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The Eritrean Bereket Yemane wins first stage of Tour du Faso
by APA published: October 31, 2015 at 12:22
Bereket Yemane Eritrean rider won the sprint Friday, the first stage of the 28th Tour du Faso international run between Ouagadougou and Ouahigouya (171 km), ahead of Moroccan Abdelati Saadoune.
Bereket won in 4h13mn57sec, an average speed of 40.370 km / h. His compatriot Hailou Yonatan arrived in third position before the holder of the yellow jersey of the 27th edition, the Burkinabe Abdoul Aziz Nikiéma.
Ouagadougou parties around 8 am with the departure of top given by the president of the CNT Cheriff Sy, if riders are not gifts on the road around especially Eritreans who never did anything released for a first participation in the competition .
The tenacious Abdoul Aziz Nikiéma (5 points) has only gleaned a few points at the intermediate sprints that leads to the Eritrean Michael Habtom (4 points).
Eritrea is logically the pack in first place at the teams participating in this round with a 12h44mn09sec time, followed by Morocco and Burkina Faso who 3mn19sec lagging behind.
Bereket endorse the yellow jersey tomorrow for the second stage between Yako and 148km long Ziniaré.
The competition takes place from October 30 to November 8 in 10 steps with a total distance of 1310,2km.
Received on Sat Oct 31 2015 - 14:34:07 EDT