Irvine’s riding well in France and looking ahead to the Track World Champs in Minsk in three weeks
Martyn Irvine (Unitedhealthcare) and the An Post-ChainReaction Irish duo of Ronan McLaughlin and Sean Downey have all had another strong day at the Etoile de Bessèges five-day stage race in France. All three finished in the bunch on the same time as stage winner Bryan Coquard (Europcar) on the 157km stage 2 into Les Fumades. The race continues with road stages tomorrow and Saturday and ends with a time trial on Sunday.
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Etoile de Bessèges: Jan 30th to Feb 3rd (UCI 2.1)
Stage 2: Nimes - Les Fumades (157km)
| Postion | Rider | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bryan Coquard (Fra) Team Europcar | 3:45:18 |
| 2 | Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 3 | Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Crelan-Euphony | |
| 4 | Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Accent Jobs-Wanty | |
| 5 | Cyrille Patoux (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
| 6 | Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Lotto Belisol | |
| 7 | Benjamin Giraud (Fra) La Pomme Marseille | |
| 8 | Nicolas Vereecken (Bel) An Post-Chainreaction | |
| 9 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 10 | Frederique Robert (Bel) Lotto Belisol | |
| 11 | Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | |
| 12 | Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Sojasun | |
| 13 | Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Argos-Shimano | |
| 14 | Kiel Reijnen (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | |
| 15 | Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Crelan-Euphony | |
| 16 | Roy Jans (Bel) Accent Jobs-Wanty | |
| 17 | Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 18 | Mathieu Drujon (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 | |
| 19 | Luke Keough (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | |
| 20 | Justin Jules (Fra) La Pomme Marseille | |
| 21 | Benjamin Le Montagner (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | |
| 22 | Maxime Le Montagner (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
| 23 | Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 24 | Niels Wytinck (Bel) An Post-Chainreaction | |
| 25 | Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Argos-Shimano | |
| 26 | Fabien Bacquet (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 | |
| 27 | Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 28 | Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | |
| 29 | Steven Tronet (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 | |
| 30 | Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Crelan-Euphony | |
| 31 | Francois Parisien (Can) Team Argos-Shimano | |
| 32 | Laurent Pichon (Fra) FDJ | |
| 33 | Benjamin Verraes (Bel) Accent Jobs-Wanty | |
| 34 | Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 35 | Jérémie Galland (Fra) Sojasun | |
| 36 | Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Sojasun | |
| 37 | Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Crelan-Euphony | |
| 38 | Yannick Martinez (Fra) La Pomme Marseille | |
| 39 | Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 40 | Sean Downey (Irl) An Post-Chainreaction | |
| 41 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Sojasun | |
| 42 | Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 43 | Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 44 | Renaud Dion (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | |
| 45 | Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Argos-Shimano | |
| 46 | Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Argos-Shimano | |
| 47 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 48 | Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) RusVelo | |
| 49 | Ricardo Mestre (Por) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 50 | Florent Barle (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 51 | Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 52 | Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | |
| 53 | Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Lotto Belisol | |
| 54 | Jure Kocjan (Slo) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 55 | Grega Bole (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 56 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 57 | Davide Frattini (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | |
| 58 | Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 59 | Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Argos-Shimano | |
| 60 | Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 61 | Guillaume Faucon (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 | |
| 62 | Kevin Peeters (Bel) Crelan-Euphony | |
| 63 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ | |
| 64 | Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 65 | Tim De Troyer (Bel) Accent Jobs-Wanty | |
| 66 | Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Accent Jobs-Wanty | |
| 67 | Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ | |
| 68 | Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) RusVelo | |
| 69 | Nikita Novikov (Rus) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 70 | Alphonse Vermote (Bel) An Post-Chainreaction | |
| 71 | Rony Martias (Fra) Sojasun | |
| 72 | Jerome Coppel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 73 | Boris Zimine (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
| 74 | Egidijus Juodvalkis (Ltu) Crelan-Euphony | |
| 75 | Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 76 | Maarten Neyens (Bel) Lotto Belisol | |
| 77 | Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 78 | Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Sojasun | |
| 79 | Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Team Argos-Shimano | |
| 80 | Bertjan Lindeman (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 81 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) FDJ | |
| 82 | Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 83 | Ricardo Garcia Ambroa (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 84 | Andrei Solomennikov (Rus) RusVelo | |
| 85 | Arthur Vanoverberghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 86 | Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | |
| 87 | Erwann Corbel (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | |
| 88 | Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 89 | Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Accent Jobs-Wanty | |
| 90 | Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 91 | Alexander Mironov (Rus) RusVelo | |
| 92 | Gert Joeaar (Est) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 93 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 94 | James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Accent Jobs-Wanty | |
| 95 | Artem Ovechkin (Rus) RusVelo | |
| 96 | Sergei Pomoshnikov (Rus) RusVelo | |
| 97 | Mark McNally (GBr) An Post-Chainreaction | |
| 98 | Dimitri Le Boulch (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 | |
| 99 | Anthony Ravard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 100 | Christopher Jennings (RSA) La Pomme Marseille | |
| 101 | Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 102 | Adrian Saez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 103 | Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 104 | Steven Van Vooren (Bel) An Post-Chainreaction | |
| 105 | Flavien Dassonville (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 | |
| 106 | Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Sojasun | |
| 107 | Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Belisol | |
| 108 | Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 | |
| 109 | Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ | |
| 110 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ | |
| 111 | Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ | |
| 112 | Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | |
| 113 | Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 114 | Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 115 | Sergey Klimov (Rus) RusVelo | |
| 116 | Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | |
| 117 | Benjamin Day (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | |
| 118 | Adrian Hegyvary (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | |
| 119 | Francis De Greef (Bel) Lotto Belisol | |
| 120 | Jerome Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 121 | Nicolas Bazin (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 | |
| 122 | Thomas Rostollan (Fra) La Pomme Marseille | |
| 123 | Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Crelan-Euphony | |
| 124 | Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ | |
| 125 | Koen Barbe (Bel) Crelan-Euphony | |
| 126 | Alexander Serov (Rus) RusVelo | |
| 127 | Loïc Desriac (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
| 128 | Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Team Argos-Shimano | |
| 129 | Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 130 | Thomas Vaubourzeix (Fra) La Pomme Marseille | |
| 131 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 132 | Rudy Kowalski (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
| 133 | Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Lotto Belisol | |
| 134 | Kevin Lalouette (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
| 135 | Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Accent Jobs-Wanty | |
| 136 | Jason Bakke (RSA) La Pomme Marseille | |
| 137 | Martyn Irvine (Irl) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | |
| 138 | Niko Eeckhout (Bel) An Post-Chainreaction | |
| 139 | Julien Antomarchi (Fra) La Pomme Marseille | |
| 140 | Ronan McLaughlin (Irl) An Post-Chainreaction | |
| 141 | Brian Bulgac (Ned) Lotto Belisol | |
| 142 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 143 | Franck Vermeulen (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
| 144 | Franck Bouyer (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 145 | Damien Gaudin (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 146 | Cyril Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:03:00 |
| 147 | Sylvain Georges (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 148 | Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Sojasun | 0:03:52 |
| 149 | Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:05:33 |
General classification after stage 2
| Postion | Rider | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 7:09:25 |
| 2 | Bryan Coquard (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:00:06 |
| 3 | Frederique Robert (Bel) Lotto Belisol | 0:00:10 |
| 4 | Justin Jules (Fra) La Pomme Marseille | 0:00:12 |
| 5 | Alphonse Vermote (Bel) An Post-Chainreaction | 0:00:13 |
| 6 | Thomas Vaubourzeix (Fra) La Pomme Marseille | 0:00:14 |
| 7 | Benjamin Giraud (Fra) La Pomme Marseille | 0:00:16 |
| 8 | Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Accent Jobs-Wanty | |
| 9 | Cyrille Patoux (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
| 10 | Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Lotto Belisol | |
| 11 | Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Argos-Shimano | |
| 12 | Nicolas Vereecken (Bel) An Post-Chainreaction | |
| 13 | Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Crelan-Euphony | |
| 14 | Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 15 | Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 16 | Benjamin Le Montagner (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | |
| 17 | Roy Jans (Bel) Accent Jobs-Wanty | |
| 18 | Luke Keough (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | |
| 19 | Kiel Reijnen (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | |
| 20 | Yannick Martinez (Fra) La Pomme Marseille | |
| 21 | Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | |
| 22 | Fabien Bacquet (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 | |
| 23 | Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 24 | Maxime Le Montagner (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
| 25 | Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Sojasun | |
| 26 | Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Crelan-Euphony | |
| 27 | Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 28 | Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 29 | Francois Parisien (Can) Team Argos-Shimano | |
| 30 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 31 | Benjamin Verraes (Bel) Accent Jobs-Wanty | |
| 32 | Jérémie Galland (Fra) Sojasun | |
| 33 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Sojasun | |
| 34 | Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Argos-Shimano | |
| 35 | Laurent Pichon (Fra) FDJ | |
| 36 | Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 37 | Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 38 | Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Argos-Shimano | |
| 39 | Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Argos-Shimano | |
| 40 | Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 41 | Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 42 | Florent Barle (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 43 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 44 | Rony Martias (Fra) Sojasun | |
| 45 | Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | |
| 46 | Davide Frattini (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | |
| 47 | Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Argos-Shimano | |
| 48 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ | |
| 49 | Boris Zimine (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
| 50 | Jerome Coppel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 51 | Guillaume Faucon (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 | |
| 52 | Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 53 | Anthony Ravard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 54 | Grega Bole (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 55 | Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Team Argos-Shimano | |
| 56 | Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Accent Jobs-Wanty | |
| 57 | Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 58 | Bertjan Lindeman (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 59 | Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 60 | Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 61 | Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | |
| 62 | Maarten Neyens (Bel) Lotto Belisol | |
| 63 | Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 64 | Andrei Solomennikov (Rus) RusVelo | |
| 65 | Erwann Corbel (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | |
| 66 | Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 67 | Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Belisol | |
| 68 | Jerome Cousin (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 69 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 70 | Niels Wytinck (Bel) An Post-Chainreaction | 0:00:30 |
| 71 | Mathieu Drujon (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 | 0:00:32 |
| 72 | Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Crelan-Euphony | |
| 73 | Steven Tronet (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 | |
| 74 | Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | |
| 75 | Sean Downey (Irl) An Post-Chainreaction | |
| 76 | Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 77 | Jure Kocjan (Slo) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 78 | Nikita Novikov (Rus) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 79 | Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 80 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) FDJ | |
| 81 | Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 82 | Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Sojasun | |
| 83 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ | |
| 84 | Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 85 | Julien Antomarchi (Fra) La Pomme Marseille | |
| 86 | James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Accent Jobs-Wanty | 0:00:36 |
| 87 | Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Crelan-Euphony | 0:00:51 |
| 88 | Koen Barbe (Bel) Crelan-Euphony | 0:00:52 |
| 89 | Arthur Vanoverberghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:00:54 |
| 90 | Renaud Dion (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | 0:00:55 |
| 91 | Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Lotto Belisol | |
| 92 | Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Sojasun | |
| 93 | Kevin Peeters (Bel) Crelan-Euphony | |
| 94 | Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) RusVelo | |
| 95 | Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ | |
| 96 | Tim De Troyer (Bel) Accent Jobs-Wanty | |
| 97 | Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) RusVelo | |
| 98 | Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 99 | Ricardo Garcia Ambroa (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 100 | Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ | |
| 101 | Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 102 | Flavien Dassonville (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 | |
| 103 | Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 | |
| 104 | Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Sojasun | |
| 105 | Sergei Pomoshnikov (Rus) RusVelo | |
| 106 | Adrian Saez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 107 | Egidijus Juodvalkis (Ltu) Crelan-Euphony | |
| 108 | Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ | |
| 109 | Mark McNally (GBr) An Post-Chainreaction | |
| 110 | Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | |
| 111 | Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Accent Jobs-Wanty | |
| 112 | Dimitri Le Boulch (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 | |
| 113 | Steven Van Vooren (Bel) An Post-Chainreaction | |
| 114 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 115 | Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ | |
| 116 | Gert Joeaar (Est) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | |
| 117 | Adrian Hegyvary (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | |
| 118 | Alexander Serov (Rus) RusVelo | |
| 119 | Franck Vermeulen (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
| 120 | Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Team Argos-Shimano | |
| 121 | Ronan McLaughlin (Irl) An Post-Chainreaction | |
| 122 | Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Crelan-Euphony | |
| 123 | Sergey Klimov (Rus) RusVelo | |
| 124 | Franck Bouyer (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 125 | Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | |
| 126 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 127 | Francis De Greef (Bel) Lotto Belisol | |
| 128 | Damien Gaudin (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 129 | Kevin Lalouette (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
| 130 | Loïc Desriac (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
| 131 | Rudy Kowalski (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
| 132 | Brian Bulgac (Ned) Lotto Belisol | |
| 133 | Martyn Irvine (Irl) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | |
| 134 | Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Accent Jobs-Wanty | 0:01:15 |
| 135 | Ricardo Mestre (Por) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:01:20 |
| 136 | Nicolas Bazin (Fra) BigMat-Auber 93 | 0:01:37 |
| 137 | Alexander Mironov (Rus) RusVelo | 0:01:55 |
| 138 | Christopher Jennings (RSA) La Pomme Marseille | |
| 139 | Benjamin Day (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | |
| 140 | Thomas Rostollan (Fra) La Pomme Marseille | |
| 141 | Niko Eeckhout (Bel) An Post-Chainreaction | |
| 142 | Sylvain Georges (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:03:55 |
| 143 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:04:42 |
| 144 | Artem Ovechkin (Rus) RusVelo | |
| 145 | Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Lotto Belisol | |
| 146 | Cyril Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:04:55 |
| 147 | Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:06:28 |
| 148 | Jason Bakke (RSA) La Pomme Marseille | 0:07:49 |
| 149 | Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Sojasun | 0:10:14 |
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