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Archives: June - July 2000 31st July 2000 Olympic-destined David McCann was best of the Irish team in yesterday’s Tour of the Cotswalds in England. The 27 year old continued his recent run of good form in British races by placing 3rd, 1 minute and 21 seconds behind British winner Mark Lovatt in the world-ranked event. Linda McCartney professional Matthew Stephens filled the runner-up slot two seconds behind Provision rider Lovatt. Tommy Evans was next of the Irish in 8th place, with Eugene Moriarty 16th across the line. Evans and McCann both return to France this week to compete in races with McCann's VC Perpignan outfit. On the domestic front, former world junior champion Mark Scanlon made an unexpected early return from a broken elbow injury to win the Western Federation Time Trial championships in Castlebar. Last week his manager Frank Quinn predicted a late-August return to competition, but the young Sligoman elected, surprisingly, to race yesterday and showed that he had retained much of his fitness. While a return to road racing is unlikely in the next couple of weeks, Scanlon is likely to set his sights on a strong showing in the under 23 world championships in France in October. Further east, Mark Sittlington of the Clarke Nissan squad was best over the heavy, undulating roads around Ballyboughil yesterday, outsprinting Shane Baker at the end of the 58 miles McNally Swords Grand Prix. The two had pulled clear of a bunch of riders with 20 miles remaining, worked well together in the run to the line, and finished 20 seconds clear of Baker’s Usher IRC team-mate Sean Bracken. 'It came down to a sprint between us and I took it from Baker', said Sittlington. 'Does that kind of course suit me? I guess it must - I won the race!', he smiled. Enough said. O’LOUGHLIN BEST OF THE IRISH IN POLISH TOUR: Mayo rider David O’Loughlin was best placed of the Irish team at the end of the Tour of Mazovia in Poland. Italian-based O’Loughlin – who will dispute the European under 23 championships with three other Irish riders at the end of the week – finished 20th overall, 4 minutes and 21 seconds behind Polish winner Przemyslaw Mikolajczyk. Next best of the Irish was Dundrum cyclist Aidan Duff, who is competing this season with the Nantes 44 team in France. Duff had been as high as 9th overall, but ended the 5 day Tour in 32nd place, 5 minutes and 47 seconds in arrears. With Michael McNena, David McQuaid and Keith Gallagher amongst the 60 riders who failed to complete the race, Paul Healion was the only other Irish finisher in 86th position. Healion had crashed twice on the opening stage of the race, but having recovered from his injuries he will be hoping for a good performance in the European Championships. McQuaid and Gallagher are also on the Irish team for that event. 28th July 2000 DUFF 9th OVERALL IN TOUR OF MAZOVIA, POLAND: Despite losing a £2000 pound racing bicycle and clothing en transit to Poland, Aidan Duff is best placed of the Irish team after two stages of the Tour of Mazovia. The unruffled French-based Dubliner was issued with a spare bike and finished 19th in the opening 50 mile criterium and fifth in the high-speed 100 mile stage 2. He is currently 9th overall in the world-ranking race, 28 seconds behind race leader B. Bondariew of the Ukraine. European under 23 championship hopeful David O'Loughlin is next best of the Irish sextet in 48th place, 1 minute 29 seconds off the lead. Michael McNena and David McQuaid are 81st and 82nd, Stephen Gallagher 92nd, while Paul Healion suffered two crashes on the opening stage and currently lies 123rd. The race continues until Sunday, after which O'Loughlin, McNena, McQuaid and Healion will dispute the European under 23 championships from August 3rd - 5th. 27th July 2000 IRISH TEAM FOR TOUR OF COTSWALDS: A strong Irish team has been assembled for this Sunday's world-ranked Tour of the Cotswalds in England. National champion David McCann, who will contest the Olympic road race in September, lines out alongside Tommy Evans, Paddy Moriarty and Eugene Moriarty. The quintet is completed by the silver medalist in the national championships, FBD Milk Ras stage winner Brian Kenneally, who makes a long-overdue return to the Irish team. The squad will be managed by national team director Richie Beatty, who will be hoping that the recent run of success across the Irish sea will continue. In June, David McCann and Tommy Evans were third and seventh respectively in the Isle of Man Mountain time trial, while McCann was narrowly outsprinted by Welshman Julian Winn in the Manx International four days later. 25th July 2000 FOX RESTING IN ATHLONE IN EFFORT TO GET OVER GLANDULAR FEVER: Having made a steady start to his first season as a professional, Tonissteiner rider Morgan Fox recently saw his Olympic aspirations dissolve when he was diagnosed with glandular fever. The former Irish national champion, who was hoping to improve his chances of selection for Sydney by recapturing the title last month, has been sidelined until August with a recurrence of the viral infection which hampered his 1998 season. 'It is really frustrating', says the 25 year old. 'I had started to go really well, was flying in a one day race in Germany when I was away for 150 kilometres, but the next day was absolutely shattered. We had thought something was not quite right in the Tour of Japan - the team were getting me into a perfect position for the finish, but I didn't have the power to sprint out of the saddle - and when I went for medical tests they found that I had glandular fever.' Fox believes that the condition had remained largely dormant in his system for the past two years, and had affected him throughout his debut season as a professional. 'I was riding well in some races this year, but the team couldn't understand why my hematocrit was so low. It was 38 or 39 a lot of the time, but fortunately I was still able to do some good rides', says the Athlone cyclist. These included 24th place in the Venendaal-Venendaal event and a capable display in the mountainous Vuelta Asturias. Reassuringly, Fox says that his Tonissteiner team have been very supportive. 'They have told me to rest, that racing was totally out of the question until I get this out of my system. I am just taking it easy, using some homeopathic medicines to try to clear it. Gerard Bulens (Tonissteiner directeur sportif) has been great - he says that if I was riding well with that in my system, I should be flying when I get it sorted. So that makes sitting around at home, resting, a little bit easier. It is still really frustrating, though. I can't wait to get back on the bike.' 19th July 2000 IRISH TEAM FOR
EUROPEAN U23 CHAMPIONSHIPS: 13th July 2000 CONCERTED EFFORT NEEDED BY IRISH CYCLING FEDERATION TO RETURN IRISH TO TOUR: As the battle to take the final yellow jersey to Paris continues, there are many who tune into the television coverage, read daily race reports and reminisce about the halcyon days of Irish cycling. Time was when Kelly and Roche appeared on every short-list of Tour de France contenders, when Earley was hunting for stage wins and Kimmage and Laurence Roche distinguished themselves by surviving the toughest three weeks in sport. Time moves on. Examine the start list for this years race and no Irish rider numbers amongst the 177 who left Futuroscope on July 1st. Same story for the past six editions of the race. Irish, on the Tour? The sole presence in recent years has been that of Emma O'Reilly, a Dublin woman who works as a soigneur (physiotherapist cum sports masseuse cum rider's assistant) with Lance Armstrong's US Postal team. Reassuringly things improved within Irish cycling this season when Ciaran Power and Morgan Fox became the first new riders in eleven years to graduate to the paid ranks. Power finished the Tour of Italy, recording two top-ten placings along the way and will ride the Olympic road race in September. Next year he is expected to stay with the Linda McCartney squad, and will hope to make the team if they succeed in winning a place in the Tour de France in 2001 or 2002. Fox, too, should retain his contract for next year; the 25 year old has been sidelined by a reoccurrence of glandular fever, but some encouraging results to date plus his good relationship with team management suggest he will get another chance to prove his worth. Consider the prodigious talent of Mark Scanlon and the promise exhibited by David O'Loughlin in this year's FBD Milk Ras and there is reason for hope that more Irish riders will make the grade. But despite the positives, there is still legitimate worries about the current situation; numbers competing in the junior ranks are a fraction of the line-ups ten years ago, while underage races reveal an even more critical situation. The grassroots are wilting and there is clearly a large need for a drive to bring more into the sport. In the past much of the blame has been levelled at the Irish Cycling Federation, and despite assurances there is little evidence of a concerted, co-ordinated effort to improve the situation. For the future of the sport it is time for some radical thinking, for some fresh blood and new enthusiasm within the governing body. Otherwise future participation in races such as the Tour de France will remain the exception, rather than the rule for Irish cycling. * On the domestic front, national junior team manager Mark Keily has selected a four man squad to dispute the Donegal 3 day on the 21st- 23rd of July. Tim Cassidy, Sean Lacy, former national champion Michael Dennehy and Dunboyne 3 day winner Philip Duignan will attempt to win the testing event for juniors and second category riders and to carry off the first prize of a set of Mavic Cosmic wheels. Finally, the Dun Laoghaire Grand Prix scheduled for this Sunday has been cancelled due to roadworks on the race route. 9th July 2000 HEALION WINS NATIONAL CRITERIUM CHAMPIONSHIP: Dubliner Paul Healion recorded his biggest victory yet in today's inaugural national criterium championships in Middleton, Cork. Healion was part of a 13 man group which broke clear early on in the high-speed street-circuit race, and forged ahead alone to establish a 30 second lead by the half way point. The promising 21 year old held off a late charge by Linda McCartney professional Ciaran Power and Listowel rider Eugene Moriarty to cross the line alone, 15 seconds clear of the pursuing duo. Moriarty won the sprint for second place, with Colm Bracken bettering Aidan Crowley for 4th, 35 seconds down. Healion won the best young rider award in the 1999 FBD Milk Ras, and is expected to be part of a strong Irish team which will contest next month's under 23 European championships in Poland. Irish National Criterium Championships, Middleton: 1, Paul Healion (Usher IRC) 31 miles in 1 hour 2 mins 42 secs; 2, E. Moriarty (Listowel) at 15 secs; 3, C. Power (Linda McCartney) same time; 4, C. Bracken (Usher IRC) at 35 secs; 5, A. Crowley (Unattached) same time; 6, K. McMahon (Dan Morrissey) at 43 secs 6th July 2000 McCANN TAKES SECOND OLYMPIC SLOT: The Irish Cycling Federation today announced that Belfast cyclist David McCann will join previously-ratified Ciaran Power on the team for the Olympic road race in September. McCann won selection after a string of good international results in recent weeks, including second place in the Manx International, and an impressive victory in the national road race championships. He had also won a stage in the FBD Milk Rás in May and was best in the sprints and mountains classifications. The 27 year old competed in Atlanta 4 years ago, finishing 72nd in the Elite (professional) men’s road race. Power’s fellow professional Morgan Fox had been tipped by some as a possible Olympian, but a viral infection has ruled him out until August. McCann has returned to his French club in Perpignan, and will ride a number of international races in the run-up to the Sydney games. Ireland’s 4-rider Olympic squad is completed by Robin Seymour (Elite men’s mountainbike cross country) and Deirdre Murphy (Elite women’s road race). 2nd July 2000 SCANLON BREAKS ELBOW; OUT FOR 6 WEEKS: 1998 junior world champion Mark Scanlon has been hospitalized after breaking his elbow in a French race. The 19 year old was competing in the Grand Prix de la Ville de Nancy yesterday with his CC Etupes team when he, along with six others came down in a pile-up 16 kilometres into the event. Scanlon landed heavily on his arm, and according to manager Frank Quinn, will be out of competition for six weeks. This will rule him out of the European under 23 championships which was one of his main goals for the year. After a strong showing all season, including an impressive third place in last weekend’s Irish road race championships, the young Sligoman was tipped to do well in the August competition. Instead this latest setback (last season was effectively ruined by a lingering knee injury) means the prodigious cyclist must aim for a strong end of season campaign, which Quinn hopes will yield a professional contract. 27th June 2000 POWER, MURPHY NAMED FOR SYDNEY; FOUR MAN SQUAD TO DISPUTE FINAL PLACE: The Irish Cycling Federation today announced the names of two of the remaining three cyclists yet to be picked for the Olympics in September. National team director Richie Beatty has selected Linda McCartney professional Ciaran Power for the Elite men’s road race, while American based Deirdre Murphy will line out for the women’s event. Irish national mountainbike champion Robin Seymour was confirmed earlier this year as contesting the off road competition. Both Power and Murphy qualified Ireland for the Sydney games last Autumn by placed third in the men’s road race and fourth in the women's competition respectively in the B world championships in Uruguay. Power recently completed the Tour of Italy, recording two top ten placings in the three week event. It was also announced that the final slot in the Elite men’s road race would be filled by either Morgan Fox, David McCann, Eugene Moriarty or Tommy Evans. Selection will be finalised in the coming weeks, although with professional Morgan Fox out with a viral infection, the new national road race champion David McCann must be considered favourite to take the final Olympic berth. Derby Festival race, Kildare: 1, Colm Bracken (Usher IRC); 2, A. Hedderman (Cidona Carick); 3, D. McVeigh, (Cahills Naas); 4, S. Bracken (Usher IRC); 5, M. Kiernan (Provision); 6, G. McQuaid (Emerald), 1st Senior B: Shane Connaughton (Cycleways); 1st Junior: Sean Delaney (O’Meara’s Limerick); 1st Veteran: Karl Gallagher (Garda Motorway) Pictures Posted in a couple of days IVCA 10 MILE TT CHAMPIONSHIP: (June27) 1, Peter Schweppe (Orwell) + 3-44; 2, A. Murtagh (Obelisk) + 3-06; 3, B. Connaughton (Garda) + 2-25; 4, D. Woods (Usher IRC) + 1-54; 5, P. Fitzsimons (Navan) + 1-49; 6, K. O’Rourke (IVCA) + 1-48 Handicap: 1, Paddy Davis (Eagle) + 1-46; 2, F.Harte (McNally Swords) +1-22; 3, L. Williams (IVCA) + 1-15; 4, M. Mullen (Obelisk) + 0-54; 5, L.McKenna (IVCA) + 0-43; 6, D. Howe (Newbridge Cutlery CC) + 0-32. Fastest: 1, Dave Woods (Usher IRC) 23 mins 08 secs; 2, P. Schweppe (Orwell) 24 mins 1 sec; 3, B. Connaughton (Garda) 24 mins 19 secs; 4, B. Kennedy (McNally Swords) 24 mins 40 secs; 5, J. Hegarty (Orwell) 24 mins 49 secs; 6, A. Murtagh (Obelisk) 25 mins 12 secs 25th June 2000 McCANN TAKES NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS: 1996 Olympian David McCann boosted his chances of competing in the Sydney games with an impressive victory in today’s national road race championships in Blackpool, Cork. McCann was part of a 12 man breakaway which went clear in the first of five 20-mile laps, leaving fancied riders such as Aidan Duff, Dermot Finnegan and professional Ciaran Power stranded in a lethargic main bunch. The breakaway group split on the third lap under the pressure of an attack by foreign- based riders David O’Loughlin and 1998 junior world champion Mark Scanlon, drawing McCann, Brian Kenneally, Michael McNena and Eugene Moriarty clear and effectively consigning the rest of the field to a supporting role. Going onto the final lap McCann surged clear, was joined by Kenneally on the Old Dublin road climb and worked steadily together to establish a lead of over one minute. McCann kicked again with three kilometres to go and held on to take his first national road race championship win, after placing second in 1997 and 1998. Kenneally crossed the line a disappointed second, with Scanlon outsprinting O’Loughlin to take bronze. 23rd June 2000 McCANN
SECOND IN WORLD-RANKED MANX INTERNATIONAL RACE: Four years after
winning the world-ranked event, Irish cyclist David McCann went tantalisingly
close to repeating the feat in the Manx International road race yesterday.
McCann was part of a strong 4 man Irish team which lined out for the prestigious
competition and on the final climb McCann forged clear with FBD Milk Ras winner
Julian Winn, leaving the field fragmented behind them. In the dash for the line
McCann was narrowly outsprinted by the in-form Welshman, echoing a similar
frustration in the Archer GP in April when he was bettered by professional Roger
Hammond, but with Tommy Evans 4th, David O’Loughlin 5th and Paddy Moriarty
11th, the Irish team were clearly the strongest in the race. Moreover, having
placed second yesterday and third in the mountain time trial last Sunday, McCann
has reinforced his tag as one of the main favourites for Sunday’s national
road race title in Cork. There was concern, however, for
O'Loughlin after the race. The 22 year old fell on the way to the start, and
later went to hospital with a sprained wrist. He is expected to have recovered
in time for Sunday's vital championships, which are expected to influence final
selection for the Olympic games. CIPOLLINI, BOARDMAN OUT OF TOUR DE FRANCE: Multiple Tour de France stage winner Mario Cipollini has confirmed that he will not be participating in the forthcoming Tour de France, which beings on the first of July. The flamboyant Italian won a record-equalling four successive stages in last year’s Tour, but his aim of adding to a haul of victories in the race was dashed when the self-proclaimed ‘Lion King’ sustained broken ribs and facial injuries in a recent training crash. Also missing will be three-time prologue winner and current hour record holder Chris Boardman, who has been struggling with sinus problems in this, his last season as a professional cyclist. 21st June 2000 HEALION
WINS STEPHEN ROCHE GRAND PRIX: After breaking his collarbone earlier
this season, Usher IRC rider Paul Healion provided further proof of a return to
form when he won tonight’s Stephen Roche Grand Prix in Dundrum. Healion,
who was best under 23 rider in the 1999 FBD Milk Ras, broke clear with six
others in the early stages of the 25 mile circuit race around Meadowmount and
quickly gained a decisive lead on the main bunch. Former winner Stephen O’Sullivan
made repeated attempts to break clear of the leading group, but in the dash for
the line Healion emerged best, ahead of Aidan Crowley. The in-form
Dubliner competes in this Sunday’s national championships in Cork with hopes
of continuing his recent run of good results. POWER FIFTH ON FINAL STAGE OF CIRCUITO MONTANES: Linda McCartney professional Ciaran Power has further reinforced his candidature for Olympic selection and shown that he will be a force to be reckoned with in this Sunday’s Irish national road race championships in Cork. The 24 year old cyclist, who earlier this month completed the three week Tour of Italy, recorded what was his second fifth place in the Circuito Montanes on Tuesday. The eighth and final stage was won by Power’s team mate David McKenzie, who had taken stage 7 in the Tour of Italy, with fellow Linda McCartney rider Bjorner Vestol third and Power completing a dominant display for the team by placing second in the bunch sprint to finish fifth. 18th June 2000 Mark Scanlon underlined his class today when he dominated the Davis Cup road race in Mayo, finishing 4 minutes 43 seconds ahead of the next rider. The 19 year old French-based cyclist is home to contest next weekend’s national championships and wasted little time reacquainting himself with Irish racing; on the first of 14 3.5 mile laps he went clear with Dave Nugent and built up a sizeable lead over the main bunch. Scanlon disposed of his breakaway companion with 4 laps remaining and ended up lapping every rider bar Nugent. Another going into the road race championship as one of the hot favourites is Cidona Carrick’s Brian Kenneally who impressed in the Meath Grand prix today. Kenneally, who illustrated his current good form when he won the Thomas Sheehan memorial and placed second in the 10 mile time trial championships last weekend, jumped clear of a breakaway group with eight miles remaining to win alone. Irish national team regular Eugene Moriarty led home the breakaway to take second place. 12th June 2000 SCANLON HIGHLY PLACED IN FRENCH STAGE RACE: Continuing a season peppered with good results, former world junior champion Mark Scanlon had a strong showing in the French Tour de Loire Atlantique event over the weekend. The 19 year old had a string of good placings in the four stage race, sprinting home 4th in the opening 155 kilometre stage, finishing tenth in the 100 kilometre third stage and then 7th in the concluding leg of the race. Scanlon ended the race a fine 6th overall, forty seconds behind outright winner Ivailo Gabrowski of Bulgaria. With team-mate Raphael Jeune in 5th, the Sligoman’s CC Etupes club was second in the teams classification. Scanlon returns to Ireland tomorrow (Tuesday), and will seek to win his first senior national title in the road race championships in Cork, on June 25th. 4th June 2000 POWER FINISHES TOUR OF ITALY: Three weeks, 21 stages and 3700 kilometres after the race began with a prologue on the streets of Rome, Ciaran Power yesterday joined an illustrious list of Irish cyclists when he became only the seventh Irishman to complete one of cycling's three week Grand Tours. The Linda McCartney team rider sprinted home 13th on the final stage of the Tour of Italy, a 198 kilometre trek from Turin to Milan, and putting a cap on what has been both the best, and most difficult performance of his five month old professional career. Power's experiences in the race have been marked by extremes; on two occasions he went dangerously close to the daily time limit on stages, but also achieved excellent stage placings of fifth and sixth along the way. He also registered two further top twenty placings in bunch sprints, enough to suggest that he is capable of winning a stage in the race in the near future. For now, though, placing 122nd of 179 starters in the second biggest race in cycling will be a deep source of satisfaction for the 24 year old first year professional, and surely guarantees his place in the as-yet unannounced squad of two Irish riders to dispute the Olympic road race in September. Power returns to Ireland to dispute the national championships on June 25th. The Tour of Italy was won by Stefano Garzelli, who after days of trying finally usurped fellow Italian Francesco Casagrande in Saturday's 34 kilometre individual time trial to summit of Sestrieres. Mariano Piccoli won yesterday's final stage in Milan, outsprinting four other Italians in the dash for the line. 3rd June 2000 POWER COMPLETES PENULITMATE STAGE, SET TO COMPLETE TOUR OF ITALY: Irish cyclist Ciaran Power looks set to become only the seventh Irish cyclist to complete a three-week grand Tour tomorrow, when the Tour of Italy finishes on the streets of Milan. After battling with the time limit on Thursday’s Alpine stage to Pratonevoso, the 24 year old Linda McCartney professional had no such difficulties today and successfully completed the penultimate stage, a 34 kilometre mountain time trial finishing at the ski resort of Sestrieres. The stage was won by Czech rider Jan Hruska, but the big news was the change in overall leadership which saw Stefano Garzelli usurp fellow Italian Francesco Casagrande. Garzelli now leads by 1 minute and 15 seconds and barring accident, looks set to win the second biggest race in cycling. SCANLON'S GOOD FORM CONTINUES After finishing third in the recent Fleche Charante Limosine, Mark Scanlon’s streak of good form continued in Thursday’s GP Delle Etupes race. The 1998 junior world champion sprinted home in second place, ten seconds behind his CC Etupes team mate Gael Perry. His next assignment is the Tour de Loire Atlantique from June 9th-11th after which the 19 year old will dispute the Irish national championships on the 25th. 2nd June 2000 TOUR OF ITALY: Eighteen stages down, three to go, and Ciaran Power looks set to realise his ambitions in this year’s Tour of Italy. Prior to the start the first year professional had stated his goals were to finish his first three-week tour and also to get a high stage placing along the way. Things have gone to plan; with just two Alpine stages to go before the final stage in Milan, Power has already achieved an excellent fifth place on stage three and sixth on Tuesday’s leg to Meda. And while he suffered on yesterday’s arduous mountain stage, the 24 year old made it to the finish within the time limit and will give his all to become what will be only the seventh Irishman to finish a major Tour. The experience will do much for the 24 year old Linda McCartney rider, boosting confidence, building strength, and doing much to insure he will be selected to contest the Olympic road race in three months. Two places are up for grabs in Sydney and speculation is rife about who will get the nod. Power, fellow professional Morgan Fox, former junior world champion Mark Scanlon and 1996 Olympian David McCann are four of the names most oft-mentioned within cycling circles, but the decision rests solely with national team director Richie Beatty, who will name a five man Olympic squad after the national championships. MTB WORLDS IN SPAIN: One Irish cyclist has already been named as a Sydney entrant. Robin Seymour, the national champion in both mountainbike and cyclocross earned a berth for Ireland last year when he got into the top 50 riders in the world. Seymour has built up gradually towards his Olympic debut, but next weekend tackles his other main aim for the season – namely, the MTB world championships in Sierra Nevada, Spain. Run off at eight and a half thousand feet, the altitude will make things difficult for the Wicklowman, but he is nevertheless aiming to at least equal his 49th place of last year. Seymour plus 12 others depart on Monday for the race. Of the others, Tarja Owens is the more experienced of the two senior elite women, while Glyn O’Brien and John Lawlor are considered most likely to perform of the downhill and dual competitors. ISLE OF MAN: Of the road riders, the four best placed Irish cyclists in last week’s FBD Milk Ras have been selected by national team director Richie Beatty to contest the Manx International on the 23rd of this month. David McCann won the race in 1996, and the in-form northerner will travel with similar aspirations to the Isle of Man race, alongside Paddy Moriarty, David O’Loughlin and Tommy Evans. Also riding well – although not lining out in Manx event – is Mark Scanlon, who won the Mannion Veg event there two years ago. Scanlon was placed 3rd overall in last weekend’s Fleche Charante Limousine in France, further proof that he has put the knee injury of 1999 behind him. Morgan Fox is another continental-based rider who is building good form of late; the Tonissteiner professional registered three top 20 placings in the recent Tour of Japan and was best placed of his team in 42nd overall. He races in Bochum, Germany on Sunday before disputing another event in Belgium two days later. |
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