Tour '25, Stage 7: Still Here

It was a bit different to see a former winner of the Tour de France off the front in a five-man breakaway.  But here is Geraint Thomas (Ineos-Grenadier) stocking up on gels as he rides along the Emerald Coast.  He joined Ivan Romeo (Movistar), Marco Haller (Tudor Pro Cycling), Ewan Costiou (Arkea-B&B Hotels) and Alex Baudin (EF Education-EasyPost) in another valiant effort to take stage honors away from the GC men.  With the quick final double climb of the Mur de Bretagne, it wasn't likely that any of the sprinters were going to be around for the finale, so it was a reasonably good chance for a break to succeed again today.  However, at 97 kilometers to race, the UAE led peloton has kept the break to only a minute and forty second advantage.

This is Geraint's final Tour de France, so I did want to take the opportunity to paint him one last time. He won back in 2018, the second year the time-lapse videos of my artwork were shared during the NBC Sports broadcasts of the Tour.  

This is a small 4x6 inch original watercolor painting that is available through my website at greigleach.com or you can simply follow the direct link at the end of the post to purchase the painting above. Since it is an original work of art, it is a first come first served reality. The work sells for $99 USD including shipping, but, yes, international shipping is both available and extra. 

"Still Here TdF25-41" (Original art by Greig Leach)

Men's Tour Down Under '25, Stage 2: Not Loving the Climb

It was a little strange to see the former winner of the Tour de France being dropped by the peloton on the final climb of Mengler Hill.  To be fair, Geraint Thomas (Ineos-Grenadiers) had been driving the pace on the front of the peloton to keep his teammates well positioned before the turn onto the climb.  Just ahead two riders, one from Alpecin-Decuninck and another from Intermache-Wanty were losing touch with the main peloton as well.  According to Phil Liggett, Thomas finished dead last in the opening stage of the 25th Tour Down Under, as well.

This is a small 4x6 inch original watercolor painting that is available through my website at greigleach.com or you can simply follow the direct link at the end of the post to purchase the painting above. Since it is an original work of art, it is a first come first served reality. The work sells for $95 USD including shipping, but, yes, international shipping is both available and extra.

"Not Loving the Climb TDU25-24" (Original art by Greig Leach)

Tour '22, Stage 21: Attacking the Bell Lap

None of this Tour had gone to script, so why should today be any different.  I am not sure who went first, but is suspect it was Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) attacked on the bell lap and was quickly covered by Geraint Thomas (Ineos-Grenadiers).  Given the presence of Thomas' teammate, Luke Rowe, I am inclined to think it was Ineos-Grenadiers who went on the offensive first.  I am not sure that Jonas Vingegaard even saw this move, but he certainly didn't try and cover it.  He knew full well that no one was going to gain over three minutes nor eight minutes in the final lap of the Tour de France.  I am not sure why they did this, but it did make for a few minutes of exciting television before the final sprint to the finish in a ten minutes time.

This is a small 4x6 inch original watercolor painting that is available through my website at greigleach.com or you can simply follow the direct link at the end of the post to purchase the painting above. Since it is an original work of art, it is a first come first served reality. The painting was created using Yarka St. Petersburg watercolors and Steve Quiller brushes from www.Richesonart.com. The work sells for $90 USD including shipping, and yes, international shipping is available. 

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Tour '22, Stage 20: Tunnel Vision

This is the third title today that was just fun for me to come up with.  Sometimes I paint the image because what I see inspires the title.  The obvious take is that there is a tunnel in Geraint Thomas' (Ineos-Grenadiers) field of vision within the final two kilometers of this stage.  Thomas was second at the line, but dropped to fourth on the day as the two behind him finished ahead of him.  Another way to look at the title is that it takes an incredible focus to ride a successful time trial, one needs to quiet the mind, ignore the body, and stay dialed in on the road ahead.  Finally, I need to have tunnel vision to be able to focus on the Tour for three weeks and be able to create compelling watercolors that tell the story of this race I love so much.  This year it will take even more focus as I start painting the Tour de France Femmes tomorrow just ahead of the men finishing on the Champs Elysees. Wish me luck, I am feeling like a sprinter facing a second mountain top finish in the Pyrennes.

This is a small 4x6 inch original watercolor painting that is available through my website at greigleach.com or you can simply follow the direct link at the end of the post to purchase the painting above. Since it is an original work of art, it is a first come first served reality. The painting was created using Yarka St. Petersburg watercolors and Steve Quiller brushes from www.Richesonart.com. The work sells for $90 USD including shipping, and yes, international shipping is available. 

If you can't afford to purchase a piece you could always help keep me going by buying me a cup of coffee at buymeacoffee.com/greigsartc.  And check out my vlogs at my YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLGX-TnjXDSkkOidUE6pN1g

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Tour '22, Stage 18: Someone New

Everytime either Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) or Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) would attack, and the other covered it, Geraint Thomas (Ineos-Grenadiers) would get dropped.  And everytime he would slowly work his way back to the two leaders just ahead of him on the general classification.  Once the pair of them were joined by Vingegaard's teammate Sepp Kuss, there was an easing of the pace and a relative truce.  Naturally, Thomas saw that as a great opportunity to attack on teh Col de Spandelles.  Obviously, neither responded too quickly, they knew he would be pulled back.  Even if he wasn't he wouldn't gain an over five minute advantage on these two.

This is a small 4x6 inch original watercolor painting that is available through my website at greigleach.com or you can simply follow the direct link at the end of the post to purchase the painting above. Since it is an original work of art, it is a first come first served reality. The painting was created using Yarka St. Petersburg watercolors and Steve Quiller brushes from www.Richesonart.com. The work sells for $90 USD including shipping, and yes, international shipping is available. 

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Tour '22, Stage 17: They Need to Catch Up

Romain Bardet (DSM) had left the peloton earlier but was then caught on the way up the final climb, the Peyragudes.  He fell away from the hot pace in the leader's group of three, but found the legs to start coming back.  He did pass the diesel of Geraint Thomas (Ineos-Grenadiers) who was slowly clawing back as well.  Thomas was able to join forces with the Frenchman.  Bardet ended climbing up into 7th on the general classification whereas Thomas lost some time, but stayed on the final step of the podium.  Thomas must be desperate to figure out how he can catch either Pogacar in second or Vingegaard in the leader's jersey.

This is a small 4x6 inch original watercolor painting that is available through my website at greigleach.com or you can simply follow the direct link at the end of the post to purchase the painting above. Since it is an original work of art, it is a first come first served reality. The painting was created using Yarka St. Petersburg watercolors and Steve Quiller brushes from www.Richesonart.com. The work sells for $90 USD including shipping, and yes, international shipping is available.

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Tour "22, Stage 17: The Cream of the Tour

I had thought I would entitle this painting, "The Cream Always Rises to the Top"  But thought better of it.  So, as the peloton hit the Col de Val Louron-Azet only the truly strong men were able to stick with the brutal pace being set by the American, Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates).  At this point he was followed by his team captain, Tadej Pogacar in the Maillot Blanc.  Closely watching the Slovenian was the Maillot Juane of Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) with his American teammate Sepp Kuss.  Vingegaard spent the whole climb waiting for Pogacar to attack, he never did.  On his wheel was the man sitting third overall, Geraint Thomas (Ineos-Grenadiers) and then came the Colombian Nairo Quintana (Arkea-Samsic).  Quintana had started the day in fourth.  So the top four, two with teammates were all there.  They had dropped Simon Geschke (Cofidis) who had already done what he needed to do to hold onto the Maillot a Pois for at least one more day.  He tried to hold onto the wheels, but just didn't have the legs to join this freight train.

This is a small 4x6 inch original watercolor painting that is available through my website at greigleach.com or you can simply follow the direct link at the end of the post to purchase the painting above. Since it is an original work of art, it is a first come first served reality. The painting was created using Yarka St. Petersburg watercolors and Steve Quiller brushes from www.Richesonart.com. The work sells for $90 USD including shipping, and yes, international shipping is available.

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Tour '22, Stage 16: Coming Back Together

 For the longest time I had to self imposed rules that on retrospect didn't really make any sense.  The first was not to use helicopter shots which went back to when I hoped to paint from a motorcycle in the Giro d'Italia a few years back.  The second was to only use a horizontal formate.  That at least was necessary when I was creating one of my two cycling books and needed some page design uniformity.  Clearly, I have now broken both rules in the 2022 Tour de France.  Tadej Pogacar's (UAE Team Emirates) attacks had split the peloton of contenders.  Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) -and his teammate Sepp Kuss along with Nairo Quintana (Arkea-Samsic) were able to go with the attacks right away, but it took the Ineos-Grenadiers duo of Simon Yates and Geraint Thomas a bit longer to tag back on.  David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) was a bit stronger than the Brits coming back into contention.  Quintana and Gaudu were able to move up into the top five with their efforts today.  Thomas stayed were he was in third.  And, of course, first and second stayed the same with no change in the time gaps either.

This is a small 4x6 inch original watercolor painting that is available through my website at greigleach.com or you can simply follow the direct link at the end of the post to purchase the painting above. Since it is an original work of art, it is a first come first served reality. The painting was created using Yarka St. Petersburg watercolors and Steve Quiller brushes from www.Richesonart.com. The work sells for $90 USD including shipping, and yes, international shipping is available.

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Tour '22, Stage 12: Watching, Carefully

Once each GC hopeful was out of teammates on the Alpe d'Huez, it was Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) attacked, as expected.  But Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) was up to the challenge, twice.  So once he was back on the front he kept a very close eye on the Maillot Blanc.  As I painted this I thought Geraint Thomas (Ineos-Grenadiers) was about to attack next.  I do paint these without knowing what is going to happen next.  I was wrong.  The Welschman had clawed his way back each time one of these attacks went, so he may well have not had the legs to launch one of his own.  So as they came to the line, Pogacar tried one more time, and yet again, he couldn't get away from Vingegaard.  Without any time bonuses left on offer, the GC stays the same as you see here.

What will happen when we get to the Pyrennes?

This is a small 4x6 inch original watercolor painting that is available through my website at greigleach.com or you can simply follow the direct link at the end of the post to purchase the painting above. Since it is an original work of art, it is a first come first served reality. The painting was created using Yarka St. Petersburg watercolors and Steve Quiller brushes from www.Richesonart.com. The work sells for $90 USD including shipping, and yes, international shipping is available. 

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Tour '22, Stage 12: A Relentless Pace

Jumbo-Visma has already proven that they have brought the strongest team to this year's Tour.  Now with the Maillot Jaune back on one of the team's shoulders, it was time to prove it.  If you are not aware, they also have the Maillot Vert in the team as well.  They controled the peloton on the first climb, and then ramped up the pace on the Col de Croix de Fer.  But when they got to the Alpe d'Huez they just hammered it.  The effect was those lower down on the GC began to drop off the back.  And perhaps more importantly, no one could attack in hopes of either gaining time or stealing Jonas Vingegaard's (Jumbo-Visma) shoulders.  By now it was down to their original team leader (now working on behalf of his teammate) Primoz Roglic and Sepp Kuss.  So it was that Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) back in the Maillot Blance could just hold onto the wheels.  That was equally true for Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers). By the end of the day, these three became the top three on this Tour.

This is a small 4x6 inch original watercolor painting that is available through my website at greigleach.com or you can simply follow the direct link at the end of the post to purchase the painting above. Since it is an original work of art, it is a first come first served reality. The painting was created using Yarka St. Petersburg watercolors and Steve Quiller brushes from www.Richesonart.com. The work sells for $90 USD including shipping, and yes, international shipping is available. 

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Tour '22, Stage 11: Trading Blows

Once He was isolated, first Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) would attack the Miallot Jaune of Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates), then it would be Jonas Vingegaard's (Jumbo-Visma) turn.  But each time the Slovenian would come back to the attacker's wheel.  For the Jumbo-Visma crew the question is are they weakening themselves of Pogacar.  The main benefactor in these parries was Geraint Thomas (Ineos-Grenadiers).  All he had to do was go with each move but not put himself into the red with an attack.  Plus, they were all pulling away from the rest of the field before starting up the Haute Category climb of the Galibier.

This is a small 4x6 inch original watercolor painting that is available through my website at greigleach.com or you can simply follow the direct link at the end of the post to purchase the painting above. Since it is an original work of art, it is a first come first served reality. The painting was created using Yarka St. Petersburg watercolors and Steve Quiller brushes from www.Richesonart.com. The work sells for $90 USD including shipping, and yes, international shipping is available.

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Tour '22, Stage 9: Taking Nothing for Granted

While they weren't sprinting for a stage win, both Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) and Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) were fighting for seconds amongst themselves, and over the other GC hopefuls just behind.  While Vingegaard didn't out sprint Pogacar yet again, he didn't lose any time either.  What he did manage was to put time into everyone else behind him on GC and on the stage.  Dropping a further three seconds down the classification were Geraint Thomas and Adam Yates, both on Ineos Grenadiers.  On the other hand, with their teammate already finishing second, they increased their lead in the team classification.

Now they can all have a rest day, and so can I (well sort of a rest day for me, and them, too.)

This is a small 4x6 inch original watercolor painting that is available through my website at greigleach.com or you can simply follow the direct link at the end of the post to purchase the painting above. Since it is an original work of art, it is a first come first served reality. The painting was created using Yarka St. Petersburg watercolors and Steve Quiller brushes from www.Richesonart.com. The work sells for $90 USD including shipping, and yes, international shipping is available.

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TDF, Stage 18: Collateral Damage

Do I need to defind collateral damage?  Ineos-Grenadiers have spent countless Tours de France setting a relentless pace on the front of the peloton slowly eliminating their competition on climb after climb.  They are doing the same this Tour, but with much different results.  Yes, there pace on the front cracked Rigoberto Uran (EF Education-Nippo) on the climb of the Col du Tourmalet.  However, they also cracked the guy who has one the Tour for them in the past, Geraint Thomas.  He has suffered this Tour after dislocating his shoulder in the early crashes in the early stages of the Tour, but the whole team (with two notable exceptions) just aren't living up to what is normally expected of them.  Perhaps they just aren't having any fun on their bikes anymore.  I am sure they were all riding hoping to move their newly designated leader, Richard Carapaz into at least second place on the GC.  I suspect they felt he could get that fugitive stage victory for the team today as well.

This is a small 4x6 inch original watercolor painting that is available through my website at greigleach.com or you can simply follow the direct link at the end of the post to purchase the painting above.  Since it is an original work of art, it is a first come first served reality. The painting was created using Yarka St. Petersburg watercolors from www.Richesonart.com. The work sells for $75 USD plus shipping, and yes international shipping is available.

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TDF, Stage 15: Getting Reinforcements

Team Ineos-Grenadiers set out with a perfect plan to help their sole leader, Richard Carapaz move up the GC (hopefully).  They used Richie Porte, Michal Kwiatkowski and Tao Geoghegan Hart leading up to the final climb of the day.  Once they were spent, they called Jonathan Castroveijo and Dylvan Baarle back from the early break to help push the pace now that the Maillot Jaune was isolated.  It is Van Baarle who is closes to the camera moto looking back to see when he should pick is pace back up.  They weren't able to get rid of Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates), but their fast descent dropped the guy in second place, Guillaume Martin (Cofidis).  In fact, Martin was the only contender they were able to dislodge from the very elite group of the Miallot Jaune.

This is a small 4x6 inch original watercolor painting that is available through my website at www.greigleach.com, or you can simply follow the direct link at the end of the post to purchase the painting above.  Since it is an original work of art, it is a first come first served reality. The painting was created using Yarka St. Petersburg watercolors from www.Richesonart.com. The work sells for $75 USD plus shipping, and yes international shipping is available.

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TDF, Stage 3: Looking a Little Better

At first Ineos-Grenadiers didn't send anyone to help Geraint Thomas chase back to the peloton.  I later learned that he had dislocated his shoulder in the crash.  The doctors put it back where it belonged and then he was up and riding again (!!!!!!!).  I think the team didn't want to jeopardize the classification standings of the rest of the team until they knew Thomas was going to be able to finish the stage.  Has he began to feel better more and more teammates appeared to help with the chase.  It fell to Luke Rowe, Johathan Castroviejo and Richie Porte to come back, while the others stayed up with their now sole team leader, Richard Carapaz.

This is a small 4x6 inch original watercolor painting that is available through my website at www.greigleach.com, or you can simply follow the direct link at the end of the post to purchase the painting above.  Since ti is an original work of art, it is a first come first seved reality. The painting was created using Yarka St. Petersburth watercolors from www.Richesonart.com. The work sells for $75 USD plus shipping, and yes international shipping is available.

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TDF, Stage 3: Not Giving Up

When Geraint Thomas (Ineos-Grenadiers) crashed at about a 100 kilometers left to race in stage 3, I was about to break my own rule and paint him on the ground in pain.  I stopped myself.  I understand that the photographers need to shoot the moments that tell the story of the race and naturally a crash of a GC contender is news.  But it has always felt ghoulish to me.  So I waited to see if he was going to get back on the bike.  I think to everyone watching it was a relief when he waved off the ambulance and got on his spare bike.  These guys in the pro peloton are some really tough spirits!

This painting's time lapse video was aired during NBC Sports Network's broadcast of this stage of the Tour. https://twitter.com/ArtofCycling/status/1409530766095175680  

This is a small 4x6 inch original watercolor painting that is available through my website at www.greigleach.com, or you can simply follow the direct link at the end of the post to purchase the painting above.  Since ti is an original work of art, it is a first come first seved reality. The painting was created using Yarka St. Petersburth watercolors from www.Richesonart.com. The work sells for $75 USD plus shipping, and yes international shipping is available.

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Dauphine, Stage 5: Did I Do It?

The answer to Geraint Thomas' (Ineos-Grenadiers) implied question is "yes."  He had gotten enough of an advantage leading to the final meters of the stage that he had just enough to stay ahead of the fast closing sprinters.  His move left Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain-Victorious) to take his fourth mass sprint, but yet again the sprint was for second place.  Rounding out the top five were Alex Aranburu (Astana-Premier Tech) - who was third for yet another stage-, Carlos Bargero (Qhubeka-ASSOS), and Mads Wurtz Schmidt (Israel Start Up Nation).  The current Maillot Jaune, Lukas Postlberger (Bora-Hansgrohe) owes a debt of gratitude to these sprinters their closing of the gap to Thomas meant that he gained no more than the bonus seconds for finishing first.  Had he kept the gap he opened up and 500 meters he most likely have been the next leader of the Dauphine.  As it was the 10 second time bonus moved him up to 6th place in the general classification, just 16 seconds behind Postlberger.  And it moved him to the highest ranking amongst his teammates as well, but only by two seconds.

I'm sure the climbing to come will open up much larger gaps on the general classification.

This is a small 4x6 inch original watercolor painting that is available through my website at www.greigleach.com, or you can simply follow the direct link at the end of the post to purchase the painting above.  Since ti is an original work of art, it is a first come first seved reality. The painting was created using Yarka St. Petersburth watercolors from www.Richesonart.com. The work sells for $75 USD plus shipping, and yes international shipping is available.

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Dauphine, Stage 5: Surprising the Peloton

It takes more than power and fitness to win a stage race, not that Geraint Thomas (Ineos-Grenadiers) doesn't have plenty of both.  It also takes strategy.  Thomas made sure he was on the front of the peloton as they came off of the final climb.  He (and his team) knew there was a sharp u-turn at the base of the climb at just about one kilometer to the finish.  He had a his teammate Michal Kwiatkowski on his wheel.  That allowed his teammate to leave a gap and to disrupt the inital response to the Brit's move.  That left Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain-Victorious) to use his last lead out man to try and catch the former winner of the Tour de France.  Swinging on to the chase is Lawson Craddock (EF Education-Nippo) still having the legs to chase after his attack on the other side of the Cote.

This is a small 4x6 inch original watercolor painting that is available through my website at www.greigleach.com, or you can simply follow the direct link at the end of the post to purchase the painting above.  Since ti is an original work of art, it is a first come first seved reality. The painting was created using Yarka St. Petersburth watercolors from www.Richesonart.com. The work sells for $75 USD plus shipping, and yes international shipping is available.

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Tour, Stage 21, In Spanish

El Arte del Ciclismo

Me encanta este gesto entre compañeros, Egan Bernal (Ineos) y Geraint Thomas. Seguro que a Thomas le encantaría repetir su victoria del Tour del año pasado; sin embargo, aplaudió a su compañero en un gesto de respeto sincero. El equipo cruza la línea con frecuencia tomados de brazo en la parte de atrás del pelotón; tal vez a causa del espíritu competitivo del Bernal, quería estar cerca para no perder ni un segundo. Mira, más vale prevenir que curar. Entonces estos dos son el primero y el segundo de este Tour. Bernal también ganó el Maillot Blanc, con Peter Sagan ganando el Maillot Vert, y el francés Romain Bardet ganó el Maillot a Pois. No se olviden del Julian Alaphilippe; le nombraron como el ciclista más agresivo del Tour de Francia 2019. Chapeau a todos quien empezaron el Tour, y hasta más reverencias a todos aquellos quien lo completaron.

Eso es la pintura final de este Tour de Francia. Tengo planes también de pintar el Campeonato Mundial de Carreras UCI, pero creo que eso sería todo para esta temporada.

Eso es un retrato original de acuarelas que mide 4x6 pulgadas; está disponible en mi sitio de web www.greigleach.com, o simplemente pueden seguir el link directo al final de este aporte. Como es una obra original, se compra por orden de llegada. Esa obra se creó con acuarelas de Yarka St Petersburg del Richesonart.com. Esta pintura se vende en $75 más los gastos de envío, y sí, la podemos mandar internacional. 

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Tour, Stage 21: Mutual Respect

I love this gesture between teammates, Egan Bernal (Ineos) and Geraint Thomas.  Thomas would surely have loved to repeat his Tour victory from last year, but yet he saluted his teammate in genuine respect.  The team regularly cross the line arm in arm at the back of the peloton, perhaps because of Bernal's competitive spirit, he wanted to be close, just to avoid lossing any seconds whatsoever.  Listen, better safe than sorry.  So these two are also first and second in this Tour.  Bernal also takes home the Maillot Blance, with Peter Sagan in the Maillot Vert, and the Frenchman Romain Bardet takes home the Maillot a Pois.  Don't forget Julian Alaphilippe, he was awarded the most aggressive rider of the 2019 Tour de France.  Chapeau to everyone who started the Tour, and a deeper bow to those who finished it.

This is the final painting of the Tour de France.  I do planned to paint the UCI World Road Racing Championships, but most likely that will be it for this season.

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