Schlagwort-Archive: Chris Froome

109. Tour de France – 12. Etappe

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Briançon – Alpe D’Huez – 165 Km


Alle Photos by HERBERT MOOS

1 PIDCOCK Thomas GBR INEOS GRENADIERS 04:55:24
2 MEINTJES Louis RSA INTERMARCHE – WANTY – GOBERT MATERIAUX 00:48
3 FROOME Chris GBR ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH 02:06
4 POWLESS Neilson USA EF EDUCATION – EASYPOST 02:29
5 POGACAR Tadej SLO UAE TEAM EMIRATES 03:23
6 VINGEGAARD Jonas DEN JUMBO – VISMA 03:23
7 THOMAS Geraint GBR INEOS GRENADIERS 03:23
8 MAS Enric ESP MOVISTAR TEAM 03:26
9 KUSS Sepp USA JUMBO – VISMA 03:26
10 CICCONE Giulio ITA TREK – SEGAFREDO 03:32
11 BARDET Romain FRA TEAM DSM 03:42
12 YATES Adam GBR INEOS GRENADIERS 04:01
13 GAUDU David FRA GROUPAMA – FDJ 04:17
14 QUINTANA Nairo COL TEAM ARKEA – SAMSIC 04:44
15 KRUIJSWIJK Steven NED JUMBO – VISMA 04:46

Gesamt:

1 VINGEGAARD Jonas DEN JUMBO – VISMA 46:28:46
2 POGACAR Tadej SLO UAE TEAM EMIRATES 02:22
3 THOMAS Geraint GBR INEOS GRENADIERS 02:26
4 BARDET Romain FRA TEAM DSM 02:35
5 YATES Adam GBR INEOS GRENADIERS 03:44
6 QUINTANA Nairo COL TEAM ARKEA – SAMSIC 03:58
7 GAUDU David FRA GROUPAMA – FDJ 04:07
8 PIDCOCK Thomas GBR INEOS GRENADIERS 07:39
9 MAS Enric ESP MOVISTAR TEAM 09:32
10 VLASOV Aleksandr RUS BORA – HANSGROHE 10:06
11 LUTSENKO Alexey KAZ ASTANA – QAZAQSTAN TEAM 10:33
12 KRUIJSWIJK Steven NED JUMBO – VISMA 14:50
13 MEINTJES Louis RSA INTERMARCHE – WANTY – GOBERT MATERIAUX 15:46
14 MADOUAS Valentin FRA GROUPAMA – FDJ 17:54
15 ROGLIC Primož SLO JUMBO – VISMA 21:37

Aleksandr Vlasov Zehnter der Gesamtwertung nach den Alpenetappen der Tour de France

Die letzte Alpenetappe der Tour de France führte das Feld heute nach Alpe d’Huez und das Rennen war wesentlich kontrollierter als gestern. Einige Fahrer attackierten früh und in der Abfahrt vom Galibier formierte sich eine 9-Mann-Spitzengruppe. Im Feld schlug Jumbo-Visma ein ruhiges Tempo an und erst auf den letzten Kilometern zum Croix de Fer wurde das Rennen eröffnet. Die Spitze hatte zu diesem Zeitpunkt etwa sieben Minuten Vorsprung und es war klar, dass der Sieger aus der Gruppe kommen würde. Schon auf den ersten Kilometern des Schlussanstieges nach Alpe d’Huez explodierte das Rennen sowohl vorne als auch in der GC Gruppe. Pidcock setzte die entscheidende Attacke an der Spitze, während sich dahinter Pogacar und Vingegaard einen harten Kampf lieferten. Leider hatte Aleks Vlasov auch heute früh Probleme und musste etwa acht Kilometer vor dem Ziel aus der Gruppe der Favoriten abreißen lassen. Einmal mehr zeigte er einen beherzten Kampf, verlor letztlich aber drei Ränge in der Gesamtwertung und liegt nun auf Platz 10.

Von der Ziellinie
“Der Beginn der Etappe war nicht zu schwer, denn es war im Tal Gegenwind. Einige Fahrer haben attackiert und ich habe es auch versucht, aber Jumbo hat bei zu großen Gruppen immer gleich zugefahren und sie haben immer noch ein Auge auf mich geworfen. Als am Croix de Fer das Rennen eröffnet wurde, hatte ich wieder Probleme. Im Schlussanstieg habe ich richtig gelitten. Ich fühle mich einfach immer noch nicht gut und kann nur mein eigenes Tempo fahren. Es war auch sehr heiß, aber ich hatte genug Eis und Wasser, das war also nicht wirklich ein Problem.” – Aleksandr Vlasov

Tom Pidcock takes maiden Tour de France victory

Mountain bike Olympic champion Tom Pidcock took his first Tour de France victory at the age of 22 as he became the second Briton to win at L’Alpe d’Huez, four years after Geraint Thomas on the last visit of the race to the ski resort of the Oisans. He arrived solo to the top before South Africa’s Louis Meintjes while Chris Froome rounded out the podium on his big return to the front scene of the Tour de France. Pidcock becomes the youngest winner at L’Alpe d’Huez before Lucho Herrera who was 23 when he scored the first ever Tour de France stage victory for Colombia. Jonas Vingegaard retained the Maillot Jaune despite two strong attacks by Tadej Pogacar.
Last KM – Stage 12 – #TDF2022

ANTHONY PEREZ ALONE AT COL DU GALIBIER
159 riders started stage 12 in Briançon at 13.18. Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost) was the first attacker of the day. He was joined by Nelson Oliveira (Movistar), Anthony Perez (Cofidis), Kobe Goossens (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert), Matîs Louvel (Arkéa-Samsic) and Sebastian Schönberger (B&B Hotels-KTM) at km 6. Louis Meintjes (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert) and Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo) came across as Perez rode away solo 5km before the summit of the Galibier. The Frenchman crested in first position, two minutes before the peloton from which Chris Froome (Israel-Premier Tech) had gone clear.

CHRIS FROOME IN THE BREAKAWAY
In the downhill, Perez was joined by Ciccone, Meintjes and Powless after 40km of racing. Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadier) joined Froome in the downhill in the chase of the escapees. The British duo caught up with the seven leaders, Louvel having dropped down, at km 60. The nine escapees were timed 6’55’’ ahead when the peloton led by five Jumbo-Visma riders started climbing to col de la Croix-de-Fer at half way into the 165km long stage. 5.5km before the summit, Pidcock shook up the front group, then reduced to five: Froome, Powless, Pidcock, Meintjes and Ciccone. The latter passed the line of the hors-category KOM in first position and 4’15’’ before the peloton.

PIDCOCK BY HIMSELF IN THE LAST 7.5KM
Pidcock’s accelerations in the downhill gave the leading quintet an advantage of 6’05’’ at the bottom of the 13.8-km long final ascent to L’Alpe d’Huez. Powless was the first rider to lose contact ater 2km of climbing. Pidcock attacked with 10.5km to go. He sped up again 7.5km from the top to drop Meintjes off. It was the definite move to claim the stage victory even though his advantage only grew slowly to 40 seconds. Froome’s bravery was rewarded with his first top 3 in a Tour de France stage since 2018. Caught by the GC favourites at the very end, Ciccone missed out on the polka dot jersey that remained on the shoulders of Simon Geschke.

TWO VAIN ATTACKS BY POGACAR
4.5km before the end, Pogacar attacked from the yellow jersey group reduced to five riders. As Vingegaard managed to follow him, the Slovenian stopped pacing. He went on the attack a second time with just over 2km remaining but it was the same outcome. Pogacar showed on the finishing line that he’s the best sprinter of the two but Vingegaard defended himself in style, proving on his first day in the yellow jersey that he’s a well-deserved leader of the Tour de France.

No TdF 2020 for Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas

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„Egan will once again target the yellow jersey in France and we are very excited to give last year’s Giro winner, Richard Carapaz, his debut in this year’s Tour also,“ Brailsford said, announcing the selection decision on Wednesday morning.
„Geraint will target the Giro and take on the opportunity to double up his Tour de France win with another Grand Tour title, with the aim of being the first Welshman to win it.

Foto: Gerhard Plomitzer
„In turn, Chris Froome will target the Vuelta. Chris is a legend of our sport, a true champion who has demonstrated incredible grit and determination to come back from his crash last year. We want to support him to compete for another Grand Tour title and the Vuelta gives him that little bit more time to continue his progress to the top level.

„I am very proud that we have several current, and I am sure future, Grand Tour champions in the team. Selecting the right leader in the right race with the right support team is critical and has meant we have had to analyse all the latest information to make sure we are in the best position possible to optimise our performances in the coming months.“
Team Ineos will be known as the Ineos Grenadiers for the Tour de France.
They confirmed that their eight riders for the Tour will be:

Andrey Amador
Egan Bernal
Richard Carapaz
Jonathan Castroviejo
Michal Kwiatkowski
Luke Rowe
Pavel Sivakov
Dylan van Baarle

„We have been analysing closely how we can win the Tour de France this year and we have a passionate team united by a common purpose, ready to get the job done,“ Brailsford said.

Chris Froome wechselt am Jahresende zu Israel Start Up Nation

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Sir Dave Brailsford said: „Chris’s current contract comes to an end in December and we have taken the decision now not to renew it. We are making this announcement earlier than would usually be the case to put an end to recent speculation and allow the Team to focus on the season ahead.

„Chris has been with us from the start. He is a great champion and we have shared many memorable moments over the years but I do believe this is the right decision for the Team and for Chris. Given his achievements in the sport, Chris is understandably keen to have sole team leadership in the next chapter of his career – which is not something we are able to guarantee him at this point. A move away from Team INEOS can give him that certainty. At the same time, it will also give other members of our Team the leadership opportunities they too have earned and are rightly seeking. I am excited about the talent we have right across the Team at the current time and all our collective focus is on preparing for the season ahead. Like everyone across the sport we are all looking forward to the start of racing next month.“

Chris Froome said: „It has been a phenomenal decade with the Team, we have achieved so much together and I will always treasure the memories. I look forward to exciting new challenges as I move into the next phase of my career but in the meantime my focus is on winning a fifth Tour de France with Team INEOS.“
@Team INEOS

Foto: Gerhard Plomitzer

ISN gab in einer Pressemitteilung bekannt, Froome werde am 1. August einen langfristigen Vertrag unterschreiben und ab 2021 das blau-weiße Trikot der Israel Start-Up Nation bis zum Ende seiner Karriere tragen.
Man werde um den 35-jährigen Froome herum ein Team aufbauen, um “unser Hauptziel zu erreichen: die Tour de France zu gewinnen“, wurde Team-Eigentümer Sylvan Adams zitiert. “Mit Chris werden wir zu neuen Höhen aufbrechen und die Spitze dieses Sports erreichen. Ich möchte hinzufügen, dass ich Chris nicht nur für seinen Erfolg als Radprofi bewundere, sondern auch dafür, wie er sich sonst als wahrer Gentleman verhält. Chris wird ein großartiges Vorbild für unser Team sein…“

“Gemeinsam können wir großartige Dinge schaffen“, sagte Froome, der bei der am 29. August in Nizza beginnenden Tour de France sein fünftes Gelbes Trikot erobern will, sich aber mit Egan Bernal und Geraint Thomas starker teaminterner Konkurrenz gegenübersieht.
Teammanager Kjell Carlström betonte: “Wir wollen unser Team im Jahr 2021 auf verschiedene Weise verstärken, nicht zuletzt, um in GrandTours konkurrenzfähig zu sein. Mit seiner beeindruckenden Bilanz ist Chris Froome der perfekte Leader für diese Rennen, mit Schwerpunkt auf der Tour de France “, sagte der Finne, der seinen neuen Kapitän trotz dessen Alters auch perspektivisch noch zur Weltspitze der Rundfahrer rechnet: “Er hat sowohl die Einstellung als auch die physischen Fähigkeiten, um mit uns noch mehr große Rundfahrten zu gewinnen.
@ISN

Chris Froome (Team INEOS) dementiert Bericht über vorzeitiges Verlassen eines Trainingscamps im Januar

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Hope that I can set this straight, I was last at a training camp at the beginning of December. My recovery is going well and I will be heading to my next training camp on Thursday. Onward 👊

Chris Froome auf Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/p/B68nILLIrMp/

Mit typisch britischen Humor kommentierte sein Teamkollege Luke Rowe seinen Post:
Fake news! Never seen you at camp !!!

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Gerhard Plomitzer
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Schwerer Sturz von Chris Froome (Team INEOS) beim Training zum Zeitfahren beim Criterium du Dauphine

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Beim Training für das Zeitfahren ist Chris Froome nach einer Abfahrt mit hoher Geschwindigkeit sehr schwer gestürzt. Er war zusammen mit Wout Poels unterwegs und nahm die Hände vom Lenker, um sich die Nase zu putzen. Dabei erfasste ihn eine Windböe und er krachte mit voller Wucht gegen eine Hauswand. Er zog sich viele Knochenbrüche zu, u.a. Oberschenkel, Ellbogen und Rippen. Gemäß Teamchef Dave Brailsford liegt er auf einer Intensivstation. Sein geplanter Start bei der Tour de France ist dadurch nicht möglich.
Wir wünschen Chris Froome eine baldige und vollständige Genesung.
Text/Foto: Gerhard Plomitzer

Chris Froome (Team INEOS) keen to test himself at Dauphine

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Chris Froome is ready to gauge his form at the upcoming Criterium du Dauphine as he continues to build towards July.
The six-time Grand Tour winner recently completed a second training stint in Tenerife and has pronounced himself happy with his form ahead of his fifth race outing of the year.
With three victories at the Dauphine already on his palmares, Froome has often used the prestigious event as a final build-up race to the Tour de France. He will be supported at the Dauphine by Vasil Kiryienka, Michal Kwiatkowski, Gianni Moscon, Wout Poels, Ian Stannard and Dylan van Baarle.
Speaking after returning from Tenerife, Froome told TeamINEOS.com: “This approach and build-up to July is something we’ve tried and tested quite a few times over the years now. Our camp went really well, and as always at the second camp in Tenerife I start to feel a lot more ready for racing. Now I’m looking forward to pinning on some numbers at the Dauphine.

Foto: Gerhard Plomitzer – www.plomi.smugmug.com

“It’s hard to say where I’m going to be, given I haven’t done much racing recently, but I’d like to be there fighting for the overall win at the Dauphine. The Tour group as a whole is moving forward and looking really good and ready for the next couple of months ahead. So hopefully we’ll have a really strong outing at the Dauphine as well.
“I think it’s a pretty good, well balanced route. There are a few lumpy days, a time trial and then some big mountain days. We’ll definitely get a good gauge of where we’re at after doing this Dauphine as there’s a bit of everything there.”

For Froome and fellow Dauphine team members Kwiatkowski, Poels and Van Baarle, time spent in Tenerife enabled them to put in those crucial kilometres and hone form.
“I’m really happy with where I’m at currently,” Froome added. “I was probably a bit eager earlier this season in Colombia and probably did a little bit too much. I feel like this camp has been very different to that and I’ve been able to do exactly what I need to do. The feelings are quite different now having come back from Tenerife, if I compare them to how I felt when I got back from Colombia.”

Froome’s Tour build-up is markedly different to a 2018 season which saw him battling hard across three weeks at the Giro d’Italia – eventually emerging successful.
On reverting back to a more traditional Tour run-in this year he admitted: “It was quite nice in a way watching the Giro on the TV and actually not racing. Also remembering my feelings coming out of the Giro last year – it’s so different to how I feel right now. Hopefully I’ll be a lot fresher now coming into this next block and more ready to race, as opposed to being on the back foot trying to recover from the Giro.”
Froome also reserved praise for young Team INEOS team-mate Pavel Sivakov after watching him ride to a superb ninth place in Italy.
“Pavel was very, very impressive. For a 21 year old to have ridden a top 10 in just his second Grand Tour – that takes some doing and it goes a long way to showing what kind of engine he has for the future.”
@Team INEOS

Mythische Königsetappe bringt Contador den ersehnten Abschiedssieg während, Rafal Majka mit Rückenproblemen zu kämpfen hat

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Mit Patrick Konrad in der Spitzengruppe bringt sich BORA – hansgrohe in eine perfekte Ausgangssituation. Doch Rafal Majka hat in Regen und Kälte mit Rückenproblemen zu kämpfen, und kann seine gute Form leider nicht ausspielen. Am Ende holt A. Contador den erhofften Abschiedssieg, während C. Froome den Gesamtsieg der Vuelta 2017 sichert.

Ein letztes Kräftemessen vor Madrid, aber mit dem Alto de l’Angliru ein würdiger Abschluss eines langen Kampfes um die Gesamtwertung. Mit nur 117,5 Kilometern war die 20. Etappe der Vuelta sehr kurz, allerdings mit 3500 hm entsprechend schwer. Zwei Bergwertungen der 1. Kategorie waren nach dem Start in Corvera de Asturias zu bewältigen, bevor der mythische Angliru auf die Fahrer wartete.

Für BORA – hansgorhe’s Rafal Majka war es die letzte Chance auf einen weiteren Etappensieg, und beide, das Team und Majka, wollten alles daran setzten diesen Sieg zu ermöglichen. Aber das Rennen war heute schwer vorherzusehen und Regen machte die Bedingungen noch schwieriger, besonders in den engen Abfahrten. Die Etappe bot einige Möglichkeiten für einen Angriff, gleichzeitig gab es aber auch einige Fahrer, auf die man achten musste. Nur eines war klar, die volle Unterstützung von BORA – hansgrohe galt heute Majka.

Im strömenden Regen konnten sich nach 20 km zuerst neun Fahrer vom Feld absetzen, die kurz darauf mit neun weiteren eine 18-Mann starke Fluchtgruppe bildeten. Doch bei nur einer Minute Abstand setzte sich sofort Trek-Segafredo an die Spitze des Feldes um das Rennen zu kontrollieren. Dennoch war BORA – hansgrohe in einer guten Situation, da Patrick Konrad in der Gruppe vorne war, und jederzeit bereit, bei einer Attacke von Rafal Majka aus dem Feld helfend zur Seite zu stehen.

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Vuelta a Espana #12: So close yet so far as Omar Fraile comes 2nd 

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Vuelta a Espana #12: So close yet so far as Omar Fraile comes 2nd
Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka down to 4 but fight on
Tomasz Marczynski (Lotto-Soudal) won his 2nd stage of this year’s Vuelta a Espana by taking the spoils on stage 12 today. Omar Fraile came close for Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka once again but had to settle for 2nd place. Jose Joquin Rojas (Movitar) finished 3rd.

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Tour de France #21: Boasson Hagen sprints to third place in Paris

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Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka finished off this year’s Tour de France with another podium performance by Edvald Boasson Hagen who sprinted to third place on the final stage of the race.

Per tradition, the day started out with smiles and laughter as the riders left Montgeron and headed towards Paris. However, as the peloton entered the iconic circuit on Champs-Élysées, the faces of the riders were now very focused and ready to race hard.

Multiple riders tried to escape as they started on the eight laps and ultimately, a strong group managed to distance the peloton. Jaco Venter and Steve Cummings helped to set the pace in the pack and with 10 km left to go, it was all back together again.

The remaining Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka riders always kept Boasson Hagen near the front and together with Reinardt Janse van Rensburg, the fast Norwegian entered the final corners in a good position.

Dylan Groenewegen (Team LottoNL-Jumbo) started his sprint early and quickly opened up a small gap. Boasson Hagen tried to close the gap but at the end, he had to settle for third place. In addition to his impressive victory on stage 19, this was the fifth time Boasson Hagen finished in Top3 during this Tour de France.

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Rigoberto Uran finishes second overall at 2017 Tour de France

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A time trial in Marseille clinched the best general classification result for Slipstream Sports in the team’s nine-year Tour de France history.

Colombian Rigoberto Uran started stage 20 in third place overall, six seconds behind Frenchman Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) and 29-seconds adrift of race leader Chris Froome (Team Sky). By stage finish, Uran had moved up one spot.

In Paris on Sunday evening, Uran climbed onto the podium as the 2017 Tour de France runner-up to Froome, who secured his fourth Tour title.

“Finishing second to Froome at less than a minute seems pretty good to me,” said Uran. “It’s a quality final podium in Paris, so this is the greatest success of my career. This result is dedicated to my family, friends, my team and everyone who has supported me during the last three weeks.”

While the 22-kilometer lone effort out on the roads of Marseille determined the final general classification order, it was, of course, a culmination of work done up until that point to put Uran in a position to capitalize on a strong penultimate stage time trial.

A stage win into Chambery on the final day of the first week announced Uran as contender. From there, Uran’s star rose alongside his results as he cannily pocketed bonus seconds, 22 in total, and carefully metered his efforts.

“We knew it would be difficult to win the Tour but not impossible, so we gave it everything,” said Uran. “It’s been a great Tour.”

At Uran’s disposal as the race unfolded was a Cannondale-Drapac squad that included three Americans and four Tour debutants, a team selected largely to target stage wins, breakaways and animate the race. The squad punched above their collective weight, particularly in the final two weeks of the Tour when general classification ambitions became more realistic, more poignant.

“Many things came together for us to end up here,” noted head sport director Charly Wegelius. “Rigo finally had a clear run at a three-week race without hiccups, on a route that suited both him and our style of racing. His teammates all rose to the occasion and made up for their lack of experience – we had four Tour rookies! – with heart and hard work. I’m very proud of them.”

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Maciej Bodnar holt den Sieg beim Einzelzeitfahren in Marseille

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Nach einer langen Zitterpartie rechte am Ende eine einzige Sekunde Bodnar zum Sieg. Nachdem der Pole von BORA – hansgrohe auf der 10. Etappe noch kurz vor dem Ziel eingeholt wurde, holte er heute den lang ersehnten Etappensieg in Marseille.

Vor der „Tour d’honneur“ nach Paris morgen, stand heute das entscheidende Einzelzeitfahren in Marseille auf dem Programm. Ein 22,5 km langer Kampf gegen die Uhr, zwei Rennen, Eines um den Gesamtsieg der Rundfahrt, ein Zweites um den Tagessieg. Der Kurs war dabei durchaus auf die Spezialisten zugeschnitten. Ein schneller Start entlang des Meeres, gefolgt von einem kurzen, aber steilen Anstieg zum Wendepunkt bei Kilometer 15,6. Danach zurück zum Vélodrome, wo auch gestartet wurde.

BORA – hansgrohe hatte mit Maciej Bodnar einen der Mitfavoriten am Start. Der Pole hatte bei der letzten Zeitfahrweltmeisterschaft den vierten Platz belegt, und zeigte bei dieser Tour bereits auf der 11. Etappe, wo er erst kurz vor dem Ziel vom Feld eingeholt wurde, dass seine Form stimmt. Neben Bodnar, musste auch Emanuel Buchmann noch einmal alles geben. Für den jungen Deutschen ging es um den 15. Rang in der Gesamtwertung der Tour, den er einen Tag vor dem Ende keinesfalls abgeben wollte.

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