Circuit de la Sarthe: Kooij wins final stage as late crash takes out Pedersen

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LA CHAPELLESAINTAUBIN FRANCE APRIL 08 LR Elia Viviani of Italy and Team INEOS Grenadiers and Mick Van Dijke of Netherlands and Team Jumbo Visma sprint at finish line during the 68th Circuit Cycliste Sarthe Pays de la Loire 2022 Stage 4 a 1364km stage shortened due to bad weather conditions from La ChapelleSaintAubin to La ChapelleSaintAubin CircuitSarthe on April 08 2022 in La ChapelleSaintAubin France Photo by Dario BelingheriGetty Images — Elia Viviani of Ineos Grenadiers and Mick Van Dijke of Jumbo - Visma sprint at finish line(Image credit: Dario Belingheri/Getty Images)

Olav Kooij (Jumbo-Visma) won the final stage of the Circuit de la Sarthe and secured overall victory after a crash in the wind and rain with just four kilometres to go took out Mads Pedersen.

Clément Carisey (Go Sport - Roubaix Lille Métropole), Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost), Valentin Ferron (TotalEnergies), Nicolas Debeaumarche (St Michel-Auber 93), Jimmy Janssens, Scott Thwaites, Robert Stannard (Alpecin-Fenix), Lars Boven (Jumbo-Visma) and Ward Vanhoof (Sport Vlaanderen Baloise) were never allowed to build a lead of more than two minutes as Trek-Segafredo and Arkea-Samsic marshalled the chase behind.

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Results
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Olav Kooij (Ned) Jumbo-Visma	3:11:34
2	Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
3	Elia Viviani (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers	0:00:15
4	Mick van Dijke (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
5	Jérémy Leveau (Fra) Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Meropole
6	Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
7	Alexis Renard (Fra) Cofidis
8	Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team
9	Bram Welten (Ned) Groupama-FDJ
10	Romain Cardis (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93	0:00:39
11	Mattia Bais (Ita) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli
12	Thibault Guernalec (Fra) Arkea-Samsic	0:00:51
13	Paul Ourselin (Fra) TotalEnergies	0:00:55
14	Pierre Rolland (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM
15	Paul Penhoet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ Continental	0:01:15
16	Axel Zingle (Fra) Cofidis
17	Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroen Team	0:01:20
18	Jonathan Couanon (Fra) Nice Metropole Cote d'Azur
19	Laurent Pichon (Fra) Arkea-Samsic	0:02:02
20	Sander De Pestel (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
21	Norman Vahtra (Est) Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Meropole
22	Floris De Tier (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix	0:02:16
23	Julien Simon (Fra) TotalEnergies	0:03:03
24	Ben Healy (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost
25	Laurens De Plus (Bel) Ineos Grenadiers
26	Scott Thwaites (GBr) Alpecin-Fenix
27	Valentin Ferron (Fra) TotalEnergies	0:03:26
28	Nicolas Debeaumarche (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
29	Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Arkea-Samsic
30	Sean Quinn (USA) EF Education-EasyPost	0:03:49
31	Rick Pluimers (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Development Team
32	Maxime Urruty (Fra) Nice Metropole Cote d'Azur	0:04:14
33	Milan Menten (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB	0:04:23
34	Pierre Barbier (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM	0:04:32
35	Alexis Gougeard (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM
36	Andrii Ponomar (Ukr) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli
37	Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) TotalEnergies
38	Lucas Plapp (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers
39	Tony Hurel (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93	0:05:00
40	Flavien Maurelet (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
41	Clément Carisey (Fra) Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Meropole
42	Mael Guegan (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique
43	Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost
44	Attilio Viviani (Ita) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
45	Antoine Raugel (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team
46	Jordan Jegat (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique
47	Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo
48	Alan Riou (Fra) Arkea-Samsic
49	Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis	0:05:30
50	Eddy Fine (Fra) Cofidis
51	Gilles De Wilde (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:05:46
52	Ward Vanhoof (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
53	Eliot Lietaer (Bel) B&B Hotels-KTM	0:05:50
54	Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ	0:06:24
55	Jimmy Janssens (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix	0:07:26
56	Robert Stannard (Aus) Alpecin-Fenix	0:07:32
57	Marco Tizza (Ita) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
58	Cameron Wurf (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers	0:07:37
59	Brandon Rivera Vargas (Col) Ineos Grenadiers
60	Romain Hardy (Fra) Arkea-Samsic
61	Mark Cavendish (GBr) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team	0:07:49
62	Markus Hoelgaard (Nor) Trek-Segafredo	0:08:41
63	Lars Boven (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Development Team	0:10:37
64	Owen Geleijn (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Development Team
DNF	Maxime Chevalier (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM
DNF	Jérémy Lecroq (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM
DNF	Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Groupama-FDJ
DNF	Rait Ärm (Est) Groupama-FDJ Continental
DNF	Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Cofidis
DNF	Davide Cimolai (Ita) Cofidis
DNS	Hideto Nakane (Jpn) EF Education-EasyPost
DNF	Julius van den Berg (Ned) EF Education-EasyPost
DNF	Marijn van den Berg (Ned) EF Education-EasyPost
DNF	Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
DNS	Stan Van Tricht (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
DNF	Filippo Baroncini (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
DNF	Alex Kirsch (Lux) Trek-Segafredo
DNF	Alexander Kamp (Den) Trek-Segafredo
DNS	Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers
DNF	Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Arkea-Samsic
DNS	Lawrence Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroen Team
DNS	Marc Sarreau (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team
DNF	Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team
DNF	Alex Colman (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
DNF	Fabio Van Den Bossche (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
DNF	Gabriele Benedetti (Ita) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli
DNF	Leonardo Marchiori (Ita) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli
DNF	Tom Paquot (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
DNF	Jason Tesson (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
DNF	Anthony Maldonado (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
DNF	Thomas Boudat (Fra) Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Meropole
DNF	Valentin Tabellion (Fra) Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Meropole
DNF	Emiel Vermeulen (Bel) Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Meropole
DNF	Emmanuel Morin (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique
DNF	Paul Hennequin (Fra) Nice Metropole Cote d'Azur

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Points
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Olav Kooij (Ned) Jumbo-Visma	25
2	Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix	20
3	Elia Viviani (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers	16
4	Mick van Dijke (Ned) Jumbo-Visma	14
5	Jérémy Leveau (Fra) Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Meropole	12
6	Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team	10
7	Alexis Renard (Fra) Cofidis	9
8	Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team	8
9	Bram Welten (Ned) Groupama-FDJ	7
10	Scott Thwaites (GBr) Alpecin-Fenix	6
11	Romain Cardis (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93	6
12	Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis	5
13	Robert Stannard (Aus) Alpecin-Fenix	5
14	Mattia Bais (Ita) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	5
15	Thibault Guernalec (Fra) Arkea-Samsic	4
16	Paul Ourselin (Fra) TotalEnergies	3
17	Ben Healy (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost	3
18	Valentin Ferron (Fra) TotalEnergies	3
19	Ward Vanhoof (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	3
20	Pierre Rolland (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM	2
21	Paul Penhoet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ Continental	1
22	Nicolas Debeaumarche (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93	1

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Mountain
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Valentin Ferron (Fra) TotalEnergies	10
2	Jimmy Janssens (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix	10
3	Clément Carisey (Fra) Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Meropole	8
4	Nicolas Debeaumarche (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93	8
5	Ben Healy (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost	4
6	Sean Quinn (USA) EF Education-EasyPost	4
7	Laurens De Plus (Bel) Ineos Grenadiers	2
8	Ward Vanhoof (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	2
9	Paul Ourselin (Fra) TotalEnergies	1
10	Floris De Tier (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix	1
11	Lucas Plapp (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers	1

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Young riders
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Olav Kooij (Ned) Jumbo-Visma	3:11:34
2	Mick van Dijke (Ned) Jumbo-Visma	0:00:15
3	Alexis Renard (Fra) Cofidis
4	Paul Penhoet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ Continental	0:01:15
5	Ben Healy (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost	0:03:03
6	Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Arkea-Samsic	0:03:26
7	Sean Quinn (USA) EF Education-EasyPost	0:03:49
8	Rick Pluimers (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Development Team
9	Andrii Ponomar (Ukr) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	0:04:32
10	Lucas Plapp (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers
11	Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost	0:05:00
12	Antoine Raugel (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team
13	Jordan Jegat (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique
14	Gilles De Wilde (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:05:46
15	Ward Vanhoof (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
16	Lars Boven (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Development Team	0:10:37
17	Owen Geleijn (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Development Team
DNF	Fabio Van Den Bossche (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
DNF	Filippo Baroncini (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
DNF	Tom Paquot (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
DNF	Paul Hennequin (Fra) Nice Metropole Cote d'Azur
DNF	Maxime Chevalier (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM
DNS	Stan Van Tricht (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
DNF	Marijn van den Berg (Ned) EF Education-EasyPost
DNF	Gabriele Benedetti (Ita) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli
DNF	Valentin Tabellion (Fra) Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Meropole
DNF	Rait Ärm (Est) Groupama-FDJ Continental

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General classification after stage 4
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Olav Kooij (Ned) Jumbo-Visma	15:49:52
2	Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team	0:00:08
3	Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix	0:00:14
4	Jérémy Leveau (Fra) Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Meropole	0:00:35
5	Axel Zingle (Fra) Cofidis	0:01:08
6	Elia Viviani (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers	0:01:09
7	Alexis Renard (Fra) Cofidis	0:01:15
8	Romain Cardis (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93	0:01:27
9	Thibault Guernalec (Fra) Arkea-Samsic	0:01:32
10	Mattia Bais (Ita) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	0:01:49
11	Bram Welten (Ned) Groupama-FDJ	0:01:55
12	Paul Penhoet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ Continental	0:02:03
13	Jonathan Couanon (Fra) Nice Metropole Cote d'Azur	0:02:08
14	Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroen Team
15	Laurent Pichon (Fra) Arkea-Samsic	0:02:13
16	Paul Ourselin (Fra) TotalEnergies	0:02:27
17	Sander De Pestel (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:03:02
18	Pierre Rolland (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM	0:03:15
19	Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Arkea-Samsic	0:03:19
20	Julien Simon (Fra) TotalEnergies	0:03:23
21	Sean Quinn (USA) EF Education-EasyPost	0:03:49
22	Norman Vahtra (Est) Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Meropole	0:03:54
23	Ben Healy (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost	0:04:16
24	Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo	0:04:30
25	Lucas Plapp (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers
26	Alexis Gougeard (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM
27	Maxime Urruty (Fra) Nice Metropole Cote d'Azur	0:04:57
28	Laurens De Plus (Bel) Ineos Grenadiers	0:05:05
29	Milan Menten (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB	0:05:11
30	Nicolas Debeaumarche (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93	0:05:14
31	Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) TotalEnergies	0:05:16
32	Pierre Barbier (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM	0:05:20
33	Valentin Ferron (Fra) TotalEnergies	0:05:21
34	Scott Thwaites (GBr) Alpecin-Fenix	0:05:36
35	Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis	0:05:47
36	Attilio Viviani (Ita) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB	0:05:48
37	Mick van Dijke (Ned) Jumbo-Visma	0:06:00
38	Flavien Maurelet (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93	0:06:09
39	Clément Carisey (Fra) Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Meropole	0:06:11
40	Andrii Ponomar (Ukr) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	0:06:17
41	Eddy Fine (Fra) Cofidis	0:06:18
42	Alan Riou (Fra) Arkea-Samsic	0:06:21
43	Antoine Raugel (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team	0:06:22
44	Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ	0:06:23
45	Ward Vanhoof (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:06:32
46	Jordan Jegat (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique	0:06:34
47	Gilles De Wilde (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:06:46
48	Tony Hurel (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93	0:06:50
49	Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team	0:07:17
50	Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost	0:08:10
51	Robert Stannard (Aus) Alpecin-Fenix	0:08:17
52	Mark Cavendish (GBr) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team	0:08:33
53	Rick Pluimers (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Development Team	0:09:40
54	Floris De Tier (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix	0:10:00
55	Marco Tizza (Ita) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB	0:10:05
56	Romain Hardy (Fra) Arkea-Samsic	0:10:36
57	Eliot Lietaer (Bel) B&B Hotels-KTM	0:13:22
58	Jimmy Janssens (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix	0:14:23
59	Cameron Wurf (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers	0:20:14
60	Brandon Rivera Vargas (Col) Ineos Grenadiers	0:22:58
61	Lars Boven (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Development Team	0:26:06
62	Markus Hoelgaard (Nor) Trek-Segafredo	0:27:05
63	Mael Guegan (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique	0:32:07
64	Owen Geleijn (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Development Team	0:33:23

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Points classification
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo	75
2	Olav Kooij (Ned) Jumbo-Visma	61
3	Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team	34
4	Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Arkea-Samsic	34
5	Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix	25
6	Elia Viviani (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers	25
7	Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) TotalEnergies	24
8	Mark Cavendish (GBr) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team	22
9	Bram Welten (Ned) Groupama-FDJ	21
10	Laurent Pichon (Fra) Arkea-Samsic	19
11	Alexis Gougeard (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM	19
12	Axel Zingle (Fra) Cofidis	19
13	Thibault Guernalec (Fra) Arkea-Samsic	15
14	Paul Penhoet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ Continental	15
15	Sean Quinn (USA) EF Education-EasyPost	14
16	Jérémy Leveau (Fra) Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Meropole	14
17	Mick van Dijke (Ned) Jumbo-Visma	14
18	Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis	11
19	Lucas Plapp (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers	11
20	Pierre Barbier (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM	10
21	Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team	10
22	Alexis Renard (Fra) Cofidis	9
23	Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ	9
24	Maxime Urruty (Fra) Nice Metropole Cote d'Azur	7
25	Scott Thwaites (GBr) Alpecin-Fenix	6
26	Romain Cardis (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93	6
27	Mattia Bais (Ita) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	6
28	Paul Ourselin (Fra) TotalEnergies	6
29	Tony Hurel (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93	6
30	Robert Stannard (Aus) Alpecin-Fenix	5
31	Ward Vanhoof (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	4
32	Rick Pluimers (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Development Team	4
33	Julien Simon (Fra) TotalEnergies	3
34	Ben Healy (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost	3
35	Valentin Ferron (Fra) TotalEnergies	3
36	Jonathan Couanon (Fra) Nice Metropole Cote d'Azur	2
37	Pierre Rolland (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM	2
38	Nicolas Debeaumarche (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93	1
39	Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost	1

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Mountain classification
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Mael Guegan (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique	44
2	Alexis Gougeard (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM	24
3	Sean Quinn (USA) EF Education-EasyPost	20
4	Valentin Ferron (Fra) TotalEnergies	10
5	Jimmy Janssens (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix	10
6	Clément Carisey (Fra) Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Meropole	8
7	Nicolas Debeaumarche (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93	8
8	Mattia Bais (Ita) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	6
9	Andrii Ponomar (Ukr) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	5
10	Ben Healy (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost	4
11	Tony Hurel (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93	4
12	Pierre Rolland (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM	3
13	Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost	3
14	Marco Tizza (Ita) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB	3
15	Cameron Wurf (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers	3
16	Axel Zingle (Fra) Cofidis	2
17	Paul Ourselin (Fra) TotalEnergies	2
18	Laurens De Plus (Bel) Ineos Grenadiers	2
19	Ward Vanhoof (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	2
20	Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team	1
21	Lucas Plapp (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers	1
22	Maxime Urruty (Fra) Nice Metropole Cote d'Azur	1
23	Floris De Tier (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix	1

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Young rider classification
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Olav Kooij (Ned) Jumbo-Visma	15:49:52
2	Alexis Renard (Fra) Cofidis	0:01:15
3	Paul Penhoet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ Continental	0:02:03
4	Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Arkea-Samsic	0:03:19
5	Sean Quinn (USA) EF Education-EasyPost	0:03:49
6	Ben Healy (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost	0:04:16
7	Lucas Plapp (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers	0:04:30
8	Mick van Dijke (Ned) Jumbo-Visma	0:06:00
9	Andrii Ponomar (Ukr) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli	0:06:17
10	Antoine Raugel (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team	0:06:22
11	Ward Vanhoof (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:06:32
12	Jordan Jegat (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique	0:06:34
13	Gilles De Wilde (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:06:46
14	Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost	0:08:10
15	Rick Pluimers (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Development Team	0:09:40
16	Lars Boven (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Development Team	0:26:06
17	Owen Geleijn (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Development Team	0:33:23

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