The Burkina Faso Cycling Stallions are present in the 35th Tour du Faso and have still not won a stage at the halfway point but hope to sound the revolt for the rest of the competition.The rider of the regional team of the Centre Daouda Congo suggested without conviction, after the 5th stage run on Tuesday between Bobo-Dioulasso and Banfora that "we will recover the yellow jersey".He paradoxically explains that Burkina Faso is in trouble because "the teams present on the tour are in better shape than us and we have not prepared well."Saturnin Yaméogo of the Burkina Faso national A team remains hopeful but is still realistic about what will happen next. "The best is yet to come. We will always continue to work to win battles because even if we don't win the yellow jersey we can win stages in the days to come."He explains that "we are improving our strategies, the form is coming and tomorrow we will do better."For the A team rider, this year it is difficult because "they invited countries that are s tronger than us. This raised the level of the competition", but he hopes that Burkina Faso will pick up the infernal pace as the competition continues.Saturnin Yaméogo is realistic and thinks that "it will be complicated to talk about the yellow jersey at the moment but we have to win stages. We work collectively but the level of our opponents is high."According to the national technical director of the Burkinabe Cycling Federation Martin Sawadogo, "the fight between the Moroccans, the Belgians, the Dutch, the Cameroonians and others means that we are not helped. It must be recognized that the level of competition is very high.""Since the start of the tour we have been at an average of almost 46 km/h. The speed is very high and I think we will review things. There are 5 stages left. We will try to see what we can do to gain a stage. If there is an opportunity for the yellow jersey we will seize it. If it is not possible we must change objectives with the search for stages."To this end, the Burkinabe t echnician advises "commitment and self-sacrifice so that everyone is in the best possible shape. We are 2 minutes from the yellow jersey, which means that anything is possible. We are in a mechanical sport and it is an individual classification by time so anything can happen. It is not lost but we must aim for a stage victory."Last edition Burkina Faso with Paul Daumont dominated the race by winning the yellow jersey. For this 35th edition he is absent and the Etalons group clearly lacks a leader to defend the yellow jersey of the 34th edition.The best placed Burkinabe rider is Bamassi Soulama of the West regional team. He is 5th in the general classification, 2mn 25 seconds behind the Moroccan El Kouradji Mohcine in yellow.Source: Burkina Information Agency
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