LOME, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Cote d'Ivoire rider Cisse Issiaka won the yellow jersey of the 26th international cycling race of Togo that closed on Sunday in the capital Lome, organizers said.
He grasped the yellow Jersey in the first stage of the competition that kicked off on 11 April and has made all the efforts to keep it till the end on Sunday 16 April.
Meanwhile, the Belgian Stein Van Couter won the sixth and last stage of the competition, a 80km stage, as he finished the stage in one hour, 8 minutes and 12 seconds at an average cycling speed of 44.8 km per hour.
In overall ranking, Cisse Issiaka topped the competition in 14 hours, 31 minutes and 11 seconds, tip-toed by the Frenchman Bousquet Pascal who made the same record.
The Dutch PijlVan Der Niels ranked third as he recorded 14 hours, 33 minutes and 40 seconds for the whole 26th international cycling race of Togo.
