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Tour of Pennsylvania - 2.2USA, June 24-29, 2008Main Page Results Overall standings Previous Stage Next Stage Stage 4 - June 27: Bedford to Latrobe, 59.5mi / 95.76kmVeilleux wins in Latrobe, Van Heerden claims leadBy Kirsten Robbins in Latrobe Canadian David Veilleux (Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast) proved to be the fastest on Stage 4, taking a convincing victory ahead of new race leader Christoff Van Heerden (Konica Minolta) and Dutchman Dennis Luyt (Global Cycling). The peloton endured a soaking wet stage, with the sun only coming out at the finish line in Latrobe, where spectators gathered to watch the tricky sprint finale in the down town area. "There is less than a second between us and so I think tomorrow is going to decide everything," said the French-Canadian stage winner Veilleux. "It was really hard today, constantly up and down even between the two KOM's. The goal today was to stay with the climbers. "My team has been riding great this week and I am looking forward to the next couple of stages," he added. The relatively short stage was also considered the toughest of the race. The fourth stage, under 100 kilometres in length, was intended to further open the time gaps between the top GC riders. While the terrain did separate the field, the top overall contenders are still only separated by one second each. In the end Stage 4 left Van Heerden as the new overall race leader. The South African leads the race overall just one second ahead of Veilleux and American Stefano Barberi (Z Team). "All I really had to do was sit on at the back of the bunch and keep my eye on Veilleux in the end," said Van Heerden, who also leads the best sprint Competition. Van Heerden claimed the leading role after gaining more than two minutes over his previous general classification competitors, Belgian's Steven Van Vooren (Johan Brunyeel Cycling Academy) and Canadian Keven LaCombe (Kelley Benefit Strategies-Medifast). "Luckily I was able to stay up front with the climbers today and that is what really helped me," he said. "The rain also might have slowed the peloton down behind us because it was really tricky and winding - giving us a bigger advantage." How it unfoldedThe event's queen stage provided a challenge across Highway 30, the road still considered the gateway between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, over the Allegheny Mountain range. The international Under 25 field climbed over the hardest of all climbs in the event. Black clouds loomed over the talented peloton as it departed the start in Bedford. Riders rolled out for 24 kilometres before turning upward for a difficult climb to Bald Knob Summit, the first King of the Mountains climb for the day. Contributions from the VMG-Felt and the Zteam put tension on the field before the base of the first climb. After the previous stage's memorable 65 kilometer solo effort, the climbing classification leader from Boulder, Colorado, Peter Stetina (VMG-Felt) continued to pick up points. The 21 year-old continued to stretch his legs over the first ascent to form a lead group of four riders. Stetina, determined to claim the stage win his missed out on yesterday, was joined in the group by Stefano Barberi (Z-Team), Dylan Newell (Praties) along with Veilleux, who became the virtual race leader. A small group of eight additional riders joined the leaders on the descent. The group included usual suspects Luyt, Van Heerden and his team-mate Dennis Niekerk along with Phil Gaimon (Fiordifrutta), Peter Salon and Calob Fairly (VMG-Felt), Alex Welch (Team VRC) and Chad Beyer (Zteam). Deep into the climbs through the Allegheny Mountains, the peloton continued to follow Highway 30. The road was laid out by General John Forbes and the young George Washington 250 years earlier on the historic Forbes Trail Expedition. This turning point in American history changed the course of the French and Indian War by capturing the French at Fort Duquesne. The route became the first road in the west, carrying settlers and trade into the interior of the continent by the early 1800s. The skies opened up on the peloton, dumping buckets of rain when the lead group of 12 riders continued the arduous drudge up hill to crest atop Laurel Hill Summit. Stetina won the second and final KOM over the short but steep three-kilometre climb. "I think my day to have won the overall would have been," said Stetina. "We still have a strong team for the remaining two stages so, you never know what will happen. I'm happy to have the KOM jersey and I won't have to worry about those points anymore." The two-minute advantage was reduced to half that as a result of the chasing peloton gaining group on the flatter route to Latrobe. The Johan Brunyeel Cycling Academy fought tooth and nail to reduce the gap to the break for its yellow jersey wearer Van Vooren. However the lead group become animated on sight of the finish line, with five kilometres to go. Third place on general classification Barberi let loose with a series of attacks as he attempted to shed his tired breakaway companions. "Our goal was to move up on GC by making it hard over the first climb and then to see what happened after that," said Barberi. "I tried to jump coming into the finish, just to try to get a few seconds but it didn't quite work out that way." Alex Welch (Team VRC) earned himself the most aggressive rider jersey when he gained a several second advantage with four kilometres to go, but too was reeled in before the line by the sprinters. PhotographyFor a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here Images by Scott Schaffrick
Results1 David Veilleux (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast Pro Cycling 2.27.12 (39.008 km/h) 2 Christo Van Heerden (RSA) Konica Minolta Continental Cycling Team 3 Dennis Luyt (Ned) Global Cycling 4 Peter Stetina (USA) VMG/Felt 5 Phil Gaimon (USA) Fiordifrutta Cycling Team 6 Peter Salon (USA) VMG/Felt 7 Dennis Van Niekerk (RSA) Konica Minolta Continental Cycling Team 8 Caleb Fairly (USA) VMG/Felt 9 Alex Welch (USA) Team VRC: NOW-MS Society 10 Stefano Barberi (Bra) ZTeaM 11 Dylan Newell (Aus) Praties Cycling Team 12 Chad Beyer (USA) ZTeaM 13 Keven Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast Pro Cycling 1.00 14 Herman Fouche (RSA) Konica Minolta Continental Cycling Team 15 Travis Burandt (USA) Sakonnet Technology U25 Team 16 Jacob Keough (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast Pro Cycling 17 Mathias Kupke (Ger) Team Stadler 18 Sheldon Deeny (USA) Sakonnet Technology U25 Team 19 Sven Forberger (Ger) Team Stadler 20 Daniel Holloway (USA) VMG/Felt 21 Geert Dijkshoorn (Ned) Global Cycling 22 Alex Boyd (USA) Team Waste Management/Racelab U23 23 Reid Pletcher (USA) California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized 24 Alex Howes (USA) VMG/Felt 25 Keir Plaice (Can) Team RACE Pro 26 Ryan Baumann (USA) Sakonnet Technology U25 Team 27 Sander Aardenburg (Ned) Global Cycling 28 Adrian Gerrits (USA) Team VRC: NOW-MS Society 29 Pieter Seyffert (RSA) Konica Minolta Continental Cycling Team 30 James Driscoll (USA) Fiordifrutta Cycling Team 31 Nick Keough (USA) Sakonnet Technology U25 Team 32 Michael Stoop (USA) TIME Pro Cycling 33 Steven Van Vooren (Bel) Johan Bruyneel Cycling Academy 34 Cheyne Hoag (USA) Sakonnet Technology U25 Team 35 Jori Pol (Ned) Global Cycling 36 Gaston Aguero (Arg) Esco-Telefonicos Argentina 37 Benjamin King (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast Pro Cycling 38 Ben Showman (USA) PA Lightning 39 Joel Dion-Poitras (Can) Team RACE Pro 40 Travis Allen (RSA) Konica Minolta Continental Cycling Team 41 Walker Savidge (USA) VMG/Felt 42 Joshua Wilson (Aus) Praties Cycling Team 43 Tyler Dibble (USA) California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized 44 David Nelson (USA) Johan Bruyneel Cycling Academy 45 Max Jenkins (USA) California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized 46 Stevie Cullinan (USA) Team Waste Management/Racelab U23 47 Clay Murfet (Aus) Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast Pro Cycling 48 Mark Pozniak (Can) Team RACE Pro 49 Shawn Rosenthal (USA) ZTeaM 50 Eric Riggs (USA) ZTeaM 51 Jeff Salvitti (USA) PA Lightning 52 James Camut (USA) Johan Bruyneel Cycling Academy 53 Daniel Furmston (Aus) Praties Cycling Team 1.32 54 Mohamed Aounseghir (Alg) Konica Minolta Continental Cycling Team 1.52 55 Nathaniel English (USA) ZTeaM 1.00 56 Charles Marzot (USA) Fiordifrutta Cycling Team 8.08 57 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Team Waste Management/Racelab U23 10.20 58 Hayden Brooks (Aus) Fiordifrutta Cycling Team 59 Peter Horn (USA) Johan Bruyneel Cycling Academy 13.48 60 Mark Batty (Can) Team RACE Pro 61 Adam Thuss (Can) Team RACE Pro 62 Aaron Pool (USA) Johan Bruyneel Cycling Academy 14.55 63 Julian Martinez (USA) California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized 64 Eric Chrabot (USA) PA Lightning 65 Turner Johnson (USA) Penn St Cancer Inst-GPOA-Cannondale 66 Jelmer Asjes (Ned) Global Cycling 67 Peter Rennie (NZl) Team VRC: NOW-MS Society 68 Toni Franke (Ger) Team Stadler 69 Vincent Roberge (USA) Johan Bruyneel Cycling Academy 70 Andrew Baker (USA) TIME Pro Cycling 71 Chance Noble (USA) California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized 72 Bjorn Selander (USA) Team Waste Management/Racelab U23 73 Nick Frey (USA) TIME Pro Cycling 19.21 74 Eric Schildge (USA) Fiordifrutta Cycling Team 75 Adam Farabaugh (USA) Penn St Cancer Inst-GPOA-Cannondale 76 Sean Mazich (USA) Team Waste Management/Racelab U23 77 Adam Branfman (USA) Sakonnet Technology U25 Team 78 Michael Kreutzburg (Ger) Team Stadler 79 Andrew Hunt (Can) Team RACE Pro 80 Marcos Santucho (Arg) Esco-Telefonicos Argentina 81 Christopher Ruhl (USA) PA Lightning 82 Taylor Brown (USA) PA Lightning 83 Erik Barlevav (USA) TIME Pro Cycling 84 Justin Brown (USA) Penn St Cancer Inst-GPOA-Cannondale 85 Michael Chauner (USA) PA Lightning 86 David Guttenplan (USA) TIME Pro Cycling 87 Ben Grieve-Johnson (Aus) Praties Cycling Team 88 Jackie Simes (USA) TIME Pro Cycling 89 Demis Aleman (Arg) Esco-Telefonicos Argentina 90 Gustavo Borcard (Arg) Esco-Telefonicos Argentina 91 Timothy Walker (Aus) Praties Cycling Team Sprints Stage finish 1 David Veilleux (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast Pro Cycling 15 pts 2 Christo Van Heerden (RSA) Konica Minolta Continental Cycling Team 12 3 Dennis Luyt (Ned) Global Cycling 10 4 Peter Stetina (USA) VMG/Felt 7 5 Phil Gaimon (USA) Fiordifrutta Cycling Team 6 6 Peter Salon (USA) VMG/Felt 5 7 Dennis Van Niekerk (RSA) Konica Minolta Continental Cycling Team 4 8 Caleb Fairly (USA) VMG/Felt 3 9 Alex Welch (USA) Team VRC: NOW-MS Society 2 10 Stefano Barberi (Bra) ZTeaM 1 Mountains Bald Knob summit 1 Peter Stetina (USA) VMG/Felt 10 pts 2 Dylan Newell (Aus) Praties Cycling Team 8 3 Dennis Luyt (Ned) Global Cycling 6 4 Stefano Barberi (Bra) ZTeaM 4 5 Caleb Fairly (USA) VMG/Felt 2 Laurel Hill Summit 1 Peter Stetina (USA) VMG/Felt 5 pts 2 Dylan Newell (Aus) Praties Cycling Team 4 3 Stefano Barberi (Bra) ZTeaM 3 4 Marcos Santucho (Arg) Esco-Telefonicos Argentina 2 5 Christo Van Heerden (RSA) Konica Minolta Continental Cycling Team 1 General Classification after Stage 4 1 Christo Van Heerden (RSA) Konica Minolta Continental Cycling Team 11.15.20 2 David Veilleux (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast Pro Cycling 0.01 3 Stefano Barberi (Bra) ZTeaM 0.06 4 Peter Stetina (USA) VMG/Felt 0.10 5 Peter Salon (USA) VMG/Felt 0.13 6 Dennis Luyt (Ned) Global Cycling 0.21 7 Steven Van Vooren (Bel) Johan Bruyneel Cycling Academy 0.56 8 Keven Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast Pro Cycling 0.59 9 Adrian Gerrits (USA) Team VRC: NOW-MS Society 1.09 10 Gaston Aguero (Arg) Esco-Telefonicos Argentina 1.10 11 Alex Boyd (USA) Team Waste Management/Racelab U23 1.11 12 Caleb Fairly (USA) VMG/Felt 1.15 13 Alex Welch (USA) Team VRC: NOW-MS Society 1.22 14 Max Jenkins (USA) California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized 15 Phil Gaimon (USA) Fiordifrutta Cycling Team 1.24 16 Keir Plaice (Can) Team RACE Pro 2.27 17 Pieter Seyffert (RSA) Konica Minolta Continental Cycling Team 2.31 18 Dylan Newell (Aus) Praties Cycling Team 2.58 19 Chad Beyer (USA) ZTeaM 3.37 20 Sheldon Deeny (USA) Sakonnet Technology U25 Team 4.07 21 Alex Howes (USA) VMG/Felt 4.14 22 Travis Burandt (USA) Sakonnet Technology U25 Team 4.27 23 Benjamin King (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast Pro Cycling 4.28 24 Herman Fouche (RSA) Konica Minolta Continental Cycling Team 4.31 25 Sven Forberger (Ger) Team Stadler 26 Walker Savidge (USA) VMG/Felt 4.32 27 Travis Allen (RSA) Konica Minolta Continental Cycling Team 4.33 28 James Driscoll (USA) Fiordifrutta Cycling Team 4.34 29 Nathaniel English (USA) ZTeaM 30 Stevie Cullinan (USA) Team Waste Management/Racelab U23 4.35 31 Ben Showman (USA) PA Lightning 4.37 32 Joshua Wilson (Aus) Praties Cycling Team 4.38 33 Dennis Van Niekerk (RSA) Konica Minolta Continental Cycling Team 4.39 34 David Nelson (USA) Johan Bruyneel Cycling Academy 4.40 35 Jacob Keough (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast Pro Cycling 4.41 36 Eric Riggs (USA) ZTeaM 5.01 37 James Camut (USA) Johan Bruyneel Cycling Academy 5.15 38 Reid Pletcher (USA) California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized 7.08 39 Charles Marzot (USA) Fiordifrutta Cycling Team 8.36 40 Joel Dion-Poitras (Can) Team RACE Pro 12.32 41 Mark Pozniak (Can) Team RACE Pro 13.26 42 Cheyne Hoag (USA) Sakonnet Technology U25 Team 14.06 43 Aaron Pool (USA) Johan Bruyneel Cycling Academy 15.05 44 Ryan Baumann (USA) Sakonnet Technology U25 Team 17.40 45 Shawn Rosenthal (USA) ZTeaM 17.52 46 Geert Dijkshoorn (Ned) Global Cycling 17.54 47 Nick Keough (USA) Sakonnet Technology U25 Team 18.26 48 Jeff Salvitti (USA) PA Lightning 19.24 49 Sander Aardenburg (Ned) Global Cycling 20.48 50 Michael Stoop (USA) TIME Pro Cycling 21.02 51 Daniel Holloway (USA) VMG/Felt 21.05 52 Mathias Kupke (Ger) Team Stadler 21.15 53 Clay Murfet (Aus) Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast Pro Cycling 21.16 54 Sean Mazich (USA) Team Waste Management/Racelab U23 23.02 55 Mohamed Aounseghir (Alg) Konica Minolta Continental Cycling Team 26.32 56 Hayden Brooks (Aus) Fiordifrutta Cycling Team 27.51 57 Daniel Furmston (Aus) Praties Cycling Team 58 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Team Waste Management/Racelab U23 30.28 59 Tyler Dibble (USA) California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized 60 Jori Pol (Ned) Global Cycling 31.07 61 Adam Thuss (Can) Team RACE Pro 31.18 62 Erik Barlevav (USA) TIME Pro Cycling 33.31 63 Peter Horn (USA) Johan Bruyneel Cycling Academy 34.15 64 Andrew Baker (USA) TIME Pro Cycling 34.57 65 Eric Chrabot (USA) PA Lightning 35.04 66 Bjorn Selander (USA) Team Waste Management/Racelab U23 35.06 67 Jelmer Asjes (Ned) Global Cycling 35.11 68 Vincent Roberge (USA) Johan Bruyneel Cycling Academy 35.14 69 Chance Noble (USA) California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized 35.41 70 Toni Franke (Ger) Team Stadler 35.53 71 Nick Frey (USA) TIME Pro Cycling 36.06 72 Julian Martinez (USA) California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized 36.25 73 David Guttenplan (USA) TIME Pro Cycling 37.17 74 Christopher Ruhl (USA) PA Lightning 38.38 75 Michael Chauner (USA) PA Lightning 39.02 76 Michael Kreutzburg (Ger) Team Stadler 39.26 77 Eric Schildge (USA) Fiordifrutta Cycling Team 39.32 78 Demis Aleman (Arg) Esco-Telefonicos Argentina 79 Marcos Santucho (Arg) Esco-Telefonicos Argentina 39.38 80 Taylor Brown (USA) PA Lightning 39.47 81 Ben Grieve-Johnson (Aus) Praties Cycling Team 40.09 82 Justin Brown (USA) Penn St Cancer Inst-GPOA-Cannondale 40.37 83 Peter Rennie (NZl) Team VRC: NOW-MS Society 43.46 84 Mark Batty (Can) Team RACE Pro 44.43 85 Adam Farabaugh (USA) Penn St Cancer Inst-GPOA-Cannondale 45.10 86 Turner Johnson (USA) Penn St Cancer Inst-GPOA-Cannondale 46.17 87 Gustavo Borcard (Arg) Esco-Telefonicos Argentina 48.47 88 Andrew Hunt (Can) Team RACE Pro 49.25 89 Adam Branfman (USA) Sakonnet Technology U25 Team 49.29 90 Jackie Simes (USA) TIME Pro Cycling 49.55 91 Timothy Walker (Aus) Praties Cycling Team 1.07.01 Sprint classification 1 Christo Van Heerden (RSA) Konica Minolta Continental Cycling Team 34 pts 2 Keven Lacombe (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast Pro Cycling 32 3 David Veilleux (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast Pro Cycling 32 4 Daniel Holloway (USA) VMG/Felt 21 5 Sheldon Deeny (USA) Sakonnet Technology U25 Team 17 6 James Driscoll (USA) Fiordifrutta Cycling Team 15 7 Dennis Luyt (Ned) Global Cycling 15 8 Peter Salon (USA) VMG/Felt 12 9 Jacob Keough (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast Pro Cycling 12 10 Herman Fouche (RSA) Konica Minolta Continental Cycling Team 11 11 Ryan Baumann (USA) Sakonnet Technology U25 Team 10 12 Erik Barlevav (USA) TIME Pro Cycling 10 13 Eric Schildge (USA) Fiordifrutta Cycling Team 9 14 Alex Boyd (USA) Team Waste Management/Racelab U23 9 15 Peter Stetina (USA) VMG/Felt 7 16 Phil Gaimon (USA) Fiordifrutta Cycling Team 6 17 Shawn Rosenthal (USA) ZTeaM 6 18 Pieter Seyffert (RSA) Konica Minolta Continental Cycling Team 5 19 Dennis Van Niekerk (RSA) Konica Minolta Continental Cycling Team 4 20 Gaston Aguero (Arg) Esco-Telefonicos Argentina 4 21 Sean Mazich (USA) Team Waste Management/Racelab U23 4 22 Caleb Fairly (USA) VMG/Felt 3 23 Peter Rennie (NZl) Team VRC: NOW-MS Society 3 24 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Team Waste Management/Racelab U23 3 25 Bjorn Selander (USA) Team Waste Management/Racelab U23 3 26 Adrian Gerrits (USA) Team VRC: NOW-MS Society 2 27 Alex Welch (USA) Team VRC: NOW-MS Society 2 28 Stefano Barberi (Bra) ZTeaM 1 29 Dylan Newell (Aus) Praties Cycling Team 1 30 Andrew Baker (USA) TIME Pro Cycling 1 31 Hayden Brooks (Aus) Fiordifrutta Cycling Team 1 Mountains classification 1 Peter Stetina (USA) VMG/Felt 35 pts 2 Dylan Newell (Aus) Praties Cycling Team 26 3 Nathaniel English (USA) ZTeaM 10 4 Dennis Luyt (Ned) Global Cycling 8 5 Chad Beyer (USA) ZTeaM 8 6 Stefano Barberi (Bra) ZTeaM 7 7 Peter Salon (USA) VMG/Felt 6 8 Joshua Wilson (Aus) Praties Cycling Team 6 9 Daniel Furmston (Aus) Praties Cycling Team 5 10 Christo Van Heerden (RSA) Konica Minolta Continental Cycling Team 4 11 Caleb Fairly (USA) VMG/Felt 2 12 Walker Savidge (USA) VMG/Felt 2 13 Herman Fouche (RSA) Konica Minolta Continental Cycling Team 1 Under 21 rider classification 1 Peter Salon (USA) VMG/Felt 11.15.33 2 Keir Plaice (Can) Team RACE Pro 2.14 3 Alex Howes (USA) VMG/Felt 4.01 4 Travis Burandt (USA) Sakonnet Technology U25 Team 4.14 5 Benjamin King (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast Pro Cycling 4.15 6 Walker Savidge (USA) VMG/Felt 4.19 7 Reid Pletcher (USA) California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized 6.55 8 Cheyne Hoag (USA) Sakonnet Technology U25 Team 13.53 9 Nick Keough (USA) Sakonnet Technology U25 Team 18.13 10 Jeff Salvitti (USA) PA Lightning 19.11 11 Mathias Kupke (Ger) Team Stadler 21.02 12 Clay Murfet (Aus) Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast Pro Cycling 21.03 13 Andrew Baker (USA) TIME Pro Cycling 34.44 14 Bjorn Selander (USA) Team Waste Management/Racelab U23 34.53 15 Chance Noble (USA) California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized 35.28 16 Toni Franke (Ger) Team Stadler 35.40 17 Julian Martinez (USA) California Giant Berry Farms/Specialized 36.12 18 Eric Schildge (USA) Fiordifrutta Cycling Team 39.19 19 Taylor Brown (USA) PA Lightning 39.34 20 Ben Grieve-Johnson (Aus) Praties Cycling Team 39.56 21 Adam Farabaugh (USA) Penn St Cancer Inst-GPOA-Cannondale 44.57 22 Gustavo Borcard (Arg) Esco-Telefonicos Argentina 48.34 23 Andrew Hunt (Can) Team RACE Pro 49.12 24 Jackie Simes (USA) TIME Pro Cycling 49.42 Teams classification 1 VMG/Felt 33.47.00 2 ZTeaM 3.00 3 Kelly Benefit/Medifast 4.00 4 Konica Minolta 5 Johan Bruyneel Cycling Ac 5.00 6 Fiordifrutta Cycling Team 13.00 7 Waste Management/Racelab 17.00 8 CRCA/Sakonnet Technology 18.00 9 CA Giant Berry/Specialize 26.00 10 Team RACE Pro 27.00 11 Praties Cycling Team 28.00 12 Global Cycling 38.00 13 VRC: NOW-MS Society 45.00 14 PA Lightning 55.00 15 Team Stadler 59.00 16 Esco-Telefonicos Argentin 1.18.00 17 TIME Pro Cycling 1.22.00 18 Penn St Cancer/GPOA/Canno 2.03.00 |
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