger) Marco Polo Cycling Team 70 4 Gweswende Sawadogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 65 5 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 61 6 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 58 7 Gunther Cuylits (Bel) Aliplast 46 8 Lionel Syne (Bel) Marco Polo Cycling Team 44 9 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 40 10 Alexandre Lecocq (Fra) GMCI 38 38 11 Saidou Rouamba (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 37 12 Steven Thys (Bel) Aliplast 29 13 Brice Bouniot (Fra) GMCI 38 28 14 Michel Kauffmann (Fra) Alsace 27 15 Karim Kabore (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 25 16 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 25 17 Kossi Nossi (Tog) Togo 24 18 R-Geremie Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 24 19 Laurent Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 23 20 Lucien Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 21 21 Sadrac Teguimaha (Cam) Cameroon 21 22 L-Jean Ilboudo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 19 23 Michel Bilgo (Bur) Sofitex 15 24 Jonathan Kern (Fra) Alsace 15 25 Thomas Dietsch (Fra) Alsace 14 26 Eric Ahouandjinou (Ben) Benin 13 27 Kock Rutger (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 11 28 Gabriel Margrit (Fra) Normandie 10 29 Jordane Chazal (Fra) GMCI 38 10 30 Olivier Keita (Sen) Senegal 10 31 Elhadji Malick Thiam (Sen) Senegal 9 32 Cyrille Cosnefroy (Fra) Normandie 8 33 Guillaume Boisgontier (Fra) Normandie 7 34 Remko Kramer (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 6 35 Damien Tekou (Cam) Cameroon 5 36 Jerome Pamart (Fra) Normandie 3 37 Stephane Paol (Fra) GMCI 38 2 38 Jerome Amann (Fra) Alsace 1 Teams classification 1 Aliplast 29.01.06 2 GMCI 38 0.14 3 Marco Polo Cycling Team 0.34 4 Sifa - Peugeot 1.01 5 A.S.Fadoul 3.37 6 Cameroon 4.56 7 Alsace 6.34 8 Sofitex 6.59 9 Normandie 10.21 10 Senegal 12.57 11 Togo 14.56 12 Niger 30.44 13 Mali 47.17 14 Benin 1.18.25
