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Système des trois tours du SRAM

Le système des trois tours du  Service régional d’admission du Montréal métropolitain  (SRAM) permet de gérer efficacement les demandes d'admission tout en assurant, au plus grand nombre possible de candidats, une place au cégep. Notez que la session d'automne comporte trois tours et la session d'hiver deux tours.

• Vous ne devez faire qu’un seul choix de programme et de cégep au 1er tour.
• Les candidats refusés au 1er tour doivent consulter le www.sram.qc.ca pour connaître les places disponibles pour un deuxième choix de programme et de cégep au 2e tour.
• Les candidats refusés au 2e tour  doivent consulter le www.sram.qc.ca pour connaître les places disponibles pour un troisième choix de programme et de cégep au 3e tour.
• Au 2e et au 3e tour, le candidat n'a pas à reconstituer un dossier ni à verser de nouveau les frais reliés à la demande d'admission. Le nouveau choix se fait par Internet.
• Entre chaque tour, il y a du temps pour réfléchir et consulter.

Échéancier de la session d'automne

1er mars : date limite pour présenter une demande d'admission au SRAM. Chaque candidat ne fait qu'une seule demande; cette demande doit être complète et doit parvenir au SRAM dans les délais requis. Il faut être vigilant. Une demande qui parvient au SRAM après la date limite d'un tour est intégrée au tour suivant. Dans un tel cas, les chances d'admission du candidat s'amenuisent, les places disponibles se raréfiant.

Mi-avril : les candidats reçoivent une réponse à leur premier choix de programme et de cégep. Les candidats admis reçoivent du cégep l'avis d'admission et les directives pour les démarches ultérieures. Les candidats refusés doivent consulter le www.sram.qc.ca  pour connaître les places disponibles pour un deuxième choix de programme et de cégep au 2e tour, et devront informer le SRAM de leur choix par Internet.

Mi-mai :les candidats ayant participé au 2e tour reçoivent une réponse à leur choix. Les candidats admis reçoivent du cégep l'avis d'admission et les directives pour les démarches ultérieures. Les candidats refusés doivent consulter le  www.sram.qc.ca pour connaître les places disponibles  pour établir pour un troisième choix de programme et de cégep au 3e tour, et devront informer le SRAM de leur choix par Internet.

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Regular programs

Information for international applicants

Regular applicants

Here are the important dates for the Fall 2024 admissions:

The dates indicated in bold are important because they must absolutely be respected. No exceptions will be made once the deadline has passed.

Applications that have not been completed by the deadline are automatically carried forward to the next round. In this case, there is a chance that no places will be available in the program initially chosen. As such, it is very important to check if there are any places remaining in the next round and exactly how many are left. If there are no places left, you will be required to modify your choice before the round’s deadline and, of course, complete your application. 

If you receive a decision indicating that you are admitted (mettre l’icône admis dans admission.sram), the CEGEP will then contact you to provide information on important dates for registration. These dates must absolutely be respected. Otherwise, you risk losing the place that was attributed to you during the admission process.

International applicants

The following deadlines apply to international applicants submitting an application for admission:

CEGEP's decision will be posted in your online file . Incomplete applications will not be sent to CEGEPs for evaluation.

If you receive a decision indicating that you are admitted, the CEGEP will then contact you to provide information on important dates for registration. These dates must absolutely be respected. Otherwise, you risk losing the place that was attributed to you during the admission process.  

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Tour Tech: why are pro riders using SRAM 12-speed set-ups that are unavailable to the public?

Both Movistar and Trek-Segafredo are riding team-issue only SRAM chainrings in this year's Tour de France. We look at the reasons why

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Alejandro Valverde, at 40, is the oldest man in this year’s Tour de France . But that didn’t stop him showing up in Nice aboard an unreleased Canyon Aeroad equipped with SRAM chainrings big enough to eat your dinner off.

Clearly Movistar’s elder statesman still has the legs for another loop around France, selecting a huge 54/41t set-up for the race’s flatter stages. It’s not a gear-range for the faint-hearted. And it’s not a gear-range available to the general public.

Movistar made the switch to SRAM groupsets at the start of the 2020, ending their decades-old relationship with Campagnolo.

Like their Italian counterparts, SRAM produce a 12-speed road groupset, with the Movistar team using its RED eTap AXS offering. However, buy this groupset off-the-peg and the only road race-ready option is a 50/37t chainset (other options are 48/35t and 46/33t).

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The Spanish team began the year using these 'standard' chainrings. However, like members of the Trek-Segafredo outfit, the other WorldTour team sponsored by SRAM, riders quickly began experimenting with ‘team-issue’ chainrings in more conventional sizes.

Fast forward to this year's Tour and both teams are using larger SRAM chainrings that currently can’t be bought at your local bike shop.

In the mountains, Trek-Segafredo's team leader Ritchie Porte has opted for 52-39t chainrings with a 10-30t cassette on his Emonda SLR. If 52-10 sounds like a pretty tall gear, it is.

And here perhaps is the reason why the SRAM-equipped riders in this year’s race are running larger chainrings. They probably aren’t using that 10t sprocket.

While SRAM designed their 12-speed road groupsets around that very starting sprocket, it appears for professional racers it’s not required.

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The reason, it seems, is drivetrain friction. There’s been plenty of testing done on the subject. Results show smaller chainrings paired with smaller sprockets produce more drag than a larger combination achieving the same gear ratio.

48x10t and 53x11t produce an equivalent gear inch but the latter, when ridden at the same speed, requires fewer watts to sustain it. In short, it's another marginal gain.

However for those of us not paid to race a bike, there's little need to tamper with SRAM's AXS groupsets. In fact, the science behind its 12-speed offerings makes a lot of sense for mere mortals.

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The 10t sprocket essentially moves a portion of the gear range from the front of the bike to the back. Bingo. Smaller chainrings and cassettes, with reduced jumps between gears, allowing riders to remain in the same chainring for longer. Which, in essence, is far more efficient.

But if you want to ride what the pros ride you may, at some point, be in luck. Production is mere speculation, but the larger chainrings Movistar and Trek-Segafredo are using at the Tour look very refined and have clearly progressed from examples spotted at races earlier in the calendar. 

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WorldTour bikes and tech: What are teams using in 2023?

Jumbo-Visma jump from Shimano to Sram, UAE go from Campagnolo to Shimano, while elsewhere, Bianchi and Look make their return to the WorldTour and women's equipment parity improves

Welcome to the  Cyclingnews  WorldTour bikes guide for 2023: A complete and comprehensive round-up of the bikes and tech used by the men's and women's UCI WorldTeams for the upcoming cycling season. 

The 2022 season saw the UCI points ranking three-year cycle come to a close with the controversial ranking system drawing teams threatened by WorldTour relegation into a desperate late-season chase for points in an effort to avoid the drop. Israel-Premier Tech and Lotto Soudal (now Lotto-Dstny) were unsuccessful in their attempts and drop down a tier to ProTeam status whilst Alpecin-Deceuninck and Arkéa-Samsic graduate to the WorldTour, though Israel Premier Tech was offered something of a reprieve at the death by the UCI.

The modern pro cycling race season is a long one. It barely feels like the season is over before the new year rolls around and the first races of January are nearly upon us once again. As 2023 begins, we move further away from the troubled times of COVID-19, which means races that haven't taken place for two years in Australia, such as the Santos Tour Down Under, can be held again in January , kicking off the WorldTour seasons. 

WorldTour teams require a range of sponsors and companies to invest in the team and partner with them to achieve their goals. Multiple companies and equipment manufacturers are needed to put together a complete bike package for a professional team, not to mention everything else a WorldTour team needs; this includes cycling kit, nutrition products, helmets, as well as technical sponsors that provide things like tools, turbo trainers, and team cars. These suppliers often change every few years or even each year as budgets are confirmed, relationships change, or teams want to use different equipment to help deliver the best possible performance.

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Team sponsorship and partner deals vary. Some will be based on a cash payment alongside equipment supply, whilst companies will just supply a team with the product. There are also full technical partnerships where rider feedback and testing will be used to develop a certain product to improve it for the mainstream public and professional demands. Rarely though are we privy to the details of specific sponsorship agreements. 

For example, Specialized's partnership with QuickStep-AlphaVinyl is much more than just a shipment of bikes. Representatives from the brand are almost always present at winter training camps and big races to help riders and receive feedback. The team are given access to the brand's wind tunnel, its team of bike fit specialists at sister brand Retül, and its range of footwear, helmets, and components in more of an all-encompassing package. 

The bigger - or best-funded - teams can enjoy selecting all of their equipment purely based on performance advantages. Even choosing equipment off the back of their own independent testing. UAE Team Emirates for instance will be racing on Enve wheels for 2023 after testing the top brands at the Milan Polytechnic wind tunnel and deciding on the American manufacturer.

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Sponsorship deals are never permanent and most teams work with brands for a minimum of a year before things change. Some of the longest-running partnerships are with frame manufacturers, with some teams such as Ineos Grenadiers (previously Sky) enjoying over a decade of partnership with their frame sponsor Pinarello. However, for most WorldTour teams every few years will see a change-up of suppliers and sponsors and every so often, completely new bikes. 

Our 2023 guide covers all the new bikes and kit from every WorldTour men's and women's team. With have managed to cover several 2023 bikes already at launches or winter training camps already, but below you will find every bike in the peloton for the 2023 season.

Men's Teams

Of the 18 WorldTour men's teams for 2023, there are two new frame supplier changes with Cofidis moving to Look bikes from De Rosa, and Arkéa-Samsic moving to Bianchi from Canyon. The rest of the men's WorldTour bike brands remain the same but there are some equipment changes which are outlined below. 

Women's Teams

There are 15 women's WorldTour teams this year. In the women's peloton some teams have evolved or brought on board new title sponsors, but only one team will be on different bikes. The Roland Cogeas Edelweiss Squad will see a name change to Israel-Premier Tech Roland in 2023 and will switch from Look to Factor bikes, mirroring the Israel-Premier Tech men's squad. 

There aren't too many kit and clothing shake up's on the men's side of things. Major kit changes come at Movistar and Team UAE Emirates. Movistar, after one year with La Passione, has partnered with Spanish supplier Gobik for 2023. Elsewhere, Team UAE Emirates will partner with Italian brand Pissei, switching from Gobik clothing for 2023.

There is an off-the-bike change for Ineos Grenadiers, which has partnered with Castore for its off-bike wear. Castore also supplies kit to a range of football, cricket and motorsport teams. Belstaff is also still part of the Ineos portfolio, so perhaps we can expect to see riders in both brands off the bike. 

Minor clothing manufacturer changes also seem to be the order of the day for the Women's WorldTour teams. At this point, the two teams that looked to have changed suppliers are Movistar who, like the men's squad, have also switched to Gobik from La Passione. Similarly, women's team UAE Emirates ADW have switched to Pissei from Gobik kit for 2023. 

There have been three key groupset changes for 2023. One of these is Jumbo Visma switching to Sram components from Shimano, which will be a major change for the team. 

Another is Team UAE Emirates moving from Campagnolo to Shimano groupsets in a move that is sure to upset a few die-hard Colnago and Campagnolo fans. 

Cofidis have also switched to Shimano groupsets from Campagnolo, though it appears that they will use chainsets from their frame supplier Look, as shown on their new as-yet-unreleased Look bikes . 

There are a few groupset supplier changes in the women's peloton this year. 

Team UAE Emirates ADW makes the switch to Shimano from Campagnolo groupsets for 2023, whilst the Jumbo Visma riders also move from Shimano to Sram equipment. 

Israel Premier Tech Roland used Sram groupsets with their Look frames in 2022, but as well as the switch to Factor bikes they will also move onto Shimano groupsets for 2023. 

Men's teams and bikes 

Ag2r citröen team.

• Bikes : BMC Teammachine SLR01, BMC Timemachine Road, BMC Timemachine TT 
• Groupset : Campagnolo Super Record EPS
• Wheels : Campagnolo
• Tyres: Pirelli P Zero Race
• Clothing : Rosti
• Saddles : Fizik
• Finishing Kit : BMC
• Computers : Wahoo

There's no change at AG2R Citröen, meaning the French team will continue aboard Swiss brand BMC, equipped with Campagnolo's Super Record EPS 12-speed groupset and Campagnolo wheels. They become the only team running Campagnolo equipment in the WorldTour for 2023. 

The Campagnolo deal also means AG2R will use the very bling Campagnolo Bora wheels shod in Pirelli P Zero rubber. The team bikes will also change to an electric blue from the red and white of last year. 

Astana Qazaqstan Team

• Bikes : Wilier Zero SLR, Wilier Filante SLR, Wilier Turbine TT
• Groupset : Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 Disc 12 Speed
• Wheels : Corima
• Tyres: Vittoria Corsa 
• Clothing : Giordana
• Saddles : Prologo
• Finishing Kit : Wilier
• Computers : Garmin

Aside from the departure of sponsor Premier Tech and the consequent name change, the Astana team see no major equipment changes. They will continue aboard Wilier bikes with Corima wheels, wearing Giordana clothing, and using Garmin computers. Team riders will be able to choose from the Zero and Filante SLR models. The new paint scheme for 2023 is really striking and is bound to turn heads.

Bahrain Victorious

• Bikes : Merida Reacto, Merida Scultura, Merida Warp TT
• Groupset : Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 Disc (12 Speed TBC)
• Wheels :  Vision
• Clothing : Alé
• Finishing Kit : FSA, Vision

There's also little change at Bahrain Victorious. The team did start the 2021 campaign in Nalini clothing before they switched to Alé during the summer, but that new partner remains along with the use of Merida Bikes, Shimano groupsets, and Vision/FSA componentry. 

Matej Mohorič  drew headlines in March when he used a dropper seatpost to help him win Milan San Remo, keep your eyes peeled for more new tech or marginal equipment gains from the team, and particularly Mohoric, in 2023. His race bike also featured a larger 180mm disc rotor which meant a custom fork was needed and some special wheel bearings to help him go even faster. 

Bora-Hansgrohe

• Bikes : Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL7, Specialized S-Works Shiv TT
• Wheels : Roval
• Tyres: Specialized
• Clothing : Le Col
• Saddles : Specialized
• Finishing Kit : PRO, Specialized

Bora Hansgrohe regrouped after the departure of Peter Sagan at the end of 2021 and haven't seen any wild changes since then regarding bikes or equipment. Specialized remains in place as a frame sponsor, whilst also providing finishing kit, wheels, and tyres. 

Shimano also continues to supply groupsets, and British brand Le Col remains as clothing supplier. 

• Bikes : Look 795 Blade, 796 Monoblade RS (TT)
• Clothing : Van Rysel
• Saddles : Selle Italia
• Finishing Kit : FSA/Vision

Cofidis are a team that has seen some of the biggest equipment changes for 2023. Switching from De Rosa to Look, they also swap from Campagnolo to Shimano and onto Corima wheels; French frames and wheels for a French team, which is always satisfying to see. In the clothing department, the team stick with Van Rysel for 2023, which is owned by the Decathlon chain. 

EF Education-Easypost

• Bikes : Cannondale SuperSix Evo, SystemSix, SuperSlice (TT)
• Wheels : Vision
• Clothing : Rapha
• Computers : TBC

For the most part it appears EF Education-Easypost are sticking with what they know in 2023, continuing aboard Cannondale bikes, Vision/FSA components, and Prologo saddles. There will be an upgrade to the latest Dura-Ace groupset, too.

Keep your eyes peeled for a new version of the SuperSix and/or SystemSix this year, new bikes have been spotted in the wild but not released officially yet. 

The team's opinion-dividing limited edition team kits have gained the team plenty of exposure throughout previous seasons. We can probably expect to see more of the same on at least one of this year's grand tours. 

Groupama-FDJ

• Bikes : Lapierre Aircode, Xelius SL, Aerostorm DRS (TT)
• Wheels : Shimano C50, C60
• Finishing Kit : Lapierre

FDJ have been working together with Lapierre for a long time, with what is one of the longest-running equipment partnerships in the WorldTour. They also have a long-running relationship with Shimano. Not much looks to be changing for 2023 with the Aircode and Xelius framesets being the weapons of choice for the team, as well as Shimano Dura-Ace equipment.

Ineos Grenadiers

• Bikes : Pinarello Dogma F, Bolide (TT)
• Groupset : Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 12 Speed (Disc brakes TBC)
• Wheels : Shimano (Princeton Carbonworks & Aerocoach will be present as non-sponsored additions)
• Tyres: Continental 
• Clothing : Bioracer
• Finishing Kit : MOST

Not much has changed for Ineos since their big move to disc brakes in 2021. They are still using the same mix of equipment providers and have developed the Pinarello Dogma frame with Pinarello over many years. They use a mix of Shimano, Princeton Carbonworks, and Aerocoach wheels for road and TT disciplines. The 2023 frame has surfaced online and features an orange, purple and red diamond pattern on the top tube and fork legs in its paint scheme this year. 

The team also switched clothing supplier in 2022, waving goodbye to Castelli and launching a new partnership with Bioracer, which remains into 2023. The team has also recently announced a switch to Sungod sunglasses for 2023, leaving longstanding partner Oakley. 

Intermarché-Circus-Wanty

• Bikes : Cube Litening C:68X, Aerium C:68 (TT)
• Wheels : Newmen
• Clothing : Nalini 
• Finishing Kit : Cube
• Computers : Bryton

Intermarché-Circus-Wanty has a slight name change for 2023. But stick with all of their current sponsors and equipment. Cube, Shimano and Newmen make up the package for the WorldTour team. 

Their kit features fluorescent yellow in abundance and we can expect to see breakaway specialist Taco Van der Hoorn standing out in solo and breakaway escapades this year with his famed aero trickery . 

Alpecin-Deceuninck

• Bikes : Canyon Aeroad CFR / Ultimate CFR / Speedmax (TT)
• Wheels : Shimano
• Tyres: Vittoria 
• Clothing : Kalas
• Finishing Kit : Canyon / Selle Italia 
• Computers : Wahoo 

Alpecin-Deceuninck graduated to the WorldTour in 2023. The team has had a similar package for a few years now, With the team built around Mathieu van der Poel and riding the Canyon Aeroad CFR with Shimano groupset and wheels package. Van der Poel was recently seen on a prototype Canyon so we will be keeping our eyes peeled for an updated model. 

Jumbo-Visma

• Bikes : Cervélo S5, R5, Caledonia, P5 (TT)
• Groupset : Sram Red eTap
• Wheels : Reserve 
• Tyres: Vittoria
• Clothing : Agu
• Finishing Kit : Cervelo / FSA

Jumbo Visma sees a big change for 2023 with the team switching from Shimano to Sram equipment. The team will also use Oakley sunglasses and Nimbl shoes this year. New shoes and contact points to get used will make for a big change for the riders so we expect the team will be helping them get used to these key changes before the racing starts in 2023. 

Arkéa-Samsic

• Bikes : Bianchi Oltre RC, Specialissima, Aquila (TT)
• Wheels : Shimano / Vision (TT)
• Clothing : Ekoi
• Finishing Kit : Reparto course by Vision / FSA

Big changes are afoot for team Arkéa-Samsic in 2023. Graduation to the WorldTour also means a new partnership with Bianchi and a new equipment package. The team will have a choice of either the aero Oltre RC or Specialissima models for road use and the Aquila for time trials. They will use Shimano Dura Ace 9200 groupsets and wheels which the Arkea riders will be familiar with, and Vision wheels for time trials. 

Movistar Team

• Bikes : Canyon Aeroad CFR, Ultimate CFR, Speedmax CFR (TT)
• Groupset : SRAM Red eTap AXS
• Wheels : Zipp
• Clothing : Gobik
• Finishing Kit : Canyon

The only change at Movistar is the deal signed with Gobik to supply the team's kit, replacing La Passione. Almost all else remains the same, meaning the continued use of Canyon's bikes, Sram's wireless Red eTap AXS groupsets - for which they've already been spotted using a new version - and Zipp wheels, with saddles courtesy of Fizik and computers supplied by Garmin. The team have also announced a new partnership with four years old Spanish brand Blub Lube which will provide the team's chain lubricant and bike cleaning products. 

Soudal-QuickStep

• Clothing : Castelli

Soudal becomes the title sponsor of Soudal-Quickstep for 2023. The team continue with all of their equipment and sponsors into 2023. Their Specialized / Shimano package has proven successful over many seasons and seems to be a tried and tested combination, with world champion Remco Evenepoel's bike getting a fancy white paint job ahead of the 2023 season. 

Specialized is able to provide more than just frames to the team, with riders using its shoes, helmets, tyres and in some cases cockpits as well. There are rumours of a new Tarmac SL8 Specialized model on the way which we will be looking out for. Top secret Specialized 'Project Black' prototype equipment is also out in the wild, but Specialized remains tight-lipped on all fronts. 

Team Jayco-AlUla

• Bikes : Propel Advanced SL, TCR Advanced SL, Trinity (TT)
• Wheels : Cadex
• Saddles : Cadex
• Finishing Kit : Giant
• Computers : Dash

Team BikeExchange have changed names for 2023 with the team being renamed Jayco-AlUla. 

Although the name has changed the team's equipment package remains largely the same. Team colours are still light blue and white and this is the same for the bike's paint scheme. Giant remains the bike sponsor and provides its own Cadex wheels, Dash computers (albeit these are simply Giant-branded Stages Dash computers ) and Cadex finishing kit. 

Interestingly the 2023 Propel and TCR still use an integrated seat mast which isn't something we see on many high-end road bikes anymore.

• Bikes : Scott Addict RC, Plasma (TT)
• Wheels : Shimano C36, C50, C60
• Clothing : Nalini
• Saddles : Syncros
• Finishing Kit : Syncros

Almost everything looks set to remain the same at Team DSM for 2023 ahead of their official team launch. 

Just announced, in fact, is the fact that the team will continue to ride Scott bikes until 2025. For this year at least, and likely beyond, that will also be complete with Shimano groupsets and wheels, especially as Team DSM is one of the few teams actually sponsored by Shimano, unlike others who are forced to buy it (or have it supplied by their bike sponsor).

Elsewhere, data will be handled by Wahoo as it has been since 2021. The team's clothing system is interesting, with the kit custom manufactured by Nalini, but in collaboration with DSM with the integration of the material Dyneema. 

Trek–Segafredo

• Bikes : Trek Madone, Emonda, Domane, Speed Concept (TT)
• Wheels : Bontrager
• Clothing : Santini
• Saddles : Bontrager
• Finishing Kit : Bontrager

Like last year, nothing much changes at Trek Segafredo for 2023. The only real change to mention has been the update to the Trek Madone race bike which was rolled out ahead of the Tour de France last year with a radical new seatstay / seatpost junction, and a swap to Time pedals for both the men's and women's teams.

That means the team will continue on Trek's range of road bikes, Sram groupsets, Bontrager components, Wahoo computers and clothing from Santini. 

UAE Team Emirates

• Bikes : Colnago V4Rs, TT1 (TT)
• Wheels : Enve 
• Finishing Kit : Colnago

Team UAE Emirate has been through a period of change recently. Colnago unveiled the new TT1 time trial bike ahead of the Giro d'Italia last year, and the Prototipo frame Tadej Pogačar was riding for the majority of last year has been officially launched as the new V4Rs, which we test rode late last year. 

Change is afoot elsewhere as the team switches from Campagnolo to Shimano Dura-Ace, and to Enve wheels and Continental tyres. Computers are also swapped from the SRM head unit, which was rumoured to be problematic, for Wahoo computers. 

All this new equipment means quite a lot of new kit for team riders to become familiar with and comfortable on ahead of the new season.

Women's teams and bikes 

Canyon-sram racing.

• Bikes: Canyon Aeroad CFR / Ultimate CFR / Speedmax 
• Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 Disc 12 Speed
• Wheel s: Zipp
• Clothing: Canyon
• Saddles: Cadex
• Computers: Wahoo

With Canyon and Sram being the title sponsors, nothing changes too much for Canyon Sram with the same equipment being used. Zipp provides the wheels for the team with the brand also being in the Sram family.  

British rider Alex Morrice gained a place on the team this year after winning the Zwift Academy finals.

EF Education Tibco-SVB

• Bikes: Cannondale Supersix, SystemSix 
• Wheels: Vision
• Clothing: Rapha 
• Saddles: Prologo 
• Finishing Kit: FSA

After graduating to the WorldTour and garnering 13 victories in 2022, EF-Education Tibco SVB retain nearly all of the same equipment sponsors this year. 

The 15-rider squad will continue to ride Cannondale Supersix Evo frames but we may start to see them using the new Supersix model when it is officially launched - or perhaps even before. Rapha remains as a clothing sponsor and the team uses Shimano Dura-Ace groupsets with Vision wheels. 

FDJ-Suez-Futuroscope 

• Bikes: Lapierre Xelius SL3
• Wheels: Shimano 
• Clothing: Gobik
• Saddles: Prologo
• Finishing Kit: Lapierre

Even though they share a name and many sponsors, the FDJ-Suez-Futurescope team is an entirely separate entity from the men's team. However, like their male namesakes, they too continue their partnership with Lapierre and Shimano into 2023. 

The team will ride the Xelius SL3 with Shimano wheels and a groupset package too. Saddles will be provided by Prologo and computers will come from Wahoo. 

Fenix-Deceuninck 

• Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 12 Speed
• Wheels: Shimano
• Clothing: Alé
• Saddles:  Selle Italia 
• Finishing Kit: Canyon

The Plantur-Pura team becomes Fenix-Deceuninck for 2023 as they step up to the WorldTour level. Canyon will remain in place as a bike sponsor and the team will most likely race on the Aeroad model like the Alpecin-Deceuninck men's squad, although the recent launch of the Canyon Ultimate 2023 will interest the climbers in the squad. 

The team will also continue to use Shimano groupsets and wheels this year.  

Human Powered Health

• Bikes: Felt AR Aero Road / FR Race / IA (TT)
• Groupset: SRAM Red eTap AXS
• Clothing: Pactimo
• Saddles: Selle Italia 
• Finishing Kit: FSA 

Human Powered Health has been using Felt bikes since 2019 and 2023 sees no change to this partnership. 

The team will also use Sram Red AXS eTap groupsets and Vision wheels. Colorado-based company Pactimo will also supply the team clothing. Interestingly, the team is being trained by Frank Overton, formerly of USA Cycling, implementing the new app from his company FasCat coaching , which aggregates data from both training and recovery apps. 

Israel Premier Tech Roland

• Bikes: Factor Ostro, One, Hanzo (TT)
• Wheels: Black Inc
• Clothing: Jinga
• Finishing Kit:  Black Inc
• Computers: Hammerhead

The Roland Cogeas Edelweiss Squad morphs into Israel Premier Tech Roland for 2023, with the team switching to Factor bikes from Look. The equipment package will look very similar to the men's Israel Premier Tech Team that was relegated from the WorldTour at the end of 2022. 

Team riders will have a choice of Factor bikes to choose from with Factor's in-house brand Black Inc taking care of the cockpit and wheels. 

Liv Racing TeqFind 

• Bikes: Langma, Envie, Avow (TT)
• Groupset: Sram Red eTap AXS 
• Wheels: Cadex 36/50
• Clothing: GSG 
• Saddles: Liv Alacra SLR/ CADEX Boost
• Finishing Kit:  Giant Contact SLR (handlebar), Langma/ Envie (stem)
• Computers: Giant Dash M200/ L200

Liv Racing Xstra becomes Liv Racing TeqFind in 2023. Aside from the name change the only two new additions to the team are Caroline Andersson and Mavi García. 

The team will be riding Liv bikes, being able to choose between the Avail and aero Envie models as well as using the Avow for time trials. Giant - as well as the in-house brand Cadex - supplies a large portion of the rest of the bike with in-house wheels, rebranded Stages Dash computers and finishing kits being used. 

• Bikes: Canyon Aeroad CFR, Ultimate CF SLX, Speedmax CFR (TT)
• Wheels: Zipp
• Saddles: Fizik
• Finishing Kit: Canyon / Lizard Skins
• Computers: Garmin

Like the men's squad, the only change at Movistar is the deal signed with Gobik to supply the team's kit, replacing La Passione. Everything else remains the same, meaning the continued use of Canyon's bikes, Sram's wireless Red eTap AXS groupsets and Zipp wheels, with saddles courtesy of Fizik and computers supplied by Garmin. They have also announced a new partnership with four years old Spanish brand Blub Lube which will provide the team's chain lubricant and bike cleaning products. 

• Bikes: Scott Addict, Foil, Plasma 
• Clothing: Keep pushing by Nalini 
• Saddles: Pro 
• Finishing Kit: Scott 

Ahead of their team launch, everything looks to be staying for same for Team DSM in 2023. Riders can opt between the Scott Foil and Addict models depending on terrain, with the Plasma being used for time trails. 

The team's clothing system is interesting with the kit custom manufactured by Nalini under the team's 'keep challenging' in-house custom label. Which allows the team to design and have the kit manufactured to meet their exact specifications.

Team Jayco AlUla

• Wheels: Cadex
• Saddles: Giant, Liv, Cadex
• Finishing Kit: Giant Custom
• Computers: Dash

BikeExchange Jayco becomes team Jayco AlUla for 2023 .Their equipment package remains largely unchanged however with Giants Liv brand supplying frames and Shimano Dura-Ace taking care of the groupset.

Giants in-house Cadex components complete the build, whilst Dash computers take care of navigation. 

Team Jumbo-Visma 

• Bikes: Cervélo S5, R5, Caledonia, P5 (TT)
• Groupset: Sram Red eTap AXS
• Wheels: Reserve 
• Clothi ng: Agu
• Finishing Kit: Cervelo / FSA

Team Jumbo Visma has made several equipment changes for 2023. The team have made the switch from Shimano to Sram groupsets and Reserve wheels. 

They will also swap to Nimbl shoes and Oakley sunglasses. This means the riders will have a larger amount of new equipment to become comfortable with ahead of the race season's beginning.  

Team SD Worx  

• Bikes: Specialized Tarmac SL7 / Shiv (TT)
• Wheels: Roval 
• Clothing: Specialized 
• Saddles: Specialized 
• Finishing Kit: Specialized / Sram 

Team SD Worx will be hoping for better fortune in 2023 after a break-in saw a large number of team bikes stolen in November 2022. 

The team's equipment package stays largely the same with Specialized Tarmac SL7 frames and finishing kits as well as Sram Red AXS eTap groupsets. Roval comes aboard to provide wheels and complete the Specialized package after the team used Zipp wheels last year. 

Trek - Segafredo 

• Bikes: Trek Madone, Domane, Emonda, Speed Concept (TT) 
• Wheels: Bontrager RSL
• Clothing: Santini 
• Saddles: Bontrager 
• Finishing Kit: Bontrager 

Like the men's squad, nothing changes at Trek Segafredo for 2023. The only real change to mention has been the update to the Trek Madone race bike which was rolled out ahead of the Tour de France last year with a radical new seatstay / seatpost junction. There will be a set of Time pedals at the end of each rider's cranks to get used to however.

That means the team will continue on Trek's range of road bikes, SRAM groupsets, Bontrager components, Wahoo computers and clothing from Santini.

UAE Team ADQ 

• Bikes: Colnago V4Rs, TT1 (TT)
• Wheels: Enve 
• Finishing Kit: Colnago
• Computers: Wahoo 

UAE Team ADQ like team UAE Emirates has been through a period of change regarding equipment recently. Colnago unveiled the new TT1 time trial bike ahead of the Giro d'Italia last year, and the Prototipo frame Tadej Pogacar was riding for the majority of last year has been officially launched as the new V4Rs, which we test rode late last year. 

Change is afoot elsewhere as the team switches from Campagnolo to Shimano Dura-ace, and to Enve wheels and Continental tyres. Computers are also swapped from the SRM head unit which was rumoured to be problematic for Wahoo computers. 

All this new equipment means quite a lot of new kit for team riders to become familiar with and comfortable with ahead of the new season. 

Uno-X Pro Cycling Team

• Bikes : Dare
• Wheels : DT Swiss
• Clothing : Bio Racer
• Saddles : Shimano Pro
• Finishing Kit : Dare
• Computers : Garmin 

The Uno-X Women's pro team begins its second season in 2023. 

Technical partners have remained the same with Dare bikes providing the frames and finishing kits for the team bikes. Groupsets are Shimano Dura-Ace but the team can also count CeramicSpeed as an official partner to provide upgraded ceramic bearings and derailleur arms with the OSPW System. 

DT Swiss takes care of the team's wheel requirements whilst BioRacer provides clothing. 

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It may be hard to believe, but SRAM hasn’t always been the industry juggernaut they are today. Like many bicycle companies before them, SRAM started with an idea. It was an idea for a product that at the time seemed so crazy that it took an outsider to the industry to think it up. After working his way up through the fledgling personal computer industry, the gears had started turning for Stan Day Jr.

In 1986 Stan had an idea for a new type of shifter after being frustrated by the need to reach to the downtube on his bike while training for a triathlon. After leaving his job to work with his father for another job that didn’t end up panning out, Stan met engineer and designer Sam Harwell Patterson on a ski trip in 1987. The two discussed his idea for a shifter, and Sam thought he could make it work. Just a few months later Sam had developed a functional prototype that was a rotating barrel that mounted to a special handlebar – the first GripShift.

Near the end of 1987 the “original six” decided to launch their new shifter at the next big trade show in 1988. Sam would be the head of engineering, Scott King the director of finance and administration, Jeff Shupe would be the head of manufacturing, Michael D. Mercuri the head of OE sales, Stan’s brother Frederick King Day or F.K. joined Stan in managing operations. The team headed to the trade show with a product, but without a company name. After a number of rejected possibilities, SRAM was chosen based on the S from Scott King, R from Stan’s middle name Ray, and AM from Sam Patterson.

While the original GripShift opened the door for the company to try and take even a little market share from the gigantic Shimano, the original design left customers wanting more. So Sam went back to work which led to the adoption of a shovel cam instead of the original helical cam. The design allowed for a much smaller shifter that functioned better and was able to be dialed in for shifting index feel. Called the SRT-100, the shifter would lead to their big break as it was finally picked up as original equipment.

Originally planning to manufacture the shifters in Chicago, a visit to Taiwan where the bikes were to be produced resulted in a change of plans. As we experienced for ourselves, Taiwan is very close knit in their manufacturing and it results in very short lead times. So, on the very same trip Stan set off on establishing a factory in Taiwan. Eventually, they were able to lease a tiny building for SRAM to build their shifters. Little more than a guard hut, the space served its purpose as SRAM was simultaneously building shifters back in Chicago for bikes that were made in the U.S. and the aftermarket.

Having established themselves in Taiwan, the rest of the story is probably more widely known. In 1994, SRAM took a stab at their first product other than a shifter, the ESP 900 plastic derailleur. After a rocky start, SRAM went on to find derailleur success with their X0 product line after acquiring Sachs’ bicycle division in 1997. The first of many acquisitions, SRAM continued with the purchase of Rockshox in 2002, Avid and then Truvativ in 2004, Zipp in 2007, and finally Quarq in 2011.

That may be a long back story, but it’s important to paint a picture of SRAM’s manufacturing today. Truly a global company, SRAM currently has around 3,000 employees in 18-20 locations around the world with the Headquarters still in Chicago and most of the manufacturing (except chains which are made in Portugal) carried out in Taiwan and China. Focusing mostly on SRAM and RockShox’ high end product, their largest Taiwanese facility is the 42,000 m² factory in the Shen Kang district, just outside Taichung. As the first full sized SRAM factory, the facility was built in 1989 and began life as a giant warehouse. Now a sprawling development of different buildings, the Shen Kang factory even has a new clean room for assembling high precision parts like the RockShox Reverb seat post.

As birthplace to many of our favorite SRAM and RockShox products like XX1 and the Pike, there is a lot to see after the break…

Underneath that massive awning above is where all of the delivery trucks drop off all of the parts from their various suppliers. After delivery they are sorted, checked for quality, and then distributed throughout the factory to the assembly areas.

As soon as you step inside the first building you start to get a feel for the scale of the production at Shen Kang. Each worker was constantly turning out parts and considering this is their high end, read lower production, facility, the high production areas must be insanely busy. In no particular order other than the way we were taken through the factory we’ll start at the suspension fork line that at the time was pumping out new Pikes.

A few employees were following step by step illustrated instructions in front of their work station. Like most of the factories we visited, stringent quality control checks along the way help to weed out any issues. As the Pikes glide down the assembly line they are assembled one component at a time by different work stations.

Much of the work is done by hand, though quite a few sophisticated machines are used for specialized tasks. As SRAM’s VP of Marketing David Zimberoff pointed out, “it’s one thing to make and design bike parts, it’s another thing to make and design the machine that makes the parts. Everything you see here, machines, stations, had to be designed by someone at SRAM.” Clearly they’re understandably proud of their ability to create their own machinery in house to automate processes that would be too difficult or costly otherwise. Since you can’t just go out and buy a machine that assembles the compression assembly for a suspension fork, SRAM’s own engineers have to figure out a way to make it work much like Stan and F.K. had to engineer their own processes in the early days. Now it’s just on a much, much larger scale.

Once fully assembled, the completed forks pass through a plastic wrapping station with the thru axle protectors already installed. Then they’re placed in a box, and await shipping to their destination.

Rear suspension goes through a similar assembly line process. Above, Monarch Plus shocks are assembled and below, completed shocks are inspected for quality.

Not far away, we step in the shifter assembly area. These lines change based on what products are due to be produced so the day we were there it was Apex SL road shifters next to XX1 triggers.

The custom machinery really was pretty fantastic to watch. Like a purpose built Rube Goldberg machine that somehow ends up with tiny parts that are perfectly lubricated and assembled.

SRAM shifters are known for being fairly simple compared to the competition, but even with fewer parts it’s still a complicated process to get the assembled quickly and accurately. At the end of this line complete shifters are already loaded with the cable and packaged for distribution.

One of the newest parts of the factory is this clean room that was created for the production of products like the Reverb dropper post. The high tolerances needed for smooth operation of the post require a sealed assembly area free of contaminants. Once they’re assembled though, the posts exit the isolation room and get laser engraved on the spot and dropped into shipping containers.

There was a dedicated Front Derailleur line as well, but it wasn’t operational while we were passing through. Product of the 1x trend?

One of the many SPC or Statistical Process Control stations that are found around the factory. Each station is used to check products as they move through the manufacturing process so errors are caught earlier resulting in less overall waste.

While there was a lot going on in this room that we couldn’t take photos of due to it being MY15 (model year 2015) product, we did get to check out the printing section. Ever wondered how they get the logos on hubs like the SRAM Dual Drive?

In the rear derailleur room again we were limited in photos, but there was another cool machine to assemble derailleur pulleys.

Not quite as exciting as seeing fresh new Pikes roll off the line but just as important are the offices for engineers, and quality control specialists. Just don’t forget your slippers.

You would assume there is some pretty advanced testing equipment around the factory and you would be right. The test lab by the cassette manufacturing has its own DuraMax CMM (coordinate measuring machine) which points to the precision machining necessary to produce parts like their PowerdomeX cassettes. Having the test center close to the manufacturing aides in keeping the production moving with less time taken out of the process for quality control.

Perhaps the most interesting or at least revealing process was the creation of their machined steel cassettes. If you’re wondering why that XX1 cassette is so expensive, check out the solid block of steel each cassette starts out as. That steel billet is then forged into a rough shape and then machined into that familiar cassette shape. Needless to say there is a lot of machining involved hence the endless bays of CNC machines.

After a lot of this, and these, you get…

…these beauties.

Wheels you say? Why yes, wheels are assembled here as well. At least high end options like the Roam wheels rolling off the assembly line.

The wheels are laced by hand and then go through a sequence of hand and machine truing, tensioning, and stress relieving.

One of the more impressive custom machines was this cassette assembler. The rather large device feeds individual gears and spacers through the different hoppers and out pops the completed main block of a cassette.

Due to the noise and movement of the massive machines involved many of the actual production tools for tasks like stamping and forging are located at two other facilities. However, most of the finishing is done on site at Shen Kang including robotic sanding, and hand polishing.

Anodizing and other forms of polishing are carried out here as well.

Products that need to be painted are loaded on the hanging conveyor and moved throughout the paint facility. More quality control for the appearance of the painted products.

Everything ends up in boxes like these headed to your LBS’ favorite distributor or to bicycle manufacturers. This machine was actually pretty fun to watch, as it snares each box with a packing strap. You definitely don’t want to get too close…

Walking around Taichung specifically, you get the feeling that a large portion of the population commutes by motor scooter, while the rest resort to public transport (which is excellent). On an island where so much energy is devoted to producing bicycle products, using a bicycle for commuting didn’t seem nearly as popular as I thought it would be. Regardless, SRAM tries to make it as easy as possible for their employees to commute by bike to work with a free bike shop, storage, and shower facilities available for use.

Why is this RockShox Argyle in a glass case? It represents the 1,000,000th fork made in both their Shen Kang and Suzhou factories in a single year. After purchasing RockShox in 2002, this hadn’t occurred up until June 20, 2007. We’re guessing they are making a lot more forks today.

After all of that, it still feels like we just scratched the surface. That’s it for Shen Kang, but part 2 will focus on SRAM’s brand new Asia Development Center!

Zach Overholt is the Editor in Chief of Bikerumor . He has been writing about what’s new in the bicycle world for 12+ years. Prior to that, Zach spent many years in the back of a bicycle shop building and repairing nearly every type of bike, while figuring out how to (occasionally) ride them.

Based in Ohio, Zach is now slowly introducing a new generation to cycling and still trying to figure out how to fit the most rides into a busy schedule as a new dad.

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No matter how many times I see it, the XX1 cassette is still so dayum sexy.

I thought SRAM was “Mars” backwards, at least that was what I read in a magazine a long long time ago.

Not an hour ago I broke the dropout on my RockShox Reba SL front shock. Think you could pick a replacement up for me while you’re there? From the pictures, they literally have them laying around all over the place!

As a mechanical engineer, seeing all those machines that they designed specifically for their process blows my freakin’ mind.

Bike showers? I guess they need to get clean too. 😉

dig the machines

Now I see why they have quality control issues from time to time. That is a BIG facility.

Everything breaks. Entropy and all that. That said Rockshox forks and SRAM drivetrains are pretty reliable.

Factory workers look so much more professional in full uniforms while doing their job… But still, a nice look at the middle aged taiwanese women’s closet in 2014.

SRAM is serious business right there! Shimano ought to be the same. SRAM is american and Shimano is japanese. Each one with their own particular style. Both are great. However, I see more high end customers choosing SRAM and the mass people going for Shimano because SRAM is more expensive than Shimano. It’s just a matter of budget and choice.

Well at least that answers the question that had been rattling around in my head since last night: I know Shimano uses bushing pulleys, does SRAM as well? That picture is definitely of bearings.

Explains why I’ve never had pulley problems on SRAM, but am already replacing the ones on my Shimano stuff.

@ DRC, Do you know of any machine designed not for its specific purpose/process?

Now that would blow my mind 🙂

@Ilikeicedtea: “SRAM drivetrains are pretty reliable.” WUT. There’s a reason everyone at my shop has the SRAM customer service/warranty phone number memorized, but not Shimano or Campy’s, and we sell 10x as much Shimano as we do SRAM. I have sent in more Red shifters for warranty than every Shimano/Campy component combined. And don’t get me started on Avid brake warranties.

@CXisfun – and as an alternate version, there’s a good reason why everyone I know (and everyone at the shop) runs SRAM shifting on all their bikes. They stand behind their product, even when they know they’re in the wrong. Just recently I called their tech/warranty line to get a replacement rim for a customer’s Zipp 101 wheels, and they insisted on sending the customer a complete wheelset of the Zipp 30 wheels because they had experienced problems with the rims on the 101s cracking.

Also SRAM has a much broader range of components than Shimano. SLX, Zee, XT, Saint, XTR. That’s it for MTBs. SRAM has X5, X7, X9, X0, XX, X1, X01, XX1, and X01 DH. Got a road bike? Well you better choose between 105, Ultegra, and Dura Ace if you want to run Shimano. with SRAM it’s Apex, Rival, Force, Red, and CX1. Far more options.

CXisfun…I have a feeling the Campy stuff isn’t going in because the users have too much money to bother with waiting for a warranty to go through or they’re too ashamed of themselves for buying something so expensive that isn’t durable.

***Also, I’ve warrantied plenty of Shimano parts from crank arm interfaces, to shifters…yes their derailleurs are far more durable than SRAM

Seraph, On Road bikes you forgot to include Shimano Tiagra and Sora (both of which have improved immensely). Not to mention the e-dt’s, of which SRAM has been late to the party and one can’t say its an option at this point.

On MTB’s you forgot to include Deore. The only real advantage SRAM has with product range is if a 1x dt works for you. You also again forgot to mention Shimano’s XTR Di2, a first in the MTB world.

The point is, Shimano, SRAM, and (for road) Campy, all offer an basically equally broad range of competitive products for consumers. Stating otherwise, outside the great addition of SRAM’s 1x, is being disingenuous (or purposefully overlooking product range)

meh shimano, sram, both are good. If anything, my sram xo1 shifts better than my shimano xtr .. but hey, 2×10 vs 1×11… also my sram red shifts better than my shimano ultegra.. but the shimano di2 dura ace shifts better than sram red on the FD. Not by much but still. (they shift just as well on the rear, both are freaking perfect)

I think the brand fanboism between these 2 is generally just that – fanboism. Both are very good specially in the mid-high and high end.

In my experience as a Bike Mechanic all parts break regardless of company. I have warrantied just about every bike part and ever company. No one has perfect quality control.

Can anybody spot the DT Swiss product pictured?

I spotted DT Swiss Tensiometer, I think

@Seraph Everyone wrench at my shop runs Shimano, for the durability, and the fact that they truly do stand behind their products (see Sram HydroR recall). And also you forgot about, XTR mechanical and Di2, Deore, Claris, utergra Di2 and mechanical, Dura-ace Di2, Mechanical, tt, and track, CX70 and 50 (which only has cx specific brakes cranks and a front derailleur), and a wider range of commuter options like Afline Di2.

How many red shifters does that lady have to assemble to be able to afford a set….?

Some SRAM hubs have DT star ratchets…?

@Matt- WInner! Modified Tensio is pictured a ways up. @Graem- close. THough you are right, I don’t see em pictured?

want2know…I can guarantee you that these workers do better than the average US assembly employee. Compared to the national average income, these folks are doing pretty darn well in Taiwan. China isn’t as great but still better than the US. Its the bikes being made in Cambodia that worry me

Veganpotter-I’ve used Campagnolo for 10 years and currently have 11 speed Record on a roadbike and a CX bike, never had to warranty ANYTHING from Campagnolo. Your statement reaks of jealousy that you and your friends can’t afford nice things that work as designed.

SRAM – I love your forks, nothing else comes close.

However, PLEASE STOP FOISTING NEW AND UNWANTED HUB STANDARDS ON US.

A “manufacturig in USA” price for a “made in taiwan” component.

I’m curious if you learned what the average wage for an assembly line employee is.

SRAM is made in Taiwan while Shimano is MOSTLY made in Japan yet Shimano cost about the same… How is that when the cost to manufacture is so much higher in Japan?

Sram Makes ForKs?

@david – You don’t get this. Taiwan isn’t just cheaper manufacturing, it’s good quality manufacturing, on par with a lot of MUSA stuff. And you and jeff both fail to grasp how much of an impact Shimano’s volume has on pricepoints. Go to a fab house with any design and get quotes from 10, 100, 1000, 10k, and you’ll start to understand why Shimano’s prices are lower (though I would argue not by that much).

If anyone is upset about the Taiwan workers not making enough money, and feel like it’s their problem. They next time you buy something at market price, feel free to send them some more money. Kind of like taxes. If you don’t feel you don’t pay your share, feel free to donate to the charity cause of your choice….

So that is where recalls are born.

Thanks for your article. Amazing to see how a rusty cylindrical piece of steel become a shiny fancy cassette. Also had no idea it was so labour intensive.

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• Leading tennis figures believe the sport needs reform
• Stakeholders keen to avoid same disruption golf has seen in recent years

Tennis’ four Grand Slams are reportedly planning a partnership with several other tournaments to create an elite tour.

According to The Athletic , discussions are underway to form a premium tour that would be similar to the global motorsport series Formula One, with the sport’s ten biggest tournaments to join Wimbledon, the US Open, the French Open and the Australian Open.

Talks are understood to be fluid and positive overall, but the possibility remains that plans could collapse or even be expanded further to include more events.

The plans have emerged as leading tennis executives, organisations and players are said to have realised the sport needs reform. Several reasons have been voiced for this, such as tennis being confusing for fans to follow, the grueling calendar, and the hundreds of millions of dollars that could be earned that are left on the table.

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Senior figures in the sport are also thought to be concerned that tennis is vulnerable to facing mass disruption similar to the issues golf has faced following the emergence of the Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf tour.

A formalised plan is expected to be presented next January ahead of the Australian Open. The Grand Slams, all united behind the proposal, are keen to protect themselves against any upheaval in the tennis calendar, with Tennis Australia reportedly worried about the prospect of an elite event being held in Saudi Arabia during the opening week of the season, starting in January 2025.

As for the players, the ones who have learnt of the plan are said to be generally supportive, with those part of the Professional Tennis Players Association (PTPA), the union backed by Novak Djokovic, being particularly on board with the reforms.

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With tennis featuring one of the most protracted seasons in sport, it is not a shock that executives are figuring out how to drum up excitement among fans.

An elite tour would certainly spotlight the sport’s biggest events and make it more likely for top players to play against each other on a significantly bigger stage. Players would also enjoy the benefits from getting more time off to recuperate.

Some of the current top tour events have already widened their player pool, with competitions now stretching closer to the fortnight duration the Grand Slams employ. Adding them on the proposed new tour would provide those events extra credibility and raise their profile among casual fans who may only tune into the sport for the Grand Slams.

Where it leaves the ATP and the WTA remains to be seen, as this would surely put into doubt the role of their respective tours. It may be that both bodies run a more developmental kind of series for younger or unranked players, helping to feed into the premier tour reserved for the sport’s best.

Elite tennis’ revenues could also climb if the premier tour was established. A possible combined entity may provide joint sponsorship and media rights opportunities for the Grand Slams and major events, although The Athletic reports not all commercial rights may be pooled.

How likely is this to happen? With the Grand Slams yet to sign off on an agreement that ratifies the ranking points system, this may signal they want to see major change enacted first. But don’t expect the new tour to come together immediately, with changes likely to occur in a few years’ time at the earliest – should everyone agree on the finer details underpinning the proposal.

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Our athletes couldn’t stay off podiums in July. In the men’s and women’s Tours de France, SRAM, Zipp, and TIME athletes won nine stages, five jerseys, and four spots on the final general classification podium, including overall winners Jonas Vingegaard (SRAM) and Demi Vollering (SRAM and TIME). We are proud to outfit these incredible athletes, not only with the equipment they need to win, but with special celebratory touches when they accomplish their dreams. These are the most stunning bikes from the Tour de France podium, built for some of our most inspiring atheletes.  

Jonas  Vingegaard

Jonas Vingegaard of Jumbo-Visma rolled down the Champs-Élysées to claim victory on a custom yellow Cervelo S5 built with a 1x RED eTap AXS drivetrain, a 52T chainring paired to a 10-33 cassette. Vingegaard  didn’t just use 1x on the flat processional final day though; he employed a 52T ring with a 10-36 cassette on an S5 for many of the Tour’s punchy medium mountain stages. The 1x choice had enough gear range for the climbs while helping keep his aero bike close to the UCI weight limit, a distinct advantage when rivals were reaching for their climbing bikes. Yellow accents on the SRAM brake lever and crank didn’t hurt either.  

Photos by Bram  Berkien.

In all , Vineggaard used five different gearing combinations to optimize for every stage of the three week long race. In the high mountains, he switched to an R5 climbing bike with a 2x drivetrain, using 52/39 rings and picking either a 10-33 or 10-36 cassette depending on the day’s profile. For his legendary time trial performance, he chose 56/43 rings with a 10-33 cassette on his P5.  

Giulio Ciccone

The fight for the polka dots in the men’s Tour was fast and furious, but Giulio Ciccone was untouchable over the final week. His reward after weeks of breakaways was a red and white Trek Madone that can probably be seen from space.  We got in on the polka dot party with accents on the brake levers, crank, and Giulio’s  XPRO  12  pedals. Giulio rides 52/39 rings and a 10-33 as he climbs Alpine passes.  

Kasia  Niewiadoma

With a daring attack and descent on the Col d’Aspin , Kasia Niewiadoma  led the peloton onto the mythical Tourmalet on Stage 7 of the Tour de France Femmes , hanging on for second place on the day and securing the polka dot jersey of Best Climber. Canyon presented her with a stunning Ultimate CFR to celebrate, featuring Zipp 353 NSW wheels , 48/35 rings , 10-33 cassette custom red accents on her RED eTap AXS drivetrain, and custom polka dot plates on her TIME XPRO  12 pedals.  

Photos by Billy Ceusters.

Lotte  Kopecky

Lotte Kopecky is a superstar, but this year’s Tour de France Femmes was beyond anyone’s expectations. A stage win, six days in the maillot jaune, the lead in the green jersey competition wire to wire, and an extraordinary 2 nd place in the final GC hardly scratch the surface of Kopecky’s amazing performance over eight days in France. For securing the green jersey of best sprinter, Kopecky was given a green “hulk” Specialized Tarmac SL7 featuring green details on her RED drivetrain and TIME XPRO  10 pedals.  

Demi  Vollering

It was a changing of the guard, a ride that felt like destiny. After a string of second places in Grand Tours, Demi Vollering stormed up the Tourmalet on Stage 7, dropping defending champion Annemiek van Vleuten and earning the maillot jaune with a mythical ride on the most famous mountain of the Tour. Her yellow bike is meant to evoke lions and sports matching yellow drivetrain and XPRO  12 s. A fitting celebration for Demi’s first Tour win.  

Optimization is key for racing success at the top level, and the breadth of gearing choices available for RED eTap AXS was apparent at the Tour. Over four weeks, SRAM athletes raced nine different chainring configurations and four different cassette sizes, ensuring that every day they had the exact gearing they needed.  

SHOP RED ETAP AXS   SHOP TIME PEDALS   SHOP ZIPP WHEELS

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Is the Trans-Siberian Railway expensive?

Before starting on your Trans-Siberian Railway adventure you naturally want to know what the entire trip will cost. Although this sounds like a simple question, it is pretty difficult to answer. The Trans-Siberian Railway price of travel depends on the following factors:

• Which travel class do I want to use? The price for a first class ticket is about three times the price of a 3rd class ticket
• Am I willing to buy the tickets myself and assume responsibility for the organisation of the trip?
• How many stopovers do I want to make? The more breaks, the higher the total price.
• What sort of accommodation do I want? Will it be a luxury hotel or will a hostel dormitory be sufficient?
• What tours and excursions would I like to go on?
• What is the current exchange rate for rubles?

Basically, everything from a luxury to a budget holiday is available. If you buy yourself a 3rd Class nonstop ticket at the counter, a few hundred Euros will cover the price. All you will experience is a week on the Trans-Siberian train and will see nothing of the cities on the way. There is, however, any amount of room for upward expansion. Everyone makes different choices about which aspects they are willing to spend money on. I personally prefer to save money on accommodation and railcar class, visit as many cities and do as many trips as possible. To enable better classification of your travel expenses I have contrasted two typical traveler types. In the third column you can calculate the total cost of your own journey on the Trans-Siberian Railway. Please keep in mind that these are only rough estimations and not exact prices.

The all-in costs seem fairly high at first. However, they cover everything and it is quite a long journey taking four weeks. Many people forget to consider that when looking at the list. We should also deduct the running costs for food and leisure at home. I think most visitors to this page will classify themselves somewhere between the two categories, that is around the € 2,000 – € 2,500 range. When comparing these prices with other travel packages, you get the impression that it is hardly worthwhile travelling individually on the Trans-Siberian Railway. Please keep in mind that most packages last no more than 14 days and you are herded like cattle through the most beautiful locations.

If you spend less time on the Trans-Siberian Railway you will, of course, pay less. I chose this particular travel length because I prefer not to do things by halves. If you fulfill your dream of travelling on the Trans-Siberian Railway, enjoy it and don’t rush things. But it’s up to you, of course. Try playing around with the form a bit to find the appropriate price for your trip.

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The HYMN World Tour is coming to Crocus City Hall in the exciting city of Moscow, Russia on October 29th!

Moscow is also home to the Moscow Kremlin, a fortified complex in the center of the city overlooking the Moskva River to the south, Saint Basil’s Cathedral and Red Square to the east, and the Alexander Garden to the west. It is the best known of the Russian citadels and includes five palaces, four cathedrals, and the enclosing Kremlin Wall with Kremlin towers.

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The Moscow Metro Tour is included in most guided tours’ itineraries. Opened in 1935, under Stalin’s regime, the metro was not only meant to solve transport problems, but also was hailed as “a people’s palace”. Every station you will see during your Moscow metro tour looks like a palace room. There are bright paintings, mosaics, stained glass, bronze statues… Our Moscow metro tour includes the most impressive stations best architects and designers worked at - Ploshchad Revolutsii, Mayakovskaya, Komsomolskaya, Kievskaya, Novoslobodskaya and some others.

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The guide will not only help you navigate the metro, but will also provide you with fascinating background tales for the images you see and a history of each station.

And there some stories to be told during the Moscow metro tour! The deepest station - Park Pobedy - is 84 metres under the ground with the world longest escalator of 140 meters. Parts of the so-called Metro-2, a secret strategic system of underground tunnels, was used for its construction.

During the Second World War the metro itself became a strategic asset: it was turned into the city's biggest bomb-shelter and one of the stations even became a library. 217 children were born here in 1941-1942! The metro is the most effective means of transport in the capital.

There are almost 200 stations 196 at the moment and trains run every 90 seconds! The guide of your Moscow metro tour can explain to you how to buy tickets and find your way if you plan to get around by yourself.

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Sure would appreciate someone who has taken "Best of Moscow by high speed train" from St. Petersburg could please share their impressions of this shore excursion. From the description this sounds like a very long day.

Wondering how the 4 hour train trip was in terms of accommodations, etc. Also what time did you leave the ship and what time at night did you return? Were both legs of the trip on the high speed rail (I read that slower trains also travel the same tracks)?

My wife and I are considering this excursion. We thought that if we are making all the effort to go to Russia then how could we pass up going to Moscow, walking in Red Square, seeing St. Basil, etc.

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If you are considering this on the 2015 June Baltic cruise on Voyager; my suggestion is don't. There is so much to do in St. Petersburg and although a train is one of my favorite ways to travel the time would be far better spent in St. P.

Thanks for the advice. Yes, this would be on the Voyager during the 2015 season but not yet sure exactly which cruise.

We did the Moscow excursion "on a different luxury line", but from your brief description it sounds very much like the same trip, so I will operate on that assumption. It is a VERY long day! We left the ship at 5:30 AM and returned at 12:30 AM. The highspeed train trip is comfortable, and while they call it "Business Class" it does not compare well to the equivalent class on say Rail Europe. When we did it in 2011, we did have highspeed both ways, and the trip back seemed much longer as the adrenaline and excitement had worn off!:D

Moscow itself is not that terribly different from any other big city in the world, but this Cold War kid never thought he would ever stand in Red Square, never mind walk the grounds of The Kremlin, or tour The Kremlin Palace, or see (but not visit) Lenin's Tomb, or visit The Armoury. But he did, and he loved every minute of it! Yes, it is a long day, and you barely scratch a scratch on the surface, but it is worth it. There is a tremendous amount to see in St. Petersburg, but every Baltic cruise goes to St. Petersburg, so you can go back if you choose to. Not every cruiseline offers you the chance to see Moscow.

I have not personally done this tour, but our last time in St Petersburg, the private guide that we hired for a day was leading the regent tour to Moscow on the high speed train the next day. He said it was way better than the previous alternative, which was flying to Moscow and back. He said that you actually got to Moscow faster because you didn't have to deal with airline checkin etc. it did seem like a very long day to me, and there is so much to see and do in st. Petersburg that I didn't consider doing it.

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We toured to Moscow from St. Petersburg via the hi-speed SAPSAN train last September, from a Baltic cruise on the Oceania Marina. You need to have a two-night, three day port call in St. Petersburg to take this tour because the tour typically leaves the ship around 5:00 - 5:30 AM and doesn't return until after midnight the next day. We didn't take the ship's tour; we made private arrangements with TravelAllRussia for three days of touring, the first and third days in St. Petersburg and the second day the tour to Moscow by train. Our cost for the private tour for three days was about the same as what the ship charged for the excursion to Moscow alone. There are a number of private tour agencies that operate in St. Petersburg and offer the Moscow train tours; we would strongly recommend them over the ship's tours.

All three days had private guides with car and driver. The second day, the driver picked us up at the ship and took us to the train, but we were alone on the train, and met in Moscow by the guide on the station platform. After our tour and dinner, we were brought back to the train and after the return train trip met by the driver and taken back to the ship. Because you are alone on the train you must have your own Russian visas.

If this is your first visit to St. Petersburg, I would agree there is much more to see there. We found Moscow somewhat a disappointment, particularly Red Square. The Kremlin and the cathedral in Red Square were also worth seeing. But the best thing we saw was the Moscow subway! I worked for the Washington Metro system back in the 1980s as it grew from 40 to 80 miles and although I was in the computer area, I learned a lot about the challenges of running a subway system. We used the Moscow system to get across the city from where we had dinner to the train station, and I was amazed at the cleanliness', speed of operation, the short headways maintained, and the courtesy of everyone involved. A very impressive experience!

We had been to St. Petersburg before, and so had the time to take a day and go to Moscow. Also, I really like trains, and the SAPSAN is a German train set running on Russian rails. Seats are like first class domestic air, spacious but not too plush or comfortable, but with enough room. Not too much recline, and almost 8 hours on the train in two shots is a lot for an old man. They come through and sell drinks, candy, etc. but the sellers don't speak English and no one around us helped, so we had just poor coffee once coming, and brought stuff with us for the trip back. Not too much to see from the train either, particularly on the return when it is night the whole way.

If you decide to go, take a private tour and avoid the overly expensive ship's tour. I'm glad we did it, but wouldn't bother to repeat the tour; we've seen Moscow.

Thanks so much to all of you for the thorough and thought insight. Yhe information you have provided is most helpful.

countflorida: Your detailed post is very helpful. We are not quite ready for a Baltic cruise but should do so within a year. Time enough to do our pre travel research, bookings and visa gathering.:) Thank you!

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Sure would appreciate someone who has taken "Best of Moscow by high speed train" from St. Petersburg could please share their impressions of this shore excursion. From the description this sounds like a very long day.   Wondering how the 4 hour train trip was in terms of accommodations, etc. Also what time did you leave the ship and what time at night did you return? Were both legs of the trip on the high speed rail (I read that slower trains also travel the same tracks)?   My wife and I are considering this excursion. We thought that if we are making all the effort to go to Russia then how could we pass up going to Moscow, walking in Red Square, seeing St. Basil, etc.

I did this on Seabourn. IMO DONT. Take Aeroflop (er Aeroflot). The train has non folding seats where you are literally knee to knee with your fellow passenger (facing each other). Further they don't believe in air conditioning. It's also the worlds slowed bullet train. I think I would have found more enjoyment wandering around the St. Petersburg and Moscow airports.

Countflorida,

This is a little off topic,, however we had planned a river cruise in Russia but decided we would rather stay on land and have booked about two weeks with Travel-All-Russia using the private guide and driver. I'm curious as to how you found them as a tour company.

The guides they provided were fine. We had a different guide each of the days in St. Petersburg, but both were flexible, pleasant, knowledgeable and spoke English very well, as did the guide in Moscow, incidentally. She was a bit aloof, distant, not too friendly, but otherwise fine. In fact, she was the one who suggested taking the Metro, which unexpectedly became one of the highlights of the Moscow excursion. If I have a complaint with AllTravelRussia, it is with their plan and its execution (more later).

I had requested emphasis on World War II (in Russia, the Great Patriotic War) sites and info. In scheduling us, they weren't careful about dates and a couple of the sites we wanted to see were scheduled on the third day, after we'd been to Moscow. But both sites were closed that day of the week, and that info was readily available, right on web sites describing them. Also, the included meals (lunches in St. Pete, dinner in Moscow) were not what we asked for: light meals with some choices, so we could avoid things we didn't like and choose things we did like. My request was ignored; we were given full Russian meals with a fixed menu, no choice. On the first day, a fish dish was the entre, but I am allergic to fish. Fortunately, I had the e-mail I'd sent with me and showed it to the guide, and she was able to change my entre to chicken, which was very good actually. But we didn't want a 3-4 course lunches or dinner (in Moscow). We had the guide drop the lunch the third day, although we never got any credit or refund. But, particularly in contrast to the ship's tours, the prices were so reasonable we didn't worry too much about it.

The people who were on the ship's tour to Moscow saw us boarding the same train for which they were forced to queue up and wait on the way back, and asked us what we had done. I was candid and open so they were not happy when I explained what we had arranged and particularly what it had cost. Also, when we returned to the ship, we found they had laid on a late supper for those who had gone to Moscow, so up we went and had something. Well, it turns out the late supper was supposed to be just for those on the ship's tour, but we and others on 'independent' tours, there were a dozen or more of us, crashed the party, actually got there first, and they didn't realize it until the larger group arrived and there weren't enough tables/places set. By that time, the 'independents' had all gotten served and were eating; what could they do?

A couple from the larger group sat down with us and asked us about our tour, and they were the ones I told about our arrangement and its cost. They turned to others who’d been with them and announced the details, loudly enough so the whole room heard, which started a lot of bitching and complaining. I gathered they weren't very happy with the ship's tour to begin with, and this was the straw that broke the camel's back. We finished up and beat it out of there, but overheard later that one of the excursion staff came to check on something and ran into a real mess. I caught a cold on the trip, which forced me to bed the second day following in Tallinn, so by the time we reappeared we heard about the contretemps' but apparently no one recalled who started it, thankfully.

Because of what happened to us, I would probably not use AllTravelRussia if I were to go again, or if I did, I would be sure to get confirmation of every detail of the tour. They do have good reviews generally, and we were certainly helped by their visa department and liked the guides and drivers. Their weakness, I say now with full 20:20 hindsight, is that once the sales person who plans the tour, sells it to you and collects your money, he (or she) transfers the plan to their Russia office for implementation; there is no follow-up to make sure it gets done right. And that is where our problems arose; we paid for a custom tour but got a standard package with a few destinations switched, and no one checked them out, even to see when they were open the day we were scheduled to go. If you check every detail that’s important to you, it should be OK, but that’s a hell of a way to have to do business, in my opinion.

Thank you for the 20/20 hindsight observation on your Russian tour operator, and better priced than the ship's excursion cost.

Thanks very much for the feedback.

We had the same experience as you so far as price. We originally booked a Viking Cruise but, hearing some things about the river cruises that made us unhappy, looked into other options. T-A-R cost the same or less than a cruise and had us in hotels for 11 days. We opted for the private tour. They have three tour levels, based on hotels. We originally opted for the four star as it did not cost much more than the three star hotels. Finally we decided to throw it all in and upgraded to five star. In Moscow we will be at the newly opened Kempinsky which is two blocks from Red Square. In St. Petersburg it is the Grand Hotel Europe, one of the most vaunted luxury hotels in Russia. Location is important for us as the tours use up only part of the day so being in the center of everything for our independent touring is important. As with many other cities, the less you pay, the farther out of the center of town you are.

We have been working with our salesman in D.C. and he seems to get back to us with the changes we want. He recently returned from Russia so is up on everything. When I asked they said they paid the full TA commission if I wanted so I got my usual TA on board so he is watching our back and giving us that extra level of comfort. He also set up our air, which I know pays him little or nothing, and got us business class for much less than T-A-R wanted for economy, though it took working for a while with a consolidator. He's happy to get his 10 percent on this trip without having booked it. He also took care of the trip insurance. We've been doing a lot of research on the CC sister site Trip Advisor and will write a report there. We will, I guess, become a source of info for CC members after having spent 5 days in Moscow and 6 in SP.

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Anybody considering a day trip to Moscow from St. Petersburg on the Sapsan may want to look at our travelogue filled with pictures.

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1927687

Very informative. Thanks dor sharing. Jeff

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Crystal Palace, West Ham, Wolves in talks for US pre-season mini tour

West Ham United , Crystal Palace and Wolverhampton Wanderers are in advanced discussions to play in a new pre-season Premier League mini tour in the United States this summer.

Elite Tournaments — an organisation best known for staging youth soccer and lacrosse competitions — are in negotiations with the clubs to host the three-city Premier League event in late July.

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Matches will be staged at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Maryland, Everbank Stadium in Jacksonville and a yet-to-be confirmed stadium in Tampa Bay.

Newcastle United and newly-promoted Leicester City had agreed to the proposal but dropped out, with the latter being replaced by Palace.

Last season, a number of England ’s top-flight clubs participated in the inaugural Premier League Summer Series, featuring Chelsea , Brighton , Brentford , Newcastle, Fulham , and Aston Villa . The matches were held across Philadelphia, Atlanta, Orlando, New Jersey, and Maryland.

The Athletic  reported in February that the 2024 Summer Series was cancelled due to several complications around organising the event, including issues around broadcasting. They are, however, looking at holding the series again in 2025.

With Manchester United , Manchester City , Chelsea, Liverpool , Aston Villa and Bournemouth already scheduled to tour America this summer, the new series will take that number to 10 Premier League sides playing pre-season games across the Atlantic.

Top clubs in England are prioritising the U.S. due to expected market congestion in 2025 and 2026 with the FIFA Club World Cup and the men’s World Cup.

Pre-season tours are considered crucial for clubs to engage with growing fan bases in key markets. For instance, Arsenal boasts more supporters’ clubs in the U.S. than there are states, and Manchester United connected with over 4,000 supporters through various club-affiliated events last summer.

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for KING + COUNTRY Christian pop duo coming to Sioux Falls this October

Multi-platinum, quadruple Grammy Award-winning Christian pop duo for KING + COUNTRY is coming to the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center on Oct. 4, according to today’s press release.

The Denny Sanford PREMIER Center announced this week via social media that for KING + COUNTRY will be going on their 2024 “Unsung Hero” tour, performing songs from their album, “The Inspired By Soundtrack” released April 26.

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Their tour announcement follows the release of Lionsgate’s film “Unsung Hero” in theaters nationwide. The biopic film, directed by for KING + COUNTRY’s  Joel Smallbone, follows the Smallbone family’s immigration from Australia to the United States in 1991. 

The last time for KING + COUNTRY performed in Sioux Falls was December 2021, at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center during their “A Drummer Boy Christmas” tour. 

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Sydney, Australia-born, Nashville-based brothers Joel and Luke Smallbone began in 2007 as Joel & Luke and in 2008, became Austoville. They settled on their current band name for KING + COUNTRY in 2009.

Pre-sale ticket sales start at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Tickets will be available for the general public at 10 a.m. May 10. Tickets can be purchased at dennysanfordpremiercenter.com .

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