2008 Tirreno-Adriatico Results - Stage 1

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03/12/2008| 0 comments
by Thomas Valentinsen

2008 Tirreno-Adriatico Results - Stage 1

Freire beats Petacchi in close sprint, takes overall lead.

Stage 1: March 12, 2008: Civitavecchia - Civitavecchia (160 km):
1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank       04:10:01
2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                             
3 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                     
4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                                      
5 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                                                      
6 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                       
7 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road                                                
8 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                               
9 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                                     
10 Tiziano dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                    
11 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                     
12 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                                    
13 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                                 
14 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                    
15 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                              
16 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                             
17 Danilo Hondo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli               
18 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                     
19 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                                    
20 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) LPR Brakes                                               
21 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                           
22 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 
23 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                           
24 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                               
25 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
26 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep                                                  
27 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    
28 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                       
29 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road                                                 
30 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road                                               
31 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale                                          
32 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road                                             
33 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                           
34 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                              
35 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                 
36 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                        
37 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                      
38 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital                         
39 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                                          
40 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep                                                       
41 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                             
42 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                                            
43 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare                               
44 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quickstep                                                   
45 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                                    
46 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld                                               
47 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                                   
48 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                        
49 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                                    
50 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram                                        
51 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                    
52 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                                  
53 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                              
54 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes                                             
55 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                
56 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes                                               
57 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                  
58 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                         
59 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                                 
60 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli         
61 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                          
62 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                       
63 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                        
64 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                          
65 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team High Road                                             
66 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale                                          
67 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                         
68 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                           
69 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                         
70 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                   
71 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                       
72 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                                  
73 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                                       
74 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                    
75 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli   
76 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                   
77 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                                 
78 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                  
79 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                          
80 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road                                                
81 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2r - La Mondiale                                        
82 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2r - La Mondiale                                          
83 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                               
84 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale                                             
85 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                             
86 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                       
87 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                                             
88 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                  
89 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                                         
90 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC                                               
91 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                          
92 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                
93 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli       
94 Danielli Nardello (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli          
95 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                    
96 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott                                   
97 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                        
98 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                
99 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep                                                     
100 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                                 
101 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep                                               
102 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                                    
103 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                 
104 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld                                             
105 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli           
106 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                       
107 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              
108 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld                                                    
109 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                                
110 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                               
111 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                     
112 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                     
113 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                       
114 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                      
115 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                     
116 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           
117 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep                                                     
118 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                                
119 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes                                                    
120 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                            
121 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                        
122 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                                       
123 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux                                        
124 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) CSF Group Navigare                            
125 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld                                               
126 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux                                             
127 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                                   
128 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld                                   
129 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                                     
130 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quickstep                                                 
131 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                                
132 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                           
133 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                   
134 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                    
135 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep                                                   
136 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                           0.28
137 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott                5.47
138 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                       5.50
139 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                     5.51
140 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                                     
141 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux                                     
142 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r - La Mondiale                                         
143 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Scott                                 
144 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            
145 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                                   
146 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                                        
147 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road                                             
148 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                           
149 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli         
150 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                                  
151 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                                 
152 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                                      
153 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                              
154 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                     
155 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                         
156 Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                        
157 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                                  
158 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                          
159 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                       
160 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli          
161 William Frischkorn (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                   
162 Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                          
163 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                             
164 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               
165 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                 10.06
166 Antton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                  
167 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                      
168 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone

Overall rankings after stage 1:
1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank       04:09:51
2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                         0.04
3 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             0.06
4 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                               0.07
5 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale                                        0.08
6 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                               0.09
7 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                                   0.10
8 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                                                      
9 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                       
10 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road                                               
11 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                              
12 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                                    
13 Tiziano dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                    
14 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                     
15 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                                    
16 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                                 
17 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30   
18 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                              
19 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                             
20 Danilo Hondo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 
21 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                     
22 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                                    
23 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) LPR Brakes                                               
24 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                           
25 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 
26 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                           
27 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                               
28 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
29 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep                                                  
30 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    
31 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                       
32 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road                                                 
33 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road                                               
34 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale                                          
35 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road                                             
36 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                           
37 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                              
38 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                        
39 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                      
40 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital                         
41 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                                          
42 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep                                                       
43 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                             
44 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                                            
45 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare                               
46 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quickstep                                                   
47 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                                    
48 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld                                               
49 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                                   
50 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                        
51 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                                    
52 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram                                        
53 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                    
54 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                                  
55 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                              
56 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes                                             
57 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                
58 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes                                               
59 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                  
60 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                         
61 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                                 
62 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 
63 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                          
64 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                       
65 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                        
66 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                          
67 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team High Road                                             
68 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                         
69 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                           
70 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                         
71 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                   
72 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                       
73 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                                  
74 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                                       
75 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                    
76 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli
77 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                   
78 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                                 
79 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                  
80 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                          
81 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road                                                
82 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2r - La Mondiale                                        
83 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2r - La Mondiale                                          
84 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                               
85 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale                                             
86 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                             
87 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                       
88 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                                             
89 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                  
90 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                                         
91 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC                                               
92 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                          
93 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                
94 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 
95 Danielli Nardello (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli   
96 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott                                   
97 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                        
98 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                
99 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep                                                     
100 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                                 
101 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep                                               
102 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                                    
103 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                 
104 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld                                             
105 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli     
106 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30          
107 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              
108 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld                                                    
109 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                                
110 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                               
111 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                     
112 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                     
113 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                       
114 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                      
115 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                     
116 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           
117 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep                                                     
118 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                                
119 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes                                                    
120 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                            
121 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                        
122 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                                       
123 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux                                        
124 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) CSF Group Navigare                            
125 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld                                               
126 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux                                             
127 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                                   
128 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld                                   
129 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                                     
130 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quickstep                                                 
131 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                                
132 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                           
133 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                   
134 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                    
135 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep                                                   
136 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                           0.38
137 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott         5.57
138 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                       6.00
139 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                     6.01
140 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                                     
141 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux                                     
142 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r - La Mondiale                                         
143 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Scott                                 
144 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            
145 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                                   
146 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                                        
147 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road                                             
148 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                           
149 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 
150 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                                  
151 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                                 
152 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                                      
153 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                              
154 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30      
155 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                         
156 Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                        
157 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                                  
158 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                          
159 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                       
160 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 
161 William Frischkorn (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30        
162 Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                          
163 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                             
164 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               
165 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30       10.16
166 Antton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                  
167 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                      
168 Frank Høj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone

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