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Vuelta a Chihuahua Internacional - 2.2Mexico, October 7-14, 2007Main Page Results Overall standings Previous Stage Next Stage Stage 5 - October 12: Creel - Cuauhtémoc, 152.8 kmLacombe wins mass sprintBy Monika Prell in Cuauthémoc Kevin Lacombe (Team Kelly Benefit) won the fifth stage of the Vuelta a Chihuahua. The Canadian overcame the two Portuguese riders Filipe Cardoso and Cesar Quinterio (both Liberty Seguros) in the mass sprint after his Kelly benefits team delivered him to the line in the last kilometre. Spaniard Javier Mejías (Saunier Duval) finished with the main peloton and remains the leader of the Tour. “We got through the mountains well; the team did a good job. Everybody is working well. The Spanish teams tried to keep the gap small. At no point today have I felt insecure, the race is well organised and everybody is very nice. I like the landscape, even if it's difficult to admire it because during the stage we are very concentrated. It is fun to see the many children lining the roads.” Lancombe said, happy with his stage win. Race leader, Javier Mejías, had an easy day today but is not resting on his laurels until the Tour reaches the finish, in two days time. “Our strategy for the last two stages is to control [Francisco] Mancebo. Until the last finish line the leader is not fixed, everything can happen,” he said. How it unfoldedAfter yesterday's rest day, the 88 remaining riders took off at 10:00 am from the little town of Creel in the Sierra Tarahumara. Today's stage sees the last of the mountains as it heads towards the apple plantations of the Mennonites who live in the region of Cuauthémoc. After just two kilometres, a group of four riders escaped: Bernardo Colex (Tecos Trek), Will Routley (Symetrics), Cuitlahuac Ayala (Arenas Tlaxcala) and Adrián Palomares (Fuerteventura Canarias), but they were unable to make a serious impact and were soon brought back by the peloton. Many more small attacks followed but it was not until kilometre 16 when Bernardo Colex (Tecos Trek), Uriel Clara ( Canels Turbo ), José de Jesús Gómez (Arenas Tlaxcala), Timothy Duggan (Slipstream), Adrián Palomares (Fuerteventura Canarias), Santi Pérez (Relax GAM) and Nicolas Vogondy (Agritubel) attacked that a group was able to stay away. These six riders quickly gained an advantage of 1'42”. Heading over the first mountain of the stage, a 3 rd category climb, Santi Pérez lead Colex and Palomares over the summit, while Saunier Duval working for their leader and Relax Gam were at the head of the peloton, keeping things under control. Bernardo Colex won the first sprint of the day ahead of Palomares and Vogondy. A few kilometres down the road Colex and Palomares attacked the breakaway which resulted in Santi Pérez and Timothy Duggan being dropped and later being picked up by the chasing peloton. By kilometre 62, the five escapees had increased their lead to 2'10” over the peloton. The Colex crested the next mountain, a fourth category ahead of Palomares and Jesús Gómez. Palomares then attacked on the descent, while Gómez was dropped by the leading group. Palomares attacked, saw him alone in front of the race for a number of kilometres and by the time he reached the 94 kilometre mark he had an advantage of 1'25” over the breakaway and 4'06” to the peloton. As the peloton reached 95 kilometres the leader of the mountain classification, Gregoiro Ladino (Tecos Trek) attacked causing the peloton to split in two. The pace set by the leading bunch was not high enough however and soon the main field was all back together. Adrián Palomares won the final sprint through La Junta, ahead of Bernardo Colex and Nicolas Vogondy with the gap now at 2 minutes to his chasers and of 3'05” to the peloton. The last climb of the day saw second placed overall, Lucas Euser (Slipstream), attack the main field. Euser attack was an attempt to take back the 16 seconds he is behind in the overall. His attack caused a reaction from the many riders including Mejías; as a result the margin to the leaders was quickly eaten away. With just three kilometres remaining Palomares was caught and passed by the charging peloton, lead by the Kelly Benefit team who were setting up their sprinter, Lacombe, for the win. In the final kilometre, Lancombe burst out of the peloton to take his first win of the event, followed by Liberty Seguros team-mates Cardoso and Quinterio. PhotographyFor a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here Images by Monika Prell
Images by Rafa Gómez Alonso
Results1 Kevin Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 3.27.15 (44.23 km/h) 2 Filipe Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros 3 César Antunes Quiterio (Por) Liberty Seguros 4 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 5 Antonio Aldape (Mex) Canel's Turbo 6 Cuitlahuac Ayala (Mex) Arenas Tlacala 7 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam 8 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Relax-Gam 9 Mikel Artetxe Gezuraga (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 10 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 11 Javier Mejías (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 Iosvani Falcon (Cub) AEG-Toshiba-Jetnetwork Pro Cycling Team 13 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 14 Eder Arenas (Mex) Arenas Tlacala 15 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Ceramica Flaminia 16 Hector Rangel (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 17 Edgardo Lugo (Mex) Canel's Turbo 18 Blake Caldwell (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 19 Ricardo Samuel Tapia (Mex) Arenas Tlacala 20 Santiago Perez Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam 21 Fausto Esparza (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 22 José Adrian Bonilla (CRc) Fuerteventura-Canarias 23 Emilien Benoit Bergès (Fra) Agritubel 24 Oscar Barron (Mex) Orven 25 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 26 Gilberto Porras (Mex) Rica Burguer 27 Francisco Matamoros (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 28 Pedro Covarrubias (Mex) Orven 29 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel 30 Vitor Rodrigues (Por) Liberty Seguros 31 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Relax-Gam 32 Eduardo Graciano (Mex) Orven 33 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 34 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 35 Geoffrey Kabush (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 36 Carlos Lopez (Mex) Canel's Turbo 37 Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 38 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax-Gam 39 Jessel Valenzuela (Mex) Orven 40 Jose Gerardo Soto (Mex) Arenas Tlacala 41 David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 42 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 43 Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 44 Jesus Grajeda (Mex) Orven 45 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 46 Luis Pinheiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 47 Domingo Gonzalez (Mex) Orven 48 Uriel Clara (Mex) Canel's Turbo 49 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 50 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 51 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 52 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 53 Alex Hagman (USA) AEG-Toshiba-Jetnetwork Pro Cycling Team 54 Jose Miguel Elias Galindo (Spa) Relax-Gam 55 David Muñoz (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 56 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 57 Arquimedes Lam (Mex) Canel's Turbo 58 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 59 William Frishkorn (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 60 Carlos Manuel Hernandez (Mex) Canel's Turbo 61 José de Jesus Gomez (Mex) Arenas Tlacala 62 Ryan Blicken (USA) Rica Burguer 63 John Fredy Parra (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 64 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 0.34 65 Jonathan Reid Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 0.37 66 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 67 Joel Alamillo (Mex) Arenas Tlacala 68 Ryan Roth (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 0.48 69 Carlos Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.24 70 David Belda (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 2.55 71 Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 72 Martin Robles (Mex) Rica Burguer 9.51 73 Roberto Rodriguez (Mex) Fullerton Bicycles-Novo 9.55 74 Marco Rios (Mex) Fullerton Bicycles-Novo 10.20 75 Juan Pablo Villela (Mex) Rica Burguer 14.42 76 Miguel Angel Gonzalez (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua 77 Edgar Treviño (Mex) Orven 78 Eduardo Vicencio (Mex) Rica Burguer 79 Rafael Aguilar (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua 14.50 80 Henry Swinty (USA) Rica Burguer 81 Antonio Velazquez (Mex) Rica Burguer 82 Saul Figueroa (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua 83 Daniel Duarte (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua 14.56 84 Enrique Mendez (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua 85 Ivan Borunda (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua 19.53 86 Misael Ramirez (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua 29.42 HD Oswaldo Hernandez (Mex) Fullerton Bicycles-Novo 45.36 DNF Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel Sprints 1 1 Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 3 pts 2 Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 2 3 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 1 2 1 Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 3 pts 2 Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 2 3 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 1 Points 1 Kevin Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 5 pts 2 Filipe Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros 3 3 César Antunes Quiterio (Por) Liberty Seguros 2 Mountains 1 1 Santiago Perez Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam 6 pts 2 Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 5 3 Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 4 4 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 3 5 José de Jesus Gomez (Mex) Arenas Tlacala 1 2 1 Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 4 pts 2 Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 3 3 José de Jesus Gomez (Mex) Arenas Tlacala 2 4 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 1 Teams 1 Liberty Seguros 10.21.45 2 Relax Gam Fuenlabrada 4 Arenas Tlax 3 Symetrics Cycling Team 5 Canel's Turbo 6 Tecos Universidad Autonoma 7 Agritubel 8 Fuerte Ventura Canarias 9 Team Slipstream 10 Orven 11 Saunier Duval Prodir 12 Kelly Benefit Strategies 0.37 13 Rica Burguer 9.51 14 Univeridad Autonoma De Chihuahua 44.22 General classification after stage 5 1 Javier Mejías (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 17.46.13 2 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Relax-Gam 3 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 4 Antonio Aldape (Mex) Canel's Turbo 5 Vitor Rodrigues (Por) Liberty Seguros 0.05 6 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 0.16 7 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 0.23 8 David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 9 José Adrian Bonilla (CRc) Fuerteventura-Canarias 0.38 10 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Ceramica Flaminia 11 Francisco Matamoros (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 0.40 12 Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 1.06 13 Carlos Lopez (Mex) Canel's Turbo 1.16 14 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam 2.53 15 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 3.08 16 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Relax-Gam 3.19 17 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 18 Blake Caldwell (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 3.26 19 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 4.00 20 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.26 21 Fausto Esparza (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 6.58 22 Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 10.20 23 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11.36 24 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 12.09 25 Arquimedes Lam (Mex) Canel's Turbo 16.44 26 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 21.26 27 Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 22.35 28 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 27.26 29 Joel Alamillo (Mex) Arenas Tlacala 27.53 30 Cuitlahuac Ayala (Mex) Arenas Tlacala 29.54 31 Santiago Perez Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam 30.37 32 José de Jesus Gomez (Mex) Arenas Tlacala 30.49 33 Domingo Gonzalez (Mex) Orven 31.22 34 Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 33.20 35 Alex Hagman (USA) AEG-Toshiba-Jetnetwork Pro Cycling Team 35.04 36 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 35.30 37 Geoffrey Kabush (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 40.15 38 Eder Arenas (Mex) Arenas Tlacala 41.39 39 Filipe Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros 43.34 40 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel 41 Uriel Clara (Mex) Canel's Turbo 45.18 42 Carlos Manuel Hernandez (Mex) Canel's Turbo 45.54 43 Gilberto Porras (Mex) Rica Burguer 46.25 44 Ryan Roth (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 48.44 45 Jesus Grajeda (Mex) Orven 49.25 46 Hector Rangel (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 49.40 47 Emilien Benoit Bergès (Fra) Agritubel 49.48 48 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 50.05 49 Edgardo Lugo (Mex) Canel's Turbo 51.44 50 John Fredy Parra (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 51.50 51 William Frishkorn (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 52.53 52 David Muñoz (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 53.24 53 David Belda (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 56.46 54 Jose Gerardo Soto (Mex) Arenas Tlacala 58.22 55 Jose Miguel Elias Galindo (Spa) Relax-Gam 58.45 56 Jessel Valenzuela (Mex) Orven 1.01.24 57 Mikel Artetxe Gezuraga (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 1.01.25 58 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax-Gam 59 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 60 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel 61 Ryan Blicken (USA) Rica Burguer 1.01.47 62 Justin Spinelli (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 1.02.02 63 Jonathan Reid Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 64 Marco Rios (Mex) Fullerton Bicycles-Novo 1.02.04 65 Iosvani Falcon (Cub) AEG-Toshiba-Jetnetwork Pro Cycling Team 1.07.31 66 Kevin Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 1.09.56 67 Pedro Covarrubias (Mex) Orven 1.13.32 68 César Antunes Quiterio (Por) Liberty Seguros 1.13.59 69 Eduardo Graciano (Mex) Orven 1.14.52 70 Carlos Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.18.03 71 Luis Pinheiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 1.24.32 72 Martin Robles (Mex) Rica Burguer 1.25.15 73 Roberto Rodriguez (Mex) Fullerton Bicycles-Novo 1.27.53 74 Ricardo Samuel Tapia (Mex) Arenas Tlacala 1.32.03 75 Oscar Barron (Mex) Orven 1.32.19 76 Juan Pablo Villela (Mex) Rica Burguer 1.32.46 77 Miguel Angel Gonzalez (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua 1.33.01 78 Eduardo Vicencio (Mex) Rica Burguer 1.33.33 79 Henry Swinty (USA) Rica Burguer 1.34.40 80 Rafael Aguilar (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua 1.39.22 81 Enrique Mendez (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua 1.43.18 82 Misael Ramirez (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua 1.44.14 83 Ivan Borunda (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua 1.44.25 84 Edgar Treviño (Mex) Orven 1.44.48 85 Saul Figueroa (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua 1.47.37 Points Classification 1 Filipe Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros 13 pts 2 Carlos Manuel Hernandez (Mex) Canel's Turbo 9 3 Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 7 4 Carlos Lopez (Mex) Canel's Turbo 7 5 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 7 6 Javier Mejías (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7 7 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam 7 8 Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 6 9 Antonio Aldape (Mex) Canel's Turbo 6 10 Kevin Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 5 11 Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 5 12 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 4 13 Eduardo Graciano (Mex) Orven 4 14 Ricardo Samuel Tapia (Mex) Arenas Tlacala 3 15 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Ceramica Flaminia 3 16 William Frishkorn (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 3 17 César Antunes Quiterio (Por) Liberty Seguros 2 18 Edgardo Lugo (Mex) Canel's Turbo 2 19 Fausto Esparza (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 1 20 Domingo Gonzalez (Mex) Orven 1 21 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel 1 22 Emilien Benoit Bergès (Fra) Agritubel 1 Mountains Classification 1 Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 46 pts 2 Santiago Perez Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam 27 3 Lucas Euser (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 22 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Relax-Gam 21 5 Carlos Lopez (Mex) Canel's Turbo 15 6 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Relax-Gam 15 7 Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 12 8 Javier Mejías (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 9 Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 9 10 Blake Caldwell (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 9 11 Antonio Aldape (Mex) Canel's Turbo 8 12 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) Relax-Gam 7 13 Vitória-ASC 6 14 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Ceramica Flaminia 6 15 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 5 16 José Adrian Bonilla (CRc) Fuerteventura-Canarias 5 17 William Frishkorn (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 4 18 Carlos Manuel Hernandez (Mex) Canel's Turbo 4 19 Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 3 20 Arquimedes Lam (Mex) Canel's Turbo 3 21 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 22 Filipe Cardoso (Por) Liberty Seguros 3 23 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 3 24 José de Jesus Gomez (Mex) Arenas Tlacala 3 25 Edgardo Lugo (Mex) Canel's Turbo 2 26 Kevin Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 2 27 Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 1 28 Eduardo Vicencio (Mex) Rica Burguer 1 29 Will Routley (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 1 30 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 1 31 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 1 Young Rider Classification 1 Christian Meier (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team 17.46.13 2 Vitória-ASC 0.05 3 Eder Arenas (Mex) Arenas Tlacala 41.39 4 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel 43.34 5 Uriel Clara (Mex) Canel's Turbo 45.18 6 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 50.05 7 Jessel Valenzuela (Mex) Orven 1.01.24 8 Kevin Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 1.09.56 9 Oscar Barron (Mex) Orven 1.32.19 10 Saul Figueroa (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua 1.47.37 11 Jessel Valenzuela (Mex) Orven 1.01.24 12 Kevin Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 1.09.56 13 Oscar Barron (Mex) Orven 1.32.19 14 Misael Ramirez (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua 1.44.34 15 Saul Figueroa (Mex) Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua 1.47.37 Teams Classification 1 Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 53.19.41 2 Relax Gam Fuenlabrada 2.07 3 Tecos Universidad Autonoma 7.42 4 Fuerte Ventura Canarias 7.24 5 Canel's Turbo 13.55 6 Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.15 7 Symetrics Cycling Team 33.50 8 Agritubel 37.40 9 Liberty Seguros 43.05 10 Arenas Tlax 13.35 11 Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast 9.03 12 Orven 13.51 13 Rica Burguer 12.01 14 Univeridad Autonoma De Chihuahua 39.55 |
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