16th Tour du Faso - 2.5

Burkina Faso, October 30-November 10, 2002

2001 Results Stage List Preview Start List Past winners

The Stages

Stage 1 - October 30: Ziniare - Koudougou, 141.5 km
Stage 2 - October 31: Ouagadougou - Po, 142.5 km
Stage 3 - November 1: Po - Kombissiri, 105.5 km
Stage 4 - November 2: Kokologo - Boromo, 136 km
Stage 5 - November 3: Hounde - Bobo Dioulasso, 121.5 km
Stage 6 - November 4: Bobo Dioulasso - Banfora, 86.5km
Stage 7 - November 6: Ouagadougou - Koupela, 138.5 km
Stage 8 - November 7: Koupela - Fada N’Gourma, 82 km
Stage 9 - November 8: Laye - Ouahigouya, 152 km
Stage 10 - November 9: Ouahigouya - Yako, 72 km
Stage 11 - November 10: Yako - Ouagadougou, 127.5 km

Preview

The 16th Tour du Faso, which is now run with the support of the Société du Tour de France, takes place from October 30-November 10. The Société du Tour offered its support to the event in 2001, and will increase its efforts this year. The race is currently ranked UCI 2.5, and features 11 stages (plus one rest day), covering a total of 1,305km. Teams are comprised of six members, vying for 20.5 million CFA francs (approx. $650,000 US) in total prize money. The race concludes in Ouagadougou on November 10.

Start list

Marco Polo Cycling Club                       Burkina Faso National Team A

1 Joost Legtenberg (Ned)                      11 R.Jeremie Ouedraogo (Bur)
2 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned)                     12 Saedou Rouamba (Bur)
3 Folkert De Haan (Ned)                       13 Seydou Sanfo (Bur)
4 Remko Kramer (Ned)                          14 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur)
5 Abdoulaye Ouedraogo (Bur)                   15 Laurent Zongo (Bur)
6 Lionel Syne (Bel)                           16 Lucien Zongo (Bur)

Moroccoan National Team                       Burkina Faso National Team B

21 Mostafa El Amal (Mar)                      31 S.B.Ibrahim Belem (Bur)
22 Tayeb Ed Daiyf (Mar)                       32 Jean Ibouldo (Bur)
23 Tarik Haraki (Mar)                         33 Abdoul Salam Ouedraogo (Bur)
24 Brahim Lachheb (Mar)                       34 Tidiane Ouedraogo (Bur)
25 Mohamed Ouzraoui (Mar)                     35 G. Hamidou Sawadogo (Bur)
26 Abdelati Saadoune (Mar)                    36 G. Sylvain Tonde (Bur)

Café Baques                                   Aliplast-De Schacht

41 Hamado Pafadnam (Bur)                      51 Christophe Bracke (Bel)
42 Jose Daniel Aguado (Spa)                   52 Pieter Coghe (Bel)
43 Mikel Aguiré (Spa)                         53 Kristof De Reeper (Bel)
44 Aitor Galdos (Spa)                         54 Franky De Reeper (Bel)
45 Efrain Gutierrez (Spa)                     55 Christof Marien (Bel)
46 Ricardo Serrano (Spa)                      56 Chris Smet (Bel)

Cameroon National Team                        Eure Selection

61 Appolinaire Bandolo (Cmr)                  71 Vincent Lasalle (Fra)
62 Toukour Bouba (Cmr)                        72 Benoit Meyer (Fra)
63 Simon Ngopang (Cmr)                        73 Christophe Ribot (Fra)
64 Francois Etoa (Cmr)                        74 Pierre Royer (Fra)
65 Francois Talla (Cmr)                       75 David Savouray (Fra)
66 Evariste Tchoupe (Cmr)                     76 Arnaud Vettier (Fra)

Niger National Team                           Isère Selection

91 Gadou Adamou (Nig)                         101 Alexandre Bessiere (Fra)
92 Abdoulaye Ibrahim (Nig)                    102 Benjamin Buisson (Fra)
93 Alzouma Ibrahim (Nig)                      103 Alexandre Lecoq (Fra)
94 Moussa Lawal (Nig)                         104 Christian Milesi (Fra)
95 Gado Yahaya (Nig)                          105 Alexandre Perret (Fra)
96 Abdoul Salam Zakari (Nig)                  106 Franck Sartori (Fra)

Nigerian National Team                        Panorimo 23 La Creuse En Limousin

111 Morris Adamu (Ngr)                        121 Arnaud Bergeron (Fra)
112 Afis Bakare (Ngr)                         122 Vincent Dubot (Fra)
113 Friday Noruwa (Ngr)                       123 Sebastien Lebaron (Fra)
114 Ibrahim Musa (Ngr)                        124 Maxime Mederel (Fra)
115 Osoze Owen (Ngr)                          125 Olivier Pralus (Fra)
116 Pam Choji (Ngr)                           126 Franck Vermeulen (Fra)

Togo National Team                            Benin National Team

131 Akakpo Vlavonou (Tog)                     141 Robert Agossou (Ben)
132 Kowouvi Dossouvi (Tog)                    142 Eric Ahouandjinou (Ben)
133 Komivi Dossouvi (Tog)                     143 Auguste Amoussouvi (Ben)
134 Ativi Egue (Tog)                          144 Eugène Hansinon (Ben)
135 Komi Kondo (Tog)                          145 Chadas Kakpo (Ben)
136 Kossi Nossi (Tog)                         146 Cyriaque Nassar (Ben)

Mali National Team

151 Adama Bagayoko (Mli)
152 Siaka Diallo 2 (Mli)
153 Hamidou Diarra (Mli)
154 Ibrahim Diarra (Mli)
155 Adama Togola (Mli)
156 Salia Togola (Mli)

Past winners

2001 Joost Legtenberg (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team
2000 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr)
1999 Saïd Mosry Said (Egy)
1998 Jacques Castan (Fra)
1997 Ernest Zongo (Bfa)
1996 Guido Fulst (Ger)
1995 Ernest Zongo (Bfa)
1994 Karim Yameogo (Bfa)
1993 Maurice Sawadogo (Bfa)
1992 Philippe Lepeurien (Fra)
1991 Saidou Rouamba (Bfa)
1990 Aimé Zongo (Bfa)
1989 Maxime Ouedraogo (Bfa)
1988 Mady Kaboré (Bfa)
1987 Igor Luchinko (Rus)

Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com