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17th Tour du Faso - 2.5
Burkina Faso, October 29-November 9, 2003
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Stage 8 - November 6: Ouahigouya - Boussé, 128.5 km
Bouniot's reward, Sawadogo's despair
By Chris Henry
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Another victory for France was recorded today at the end of stage 8 of the Tour du Faso, 128.5 kilometres from Ouahigouya to Boussé, as Brice Bouniot (GMCI 38) earned the stage win he's been searching for after several days on the attack. It was celebration for Bouniot, but despair for Mahamadi Sawadogo (Sofitex), who launched a futile solo attack that no doubt blunted his sprint in Boussé against three breakaway companions.
Bouniot has already shown his sprinting capabilities in this year's race, claiming second place at the end of stage 6, the same day he won all three intermediate sprints on the road to Yako. The GMCI 38 rider was once again on the attack in stage 8, and this time left nothing to chance, apparently realizing Sawadogo's mid-race solo flyer was doomed before it began.
In similar style to most stages thus far, early morning attacks were all covered by the nervous peloton, before finally a group of some of the tour's strongest men emerged. At the 20km mark, points leader Kay Kermer (Marco Polo Cycling Team) set off on the attack with Bouniot for company, along with Sawadogo, and Karel Pattyn (Aliplast). Sawadogo's brother Gweswende (Sifa-Peugeot) managed to join the move, along with Belgian Gunther Cuylits, and the move was set. At the race's halfway mark the break's advantage was established, but at little more than a minute on the field.
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Not content to work with the group until the finish, Mahamadi Sawadogo decided he would go it alone, and attacked this leading group with some thirty kilometres left to race. It was a suicide move, and another tactical blunder from a man who raised his arms in a victory salute one lap too soon at the end of stage 2 in Ziniaré. By day's end Sawadogo would be compensated with the blue jersey of best-placed African in the tour, but surely he was hoping for the greater glory of a stage victory, only to be overwhelmed by his own nervous energy.
Facing a stiff headwind in the final 15 kilometres, Sawadogo's lead tumbled and he was eventually rejoined by the original break. It was not a good day for the brothers Sawadogo, as in the stage finale Gweswende punctured, never to see the sharp end of the race again. Into the finish in Boussé, Bouniot had no problem outmuscling the green jersey of Kay Kermer, and delighted in his first stage win of the tour.
The main field, under the usual control of Kermer's Marco Polo teammates in defense of Maarten Tjallingii's yellow jersey, stormed into town mere seconds behind the winning quartet as the hapless Sawadogo held on for fourth. There were no changes of note in the general classification, and Tjallingii moved another day closer to overall victory.
Photography
Images by Adrien Brandon/A.S.O.
- A long, straight haul for the Faso field
- Not much of a view for the little one
- Mahamadi Sawadogo's strength was wasted on a futile attack
- Brice Bouniot (GMCI 38) won the sprint he's been waiting for
- Yellow jersey Maarten Tjallingii (Marco Polo, left) cruises comfortably in the field
Results
1 Brice Bouniot (Fra) GMCI 38 3.20.05 2 Kay Kermer (Ger) Marco Polo Cycling Team 0.01 3 Gunther Cuylits (Bel) Aliplast 4 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 0.04 5 Lucien Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 6 Sadrac Teguimaha (Cam) Cameroon 7 Guillaume Boisgontier (Fra) Normandie 8 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 9 Jonathan Kern (Fra) Alsace 10 Laurent Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 11 Joost Declerk (Bel) Aliplast 12 Olivier Keita (Sen) Senegal 13 R-Geremie Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 14 Michel Kauffmann (Fra) Alsace 15 Martin Som (Cam) Cameroon 16 Karim Kabore (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 17 Cyrille Cosnefroy (Fra) Normandie 18 Abdoulaye Ouedraogo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 19 Komi Kondoh (Tog) Togo 20 Tidiane Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 21 Joseph Sanda (Cam) Cameroon 22 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 23 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 24 Remko Kramer (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 25 Salia Togola (Mli) Mali 26 Hamidou Diarra (Mli) Mali 27 Adama Togola (Mli) Mali 28 T-Desire Kabore (Bur) Sofitex 29 Thierry David (Fra) GMCI 38 30 Peter Van Agtmaal (Ned) Aliplast 31 Elhadji Malick Thiam (Sen) Senegal 32 Idrissa Ouedraogo (Bur) Niger 33 Saidou Rouamba (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 34 EugĖne Hansinon (Ben) Benin 35 Saidou Tall (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 36 Jordane Chazal (Fra) GMCI 38 37 Siaka Diarra (Mli) Mali 38 Adama Bagayoko (Mli) Mali 39 Adamou Gabo (Nig) Niger 40 Issaka Kabore (Bur) Sofitex 41 Thomas Dietsch (Fra) Alsace 42 Gweswende Sawadogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 43 Michel Bilgo (Bur) Sofitex 44 Zakaria Dia Abdoulsalam (Nig) Niger 45 Ablasse Tapsoba (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 46 Peter Schoepen (Bel) Aliplast 47 Alexandre Lecocq (Fra) GMCI 38 48 Kowouvi Dossouvi (Tog) Togo 49 Stephane Paol (Fra) GMCI 38 50 Ali Sidi Thiam (Sen) Senegal 51 L-Jean Ilboudo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 52 Pascal Bouba (Cam) Cameroon 53 Jean Tonde (Bur) Sofitex 54 Damien Tekou (Cam) Cameroon 0.20 55 Ibrahim Abdoulaye Soumma (Nig) Niger 0.55 56 Jean Claude Badjagoume (Ben) Benin 1.22 57 Didier Agbefu (Tog) Togo 58 Eric Ahouandjinou (Ben) Benin 59 Kossi Nossi (Tog) Togo 3.55 60 Houdo Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 4.37 61 Jerome Pamart (Fra) Normandie 5.12 62 Steven Thys (Bel) Aliplast 5.23 63 Karel Pattyn (Bel) Aliplast 64 Siaka Diallo (Mli) Mali 28.02 65 Augustin Amoussouvi (Ben) Benin 66 Papa Amadou Diouf (Sen) Senegal 28.06 67 Jean Lopez (Sen) Senegal 51.02 68 Paul Dona (Ben) Benin 51.18 69 Attivi Egue (Tog) Togo 52.09 70 Kock Rutger (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 1.34.53 71 David Washburn (USA) Marco Polo Cycling Team DNF Abdoulaye Thiam (Sen) Senegal DNF Thibault Richard (Fra) GMCI 38 HD Kock Rutger (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team HD David Washburn (USA) Marco Polo Cycling Team *HD = Hors delai/Outside time limit Points 1 Brice Bouniot (Fra) GMCI 38 30 Pts 2 Kay Kermer (Ger) Marco Polo Cycling Team 27 3 Gunther Cuylits (Bel) Aliplast 25 4 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 23 5 Lucien Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 21 6 Sadrac Teguimaha (Cam) Cameroon 19 7 Guillaume Boisgontier (Fra) Normandie 17 8 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 15 9 Jonathan Kern (Fra) Alsace 13 10 Laurent Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 11 11 Joost Declerk (Bel) Aliplast 10 12 Olivier Keita (Sen) Senegal 9 13 R-Geremie Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 8 14 Michel Kauffmann (Fra) Alsace 7 15 Martin Som (Cam) Cameroon 6 16 Karim Kabore (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 5 17 Cyrille Cosnefroy (Fra) Normandie 4 18 Abdoulaye Ouedraogo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 3 19 Komi Kondoh (Tog) Togo 2 20 Tidiane Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 1 Teams 1 GMCI 38 10.00.43 2 Aliplast 0.01 3 Marco Polo Cycling Team 4 Sofitex 0.04 5 A.S.Fadoul 0.08 6 Cameroon 7 SIFA-PEUGEOT 0.14 8 Alsace 9 JSA-MALI 10 Senegal 11 Niger 12 JUMBO-TOGO 1.22 13 Benin 2.30 14 Normandie 5.12 General classification after stage 8 1 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 20.38.51 2 Thierry David (Fra) GMCI 38 2.59 3 Gunther Cuylits (Bel) Aliplast 3.12 4 Kay Kermer (Ger) Marco Polo Cycling Team 3.16 5 Alexandre Lecocq (Fra) GMCI 38 3.53 6 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 4.19 7 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 4.27 8 Jonathan Kern (Fra) Alsace 5.09 9 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 5.13 10 Brice Bouniot (Fra) GMCI 38 5.32 11 Saidou Rouamba (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 12 Olivier Keita (Sen) Senegal 5.42 13 Gweswende Sawadogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 6.14 14 Thomas Dietsch (Fra) Alsace 6.17 15 Elhadji Malick Thiam (Sen) Senegal 6.44 16 Laurent Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 6.45 17 Jordane Chazal (Fra) GMCI 38 6.51 18 R-Geremie Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 6.58 19 Saidou Tall (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 7.14 20 Pascal Bouba (Cam) Cameroon 7.39 21 L-Jean Ilboudo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 7.43 22 Lucien Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 7.47 23 Cyrille Cosnefroy (Fra) Normandie 8.46 24 Joost Declerk (Bel) Aliplast 9.00 25 Stephane Paol (Fra) GMCI 38 9.15 26 Sadrac Teguimaha (Cam) Cameroon 9.22 27 Remko Kramer (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 28 Karim Kabore (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 9.33 29 Kossi Nossi (Tog) Togo 10.36 30 Damien Tekou (Cam) Cameroon 11.17 31 Karel Pattyn (Bel) Aliplast 11.43 32 Jerome Pamart (Fra) Normandie 13.41 33 Steven Thys (Bel) Aliplast 14.27 34 Jean Tonde (Bur) Sofitex 14.32 35 Joseph Sanda (Cam) Cameroon 14.33 36 Abdoulaye Ouedraogo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 14.56 37 Peter Schoepen (Bel) Aliplast 15.22 38 Ibrahim Abdoulaye Soumma (Nig) Niger 15.23 39 Martin Som (Cam) Cameroon 16.02 40 T-Desire Kabore (Bur) Sofitex 16.34 41 Michel Kauffmann (Fra) Alsace 19.01 42 Tidiane Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 20.19 43 Michel Bilgo (Bur) Sofitex 21.21 44 Peter Van Agtmaal (Ned) Aliplast 22.24 45 Komi Kondoh (Tog) Togo 23.27 46 Ablasse Tapsoba (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 24.37 47 Guillaume Boisgontier (Fra) Normandie 25.21 48 Idrissa Ouedraogo (Bur) Niger 25.38 49 Kowouvi Dossouvi (Tog) Togo 34.27 50 Adamou Gabo (Nig) Niger 49.16 51 Issaka Kabore (Bur) Sofitex 54.14 52 Adama Togola (Mli) Mali 55.41 53 Zakaria Dia Abdoulsalam (Nig) Niger 56.05 54 Siaka Diarra (Mli) Mali 1.03.14 55 Eric Ahouandjinou (Ben) Benin 1.03.34 56 Papa Amadou Diouf (Sen) Senegal 1.03.46 57 EugĖne Hansinon (Ben) Benin 1.03.57 58 Salia Togola (Mli) Mali 1.10.45 59 Jean Claude Badjagoume (Ben) Benin 1.19.39 60 Didier Agbefu (Tog) Togo 1.22.03 61 Attivi Egue (Tog) Togo 1.40.15 62 Ali Sidi Thiam (Sen) Senegal 63 Houdo Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 1.40.42 64 Adama Bagayoko (Mli) Mali 1.46.24 65 Hamidou Diarra (Mli) Mali 1.47.15 66 Siaka Diallo (Mli) Mali 2.13.07 67 Augustin Amoussouvi (Ben) Benin 2.13.59 68 Paul Dona (Ben) Benin 2.14.59 69 Jean Lopez (Sen) Senegal 2.38.04 Points classification 1 Kay Kermer (Ger) Marco Polo Cycling Team 160 Pts 2 Brice Bouniot (Fra) GMCI 38 123 3 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 112 4 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 97 5 Gunther Cuylits (Bel) Aliplast 95 6 Thierry David (Fra) GMCI 38 91 7 Jonathan Kern (Fra) Alsace 90 8 Laurent Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 86 9 Karel Pattyn (Bel) Aliplast 80 10 Olivier Keita (Sen) Senegal 67 11 Gweswende Sawadogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 65 12 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 59 13 Saidou Rouamba (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 55 14 R-Geremie Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 49 15 Alexandre Lecocq (Fra) GMCI 38 46 16 Sadrac Teguimaha (Cam) Cameroon 46 17 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 45 18 Steven Thys (Bel) Aliplast 44 19 Lucien Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 42 20 Peter Van Agtmaal (Ned) Aliplast 37 21 L-Jean Ilboudo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 36 22 Michel Kauffmann (Fra) Alsace 36 23 Karim Kabore (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 34 24 Cyrille Cosnefroy (Fra) Normandie 34 25 Guillaume Boisgontier (Fra) Normandie 33 26 Elhadji Malick Thiam (Sen) Senegal 28 27 Kossi Nossi (Tog) Togo 24 28 Thomas Dietsch (Fra) Alsace 24 29 Saidou Tall (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 23 30 T-Desire Kabore (Bur) Sofitex 21 31 Joost Declerk (Bel) Aliplast 21 32 Joseph Sanda (Cam) Cameroon 19 33 Pascal Bouba (Cam) Cameroon 19 34 Jordane Chazal (Fra) GMCI 38 19 35 Michel Bilgo (Bur) Sofitex 15 36 Remko Kramer (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 15 37 Eric Ahouandjinou (Ben) Benin 13 38 Martin Som (Cam) Cameroon 11 39 Peter Schoepen (Bel) Aliplast 10 40 Stephane Paol (Fra) GMCI 38 10 41 Damien Tekou (Cam) Cameroon 5 42 Komi Kondoh (Tog) Togo 5 43 Abdoulaye Ouedraogo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 3 44 Jerome Pamart (Fra) Normandie 3 45 Tidiane Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 1 Teams classification 1 GMCI 38 62.02.37 2 Aliplast 1.54 3 Marco Polo Cycling Team 5.37 4 A.S.Fadoul 8.22 5 SIFA-PEUGEOT 9.34 6 Alsace 10.07 7 Cameroon 13.13 8 Senegal 17.35 9 Sofitex 24.23 10 Normandie 26.19 11 JUMBO-TOGO 36.46 12 Niger 46.55 13 JSA-MALI 1.39.04 14 Benin 1.55.15
