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17th Tour du Faso - 2.5
Burkina Faso, October 29-November 9, 2003
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Stage 5 - November 2: Orodara - Bobo Dioulasso, 133 km
Van Agtmaal wins alone, Tjallingii holds
By Chris Henry
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Dutchman Peter Van Agtmaal gave the Aliplast team its second stage victory today, and kept the spoils in the hands of the Europeans, who have won each of the Tour du Faso's five stages to date. Sunday was the tour's third longest stage, 133 kilometres from Orodara to Bobo Dioulasso, a city where visitors are permitted only to enter the heart accompanied by a local guide approved by the village chief.
The day finished with three laps of an exciting circuit of 16km which set the stage for the day's outcome. Maarten Tjallingii of the Marco Polo Cycling Team conserved his yellow jersey without losing any time in the general classification to his closest rivals, Thierry David (GMCI 38) and the Aliplast trio of Karel Pattyn, Steven Thys, and Gunther Cuylits.
A somewhat relaxed start gave way to a breakaway of ten riders, who decided to test their legs on the longer parcours. In the move were two of Tjallingii's Marco Polo teammates, American David Washburn and German Kay Kermer, winner of stage 2 in Ziniaré. Van Agtmaal's Aliplast teammate Thys was the only danger man in the group, though he was nonetheless four minutes down on Tjallingii at the start of the day. Other riders included France's Michel Kauffmann (Alsace), Olivier Keita and Elhadji Malick Thiam of Senegal, and Cameroon's Martinien Tega, frequently on the attack in this year's event.
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The group's advantage never topped two minutes, and the showdown was set for a fast finale as the leaders were caught by the peloton. Into the last kilometres of the finishing circuit in Bobo, a new attack of 14 riders formed. Nervously watching each other on the way to the line, it was Van Agtmaal who used a well timed attack to break clear of his lead group. Behind the main field feverishly worked to minimize the time gaps to the leaders. The Dutchman powered ahead and held off the rest by 10".
Three bonifications were available as the field passed through the finish line on the Bobo circuit, but no jerseys changed hands today and Tjallingii received another stuffed lion from race sponsor Crédit Lyonnais for his efforts defending the lead. Three riders were forced to abandon, including Marco Polo's Lionel Syne, who crashed in the final circuit and was perhaps in less of a mood to enjoy the evening's reward, a concert in town.
Photography
Images by Denis Descamps/A.S.O.
- A pause from the day's work to watch the Tour de Faso roll by
- Michel Kauffman (Alsace, left) keeps the pressure on
- A bit less excitement from the four-legged fans
- Riders hit the finishing circuit in Bobo Dioulasso
- The peloton crossed the line three times after a 16km finishing circuit
- Dutchman Peter Van Agtmaal (Aliplast) kept the European winning streak alive
- Maarten Tjallingii (Marco Polo) prepares for yet another day in yellow
- Different tour, same stuffed lion
Results
1 Peter Van Agtmaal (Ned) Aliplast 3.03.10 2 Kay Kermer (Ger) Marco Polo Cycling Team 0.10 3 Jerome Amann (Fra) Alsace 4 Brice Bouniot (Fra) GMCI 38 5 Laurent Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 6 Pascal Bouba (Cam) Cameroon 7 Cyrille Cosnefroy (Fra) Normandie 8 Steven Thys (Bel) Aliplast 9 Elhadji Malick Thiam (Sen) Senegal 10 Joost Declerk (Bel) Aliplast 0.13 11 Peter Schoepen (Bel) Aliplast 12 Jordane Chazal (Fra) GMCI 38 13 Stephane Paol (Fra) GMCI 38 0.30 14 Jonathan Kern (Fra) Alsace 0.48 15 Abdoulaye Thiam (Sen) Senegal 2.12 16 Remko Kramer (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 2.24 17 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 18 Martin Som (Cam) Cameroon 19 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 20 Saidou Rouamba (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 21 Gunther Cuylits (Bel) Aliplast 22 Sadrac Teguimaha (Cam) Cameroon 23 Gabriel Margrit (Fra) Normandie 24 Michel Kauffmann (Fra) Alsace 25 Tidiane Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 26 Olivier Keita (Sen) Senegal 27 Thomas Dietsch (Fra) Alsace 28 Thierry David (Fra) GMCI 38 29 Attivi Egue (Tog) Togo 30 Karel Pattyn (Bel) Aliplast 31 Damien Tekou (Cam) Cameroon 32 R-Geremie Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 33 Gweswende Sawadogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 34 Jean Lopez (Sen) Senegal 35 Eric Ahouandjinou (Ben) Benin 36 EugĖne Hansinon (Ben) Benin 37 Karim Kabore (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 38 Saidou Tall (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 39 Thibault Richard (Fra) GMCI 38 40 Joseph Sanda (Cam) Cameroon 41 Siaka Diarra (Mli) Mali 42 Adamou Gabo (Nig) Niger 43 Didier Agbefu (Tog) Togo 44 Kowouvi Dossouvi (Tog) Togo 45 Abdoulaye Ouedraogo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 46 Kossi Nossi (Tog) Togo 47 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 48 Alexandre Lecocq (Fra) GMCI 38 49 Jerome Pamart (Fra) Normandie 50 Ibrahim Abdoulaye Soumma (Nig) Niger 51 Idrissa Ouedraogo (Bur) Niger 52 L-Jean Ilboudo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 53 Augustin Amoussouvi (Ben) Benin 54 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 55 Adama Togola (Mli) Mali 56 Jean Tonde (Bur) Sofitex 57 Lucien Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 2.34 58 David Washburn (USA) Marco Polo Cycling Team 3.11 59 T-Desire Kabore (Bur) Sofitex 9.21 60 Komi Kondoh (Tog) Togo 10.59 61 Siaka Diallo (Mli) Mali 13.23 62 Ablasse Tapsoba (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 63 Papa Amadou Diouf (Sen) Senegal 14.18 64 Michel Bilgo (Bur) Sofitex 14.29 65 Guillaume Boisgontier (Fra) Normandie 66 Jean Claude Badjagoume (Ben) Benin 18.13 67 Kock Rutger (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 68 Paul Dona (Ben) Benin 18.17 69 Zakaria Dia Abdoulsalam (Nig) Niger 70 Salia Togola (Mli) Mali 19.11 71 Ludovic Lemarechal (Fra) Normandie 20.38 72 Hamidou Diarra (Mli) Mali 30.11 73 Houdo Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 31.28 74 Issaka Kabore (Bur) Sofitex 39.15 75 Ali Sidi Thiam (Sen) Senegal 56.50 76 Adama Bagayoko (Mli) Mali DNF Lionel Syne (Bel) Marco Polo Cycling Team DNF Fabrice Bretel (Fra) Alsace DNF Arnaud Vettier (Fra) Normandie Points 1 Peter Van Agtmaal (Ned) Aliplast 30 Pts 2 Kay Kermer (Ger) Marco Polo Cycling Team 27 3 Jerome Amann (Fra) Alsace 25 4 Brice Bouniot (Fra) GMCI 38 23 5 Laurent Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 21 6 Pascal Bouba (Cam) Cameroon 19 7 Cyrille Cosnefroy (Fra) Normandie 17 8 Steven Thys (Bel) Aliplast 15 9 Elhadji Malick Thiam (Sen) Senegal 13 10 Joost Declerk (Bel) Aliplast 11 11 Peter Schoepen (Bel) Aliplast 10 12 Jordane Chazal (Fra) GMCI 38 9 13 Stephane Paol (Fra) GMCI 38 8 14 Jonathan Kern (Fra) Alsace 7 15 Abdoulaye Thiam (Sen) Senegal 6 16 Remko Kramer (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 5 17 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 4 18 Martin Som (Cam) Cameroon 3 19 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 2 20 Saidou Rouamba (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 1 Sprints !st Circuit - km 85.1 1 Kay Kermer (Ger) Marco Polo Cycling Team 3 Pts 2 Brice Bouniot (Fra) GMCI 38 2 3 Olivier Keita (Sen) Senegal 1 2nd Circuit - km 101 1 Kay Kermer (Ger) Marco Polo Cycling Team 3 Pts 2 Brice Bouniot (Fra) GMCI 38 2 3 Cyrille Cosnefroy (Fra) Normandie 1 3rd Circuit - km 117 1 Abdoulaye Thiam (Sen) Senegal 3 Pts 2 Kay Kermer (Ger) Marco Polo Cycling Team 2 3 Jonathan Kern (Fra) Alsace 1 Teams 1 Aliplast 9.09.53 2 GMCI 38 0.30 3 Alsace 2.59 4 Senegal 4.23 5 Marco Polo Cycling Team 4.35 6 Cameroon 7 A.S. Fadoul 8 Normandie 9 Sifa-Peugeot 6.49 10 Togo 11 Benin 12 Nigeria 13 Sofitex 13.46 14 Mali 17.48 General classification after stage 5 1 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 12.43.18 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 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 2.57 11 Jordane Chazal (Fra) GMCI 38 3.03 12 Kossi Nossi (Tog) Togo 3.07 13 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 3.34 14 Laurent Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 3.35 15 Pascal Bouba (Cam) Cameroon 3.51 16 Saidou Rouamba (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 3.53 17 Lucien Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 4.05 18 Jerome Amann (Fra) Alsace 4.07 19 L-Jean Ilboudo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 4.20 20 Michel Kauffmann (Fra) Alsace 4.34 21 Thomas Dietsch (Fra) Alsace 4.38 22 Jerome Pamart (Fra) Normandie 4.55 23 Cyrille Cosnefroy (Fra) Normandie 4.58 24 Brice Bouniot (Fra) GMCI 38 5.04 25 Elhadji Malick Thiam (Sen) Senegal 5.05 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 Remko Kramer (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 5.34 30 Jonathan Kern (Fra) Alsace 5.38 31 Sadrac Teguimaha (Cam) Cameroon 5.40 32 Karim Kabore (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 5.45 33 Olivier Keita (Sen) Senegal 6.05 34 Saidou Tall (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 7.00 35 Thibault Richard (Fra) GMCI 38 7.05 36 Damien Tekou (Cam) Cameroon 7.23 37 David Washburn (USA) Marco Polo Cycling Team 8.13 38 Jean Tonde (Bur) Sofitex 10.44 39 Ibrahim Abdoulaye Soumma (Nig) Niger 10.54 40 Abdoulaye Ouedraogo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 11.08 41 Joseph Sanda (Cam) Cameroon 11.13 42 Peter Schoepen (Bel) Aliplast 11.34 43 Martin Som (Cam) Cameroon 12.14 44 Kowouvi Dossouvi (Tog) Togo 12.48 45 T-Desire Kabore (Bur) Sofitex 13.16 46 Tidiane Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 15.23 47 Komi Kondoh (Tog) Togo 15.55 48 Michel Bilgo (Bur) Sofitex 17.33 49 Idrissa Ouedraogo (Bur) Niger 19.07 50 Gabriel Margrit (Fra) Normandie 20.04 51 Peter Van Agtmaal (Ned) Aliplast 20.07 52 Ablasse Tapsoba (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 20.49 53 Guillaume Boisgontier (Fra) Normandie 21.33 54 Papa Amadou Diouf (Sen) Senegal 24.35 55 Kock Rutger (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 26.52 56 Siaka Diarra (Mli) Mali 32.14 57 Adama Togola (Mli) Mali 37.53 58 Salia Togola (Mli) Mali 39.45 59 Eric Ahouandjinou (Ben) Benin 40.47 60 Attivi Egue (Tog) Togo 40.48 61 Adamou Gabo (Nig) Niger 40.53 62 Ludovic Lemarechal (Fra) Normandie 43.52 63 Issaka Kabore (Bur) Sofitex 50.06 64 Zakaria Dia Abdoulsalam (Nig) Niger 52.03 65 EugĖne Hansinon (Ben) Benin 53.55 66 Siaka Diallo (Mli) Mali 1.05.12 67 Paul Dona (Ben) Benin 1.08.45 68 Jean Claude Badjagoume (Ben) Benin 1.10.45 69 Didier Agbefu (Tog) Togo 1.13.23 70 Augustin Amoussouvi (Ben) Benin 1.22.13 71 Abdoulaye Thiam (Sen) Senegal 1.24.15 72 Houdo Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 1.27.04 73 Adama Bagayoko (Mli) Mali 1.34.04 74 Ali Sidi Thiam (Sen) Senegal 1.36.27 75 Jean Lopez (Sen) Senegal 1.38.08 76 Hamidou Diarra (Mli) Mali 1.38.25 Points classification 1 Kay Kermer (Ger) Marco Polo Cycling Team 97 Pts 2 Thierry David (Fra) GMCI 38 80 3 Karel Pattyn (Bel) Aliplast 80 4 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 65 5 Gweswende Sawadogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 65 6 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 60 7 Brice Bouniot (Fra) GMCI 38 51 8 Gunther Cuylits (Bel) Aliplast 46 9 Laurent Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 44 10 Steven Thys (Bel) Aliplast 44 11 Martinien Tega (Cam) Cameroon 40 12 Alexandre Lecocq (Fra) GMCI 38 38 13 Saidou Rouamba (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 38 14 Peter Van Agtmaal (Ned) Aliplast 30 15 Michel Kauffmann (Fra) Alsace 27 16 Jerome Amann (Fra) Alsace 26 17 Karim Kabore (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 25 18 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Sofitex 25 19 Cyrille Cosnefroy (Fra) Normandie 25 20 Kossi Nossi (Tog) Togo 24 21 R-Geremie Ouedraogo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 24 22 Elhadji Malick Thiam (Sen) Senegal 22 23 Jonathan Kern (Fra) Alsace 22 24 Lucien Zongo (Bur) A.S.Fadoul 21 25 Sadrac Teguimaha (Cam) Cameroon 21 26 Pascal Bouba (Cam) Cameroon 19 27 L-Jean Ilboudo (Bur) Sifa - Peugeot 19 28 Jordane Chazal (Fra) GMCI 38 19 29 Michel Bilgo (Bur) Sofitex 15 30 Thomas Dietsch (Fra) Alsace 14 31 Eric Ahouandjinou (Ben) Benin 13 32 Joost Declerk (Bel) Aliplast 11 33 Kock Rutger (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 11 34 Remko Kramer (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team 11 35 Peter Schoepen (Bel) Aliplast 10 36 Gabriel Margrit (Fra) Normandie 10 37 Stephane Paol (Fra) GMCI 38 10 38 Olivier Keita (Sen) Senegal 10 39 Guillaume Boisgontier (Fra) Normandie 7 40 Abdoulaye Thiam (Sen) Senegal 6 41 Damien Tekou (Cam) Cameroon 5 42 Martin Som (Cam) Cameroon 3 43 Jerome Pamart (Fra) Normandie 3 Teams classification 1 Aliplast 38.10.59 2 GMCI 38 0.44 3 Marco Polo Cycling Team 5.09 4 Sifa-Peugeot 7.50 5 A.S. Fadoul 8.12 6 Cameroon 9.31 7 Alsace 9.33 8 Normandie 14.56 9 Senegal 17.20 10 Sofitex 20.45 11 Togo 21.45 12 Nigeria 37.33 13 Mali 1.05.05 14 Benin 1.25.14
