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3rd Vuelta a Chihuahua Internacional - 2.2Mexico, October 6-12, 2008Main Page Results Overall standings Previous Stage Next Stage Stage 5 - October 10: Creel - Cuauhtemoc, 152.8kmBenítez repeatsBy Monika Prell in Cuathémoc The Spaniard Javier Benítez from the team Benfica has reached his second stage win in the Vuelta a Chihuahua. The 29 years-old won the mass sprint of the fifth stage from Creel to Cuauthémoc ahead of the German Steffen Radochla (Elk Haus) and Mexican rider Juan Pablo Magallanes from the team Tecos Trek. The 152.8 kilometers stage was marked by numerous breakaway intents, but finally the work of the leading teams facilitated the mass sprint. A very happy Benitez declared after the finish: “I would like to dedicate this victory to my team and the victims of Creel. I think that this message will reach to the entire world, we are here, we remember the victims and we don’t agree on this sort of terror. Tomorrow’s stage I see complicated, but my team is very good. I also feel very well, and I will try to win tomorrow’s stage. It’s my first year in Chihuahua and I am proud that I have been able to fulfil our hopes and the team’s work already two times.” The leader of the race, Francisco Mancebo stated: “The Vuelta is still not won, tomorrow we have to be attentive. The biggest problem is not the heat, because I like it, but the hard terrain and the good rivals like the riders from Tecos Trek.” José Sánchez (UACH) stated that “we have a strong team, with Jessel Valenzuaga we have the best rider of Chihuahua in our ranks, we can be content about our Vuelta.” Gerardo Soto from the team Code Jalisco lamented that “my legs were not good at the beginning of the stage, I would like to have entered in a breakaway group. In the finish, it was better, I tried to sprint but the rivals are too strong. Now I am looking forward to tomorrow’s penultimate stage.” How it unfoldedAt ten o’clock in the morning, the 108 remaining riders started in the little town of Creel in the Sierra Tarahumara. Accompagnied by the little Tarahumara childs, they took the direction to the Mennonite town of Cuauthémoc. After seven kilometers, Beñat Intxausti (Scott – American Beef), Benfica’s Mario Costa, Silvère Ackermann (NGC), Garmin Chipotle’s Christophe Laurent, David Herrero of the team Xacobeo Galicia and Tecos Trek’s Bernardo Colex built the first breakaway group of the day. The first mountain classification was won by Colex ahead of Intxausti, Laurent and Ackermann. The advance was at only ten seconds ahead of the peloton, who reached the breakaway group three kilometers later. But the next attack was not a long time coming. Only four kilometers later, Francisco Matamoros (Tecos Trek), Alberto Benítez (Scott – American Beef) and Benfica’s Edgar Pinto attacked and reached in this order the mountain classification of kilometer 21.5. Some kilometers later, Alberto Fernández (Scott – American Beef), Gorka Izagirre (NGC), Calep Fairley (Garmin Chipotle), Luis Macias (Tecos Trek), José Aguirre (Canel’s Turbo) and once again David Herrero attacked in the peloton and reached the trio in front. The spectators in the Intermediate sprint of kilometer 30.7 saw Macias winning ahead of Aguirre and Benítez. The advance of those group was at 33 seconds ahead of the peloton, but fast it became bigger and it was at 1 minute and 27 seconds. At this moment, the group was divided in two parts. Benítez, Pinto, Izagirre, Matamoros and Aguirre were the five to stay in front. Twelve kilometers later, the peloton had chased down the four other riders. The quintet who lead the race had an advance of 1 minute and 40 seconds in the third mountain classification of the day, passed in the order of Matamoros ahead of Benítez, Aguirre and Pinto, and it followed increasing until reaching the height of 2 minutes and 27 seconds. At that moment of the race, Izagirre tried his luck and attacked in the group. In the peloton attacked Juan Sandoval, and he was able to reach the group, but only Aguirre was willing to continue the effort. The other riders were chased down by the peloton. A new group, consisting of Silvère Ackermann (NGC), Alberto Fernández (Xacobeo Galicia), Carlos Oyarzun (Tecos Trek), Domingo González (Orven) and Abundio Guerrero (Canel’s Turbo) was able to chase Izagirre down. The peloton, lead by Benfica, began to work at 24 kilometers to the finish. After 144 kilometers of the stage, the breakaway intent was neutralised, and the peloton just tried to avoid any other attack, so that at the end, Javier Benítez reached with easiness his second stage win in this Vuelta a Chihuahua. Tomorrow’s penultimate stage will lead the riders back to the initial point of the race, to the capital Chihuahua. The stage of 126.3 kilometers will present as only difficulty a mountain of the fourth category after 86.9 kilometers." PhotographyFor a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here Images by Wenceslao Rodriguez/www.wrsimagenes.com.mx
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Results1 Javier Benitez Pomares (Spa) Benfica 3.36.52 (42.275 km/h) 2 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon 3 Juan P. Magallanes (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 4 Derik Zampedri (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 5 Eduardo Greciano (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon 6 Marco A. Rios (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon 7 Jose Carlos Valdez (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo 8 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 9 Byron Guama (Ecu) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo 10 Laurent Beuret (Swi) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 11 Diego Nosotti (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 12 Jessel Valenzuela (Mex) Chihuahua-UACH 13 Javier Etxarri Marin (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 14 Jose A. Sanchez (Mex) Chihuahua-UACH 15 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 16 Masaaki Kikuchi (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 17 Mark Walters (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro 18 Luis Fernando Macias Hernandez (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 19 Clemens Frankhauser (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 20 Iker Camaño Ortuzar (Spa) Scott - American Beef 21 Cesar Vaquera (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon 22 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 23 Jason Donald (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 24 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Fercase - Rota dos Móveis 25 José Mendes (Por) Benfica 26 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 27 Javier Chacon Quesada (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 28 Gilberto Porras (Mex) Rica Burguer 29 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Fercase - Rota dos Móveis 30 Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 31 Gerardo Soto (Mex) Code Jalisco 32 Rodolfo Fernandez (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon 33 Angel Gomez M J. (Spa) Scott - American Beef 34 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 35 Sergio Dominguez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 36 Mario A. Armendariz (Mex) Rica Burguer 37 Edgar Pinto (Por) Benfica 38 Joaquim Andrade (Por) Fercase - Rota dos Móveis 39 Juan Francisco Mourón Doldán (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 40 Virgilio Dos Santos (Por) Fercase - Rota dos Móveis 41 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 42 Andre Cardoso (Por) Fercase - Rota dos Móveis 43 Ismael Ponce (Mex) Code Jalisco 44 Jesus Zarate (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon 45 Manuel Vazquez Hueso (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 46 Domingo Gonzalez (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon 47 Intxausti. Benat (Spa) Scott - American Beef 48 Oscar Barron (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon 49 Antonio Aldape (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo 50 David Abal Diego (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0.08 51 Cesar Barragan (Mex) Rica Burguer 52 Uri Martins (Mex) San Marcos 53 Robert Lauscha (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 54 Hernandez Manuel (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo 55 Francisco Matamoros (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 56 Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Scott - American Beef 57 Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 58 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 59 Jose R. Aguirre (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo 60 Dustin Macburnies (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro 61 Carlos Oyatzun (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 62 Gilberto Gutierrez (Mex) Code Jalisco 63 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 64 Edmundo Robledo (Mex) San Marcos 65 David Vaz (Por) Fercase - Rota dos Móveis 66 Jaime Robles (Mex) Rica Burguer 67 Alberto Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 68 Caleb Fairley (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 69 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 70 David Salomon (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo 71 Raul Vazquez (Mex) Code Jalisco 0.19 72 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Benfica 73 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 74 Delio Fernández Cruz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 75 Irving Aguilar (Mex) San Marcos 76 Uriel Chavez (Mex) San Marcos 77 Gorka Izaguirre (Spa) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 0.25 78 Arquimedes Lam (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 79 Abundio Guerrero (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo 80 Florencio Ramos (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 81 Uriel Clara (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo 82 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Scott - American Beef 83 Silvère Ackermann (Swi) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 84 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Scott - American Beef 0.29 85 Francois Parisien (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro 86 Ryan Roth (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro 0.33 87 Juam M. Sansoval (Mex) Code Jalisco 0.39 88 Daniel Petrov (Bul) Benfica 0.41 89 Antonio Velazquez (Mex) Rica Burguer 0.48 90 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 0.55 91 Björn Thurau (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon 1.44 92 Uriel Rayo (Mex) Code Jalisco 1.53 93 Micael Isidoro (Por) Fercase - Rota dos Móveis 2.02 94 Juan P. Villela (Mex) Rica Burguer 2.04 95 Joel Dion Potras (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro 5.36 96 Hugo Sancho (Por) Benfica 97 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Scott - American Beef 98 Mario Costa (Por) Benfica 99 Alejandro De La Rosa (Mex) Chihuahua-UACH 18.53 100 Edgar Barragan (Mex) Rica Burguer 101 Bernardo Sanchez (Mex) San Marcos 102 Edgar Mendez (Mex) Chihuahua-UACH 103 Daniel Duarte (Mex) Chihuahua-UACH 104 Samuel Espinoza (Mex) San Marcos General classification after stage 5 1 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Fercase - Rota dos Móveis 16.43.56 2 Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 0.34 3 Iker Camaño Ortuzar (Spa) Scott - American Beef 1.51 4 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 2.02 5 Angel Gomez M J. (Spa) Scott - American Beef 2.08 6 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2.19 7 Juan P. Magallanes (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 2.22 8 Jason Donald (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 2.40 9 Byron Guama (Ecu) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo 2.41 10 José Mendes (Por) Benfica 2.45 11 Antonio Aldape (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo 3.13 12 Joaquim Andrade (Por) Fercase - Rota dos Móveis 3.54 13 Javier Etxarri Marin (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 3.56 14 Virgilio Dos Santos (Por) Fercase - Rota dos Móveis 4.15 15 Francisco Matamoros (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 4.46 16 Sergio Dominguez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 4.50 17 David Vaz (Por) Fercase - Rota dos Móveis 5.09 18 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Fercase - Rota dos Móveis 5.21 19 Andre Cardoso (Por) Fercase - Rota dos Móveis 5.26 20 Carlos Oyatzun (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 5.32 21 Javier Benitez Pomares (Spa) Benfica 5.54 22 Jesus Zarate (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon 6.00 23 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 6.39 24 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Scott - American Beef 7.57 25 Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 11.13 26 Arquimedes Lam (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 11.16 27 Edgar Pinto (Por) Benfica 11.30 28 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 11.47 29 Marco A. Rios (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon 12.42 30 Micael Isidoro (Por) Fercase - Rota dos Móveis 12.53 31 Gorka Izaguirre (Spa) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 12.58 32 Dustin Macburnies (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro 20.45 33 Daniel Petrov (Bul) Benfica 25.17 34 Florencio Ramos (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 26.14 35 Domingo Gonzalez (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon 27.04 36 Javier Chacon Quesada (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 27.11 37 Uri Martins (Mex) San Marcos 27.14 38 Gerardo Soto (Mex) Code Jalisco 27.35 39 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 28.00 40 Rodolfo Fernandez (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon 30.58 41 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Scott - American Beef 32.06 42 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 33.30 43 Manuel Vazquez Hueso (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 35.46 44 Silvère Ackermann (Swi) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 38.38 45 Clemens Frankhauser (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 40.18 46 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 43.47 47 Diego Nosotti (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 44.52 48 David Salomon (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo 45.05 49 Laurent Beuret (Swi) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 46.02 50 Jessel Valenzuela (Mex) Chihuahua-UACH 46.06 51 Derik Zampedri (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 46.13 52 Mario A. Armendariz (Mex) Rica Burguer 46.49 53 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Scott - American Beef 46.50 54 Hugo Sancho (Por) Benfica 47.10 55 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Benfica 47.12 56 Mark Walters (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro 47.12 57 Robert Lauscha (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 47.19 58 Luis Fernando Macias Hernandez (Mex) Tecos de la Univ. Autonoma de Guadalajara 47.31 59 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 47.46 60 Cesar Vaquera (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon 48.04 61 Edmundo Robledo (Mex) San Marcos 48.19 62 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 49.04 63 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 49.16 64 Ismael Ponce (Mex) Code Jalisco 49.45 65 Jaime Robles (Mex) Rica Burguer 49.49 66 Hernandez Manuel (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo 50.07 67 Jose Carlos Valdez (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo 50.33 68 Uriel Rayo (Mex) Code Jalisco 51.15 69 Jose R. Aguirre (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo 54.17 70 Oscar Barron (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon 56.13 71 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon 58.18 72 Gilberto Porras (Mex) Rica Burguer 58.25 73 Francois Parisien (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro 58.45 74 Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Scott - American Beef 59.34 75 Irving Aguilar (Mex) San Marcos 1.00.31 76 Ryan Roth (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro 1.02.32 77 Intxausti. Benat (Spa) Scott - American Beef 1.03.24 78 Eduardo Greciano (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon 1.04.12 79 Masaaki Kikuchi (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 1.04.28 80 Juan Francisco Mourón Doldán (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.04.33 81 Delio Fernández Cruz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.04.52 82 Björn Thurau (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon 1.04.54 83 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 1.04.54 84 Juam M. Sansoval (Mex) Code Jalisco 1.05.02 85 Caleb Fairley (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.05.27 86 Mario Costa (Por) Benfica 1.10.31 87 Uriel Clara (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo 1.13.19 88 David Abal Diego (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.13.29 89 Abundio Guerrero (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo 1.13.48 90 Alberto Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 1.14.08 91 Raul Vazquez (Mex) Code Jalisco 1.15.04 92 Gilberto Gutierrez (Mex) Code Jalisco 1.15.33 93 Uriel Chavez (Mex) San Marcos 1.15.56 94 Juan P. Villela (Mex) Rica Burguer 1.16.05 95 Samuel Espinoza (Mex) San Marcos 1.18.27 96 Joel Dion Potras (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro 1.20.12 97 Cesar Barragan (Mex) Rica Burguer 1.20.26 98 Antonio Velazquez (Mex) Rica Burguer 1.24.31 99 Jose A. Sanchez (Mex) Chihuahua-UACH 1.29.35 100 Edgar Mendez (Mex) Chihuahua-UACH 1.31.47 101 Edgar Barragan (Mex) Rica Burguer 1.45.40 102 Bernardo Sanchez (Mex) San Marcos 1.45.52 103 Daniel Duarte (Mex) Chihuahua-UACH 1.46.26 104 Alejandro De La Rosa (Mex) Chihuahua-UACH 1.46.32 Points classification 1 Juan P. Magallanes (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 28 pts 2 Javier Benitez Pomares (Spa) Benfica 20 3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Fercase - Rota dos Móveis 20 4 Francois Parisien (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro 18 5 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon 16 6 Gregorio Ladino (Col) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 14 7 Björn Thurau (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon 11 8 Iker Camaño Ortuzar (Spa) Scott - American Beef 10 9 Byron Guama (Ecu) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo 10 10 Oscar Barron (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon 8 11 José Mendes (Por) Benfica 8 12 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Scott - American Beef 8 13 Jose R. Aguirre (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo 6 14 Francisco Matamoros (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 5 15 Gorka Izaguirre (Spa) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 5 16 Diego Nosotti (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 5 17 Luis Fernando Macias Hernandez (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadala 5 18 David Salomon (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo 5 19 Juam M. Sansoval (Mex) Code Jalisco 5 20 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 4 21 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 4 22 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 4 23 Derik Zampedri (Ita) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 4 24 Mark Walters (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro 4 25 Eduardo Greciano (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon 4 Mountains classification 1 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 47 pts 2 Byron Guama (Ecu) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo 33 3 David Vaz (Por) Fercase - Rota dos Móveis 30 4 Francisco Matamoros (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 29 5 José Mendes (Por) Benfica 26 6 Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 20 7 Francois Parisien (Can) Team R.A.C.E. Pro 19 8 David Salomon (Mex) Canel's Turbo Mayordomo 18 9 Juam M. Sansoval (Mex) Code Jalisco 18 10 Oscar Barron (Mex) Orven Nuevio Leon 12 11 Juan P. Magallanes (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 12 U23 classification 1 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 2 Javier Etxarri Marin (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 3 Sergio Dominguez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 4 Uri Martins (Mex) San Marcos 5 Laurent Beuret (Swi) NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte Chihuahuan riders classification 1 Jessel Valenzuela (Mex) Chihuahua-UACH 2 Mario A. Armendariz (Mex) Rica Burguer 3 Jaime Robles (Mex) Rica Burguer 4 Gilberto Porras (Mex) Rica Burguer Teams classification 1 Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara 50.18.03 2 Scott-American Beef 0.05 3 Fercase-Rota Dos Moveis 1.11 4 Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 3.35 5 Benfica 12.28 6 Contentpolis-Murcia 21.26 7 Canels-Turbo-Mayordomo 22.10 8 Orven Nuevo Leon 32.44 9 Elk Haus-Simplon 42.11 10 NGC Medical - OTC Industria Porte 46.19 11 Xacobeo-Galicia 1.00.57 12 Meitan Hompo-GRD 1.43.36 13 Team R.A.C.E. Pro 1.58.36 14 Code Jalisco 1.58.51 15 San Marcos 1.59.16 16 Rica Burguer 2.27.21 17 Chihuahua-UACH 3.37.09 |
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