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16th Tour du Faso - 2.5
Burkina Faso, October 30-November 10, 2002
Stage 1 - October 30: Ziniare - Koudougou , 141.5 km
Saadoune the strongman - Faso 2002 shapes up as local showdown
Report by the Marco Polo Cycling Club
The team of the Marco Polo Cycling Club suffered in the first stage of the Tour du Faso today. Last year's winner Joost Legtenberg lost several minutes to Abdelati Saadoune from Morocco (last year's number two), who took the first stage victory. The Marco Polo team with Dutchmen Joost Legtenberg, Folkert De Haan, Maint Berkenbosch, Remko Kramer; Belgium Lionel Syne and Burkinabe Abdoulay Ouedragou (substitution for Kenyan David Kinja, who didn't make it to Burkina) had to accept the fact that Saadoune was way stronger then the rest of the field and saw that the main competition for the Moroccan will come from the strongest Burkina rider Pafadman, who was strongly supported by his Spanish team. Crosswinds and the heat made the first stage a very hard one. In the next days the Marco Polo team will concentrate on stage wins and try to help their Burkina team mate Ouedragou.
Stage report
The stage began at 8:30am from Ziniaré, with a very fast pace being set by all the riders. The usual early attacks were all chased down by a very nervous peloton, allowing Belgian Christof Marien to take the first two intermediate sprints, and thus the sprinters jersey at the end of the day.
After 45 km, the race passed through Ouaga, and the riders changed direction so that the strong tailwind turned into a cross wind. This caused several splits in the peloton with a number of riders not seeing the front again. After 113 km in Pao, a group of 16 riders escaped, including last year's runner up Abdelati Saadoune (Morocco), as well as Burkina's top rider, Hamado Pafadman and three riders from his Cafe Baque team.
With 5 km to go, Saadoune put in a powerful attack that proved to be the winning one. No-one chased and he finished with a clear lead on second place, with the peloton following in dribs and drabs many minutes behind him.
Results
1 Abdelati Saadoune (Mar) Moroccan National Team 3.08.52 2 Christof Marien (Bel) Aliplast-De Schacht 1.37 3 Laurent Zongo (Bur) Burkina Faso National Team A 4 Aitor Galdos (Spa) Café Baques 5 Saedou Rouamba (Bur) Burkina Faso National Team A 6 Tayeb Ed Daiyf (Mar) Moroccan National Team 7 Simon Ngopang (Cmr) Cameroon National Team 1.41 8 Christophe Bracke (Bel) Aliplast-De Schacht 1.42 9 Alexandre Lecoq (Fra) Isère Selection 1.46 10 Osoze Owen (Ngr) Nigerian National Team 1.59 11 Hamidou G. Sawadogo (Bur) Burkina Faso National Team B 12 Folkert De Haan (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Club 2.02 13 Jose Daniel Aguado (Spa) Café Baques 2.04 14 Hamado Pafadnam (Bur) Café Baques 15 Mohamed Ouzraoui (Mar) Moroccan National Team 2.34 16 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Burkina Faso National Team A 3.03 17 Francois Talla (Cmr) Cameroon National Team 18 R.Jeremie Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso National Team A 19 Benoit Meyer (Fra) Eure Selection 20 Sebastien Lebaron (Fra) Panorimo 23 La Creuse En Limousin 21 Tarik Haraki (Mar) Moroccan National Team 3.07 22 Lucien Zongo (Bur) Burkina Faso National Team A 3.57 23 S.B.Ibrahim Belem (Bur) Burkina Faso National Team B 24 Kristof De Reeper (Bel) Aliplast-De Schacht 4.12 25 Brahim Lachheb (Mar) Moroccan National Team 26 Jean Ibouldo (Bur) Burkina Faso National Team B 27 Franky De Reeper (Bel) Aliplast-De Schacht 4.15 28 Tidiane Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso National Team B 29 Abdoul Salam Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso National Team B 30 Evariste Tchoupe (Cmr) Cameroon National Team 4.22 31 G. Sylvain Tonde (Bur) Burkina Faso National Team B 32 Alexandre Perret (Fra) Isère Selection 33 Franck Sartori (Fra) Isère Selection 34 Vincent Dubot (Fra) Panorimo 23 La Creuse En Limousin 4.36 35 Lionel Syne (Bel) Marco Polo Cycling Club 36 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Panorimo 23 La Creuse En Limousin 37 Mostafa El Amal (Mar) Moroccan National Team 4.44 38 Friday Noruwa (Ngr) Nigerian National Team 5.36 39 Ativi Egue (Tog) Togo National Team 40 Abdoulaye Ibrahim (Nig) Niger National Team 41 Afis Bakare (Ngr) Nigerian National Team 5.38 42 Abdoulaye Ouedraogo (Bur) Marco Polo Cycling Club 6.15 43 Komi Kondo (Tog) Togo National Team 6.20 44 Toukour Bouba (Cmr) Cameroon National Team 45 Kossi Nossi (Tog) Togo National Team 46 Komivi Dossouvi (Tog) Togo National Team 47 Gado Yahaya (Nig) Niger National Team 48 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Club 49 Christophe Ribot (Fra) Eure Selection 50 Joost Legtenberg (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Club 51 Mahamadi Sawadogo (Bur) Burkina Faso National Team A 52 Christian Milesi (Fra) Isère Selection 53 Pieter Coghe (Bel) Aliplast-De Schacht 54 Pam Choji (Ngr) Nigerian National Team 55 Arnaud Vettier (Fra) Eure Selection 6.58 56 Arnaud Bergeron (Fra) Panorimo 23 La Creuse En Limousin 57 Olivier Pralus (Fra) Panorimo 23 La Creuse En Limousin 58 Pierre Royer (Fra) Eure Selection 59 Vincent Lasalle (Fra) Eure Selection 60 Benjamin Buisson (Fra) Isère Selection 7.19 61 David Savouray (Fra) Eure Selection 7.23 62 Efrain Gutierrez (Spa) Café Baques 11.01 63 Remko Kramer (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Club 15.13 64 Abdoul Salam Zakari (Nig) Niger National Team 15.39 65 Gadou Adamou (Nig) Niger National Team 19.49 66 Alexandre Bessiere (Fra) Isère Selection 67 Chris Smet (Bel) Aliplast-De Schacht 19.53 68 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Café Baques 28.50 69 Franck Vermeulen (Fra) Panorimo 23 La Creuse En Limousin 70 Morris Adamu (Ngr) Nigerian National Team 71 Appolinaire Bandolo (Cmr) Cameroon National Team 72 Francois Etoa (Cmr) Cameroon National Team 73 Moussa Lawal (Nig) Niger National Team 74 Eric Ahouandjinou (Ben) Benin National Team 75 Alzouma Ibrahim (Nig) Niger National Team 33.09 76 Cyriaque Nassar (Ben) Benin National Team 33.16 77 Kowouvi Dossouvi (Tog) Togo National Team 78 Robert Agossou (Ben) Benin National Team 36.18 79 Chadas Kakpo (Ben) Benin National Team 40.42 80 Eugène Hansinon (Ben) Benin National Team 81 Adama Bagayoko (Mli) Mali National Team 82 Siaka Diallo 2 (Mli) Mali National Team 83 Hamidou Diarra (Mli) Mali National Team 84 Ibrahim Diarra (Mli) Mali National Team 85 Adama Togola (Mli) Mali National Team 86 Salia Togola (Mli) Mali National Team DNF Akakpo Vlavonou (Tog) Togo National Team DNF Auguste Amoussouvi (Ben) Benin National Team DNF Ibrahim Musa (Ngr) Nigerian National Team DNF Mikel Aguiré (Spa) Café Baques Points 1 Abdelati Saadoune (Mar) Moroccan National Team 30 pts 2 Christof Marien (Bel) Aliplast-De Schacht 27 3 Laurent Zongo (Bur) Burkina Faso National Team A 25 4 Aitor Galdos (Spa) Café Baques 23 5 Saedou Rouamba (Bur) Burkina Faso National Team A 21 6 Tayeb Ed Daiyf (Mar) Moroccan National Team 19 7 Simon Ngopang (Cmr) Cameroon National Team 17 8 Christophe Bracke (Bel) Aliplast-De Schacht 15 9 Alexandre Lecoq (Fra) Isère Selection 13 10 Osoze Owen (Ngr) Nigerian National Team 11 11 Hamidou G. Sawadogo (Bur) Burkina Faso National Team B 10 12 Folkert De Haan (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Club 9 13 Jose Daniel Aguado (Spa) Café Baques 8 14 Hamado Pafadnam (Bur) Café Baques 7 15 Mohamed Ouzraoui (Mar) Moroccan National Team 6 16 Seydou Sanfo (Bur) Burkina Faso National Team A 5 17 Francois Talla (Cmr) Cameroon National Team 4 18 R.Jeremie Ouedraogo (Bur) Burkina Faso National Team A 3 19 Benoit Meyer (Fra) Eure Selection 2 20 Sebastien Lebaron (Fra) Panorimo 23 La Creuse En Limousin 1 Sprints classification 1 Christophe Marien (Bel) Aliplast Young riders classification 1 Abdelati Saadoune (Mar) Morocco National Team Combination classification 1 Abdelati Saadoune (Mar) Morocco National Team Combativity classification 1 Saïdou Rouamba (BFa) Burkina Faso National Team A Teams classification 1 Moroccan National Team 9.30.47 2 Café Baques 1.34 3 Burkina Faso National Team A 2.06 4 Aliplast-De Schacht 3.20 5 Cameroon National Team 4.55 6 Burkina Faso National Team B 5.57 7 Isère Selection 6.19 8 Panorimo 23 La Creuse En Limousin 8.04 9 Marco Polo Cycling Club 8.42 10 Nigerian National Team 9.02 11 Eure Selection 12.10 12 Togo National Team 14.05 13 Niger National Team 23.24 14 Benin National Team 1.34.13 15 Mali National Team 1.57.55
