Source: TDU Website
After several attacks from the gun, after 20km we have a lead group of five that formed including Greg Henderson (NZl) of Team High Road, Carlo Westphal (Ger) of Gerolsteiner and Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) of Euskaltel – Euskadi, along with Julien Mazet (Fra) of Astana and Renaud Dion (Fra) from Ag2R-La Mondiale. At the 114km point, they were caught after spending over 90km off the front, even though their lead was over 4 minutes at one stage. The peloton cam back together for the climb of Willunga Hill and as expected, the fireworks started.
After the climb two riders got away: David Moncoutie of Cofidis and Luis Leon Sanchez of Caisse D’Epargne, but a chasing group of 25 caught them. This group included Andre Greipel of Team High Road, while current race leader Mark Renshaw (Credit Agricole) was dropped on the climb. The chasing group caught Moncoutie and Sanchez and then started to put time into the ochre jersey group of Renshaw.
As they approached, a rider from Saunier Duval attacked and opened up a gap, chased by a rider form Euskaltel – Euskadi. But the peloton had too much momentum and caught these escapees, and emerging from the field was the black-clad figure of Andre Greipel, who took the stage win and with it, the overall leader’s jersey.
Results
1 Andre Greipel (Ger) Team High Road 3.26.46 2 Allan Davis (Aus) Unisa - Australia 3 Jose Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 4 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 5 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 6 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Team Csc 7 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 8 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 9 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 11 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2R-La Mondiale 12 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 13 Mickael Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 14 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 15 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 17 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 18 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 19 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Credit Agricole 21 Arkaitz Duran Daroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 22 Jeremy Roy (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 23 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 24 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas 25 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 26 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 27 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 28 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 29 Jose Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 30 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step 31 Martin Muller (Ger) Team Milram 32 Richie Porte (Aus) Unisa - Australia 33 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne 34 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 35 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 36 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 37 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 38 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 39 Simon Clarke (Aus) Unisa - Australia 40 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 41 Ivan Santaromita Villa (Ita) Liquigas 42 Luke Roberts (Aus) Unisa - Australia 0.21 43 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 0.23 44 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team High Road 0.33 45 Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 0.56 46 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 47 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 48 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 49 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 50 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R-La Mondiale 51 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Csc 52 Scott Davis (Aus) Team High Road 53 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 54 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 55 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unisa - Australia 56 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Csc 57 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 58 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team Csc 59 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step 60 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team High Road 61 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team Csc 62 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 1.05 63 Theo Elltink (Ned) Rabobank 1.09 64 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.13 65 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step 1.18 66 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 1.23 67 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 1.29 68 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.46 69 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 2.27 70 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 71 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre 72 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 73 Heinrich Friederich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 74 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 75 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Astana 76 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Credit Agricole 77 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 78 Allan Johansen (Den) Team Csc 79 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 80 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step 81 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto 82 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 83 Jose Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 84 Pablo Lastras Garci (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 85 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 86 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 87 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne 88 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 89 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 90 Jean-Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 91 Sebastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 92 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.15 93 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 8.47 94 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team High Road 11.48 95 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 96 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 97 Javier Aramendia Lorenti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 98 Nick Gates (Aus) Silence-Lotto 99 Erki Putsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 100 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence-Lotto 101 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Francaise Des Jeux 102 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 103 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 104 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team High Road 105 Karl Menzies (Aus) Unisa - Australia 106 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 107 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Unisa - Australia 108 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team Csc 109 Jan Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 110 Jesus Del Nero Montes (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 111 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 112 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence-Lotto 113 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 114 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team High Road 115 Stephane Poulhies (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 116 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre 117 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 118 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 119 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 120 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 121 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre 122 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 123 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 124 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 125 Christophe Kern (Fra) Credit Agricole 126 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott DNF Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram DNF Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNS Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank Points The Esplanade, Snapper Point (near Butterworth Road) - 58.8 km 1 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 pts 2 Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 4 3 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 The Esplanade, Snapper Point (near Butterworth Road) - 100.7 km 1 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 pts 2 Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 4 3 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 Finish Arch - Main Road, Willunga at Kell Street - 147.0 km 1 Andre Greipel (Ger) Team High Road 8 pts 2 Allan Davis (Aus) Unisa - Australia 6 3 Jose Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 4 Mountains Old Willunga Hill Road - Willunga - 127.4 km (14:14 Hours) 1 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 16 pts 2 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 12 3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 8 4 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne 6 5 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 4 Teams 1 Francaise Des Jeux 10.20.18 2 Saunier Duval-Scott 3 Liquigas 4 Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 6 Unisa - Australia 7 Silence-Lotto 8 Caisse D'epargne 9 Ag2R-La Mondiale 0.56 10 Astana 11 Quick Step 12 Team High Road 1.29 13 Team C S C 1.52 14 Rabobank 2.05 15 Credit Agricole 2.09 16 Team Milram 3.32 17 Lampre 4.54 18 Gerolsteiner 5.09 19 Bouygues Telecom 8.47 General classification after stage 5 1 Andre Greipel (Ger) Team High Road 16.55.18 2 Allan Davis (Aus) Unisa - Australia 0.07 3 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 0.20 4 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 0.24 5 Mickael Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 6 Jose Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 0.26 7 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas 8 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 0.28 9 Richie Porte (Aus) Unisa - Australia 10 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 0.29 11 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Team Csc 0.30 12 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2R-La Mondiale 13 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre 14 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 15 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 16 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 17 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 18 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 19 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 Jeremy Roy (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 21 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Credit Agricole 23 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 24 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 25 Arkaitz Duran Daroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 26 Simon Clarke (Aus) Unisa - Australia 27 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 28 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 29 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 30 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 31 Ivan Santaromita Villa (Ita) Liquigas 32 Jose Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 33 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step 34 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 35 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 36 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne 37 Luke Roberts (Aus) Unisa - Australia 0.51 38 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 0.53 39 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 1.02 40 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team High Road 1.03 41 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 1.16 42 Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 1.22 43 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step 1.26 44 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 45 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Csc 46 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 47 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 48 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team Csc 49 Scott Davis (Aus) Team High Road 50 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unisa - Australia 51 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 52 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team Csc 53 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Csc 54 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 1.35 55 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step 1.48 56 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 2.13 57 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.16 58 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 2.52 59 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 2.57 60 Heinrich Friederich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 61 Jose Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 62 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 63 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 64 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Credit Agricole 65 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne 66 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 67 Sebastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 68 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 69 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step 70 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre 3.34 71 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 4.34 72 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 73 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 74 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 5.00 75 Pablo Lastras Garci (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 5.12 76 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 77 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R-La Mondiale 5.30 78 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team High Road 79 Martin Muller (Ger) Team Milram 5.35 80 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 6.03 81 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 6.33 82 Jean-Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 7.01 83 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 84 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto 85 Allan Johansen (Den) Team Csc 86 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Astana 87 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 88 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 89 Theo Elltink (Ned) Rabobank 7.31 90 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Credit Agricole 7.43 91 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 8.15 92 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre 8.55 93 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 9.16 94 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12.12 95 Jan Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12.15 96 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Unisa - Australia 12.16 97 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 12.18 98 Erki Putsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 99 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 100 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Francaise Des Jeux 101 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team Csc 102 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 103 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre 104 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 105 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence-Lotto 106 Jesus Del Nero Montes (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 107 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre 108 Christophe Kern (Fra) Credit Agricole 109 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 110 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 13.52 111 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 14.06 112 Nick Gates (Aus) Silence-Lotto 15.23 113 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team High Road 15.30 114 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team High Road 15.44 115 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 15.45 116 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16.20 117 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence-Lotto 16.22 118 Javier Aramendia Lorenti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 119 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 120 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team High Road 16.41 121 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16.44 122 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 16.48 123 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 18.07 124 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 18.21 125 Stephane Poulhies (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 19.29 126 Karl Menzies (Aus) Unisa - Australia 20.58 DNF Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram DNF Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNS Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank Points 1 Andre Greipel (Ger) Team High Road 24 pts 2 Allan Davis (Aus) Unisa - Australia 24 3 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 24 4 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 12 5 Mickael Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 12 6 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 7 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 10 8 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 9 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 10 10 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 10 11 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas 8 12 Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 8 13 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 14 Jan Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 15 Jose Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 4 16 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 4 17 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Unisa - Australia 4 18 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 19 Stephane Poulhies (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 4 20 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 4 21 Richie Porte (Aus) Unisa - Australia 4 22 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 2 23 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 2 Mountains 1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 38 pts 2 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 22 3 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne 18 4 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 16 5 Arkaitz Duran Daroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 16 6 Stephane Poulhies (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 16 7 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas 12 8 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 12 9 Jon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 10 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 12 11 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team High Road 12 12 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team Csc 8 13 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Unisa - Australia 8 14 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 15 Simon Clarke (Aus) Unisa - Australia 6 16 Jean-Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 6 17 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 4 18 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 Under 25 1 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 16.55.38 2 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 0.04 3 Richie Porte (Aus) Unisa - Australia 0.08 4 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 0.10 5 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 6 Arkaitz Duran Daroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 7 Simon Clarke (Aus) Unisa - Australia 8 Ivan Santaromita Villa (Ita) Liquigas 9 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne 10 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step 1.06 11 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 1.53 12 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 2.32 13 Heinrich Friederich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.37 14 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step 15 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 4.14 16 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 5.43 17 Jean-Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 6.41 18 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 19 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Credit Agricole 7.23 20 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11.52 21 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Unisa - Australia 11.56 22 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Francaise Des Jeux 11.58 23 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team Csc 24 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 25 Javier Aramendia Lorenti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16.02 26 Stephane Poulhies (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 19.09 Teams 1 Francaise Des Jeux 10.20.18 2 Saunier Duval-Scott 3 Liquigas 4 Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 6 Unisa - Australia 7 Silence-Lotto 8 Caisse D'epargne 9 Ag2R-La Mondiale 0.56 10 Astana 11 Quick Step 12 Team High Road 1.29 13 Team C S C 1.52 14 Rabobank 2.05 15 Credit Agricole 2.09 16 Team Milram 3.32 17 Lampre 4.54 18 Gerolsteiner 5.09 19 Bouygues Telecom 8.47
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