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Sunday, July 20: Stage 15, Tallard - Nîmes, 222 km

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Alexander Kristoff wins stage 15. Photo ©Sirotti

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The Race: This stage was a heartbreaker if you want hard-working breakaway riders to win races. Three minutes into today's stage Martin Elmiger (IAM Cycling) and Jack Bauer (Garmin-Sharp) left the peloton and soon had a sizeable gap. At one point the duo were almost nine minutes up the road.

Halfway through the stage light drizzle started to fall. That became a torrential rainstorm. Still, Elmiger and Bauer pressed on. The sprinters' teams nailed the gap back, but with 30 kilometers to go the pair still had two minutes.

It was a nail-biter. With three kilometers to go, Elmiger and Bauer were still a half-minute ahead. Near the finish Bauer had a gap on Elmiger as the peloton was flying up to them. Bauer was passed by a flying Alexander Kristoff with about 30 meters to go to win the stage. That makes two stage victories for Kristoff this Tour.

Vincenzo Nibali stayed close to the front most of the stage and finished safely to remain the overall leader.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 44.9 km/hr

1	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA	4hr 56min 43sec
2	Heinrich Haussler	IAM CYCLING
3	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE
4	André Greipel	LOTTO-BELISOL
5	Mark Renshaw	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
6	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR
7	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP
8	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
9	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE
10	Jack Bauer	GARMIN - SHARP
11	Marcel Kittel	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
12	Bernhard Eisel	TEAM SKY
13	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R LA MONDIALE
14	José Joaquin Rojas	MOVISTAR TEAM
15	Niki Terpstra	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
16	Martin Elmiger	IAM CYCLING
17	Jurgen Roelandts	LOTTO-BELISOL
18	Nelson Oliveira	LAMPRE - MERIDA
19	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
20	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM
21	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY
22	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM
23	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
24	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE
25	Rui Alberto Costa	LAMPRE - MERIDA
26	Mickaël Delage	FDJ.FR
27	Alessandro Petacchi	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
28	Michele Scarponi	ASTANA PRO TEAM
29	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR
30	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
31	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM
32	Michael Schär	BMC RACING TEAM
33	Michael Morkov	TINKOFF-SAXO
34	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM
35	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE
36	Peter Velits	BMC RACING TEAM
37	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM
38	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
39	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
40	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR
41	Laurens Ten Dam	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
42	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM
43	Tanel Kangert	ASTANA PRO TEAM
44	Yukiya Arashiro	TEAM EUROPCAR
45	Reto Hollenstein	IAM CYCLING
46	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ.FR
47	Bram Tankink	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
48	Steven Kruijswijk	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
49	Marcel Wyss	IAM CYCLING
50	Kévin Reza	TEAM EUROPCAR
51	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre	TREK FACTORY RACING
52	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING
53	Mikael Cherel	AG2R LA MONDIALE
54	Frank Schleck	TREK FACTORY RACING
55	Luis Angel Mate	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
56	Cyril Gautier	TEAM EUROPCAR
57	Markel Irizar Arranburu	TREK FACTORY RACING
58	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL
59	Kristijan Durasek	LAMPRE - MERIDA
60	Paul Voss	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
61	Johan Van Summeren	GARMIN - SHARP
62	Matteo Montaguti	AG2R LA MONDIALE
63	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
64	Brice Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
65	Maxim Iglinskiy	ASTANA PRO TEAM
66	Alex Howes	GARMIN - SHARP
67	Ben Gastauer	AG2R LA MONDIALE
68	Jérôme Pineau	IAM CYCLING
69	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GREENEDGE
70	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY	@ 16 seconds
71	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING	+ 00' 18''
72	Bartosz Huzarski	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
73	Yury Trofimov	TEAM KATUSHA
74	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
75	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
76	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.FR
77	José Pimenta Costa Mendes	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
78	Tiago Machado	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
79	Imanol Erviti Ollo	MOVISTAR TEAM
80	Kristijan Koren	CANNONDALE
81	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM
82	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
83	Roy Curvers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
84	Michael Rogers	TINKOFF-SAXO
85	Sébastien Minard	AG2R LA MONDIALE
86	John Gadret	MOVISTAR TEAM
87	Adam Hansen	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 00' 24''
88	Marcel Sieberg	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 00' 24''
89	Maarten Wynants	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
90	Lars Boom	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
91	Alessandro Vanotti	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 00' 28''
92	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 00' 28''
93	Koen De Kort	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
94	Gregory Rast	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 00' 34''
95	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 00' 37''
96	Yohann Gene	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 00' 39''
97	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 00' 49''
98	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE
99	William Bonnet	FDJ.FR	+ 01' 03''
100	Tom Veelers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 01' 14''
101	Roger Kluge	IAM CYCLING	+ 01' 21''
102	Gatis Smukulis	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 01' 26''
103	Marco Marcato	CANNONDALE	+ 01' 34''
104	Sep Vanmarcke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 01' 55''
105	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL
106	Rudy Molard	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
107	Ruben Plaza Molina	MOVISTAR TEAM
108	Jean-Marc Bideau	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
109	Fabio Sabatini	CANNONDALE
110	Simon Gerrans	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 02' 05''
111	Luke Durbridge	ORICA GREENEDGE
112	Peter Stetina	BMC RACING TEAM
113	Matthew Busche	TREK FACTORY RACING
114	Vasili Kiryienka	TEAM SKY
115	Matteo Tosatto	TINKOFF-SAXO
116	Benjamin King	GARMIN - SHARP
117	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
118	Amaël Moinard	BMC RACING TEAM
119	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	TEAM SKY
120	Alexandre Pichot	TEAM EUROPCAR
121	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM
122	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE
123	Christian Meier	ORICA GREENEDGE
124	José Serpa	LAMPRE - MERIDA
125	Jan Barta	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
126	Svein Tuft	ORICA GREENEDGE
127	Luca Paolini	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 02' 15''
128	Danny Pate	TEAM SKY	+ 02' 19''
129	Christopher Horner	LAMPRE - MERIDA
130	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ.FR	+ 02' 25''
131	Cedric Pineau	FDJ.FR
132	Arnaud Gerard	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 02' 31''
133	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM
134	Florian Vachon	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
135	Daniele Bennati	TINKOFF-SAXO
136	Tom Jelte Slagter	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 02' 33''
137	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO
138	Simon Clarke	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 02' 45''
139	Marcus Burghardt	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 03' 35''
140	Nicolas Roche	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 03' 37''
141	Thomas Leezer	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 03' 39''
142	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 04' 26''
143	Dmitriy Gruzdev	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 04' 26''
144	Zakkari Dempster	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
145	Andreas Schillinger	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
146	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
147	Albert Timmer	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 04' 50''
148	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR	+ 05' 19''
149	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 05' 22''
150	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE
151	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE
152	Jean Marc Marino	CANNONDALE
153	Florian Guillou	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
154	Christophe Riblon	AG2R LA MONDIALE
155	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 12' 20''
156	Vladimir Isaichev	TEAM KATUSHA
157	Michal Golas	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
158	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR
159	Sergio Paulinho	TINKOFF-SAXO
160	Simon Spilak	TEAM KATUSHA
161	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR
162	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING
163	Benat Intxausti	MOVISTAR TEAM
164	Julien Simon	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
165	Rein Taaramäe	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
166	Joaquim Rodriguez	TEAM KATUSHA
167	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA
168	David Lopez Garcia	TEAM SKY
169	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE
170	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN - SHARP
171	Cheng Ji	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO

GC after stage 15: 2,753 km raced so far at an average speed of 41.196 km/hr

1	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	66hr 49min 37sec
2	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM	@ 4min 37sec
3	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 04' 50''
4	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	+ 05' 06''
5	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 05' 49''
6	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 06' 08''
7	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 08' 33''
8	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 09' 32''
9	Laurens Ten Dam	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 10' 01''
10	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 10' 48''
11	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 11' 02''
12	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 11' 10''
13	Alberto Costa Rui	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 12' 57''
14	Frank Schleck	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 14' 37''
15	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY	+ 16' 19''
16	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 19' 24''
17	Yury Trofimov	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 19' 30''
18	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY	+ 20' 18''
19	Brice Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 21' 00''
20	Steven Kruijswijk	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 22' 30''
21	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	TEAM SKY	+ 23' 09''
22	Christopher Horner	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 26' 18''
23	John Gadret	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 33' 13''
24	Tanel Kangert	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 39' 12''
25	Ben Gastauer	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 41' 28''
26	Peter Velits	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 45' 33''
27	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 49' 03''
28	Cyril Gautier	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 50' 17''
29	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 52' 26''
30	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 52' 36''
31	Michael Rogers	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 53' 23''
32	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 54' 05''
33	Luis Angel Mate	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 01h 06' 28''
34	Bram Tankink	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 01h 08' 30''
35	Marcel Wyss	IAM CYCLING	+ 01h 11' 34''
36	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ.FR	+ 01h 13' 58''
37	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 01h 14' 27''
38	Peter Stetina	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 01h 19' 04''
39	José Joaquin Rojas	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 01h 19' 49''
40	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING	+ 01h 22' 37''
41	Michael Schär	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 01h 24' 26''
42	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 01h 25' 51''
43	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 01h 27' 58''
44	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 01h 28' 11''
45	Mikael Cherel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 01h 28' 23''
46	Paul Voss	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 01h 32' 09''
47	Michele Scarponi	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 01h 33' 50''
48	Nicolas Roche	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 01h 35' 29''
49	Amaël Moinard	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 01h 37' 17''
50	Michal Golas	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 01h 37' 39''
51	José Serpa	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 01h 40' 44''
52	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	+ 01h 41' 03''
53	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 01h 41' 56''
54	Kristijan Durasek	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 01h 42' 38''
55	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE	+ 01h 47' 24''
56	Adam Hansen	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 01h 49' 47''
57	Benjamin King	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 01h 50' 19''
58	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 01h 51' 13''
59	Jérôme Pineau	IAM CYCLING	+ 01h 52' 25''
60	Martin Elmiger	IAM CYCLING	+ 01h 53' 12''
61	Joaquim Rodriguez	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 01h 53' 26''
62	Rudy Molard	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 01h 54' 12''
63	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 01h 56' 49''
64	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 01h 57' 13''
65	Florian Guillou	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 01h 59' 02''
66	Tom Jelte Slagter	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 01h 59' 05''
67	Simon Gerrans	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 02h 01' 22''
68	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 02h 01' 52''
69	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 02h 04' 38''
70	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 02h 05' 39''
71	Markel Irizar Arranburu	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 02h 06' 23''
72	Marco Marcato	CANNONDALE	+ 02h 08' 26''
73	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.FR	+ 02h 08' 42''
74	Jan Barta	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 02h 09' 26''
75	Tiago Machado	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 02h 10' 29''
76	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 02h 10' 33''
77	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 02h 11' 30''
78	Ruben Plaza Molina	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 02h 12' 31''
79	Yukiya Arashiro	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 02h 12' 51''
80	Matteo Montaguti	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 02h 16' 40''
81	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 02h 16' 41''
82	Kévin Reza	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 02h 16' 58''
83	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 02h 17' 10''
84	Johan Van Summeren	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 02h 18' 00''
85	Koen De Kort	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 02h 18' 55''
86	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ.FR	+ 02h 20' 03''
87	Niki Terpstra	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 02h 20' 48''
88	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 02h 22' 11''
89	Bartosz Huzarski	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 02h 23' 09''
90	Imanol Erviti Ollo	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 02h 25' 08''
91	Sep Vanmarcke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 02h 27' 00''
92	Heinrich Haussler	IAM CYCLING	+ 02h 27' 28''
93	Daniele Bennati	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 02h 28' 01''
94	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 02h 28' 26''
95	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 02h 29' 42''
96	Simon Spilak	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 02h 29' 48''
97	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 02h 30' 08''
98	Sergio  Paulinho	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 02h 30' 31''
99	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 02h 30' 43''
100	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 02h 31' 17''
101	Lars Boom	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 02h 31' 43''
102	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 02h 31' 53''
103	Sébastien Minard	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 02h 32' 04''
104	Gregory Rast	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 02h 32' 06''
105	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING	+ 02h 32' 43''
106	Fabio Sabatini	CANNONDALE	+ 02h 33' 12''
107	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE	+ 02h 33' 51''
108	Nelson Oliveira	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 02h 34' 01''
109	Jurgen Roelandts	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 02h 34' 02''
110	Reto Hollenstein	IAM CYCLING	+ 02h 34' 24''
111	Roy Curvers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 02h 34' 50''
112	Vasili Kiryienka	TEAM SKY	+ 02h 35' 04''
113	Maarten Wynants	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 02h 36' 36''
114	Alexandre Pichot	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 02h 36' 46''
115	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 02h 38' 16''
116	Simon Clarke	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 02h 38' 17''
117	Gatis Smukulis	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 02h 38' 26''
118	Julien Simon	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 02h 38' 41''
119	Rein Taaramäe	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 02h 40' 20''
120	Luke Durbridge	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 02h 43' 21''
121	Jean-Marc Bideau	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 02h 43' 38''
122	Matthew Busche	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 02h 43' 40''
123	Cedric Pineau	FDJ.FR	+ 02h 43' 45''
124	Florian Vachon	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 02h 46' 31''
125	David Lopez Garcia	TEAM SKY	+ 02h 47' 19''
126	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 02h 47' 56''
127	Christian Meier	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 02h 49' 13''
128	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 02h 49' 26''
129	Matteo Tosatto	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 02h 50' 22''
130	Yohann Gene	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 02h 55' 49''
131	Svein Tuft	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 02h 56' 25''
132	Benat Intxausti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 02h 58' 38''
133	José Pimenta Costa Mendes	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 02h 59' 35''
134	Kristijan Koren	CANNONDALE	+ 03h 00' 22''
135	Thomas Leezer	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 03h 00' 27''
136	Alex Howes	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 03h 00' 39''
137	Dmitriy Gruzdev	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 03h 01' 56''
138	Luca Paolini	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 03h 02' 09''
139	Maxim Iglinskiy	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 03h 02' 57''
140	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 03h 05' 31''
141	Bernhard Eisel	TEAM SKY	+ 03h 06' 19''
142	Arnaud Gerard	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 03h 07' 08''
143	Michael Morkov	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 03h 07' 30''
144	Jack Bauer	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 03h 08' 00''
145	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 03h 09' 33''
146	Marcel Sieberg	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 03h 11' 30''
147	Alessandro Vanotti	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 03h 13' 04''
148	Christophe Riblon	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 03h 13' 04''
149	Mark Renshaw	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 03h 14' 52''
150	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 03h 16' 09''
151	Mickaël Delage	FDJ.FR	+ 03h 18' 03''
152	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 03h 18' 39''
153	Marcus Burghardt	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 03h 19' 47''
154	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 03h 20' 37''
155	Zakkari Dempster	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 03h 20' 40''
156	Alessandro Petacchi	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 03h 21' 58''
157	André Greipel	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 03h 22' 01''
158	Tom Veelers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 03h 22' 39''
159	Albert Timmer	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 03h 22' 57''
160	Roger Kluge	IAM CYCLING	+ 03h 24' 01''
161	Danny Pate	TEAM SKY	+ 03h 25' 33''
162	Andreas Schillinger	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 03h 26' 01''
163	Vladimir Isaichev	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 03h 29' 10''
164	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR	+ 03h 30' 52''
165	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 03h 31' 01''
166	Marcel Kittel	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 03h 34' 57''
167	William Bonnet	FDJ.FR	+ 03h 35' 42''
168	Jean Marc Marino	CANNONDALE	+ 03h 36' 55''
169	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE	+ 03h 38' 51''
170	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 03h 48' 51''
171	Cheng Ji	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 04h 13' 17''

Points Classification:

1	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	402 points
2	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR	226
3	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA	217
4	Marcel Kittel	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	177
5	Mark Renshaw	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	153
6	André Greipel	LOTTO-BELISOL	143
7	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	134
8	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM	115
9	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL	87
10	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R LA MONDIALE	86
11	José Joaquin Rojas	MOVISTAR TEAM	85
12	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP	82
13	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE	77
14	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	76
15	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR	74
16	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	71
17	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM	70
18	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	68
19	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING	65
20	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	63
21	Heinrich Haussler	IAM CYCLING	63
22	Martin Elmiger	IAM CYCLING	61
23	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE	60
24	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM	56
25	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM	55
26	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	55
27	Sep Vanmarcke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	53
28	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	51
29	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	50
30	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE	50
31	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	47
32	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	44
33	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	43
34	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	43
35	Daniele Bennati	TINKOFF-SAXO	42
36	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE	41
37	Alexandre Pichot	TEAM EUROPCAR	40
38	Simon Gerrans	ORICA GREENEDGE	39
39	Kévin Reza	TEAM EUROPCAR	35
40	Cyril Gautier	TEAM EUROPCAR	34
41	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM	32
42	Simon Clarke	ORICA GREENEDGE	32
43	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	31
44	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR	31
45	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	31
46	Lars Boom	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	30
47	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	30
48	Luis Angel Mate	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	30
49	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	30
50	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	29
51	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY	29
52	Jack Bauer	GARMIN - SHARP	29
53	Niki Terpstra	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	28
54	Matteo Montaguti	AG2R LA MONDIALE	28
55	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR	28
56	Mikael Cherel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	27
57	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL	26
58	Steven Kruijswijk	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	26
59	Amaël Moinard	BMC RACING TEAM	26
60	Matthew Busche	TREK FACTORY RACING	26
61	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE	25
62	Alessandro Petacchi	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	25
63	Michael Rogers	TINKOFF-SAXO	24
64	Arnaud Gerard	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	24
65	Jan Barta	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	23
66	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	22
67	Fabio Sabatini	CANNONDALE	22
68	Christophe Riblon	AG2R LA MONDIALE	21
69	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING	20
70	Jean-Marc Bideau	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	20
71	Florian Vachon	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	20
72	Thomas Leezer	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	20
73	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	20
74	Marco Marcato	CANNONDALE	20
75	Tom Veelers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	20
76	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY	19
77	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	19
78	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR	18
79	Gregory Rast	TREK FACTORY RACING	17
80	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	17
81	Laurens Ten Dam	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	16
82	Rui Alberto Costa	LAMPRE - MERIDA	16
83	Joaquim Rodriguez	TEAM KATUSHA	16
84	Frank Schleck	TREK FACTORY RACING	15
85	Jérôme Pineau	IAM CYCLING	15
86	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GREENEDGE	15
87	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	15
88	Adam Hansen	LOTTO-BELISOL	14
89	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.FR	14
90	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	14
91	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre	TREK FACTORY RACING	13
92	Markel Irizar Arranburu	TREK FACTORY RACING	13
93	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM	12
94	Bartosz Huzarski	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	12
95	Rein Taaramäe	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	12
96	Brice Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	11
97	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ.FR	11
98	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	11
99	Yohann Gene	TEAM EUROPCAR	11
100	Albert Timmer	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	11
101	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	TEAM SKY	10
102	Zakkari Dempster	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	10
103	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM	9
104	Christian Meier	ORICA GREENEDGE	8
105	Kristijan Koren	CANNONDALE	8
106	Bernhard Eisel	TEAM SKY	8
107	Tanel Kangert	ASTANA PRO TEAM	7
108	Michele Scarponi	ASTANA PRO TEAM	7
109	Jurgen Roelandts	LOTTO-BELISOL	7
110	Roy Curvers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	7
111	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN - SHARP	7
112	Dmitriy Gruzdev	ASTANA PRO TEAM	5
113	Maxim Iglinskiy	ASTANA PRO TEAM	5
114	Cheng Ji	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	5
115	Bram Tankink	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	4
116	Michael Schär	BMC RACING TEAM	4
117	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL	4
118	Sergio  Paulinho	TINKOFF-SAXO	4
119	Reto Hollenstein	IAM CYCLING	4
120	John Gadret	MOVISTAR TEAM	3
121	Marcel Wyss	IAM CYCLING	3
122	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	MOVISTAR TEAM	3
123	Paul Voss	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	3
124	Nicolas Roche	TINKOFF-SAXO	3
125	Koen De Kort	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	3
126	Jean Marc Marino	CANNONDALE	3
127	José Serpa	LAMPRE - MERIDA	2
128	Mickaël Delage	FDJ.FR	1
129	Marcus Burghardt	BMC RACING TEAM	1
130	Alessandro Vanotti	ASTANA PRO TEAM	-4
131	Tom Jelte Slagter	GARMIN - SHARP	-5
132	Sébastien Minard	AG2R LA MONDIALE	-5
133	Tiago Machado	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	-13
134	Andreas Schillinger	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	-20

Mountains Classification:

1	Joaquim Rodriguez	TEAM KATUSHA	88 points
2	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	88
3	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	86
4	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	49
5	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM	40
6	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE	38
7	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR	34
8	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	32
9	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE	29
10	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	26
11	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	24
12	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	24
13	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	18
14	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	17
15	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	TEAM SKY	16
16	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM	14
17	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM	14
18	Laurens Ten Dam	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	12
19	Amaël Moinard	BMC RACING TEAM	12
20	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	12
21	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	11
22	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY	10
23	José Serpa	LAMPRE - MERIDA	10
24	Nicolas Roche	TINKOFF-SAXO	9
25	Luis Angel Mate	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	9
26	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	9
27	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	6
28	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING	6
29	Martin Elmiger	IAM CYCLING	5
30	Christophe Riblon	AG2R LA MONDIALE	5
31	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING	4
32	Frank Schleck	TREK FACTORY RACING	4
33	Steven Kruijswijk	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	4
34	Jérôme Pineau	IAM CYCLING	4
35	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM	4
36	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR	2
37	Tom Jelte Slagter	GARMIN - SHARP	2
38	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR	2
39	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN - SHARP	2
40	Simon Clarke	ORICA GREENEDGE	2
41	Brice Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	2
42	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	2
43	Niki Terpstra	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	2
44	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM	1
45	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	1
46	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	1
47	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	1
48	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL	1
49	Tiago Machado	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	1
50	Gregory Rast	TREK FACTORY RACING	1
51	Rein Taaramäe	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	1

Young Rider Classification:

1	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	66hr 54min 27sec
2	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	@ 16 seconds
3	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 14' 34''
4	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 47' 46''
5	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 01h 23' 21''
6	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	+ 01h 36' 13''
7	Benjamin King	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 01h 45' 29''
8	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 01h 46' 23''
9	Rudy Molard	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 01h 49' 22''
10	Tom Jelte Slagter	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 01h 54' 15''
11	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 02h 06' 40''
12	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 02h 11' 51''
13	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 02h 12' 20''
14	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 02h 25' 18''
15	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 02h 26' 27''
16	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING	+ 02h 27' 53''
17	Nelson Oliveira	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 02h 29' 11''
18	Luke Durbridge	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 02h 38' 31''
19	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 02h 43' 06''
20	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 03h 04' 43''
21	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 03h 13' 49''
22	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR	+ 03h 26' 02''
23	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 03h 26' 11''
24	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE	+ 03h 34' 01''
25	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 03h 44' 01''

Team Classification:

1	Ag2R La Mondiale	200hr 46min 47sec
2	Belkin Pro Cycling	@ 12min 42sec
3	Team Sky	+ 38' 32''
4	Astana Pro Team	+ 46' 10''
5	Movistar Team	+ 47' 44''
6	BMC Racing Team	+ 51' 01''
7	Trek Factory Racing	+ 01h 15' 07''
8	Team Europcar	+ 01h 15' 51''
9	Lampre - Merida	+ 01h 22' 13''
10	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	+ 01h 31' 56''
11	Lotto-Belisol	+ 01h 53' 01''
12	FDJ.Fr	+ 01h 53' 22''
13	Cofidis, Solutions Credits	+ 02h 01' 36''
14	Iam Cycling	+ 02h 07' 53''
15	Team Netapp-Endura	+ 02h 09' 09''
16	Tinkoff-Saxo	+ 02h 11' 19''
17	Team Katusha	+ 02h 17' 07''
18	Bretagne - Seche Environnement	+ 03h 31' 38''
19	Garmin - Sharp	+ 03h 54' 47''
20	Orica Greenedge	+ 04h 07' 39''
21	Cannondale	+ 04h 27' 51''
22	Team Giant-Shimano	+ 04h 32' 35''

Stage 15 Photos:

Lots of fans in Nîmes to watch the finish. Photo ©Sirotti

Alexander Kristoff wins stage 15. Photo ©Sirotti

Jack Bauer after just being caught at the line. Photo ©Sirotti

Bauer and Tom Jelte Slagter. Photo ©Sirotti

Stage winner Alexander Kristoff. Photo ©Sirotti

Vincenzo Nibali seemed to have no trouble today. Photo ©Sirotti

No stage wins yet for Peter Sagan, but he has quite a lock on the points classification. Photo ©Sirotti

So far Romain Bardet has been able to hold of Thibaut Pinot in their fight for the best young rider. Photo ©Sirotti

KOM Joaquin Rodriguez. Photo ©Sirotti

Martin Elmiger was given the day's combatitivity award. Photo ©Sirotti

Stage 15 live updates:

Weather at Nîmes at 1:05 PM local time: 24C (76F), Light rain, thunder. Wind from the west-northwest at 11 km/hr (7mph). We could have locally heavy downpours (80% chance is the forecast) with lots of lightning. There could be as much as 25mm (one inch) of rain.

Km 0: Yesterday's 171 finishers were are the start line today, a long, flat stage in the south of France going from the Alps to the Rhone Valley.

Km 38: Three minutes into today' stage Martin Elmiger (IAM) and Jack Bauer (Garmin-Sharp) blasted away from the peloton. They were allowed a lot of rope. Their lead is currently 8min 20sec.

Km 42: Ji Cheng (Giant-Shimano) and Lars Ytting Bak (Lotto-Belisol) are leading the peloton, controlling (barely) the breaks lead for their sprinters.

Km 53: After an hour of racing the two leaders covered 44.1 km. Their lead has been pegged back to 7min 45sec.

Km 67: Katusha, with their sprinter Alexander Kristoff to protect, has joined Giant-Shimano and Lotto-Belisol at the front. Elmiger and Bauer are now six minutes ahead of the field.

Km 79: The gap continues to come down. It's now 5min 40sec. With stormy weather forecast, there is the fear that with the wind the peloton could break up into echelons. When that happens, if a rider isn't up front, time losses can be catastrophic.

Current GC fourth place Thibaut Pinot voiced that fear before today's start, “All the FDJ.fr [riders] will stay close around me today. It would be a pity to waste all the good work in such a stage.” Earlier he had said, "The stage I fear the most is stage 15 to Nîmes because of the risk of echelons.”

Km 90: Elmiger and Bauer are sharing the work almost equally, Elmiger being at the front 53% of the time. With roughly 130 km to go, the pair have a 6min 15sec lead. There is one Giant, one Lotto and one Katusha rider at the front of the peloton followed by what looks like the entire Astana squad.

Km 104: It has started to drizzle as the two leaders head into the feed zone with a 6min 35sec lead.

Km 115, 106 km to go: Martin Elmiger and Jack Bauer are 6min 1sec ahead of the pack. It is pouring buckets at the finish.

Km 125, 96 km to go: The peloton is racing on dry roads, though there is lots of rain and potential crosswinds down the road. Bauer and Elmiger still have a six minute lead. Jean-Christophe-Péraud punctured and has returned to the field. Wanting to avoid trouble, Astana has moved up to the front.

Km 138: We're 3hr 10min into the stage. The break is moving down the road quite briskly, they rode 45.1 km the last hour and have a 6min 18sec lead. They are riding down a road aimed straight into black skies.

Km 150: The side winds have hit. Skies have darkened. Things could get interesting. Lotto-Belisol is at the front, riding hard. Break's lead is down to 5min 33sec. Some riders are having trouble maintaining contact with the peloton as thing string out. The peloton is getting lined out.

Joaquin Rodriguez was at the back when things sped up and has been dropped. Richie Porte (who has gut trouble, it turns out), is riding at the back has been dropped and is trying to bridge. He's losing ground.

Km 155: With the increased speed, the break's gap is down to 4min 4sec. The race referee is hugely pissed because Porte used a photographer's motorcycle to draft back up to the peloton. Porte is back in the field.

Km 163: As predicted, when the peloton left the town of Cavaillon, speed has been ramped up, first under pressure from Ag2r and now BMC. BMC, looking to advance Tejay Van Garderen's interests is just hammering!

Attentive, Nibali sprinted up to the front. Katusha leadout man Luca Paolini has flatted. But since Katusha's sprnter Alexander Kristoff has been dropped, it is unlikely he'll be in today's sprint. The break's lead is down to 1min 32sec.

Km 168: It looks like the pack's speed has relented a bit. The computation is that the break will be caught with 19 km to go.

Km 176: Martin Elmiger led Bauer through the intermediate sprint as they ride through the rain. Bryan Coquard won the field sprint, Peter Sagan went over the line a couple of riders later. Astana leads the peloton 1min 28 sec behind the break. The break is riding 54 km/hr.

Km 191, 31 km to go: Astana is at the peloton's front and it looks like things have slowed as the race goes over wet, slippery roads. Elmiger and Bauer have pressed on and have grown their lead to 2min 9sec. The chasing group with Joaquin Rodriguez has fifteen riders. Earlier they had been clocked at three minutes behind the peloton.

Km 198, 24 km to go: Giant-Shimano has moved to the front of the rain-drenched peloton. With that increased impetus the break's gap has come down quickly, 1min 25sec.

In the rain, there are lots of flat tires. The sky is very dark. Sprinter Arnaud Démare is ill and has been dropped.

Now Michal Kwiatkowski attacks.

Km 203, 19 km to go: Kwiatkowski has a small lead, maybe 20 seconds.

Km 205: Kwiatkowski has been caught. Giant-Shimano and Lotto-Belisol pull the peloton. The break has 1min 6sec.

Km 209: Luca Paolini has fought his way back to the peloton and made to the front with Alexander Kristoff on his wheel. The break is slowly being reeled in, their lead is 54 seconds. Nicolas Roche has punctured. Jakob Fuglsang has been dropped.

9 km to go: Lotto-Belisol is still at the front of the peloton. Elmiger and Bauer still have 44 seconds. André Greipel is near the front.

6.5 km to go: The peloton is strung out, led by Lotto. Break's gap is 39 seconds.

5 km to go: Omega Pharma is now at the front, gap is 34 seconds.

4 km to go: 30 seconds.

3 km to go: Cannondale is leading the pack. Elmiger and Bauer have 27 seconds. Tony Martin is trying a flyer.

Under the red kite: Martin still has a gap. The break has 14 seconds!

The Finish: This was so close. Bauer left Elmiger and looked like he might make it, but the peloton overwhelmed the break with just a few meters to go after they had been away for 220 kilometers.

Alexander Kristoff went flying by Bauer to win the stage. Heinrich Haussler was second and Peter Sagan third.

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