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17th Tour du Faso - 2.5
Burkina Faso, October 29-November 9, 2003
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Stage 6 - November 4: Ouagadougou - Yako, 103.5 km
A day for the Burkinabè
Zongo gives host nation first stage win
By Chris Henry
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To the great joy of the fans assembled at the Tour du Faso, Burkina Faso's Laurent Zongo (A.S. Fadoul) emerged victorious in stage 6. Monday's rest day served Zongo well, and the young Burkinabè withstood the 40+ degree temperatures along the route while putting in a strong challenge against the thus far dominant Marco Polo Cycling Team and race leader Maarten Tjallingii. The Dutchman held onto his yellow jersey, but for the first time in this year's race a break formed which, however briefly, showed that victory is not assured for Marco Polo.
Even starting the race before 8am could not keep the riders from the heat of the day, but despite the conditions the sixth stage from Ouagadougou to Yako was as aggressive as any, with attacks coming early and often. The first serious move went clear just prior to the first intermediate sprint at Boussé. Seven riders broke the grip of the peloton, and France's Brice Bouniot (GMCI 38) took the first points of the day. Bouniot had for company his compatriot Jonathan. Kern (Alsace), Jean Ibouldo (Sifa-Peugeot), Olivier Keita (Senegal), Desire Kabore (Sofitex), Jospeh Sanda (Cameroon), and the day's eventual hero Zongo.
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This group quickly established itself as a threat, with a gap that climbed to 4'25 by the third intermediate sprint, won by Bouniot once more (he also won the second) in Arbole at kilometre 74. By this point, Zongo was the virtual race leader, having begun the day just 3'35 behind Tjallingii in the general classification. This detail was not ignored by the Marco Polo team, which quickly took the responsibility to chase the escape. The team's efforts paid for for Tjallingii, as the gap was brought under control and the leaders began to fade.
Though his chances at taking the yellow jerseys wilted in the heat, Zongo nonetheless was eager to claim the first big victory for Burkina Faso, and as the leaders hung on to dispute the finale in Yako, the A.S. Fadoul rider showed he had the best legs by attacking under the red kite with one kilometre to go. The move was a success and Zongo managed to hold off the other fast man of the day, Bouniot. Jonathan Kern crossed the line for third with the remainder of the break behind him, while Marco Polo's Kay Kermer completed a successful chase and took the field sprint for 8th place, conserving his own points lead and the overall lead of teammate Tjallingii.
Photography
Images by Denis Descamps/A.S.O.
- Another hot day on the route du Faso
- The leaders bravely press on in the 40+ degree heat during stage 6
- Relief at the finish line for some
- Laurent Zongo (A.S. Fadoul) becomes the first African winner of this year's tour
- A rider from Cameroon puts his game face on
- A Marco Polo portrait with green jersey Kermer and yellow jersey Tjallingii
Results
1 Laurent Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 2.44.12 2 Brice Bouniot (Fra) GMCI 38 3 Jonathan Kern (Fra) Alsace 4 Olivier Keita (Sen) Senegal 5 T-Desire Kabore (Bur) Sofitex 6 Joseph Sanda (Cam) Cameroon 7 L-Jean Ilboudo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 0.05 8 Kay Kermer (Ger) Marco Polo Cycling Team 0.28 9 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 10 Gunther Cuylits (Bel) Aliplast 11 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 12 Guillaume Boisgontier (Fra) Normandie 13 Saidou Rouamba (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 14 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 15 Sadrac Teguimaha (Cam) Cameroon 16 Cyrille Cosnefroy (Fra) Normandie 17 Karim Kabore (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 18 Komi Kondoh (Tog) Togo 19 Martin Som (Cam) Cameroon 20 Remko Kramer (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 21 Eric Ahouandjinou (Ben) Benin 22 Issaka Kabore (Bur) Sofitex 23 Attivi Egue (Tog) Togo 24 Papa Amadou Diouf (Sen) Senegal 25 Gweswende Sawadogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 26 Abdoulaye Thiam (Sen) Senegal 27 Jean Tonde (Bur) Sofitex 28 Damien Tekou (Cam) Cameroon 29 Kossi Nossi (Tog) Togo 30 R-Geremie Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 31 Siaka Diarra (Mli) Mali 32 Idrissa Ouedraogo (Bur) Niger 33 Saidou Tall (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 34 Salia Togola (Mli) Mali 35 Elhadji Malick Thiam (Sen) Senegal 36 Jordane Chazal (Fra) GMCI 38 37 Abdoulaye Ouedraogo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 38 Karel Pattyn (Bel) Aliplast 39 Peter Schoepen (Bel) Aliplast 40 Thomas Dietsch (Fra) Alsace 41 Thierry David (Fra) GMCI 38 42 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 43 Kowouvi Dossouvi (Tog) Togo 44 Adama Bagayoko (Mli) Mali 45 Ibrahim Abdoulaye Soumma (Nig) Niger 46 Didier Agbefu (Tog) Togo 47 Adama Togola (Mli) Mali 48 Stephane Paol (Fra) GMCI 38 49 Hamidou Diarra (Mli) Mali 50 Joost Declerk (Bel) Aliplast 51 EugĖne Hansinon (Ben) Benin 52 Steven Thys (Bel) Aliplast 53 Ablasse Tapsoba (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 54 Alexandre Lecocq (Fra) GMCI 38 55 Thibault Richard (Fra) GMCI 38 56 David Washburn (USA) Marco Polo Cycling Team 57 Pascal Bouba (Cam) Cameroon 58 Jerome Pamart (Fra) Normandie 59 Lucien Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 60 Michel Bilgo (Bur) Sofitex 61 Ali Sidi Thiam (Sen) Senegal 62 Zakaria Dia Abdoulsalam (Nig) Niger 0.42 63 Jean Claude Badjagoume (Ben) Benin 64 Paul Dona (Ben) Benin 65 Jean Lopez (Sen) Senegal 0.46 66 Jerome Amann (Fra) Alsace 0.49 67 Peter Van Agtmaal (Ned) Aliplast 1.06 68 Adamou Gabo (Nig) Niger 1.19 69 Tidiane Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 1.36 70 Houdo Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 2.11 71 Augustin Amoussouvi (Ben) Benin 2.47 72 Kock Rutger (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 7.44 73 Siaka Diallo (Mli) Mali 9.35 74 Michel Kauffmann (Fra) Alsace 11.07 DNF Gabriel Margrit (Fra) Normandie DNS Ludovic Lemarechal (Fra) Normandie Points 1 Laurent Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 30 Pts 2 Brice Bouniot (Fra) GMCI 38 27 3 Jonathan Kern (Fra) Alsace 25 4 Olivier Keita (Sen) Senegal 23 5 T-Desire Kabore (Bur) Sofitex 21 6 Joseph Sanda (Cam) Cameroon 19 7 L-Jean Ilboudo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 17 8 Kay Kermer (Ger) Marco Polo Cycling Team 15 9 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 13 10 Gunther Cuylits (Bel) Aliplast 11 11 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 10 12 Guillaume Boisgontier (Fra) Normandie 9 13 Saidou Rouamba (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 8 14 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 7 15 Sadrac Teguimaha (Cam) Cameroon 6 16 Cyrille Cosnefroy (Fra) Normandie 5 17 Karim Kabore (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 4 18 Komi Kondoh (Tog) Togo 3 19 Martin Som (Cam) Cameroon 2 20 Remko Kramer (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 1 Sprints Bousse, km 46.5 1 Brice Bouniot (Fra) GMCI 38 3 Pts 2 Olivier Keita (Sen) Senegal 2 3 L-Jean Ilboudo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 1 Niou, km 59.9 1 Brice Bouniot (Fra) GMCI 38 3 Pts 2 T-Desire Kabore (Bur) Sofitex 2 3 Olivier Keita (Sen) Senegal 1 Arbole, km 74.8 1 Brice Bouniot (Fra) GMCI 38 3 Pts 2 Olivier Keita (Sen) Senegal 2 3 L-Jean Ilboudo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 1 Teams 1 A.S.Fadoul 8.13.32 2 Cameroon 3 Sofitex 4 Senegal 5 GMCI 38 6 Sifa - Peugeot 0.05 7 Alsace 0.21 8 Marco Polo Cycling Team 0.28 9 Togo 10 Normandie 11 Aliplast 12 Mali 13 Benin 0.42 14 Niger General classification after stage 6 1 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 15.27.58 2 Thierry David (Fra) GMCI 38 1.24 3 Karel Pattyn (Bel) Aliplast 1.46 4 Steven Thys (Bel) Aliplast 5 Gunther Cuylits (Bel) Aliplast 1.54 6 Kay Kermer (Ger) Marco Polo Cycling Team 2.03 7 Alexandre Lecocq (Fra) GMCI 38 2.14 8 Gweswende Sawadogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 2.26 9 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 2.48 10 Laurent Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 2.57 11 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 12 Jordane Chazal (Fra) GMCI 38 3.03 13 Kossi Nossi (Tog) Togo 3.07 14 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 3.34 15 Pascal Bouba (Cam) Cameroon 3.51 16 Saidou Rouamba (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 3.53 17 L-Jean Ilboudo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 3.55 18 Lucien Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 4.05 19 Brice Bouniot (Fra) GMCI 38 4.21 20 Jerome Amann (Fra) Alsace 4.28 21 Thomas Dietsch (Fra) Alsace 4.38 22 Jerome Pamart (Fra) Normandie 4.55 23 Cyrille Cosnefroy (Fra) Normandie 4.58 24 Elhadji Malick Thiam (Sen) Senegal 5.05 25 Jonathan Kern (Fra) Alsace 5.06 26 Joost Declerk (Bel) Aliplast 5.12 27 R-Geremie Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 5.19 28 Stephane Paol (Fra) GMCI 38 5.27 29 Olivier Keita (Sen) Senegal 5.32 30 Remko Kramer (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 5.34 31 Sadrac Teguimaha (Cam) Cameroon 5.40 32 Karim Kabore (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 5.45 33 Saidou Tall (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 7.00 34 Thibault Richard (Fra) GMCI 38 7.05 35 Damien Tekou (Cam) Cameroon 7.23 36 David Washburn (USA) Marco Polo Cycling Team 8.13 37 Jean Tonde (Bur) Sofitex 10.44 38 Joseph Sanda (Cam) Cameroon 10.45 39 Ibrahim Abdoulaye Soumma (Nig) Niger 10.54 40 Abdoulaye Ouedraogo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 11.08 41 Peter Schoepen (Bel) Aliplast 11.34 42 Martin Som (Cam) Cameroon 12.14 43 T-Desire Kabore (Bur) Sofitex 12.46 44 Kowouvi Dossouvi (Tog) Togo 12.48 45 Michel Kauffmann (Fra) Alsace 15.13 46 Komi Kondoh (Tog) Togo 15.55 47 Tidiane Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 16.31 48 Michel Bilgo (Bur) Sofitex 17.33 49 Idrissa Ouedraogo (Bur) Niger 19.07 50 Peter Van Agtmaal (Ned) Aliplast 20.45 51 Ablasse Tapsoba (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 20.49 52 Guillaume Boisgontier (Fra) Normandie 21.33 53 Papa Amadou Diouf (Sen) Senegal 24.35 54 Siaka Diarra (Mli) Mali 32.14 55 Kock Rutger (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 34.08 56 Adama Togola (Mli) Mali 37.53 57 Salia Togola (Mli) Mali 39.45 58 Eric Ahouandjinou (Ben) Benin 40.47 59 Attivi Egue (Tog) Togo 40.48 60 Adamou Gabo (Nig) Niger 41.44 61 Issaka Kabore (Bur) Sofitex 50.06 62 Zakaria Dia Abdoulsalam (Nig) Niger 52.17 63 EugĖne Hansinon (Ben) Benin 53.55 64 Paul Dona (Ben) Benin 1.08.59 65 Jean Claude Badjagoume (Ben) Benin 1.10.59 66 Didier Agbefu (Tog) Togo 1.13.23 67 Siaka Diallo (Mli) Mali 1.14.19 68 Abdoulaye Thiam (Sen) Senegal 1.24.15 69 Augustin Amoussouvi (Ben) Benin 1.24.32 70 Houdo Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 1.28.47 71 Adama Bagayoko (Mli) Mali 1.34.04 72 Ali Sidi Thiam (Sen) Senegal 1.36.27 73 Hamidou Diarra (Mli) Mali 1.38.25 74 Jean Lopez (Sen) Senegal 1.38.26 Points classification 1 Kay Kermer (Ger) Marco Polo Cycling Team 112 Pts 2 Thierry David (Fra) GMCI 38 80 3 Karel Pattyn (Bel) Aliplast 80 4 Brice Bouniot (Fra) GMCI 38 78 5 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 78 6 Laurent Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 74 7 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 70 8 Gweswende Sawadogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 65 9 Gunther Cuylits (Bel) Aliplast 57 10 Jonathan Kern (Fra) Alsace 47 11 Saidou Rouamba (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 46 12 Steven Thys (Bel) Aliplast 44 13 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 40 14 Alexandre Lecocq (Fra) GMCI 38 38 15 L-Jean Ilboudo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 36 16 Olivier Keita (Sen) Senegal 33 17 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 32 18 Peter Van Agtmaal (Ned) Aliplast 30 19 Cyrille Cosnefroy (Fra) Normandie 30 20 Karim Kabore (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 29 21 Sadrac Teguimaha (Cam) Cameroon 27 22 Michel Kauffmann (Fra) Alsace 27 23 Jerome Amann (Fra) Alsace 26 24 Kossi Nossi (Tog) Togo 24 25 R-Geremie Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 24 26 Elhadji Malick Thiam (Sen) Senegal 22 27 T-Desire Kabore (Bur) Sofitex 21 28 Lucien Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 21 29 Joseph Sanda (Cam) Cameroon 19 30 Pascal Bouba (Cam) Cameroon 19 31 Jordane Chazal (Fra) GMCI 38 19 32 Guillaume Boisgontier (Fra) Normandie 16 33 Michel Bilgo (Bur) Sofitex 15 34 Thomas Dietsch (Fra) Alsace 14 35 Eric Ahouandjinou (Ben) Benin 13 36 Remko Kramer (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 12 37 Joost Declerk (Bel) Aliplast 11 38 Kock Rutger (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 11 39 Peter Schoepen (Bel) Aliplast 10 40 Stephane Paol (Fra) GMCI 38 10 41 Abdoulaye Thiam (Sen) Senegal 6 42 Damien Tekou (Cam) Cameroon 5 43 Martin Som (Cam) Cameroon 5 44 Komi Kondoh (Tog) Togo 3 45 Jerome Pamart (Fra) Normandie 3 Teams classification 1 Aliplast 46.24.59 2 GMCI 38 0.16 3 Marco Polo Cycling Team 5.09 4 Sifa - Peugeot 7.27 5 A.S.Fadoul 7.44 6 Cameroon 9.03 7 Alsace 9.26 8 Normandie 14.56 9 Senegal 16.52 10 Sofitex 20.17 11 Togo 21.45 12 Niger 37.47 13 Mali 1.05.05 14 Benin 1.25.28
