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TOUR DU FASO 2016: DUBBED THE ERITREAN SOLOMON ZEMENFES,
MATHIAS SORGHUM LOSES YELLOW JERSEY
The Eritrean Solomon Zemenfes won the 3 rd stage of the Tour du Faso in 2016 between Gourcy and long 171.5 km Ziniaré. Winner of the day, he won the yellow jersey in place of Mathias Sorghum suffered two punctures and a fall.
Bad day for the Burkinabe who lose the yellow jersey of the 29 th edition of the Tour du Faso after the 3 rd stage of long-171,5km Gourcy Zinairé). Mathias Sorghum, which was the most coveted jersey turn, suffered two punctures and a fall and arriving after the peloton. The result is heavy for the Burkinabe team that should quickly change strategy to win back the robe.
171,5km. This is the longest stage of the Tour of Faso, 2016. For a prestigious stage with a few km paved to go to Ouagadougou specifically at the dam Tanghin district, riders had to supervise to avoid any surprises. The race has been tough as evidenced by the fall of Mathias Sorghum. This 3 rd step is part without the Burkina riders such as Hamidou Yaméogo Saidou Rouamba and expelled the day before for indiscipline and wearing headsets while Regulation prohibited.
The first hot spot in Yako (21 km) is the case of the Dutch Niels Meereboer tracking Burkinabe Nana Boureima Ouedraogo and Pingdwendé. But later, Marc Janssen (Netherlands) is obliged to retire. The 2 nd hot spot is the case of Seydou Bamogo which is followed by compatriot Mathias Sorghum and Nassim Saidi Algerian arrived 2 nd yesterday.
If in the meantime, a group of riders broke away from the pack, they will be caught 10km from the finish in Ziniaré. At the finish, and after a tough race, it is the Eritrean Zemenfes Solomon who took the double after winning the previous day. He put a time 3h27mn17 seconds at an average speed of 38,93km / h.
The day before, the Eritrean Solomon Zemenfes won the 2 nd run Boussé step between Ouahigouya and a distance of 130 km. He edged in a bunch sprint, Algerian Nassim Saidi, his compatriots Abraham Haile Meron and Yonatan. The Ivorian Issiaka Cissé took the 5 th spot.
The 4th stage is short between Kombissiri Po-Tiébélé this Monday, October 31, 2016 at a distance of 136 km.
Boukari OUEDRAOGO
Burkina24
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Third stage of the Tour du Faso: Burkina loses yellow jersey
The Eritrean Zemenfes Solomon is the new owner of the yellow jersey of the Tour du Faso, 2016. During the third stage, Gourcy-Ziniaré, taking advantage of the double failure and fall of Mathias Sorghum, bikini wearer from the first step, Eritrean widened the gap that allowed him to confiscate the most coveted jersey in Burkina Faso.
Gourcy parties within the scope of 8:30 am, the runners had to rally Ziniaré 171.500 km. On the starting line, all runners except Hamidou Abdoulaye Yaméogo and Rouamba suspended yesterday for breach of the rules. The yellow jersey, Mathias Sorghum was also present.
In grouped peloton for most of the time, cyclists have evolved Gourcy in Ouagadougou without real clashes. But from the capital, the riders let appear their desire to win the stage for some and protect the yellow jersey for others. The race becomes very committed.
It is in this struggle that Mathias Sorghum is a double puncture. Already disadvantaged in time over its immediate competitors, it will suffer a heavy crash three kilometers from the finish line. The Eritrean Zemenfes Solomon who took an advance on her hollow advantage away and won victory in a hotly contested sprint.
Ziniaré, the city change ... yellow jersey?
Mathias Sorghum try the impossible to prevent the winner of the stage to remove his yellow jersey. But unfortunately ! He crossed the finish line after the leading group. Far from the first five step. He loses the yellow jersey in favor of Zemenfes Solomon who completed the 171.5 km in 4:24 minutes 17 seconds.
As a reminder, during the 2015 Tour Faso also called Tower of the transition, the yellow jersey had escaped the Eritrean Bereket Yemane Merhawi to Ziniaré to rest on the shoulders of the Moroccan Mouhssine Lahsaini.
The next step, long 130 km of which 26 km of track will run between Kombissiri Po-Tiébélé, Monday, October 31, 2016.
Jacques Théodore Balima
Lefaso.net
1 : Zemenfes Solomon (Eritrea) 2nd : Benjamin Stauder (Germany) 3rd : Arjan Hoffman (Netherlands) Yellow jersey : Zemenfes Solomon (Eritrea) Green jersey : Solomon Zemenfes white jersey of the stage winner : Solomon Zemenfes jersey for the best young : Solomon Zemenfes Jersey hotspots: Seydou Bamogo (Burkina Faso) combativity jersey : Karamoko Bamba (Côte d'Ivoire) Maillot equity : Arouna Ilboudo (Burkina Faso) Jersey fair play : Seydou Bamogo (Burkina Faso) jersey the first Burkinabe : Seydou Bamogo
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2016 » 29th Tour du Faso (2.2)
Stage 3 » Gourcy › Ziniaré (171.5k)
Results
http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Tour_du_Faso_2016_Stage_3
Received on Mon Oct 31 2016 - 07:50:57 EDT