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2015 Giro d'Italia

98th edition: May 9 - May 31, 2015

Stage 18 Results

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Thursday, May 28: Stage 18: Melide - Verbania, 172 km

Stage 18 map and profile | Stage 18 photos |

Philippe Gilbert descends to the finish at Verbania

Philippe Gilbert hauls down Monte Olegno on his way to winning Giro stage 18.

The Race: Philippe Gilbert is having a great Giro d'Italia. Today he won his second stage this year, today in Verbania. Gilbert was also first in the 12th stage, finishing in Vicenza.

He was in the the leading break when, with about 19 kilometers to go, he bolted, leaving the other escapees about a minute behind after performing a death-defying descent to the finish.

Further back, race leader Alberto Contador dropped his main GC competition by taking off just as they crashed on Monte Olegno. I'm sure there will be a lot of bitching about that. But it has been done to Contador this Giro when he fell, so the cosmic karma gets a little balancing.

The net effect was for Contador to extend his overall lead to more than five minutes over Mikel Landa.

Both Jérôme Pineau and Damiano Cunego abandoned today.

Complete Results:

172 km raced at an average speed of 42.255 km/hr

Stage 18 photos |

1	GILBERT Philippe	BMC	4hr 4min 14sec
2	BONGIORNO Francesco	BARDIANI-CSF	@ 47sec
3	CHAVANEL Sylvain	IAM CYCLING	@ 1min 1sec
4	BUSATO Matteo	SOUTHEAST	s.t.
5	MOINARD Amaël	BMC	s.t.
6	DE LA CRUZ David	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
7	NOCENTINI Rinaldo	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
8	SIUTSOU Kanstantsin	SKY	s.t.
9	HAGA Chad	GIANT-ALPECIN	0:02:42
10	WEENING Pieter	ORICA-GREENEDGE	0:03:55
11	HESJEDAL Ryder	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	0:06:05
12	CONTADOR Alberto	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
13	VILLELLA Davide	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	0:06:38
14	GENIEZ Alexandre	FDJ	0:07:18
15	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
16	CARUSO Damiano	BMC	s.t.
17	KONIG Leopold	SKY	s.t.
18	ZARDINI Edoardo	BARDIANI-CSF	s.t.
19	VISCONTI Giovanni	MOVISTAR	s.t.
20	TROFIMOV Yury	KATUSHA	s.t.
21	VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
22	PELLIZOTTI Franco	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	s.t.
23	LANDA MEANA Mikel	ASTANA	s.t.
24	ARU Fabio	ASTANA	s.t.
25	AMADOR Andrey	MOVISTAR	s.t.
26	ELISSONDE Kenny	FDJ	s.t.
27	MONFORT Maxime	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
28	KANGERT Tanel	ASTANA	s.t.
29	BELKOV Maxim	KATUSHA	s.t.
30	PIRAZZI Stefano	BARDIANI-CSF	0:11:34
31	ATAPUMA Jhon Darwin	BMC	0:11:34
32	FINETTO Mauro	SOUTHEAST	0:14:45
33	DUPONT Hubert	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
34	BOUET Maxime	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
35	ROGERS Michael	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
36	MIHAILOV Nikolai	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
37	TIRALONGO Paolo	ASTANA	s.t.
38	ULISSI Diego	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
39	ROSA Diego	ASTANA	s.t.
40	BAK Lars Ytting	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
41	CHEVRIER Clement	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
42	URAN Rigoberto	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
43	SANCHEZ Luis Leon	ASTANA	s.t.
44	BETANCUR Carlos Alberto	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
45	CARDOSO Andre Fernando	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
46	FERNANDEZ Rubén	MOVISTAR	s.t.
47	HANSEN Adam	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
48	ARMEE Sander	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
49	FORMOLO Davide	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
50	STORTONI Simone	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	s.t.
51	BROWN Nathan	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
52	MOUREY Francis	FDJ	s.t.
53	LUDVIGSSON Tobias	GIANT-ALPECIN	0:19:33
54	POLANC Jan	LAMPRE-MERIDA	0:21:10
55	ZEITS Andrey	ASTANA	s.t.
56	KEIZER Martijn	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
57	ZABEL Rick	BMC	s.t.
58	VAN DER LIJKE Nick	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
59	ROUX Anthony	FDJ	s.t.
60	ACEVEDO Janier Alexis	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
61	LINDEMAN Bertjan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
62	ANTON Igor	MOVISTAR	s.t.
63	SZMYD Sylvester	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
64	MONSALVE Jonathan	SOUTHEAST	s.t.
65	FELLINE Fabio	TREK	s.t.
66	ARNDT Nikias	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
67	STAMSNIJDER Tom	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
68	ZILIOLI Gianfranco	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	s.t.
69	KREUZIGER Roman	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
70	KLUGE Roger	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
71	QUINTANA Dayer Uberney	MOVISTAR	s.t.
72	COURTEILLE Arnaud	FDJ	s.t.
73	GAVAZZI Francesco	SOUTHEAST	s.t.
74	HAUSSLER Heinrich	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
75	VAKOC Petr	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	0:21:57
76	MONTAGUTI Matteo	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
77	CHAVES Johan Esteban	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
78	DURBRIDGE Luke	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
79	CLARKE Simon	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
80	SLAGTER Tom Jelte	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
81	PUCCIO Salvatore	SKY	s.t.
82	BOOKWALTER Brent	BMC	s.t.
83	PETACCHI Alessandro	SOUTHEAST	s.t.
84	BEWLEY Sam	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
85	LANCASTER Brett	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
86	MEZGEC Luka	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
87	KOCHETKOV Pavel	KATUSHA	s.t.
88	HOFLAND Moreno	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
89	SABATINI Fabio	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
90	CATALDO Dario	ASTANA	s.t.
91	EISEL Bernhard	SKY	s.t.
92	FISCHER Murilo Antonio	FDJ	s.t.
93	HENAO Sebastian	SKY	s.t.
94	CHENG Ji	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
95	NIEVE Mikel	SKY	s.t.
96	KIRYIENKA Vasil	SKY	s.t.
97	TOSATTO Matteo	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
98	MORI Manuele	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
99	BANDIERA Marco	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	s.t.
100	BOARO Manuele	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
101	RUTKIEWICZ Marek	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
102	NIEMIEC Przemyslaw	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
103	ALAFACI Eugenio	TREK	s.t.
104	OWSIAN Lukasz	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
105	BERLATO Giacomo	NIPPO-VINI FANTINI	s.t.
106	PATERSKI Maciej	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
107	VIVIANI Elia	SKY	s.t.
108	DOMONT Axel	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
109	MARANGONI Alan	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
110	GROSU Eduard Michael	NIPPO-VINI FANTINI	s.t.
111	REZA Kevin	FDJ	s.t.
112	PINEAU Cedric	FDJ	s.t.
113	HERRADA Jesús	MOVISTAR	s.t.
114	FLENS Rick	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
115	DE BACKER Bert	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
116	TJALLINGII Maarten	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
117	BÉRARD Julien	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
118	HOULE Hugo	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
119	FERRARI Roberto	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
120	DILLIER Silvan	BMC	s.t.
121	BURGHARDT Marcus	BMC	s.t.
122	MATYSIAK Bartlomiej	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
123	BASSO Ivan	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
124	RICHEZE Ariel	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
125	MODOLO Sacha	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
126	VEIKKANEN Jussi	FDJ	s.t.
127	DE NEGRI Pier Paolo	NIPPO-VINI FANTINI	s.t.
128	SAMOILAU Branislau	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
129	BISOLTI Alessandro	NIPPO-VINI FANTINI	s.t.
130	STACCHIOTTI Riccardo	NIPPO-VINI FANTINI	s.t.
131	MALAGUTI Alessandro	NIPPO-VINI FANTINI	s.t.
132	ZAKARIN Ilnur	KATUSHA	s.t.
133	KEISSE Iljo	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
134	FAIRLY Caleb	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
135	INTXAUSTI Benat	MOVISTAR	s.t.
136	ROVNY Ivan	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
137	PORSEV Alexander	KATUSHA	s.t.
138	GESCHKE Simon	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
139	CHERNETSKY Sergey	KATUSHA	s.t.
140	PAULINHO Sergio Miguel	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
141	CHIRICO Luca	BARDIANI-CSF	s.t.
142	LAGUTIN Sergey	KATUSHA	s.t.
143	FAVILLI Elia	SOUTHEAST	s.t.
144	FRAPPORTI Marco	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	s.t.
145	MALACARNE Davide	ASTANA	s.t.
146	HEPBURN Michael	ORICA-GREENEDGE	s.t.
147	JUUL JENSEN Christopher	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
148	WATSON Calvin	TREK	0:22:50
149	NIZZOLO Giacomo	TREK	0:22:51
150	COLEDAN Marco	TREK	s.t.
151	SILVESTRE Fabio	TREK	s.t.
152	BEPPU Fumiyuki	TREK	s.t.
153	VAN POPPEL Boy	TREK	s.t.
154	ZHUPA Eugert	SOUTHEAST	s.t.
155	GRMAY Tsgabu	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
156	BOEM Nicola	BARDIANI-CSF	s.t.
157	COLBRELLI Sonny	BARDIANI-CSF	s.t.
158	APPOLLONIO Davide	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	0:23:59
159	BOLE Grega	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	s.t.
160	GRETSCH Patrick	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	s.t.
161	PAOLINI Luca	KATUSHA	s.t.
162	BATTAGLIN Enrico	BARDIANI-CSF	0:25:19
163	TVETCOV Serghei	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	s.t.
164	SARAMOTINS Aleksejs	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
165	IZAGUIRRE Jon	MOVISTAR	s.t.

GC after Stage 18:

2,864 km raced so far at an average speed of 39.566 km/hr

1	CONTADOR Alberto	TINKOFF-SAXO	72hr 23min 9sec
2	LANDA Mikel	ASTANA	@ 5min 15sec
3	ARU Fabio	ASTANA	0:06:05
4	AMADOR Andrey	MOVISTAR	0:07:01
5	TROFIMOV Yury	KATUSHA	0:09:40
6	KONIG Leopold	SKY	0:10:44
7	CARUSO Damiano	BMC	0:11:05
8	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	0:12:53
9	HESJEDAL Ryder	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	0:13:01
10	GENIEZ Alexandre	FDJ	0:14:01
11	MONFORT Maxime	LOTTO-SOUDAL	0:15:17
12	VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen	LOTTO-SOUDAL	0:17:12
13	MOINARD Amaël	BMC	0:21:15
14	VISCONTI Giovanni	MOVISTAR	0:21:25
15	KANGERT Tanel	ASTANA	0:28:11
16	URAN Rigoberto	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	0:30:52
17	ATAPUMA Jhon Darwin	BMC	0:33:24
18	BETANCUR Carlos Alberto	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	0:41:13
19	NIEVE Mikel	SKY	0:42:22
20	TIRALONGO Paolo	ASTANA	0:46:40
21	KREUZIGER Roman	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:53:39
22	FORMOLO Davide	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	0:57:01
23	CATALDO Dario	ASTANA	@ 1hr 2min 1sec
24	IZAGUIRRE Jon	MOVISTAR	1:07:17
25	CARDOSO Andre Fernando	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	1:10:07
26	ROSA Diego	ASTANA	1:11:23
27	PIRAZZI Stefano	BARDIANI-CSF	1:12:25
28	GILBERT Philippe	BMC	1:23:16
29	PELLIZOTTI Franco	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	1:26:50
30	ROGERS Michael	TINKOFF-SAXO	1:31:47
31	SIUTSOU Kanstantsin	SKY	1:33:01
32	MONSALVE Jonathan	SOUTHEAST	1:34:43
33	INTXAUSTI Benat	MOVISTAR	1:35:35
34	NIEMIEC Przemyslaw	LAMPRE-MERIDA	1:36:07
35	SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon	ASTANA	1:40:16
36	DE LA CRUZ David	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	1:44:58
37	FINETTO Mauro	SOUTHEAST	1:46:57
38	FELLINE Fabio	TREK	1:47:20
39	ANTON Igor	MOVISTAR	1:47:27
40	CHAVANEL Sylvain	IAM CYCLING	1:47:40
41	BOLE Grega	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	1:48:39
42	KEIZER Martijn	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	1:49:10
43	BONGIORNO Francesco	BARDIANI-CSF	1:51:45
44	KOCHETKOV Pavel	KATUSHA	1:55:25
45	CHAVES Johan Esteban	ORICA-GREENEDGE	2:01:54
46	BOUET Maxime	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	2:02:16
47	MONTAGUTI Matteo	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	2:04:27
48	MOUREY Francis	FDJ	2:04:59
49	GAVAZZI Francesco	SOUTHEAST	2:05:15
50	HENAO Sebastian	SKY	2:07:35
51	DUPONT Hubert	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	2:07:54
52	SZMYD Sylvester	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	2:09:01
53	LAGUTIN Sergey	KATUSHA	2:09:07
54	ULISSI Diego	LAMPRE-MERIDA	2:11:15
55	ZEITS Andrey	ASTANA	2:12:00
56	ELISSONDE Kenny	FDJ	2:14:22
57	BASSO Ivan	TINKOFF-SAXO	2:16:30
58	DILLIER Silvan	BMC	2:16:34
59	POLANC Jan	LAMPRE-MERIDA	2:21:09
60	SAMOILAU Branislau	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	2:23:43
61	ZAKARIN Ilnur	KATUSHA	2:23:53
62	BISOLTI Alessandro	NIPPO-VINI FANTINI	2:25:10
63	STORTONI Simone	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	2:25:47
64	BROWN Nathan	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	2:27:33
65	CLARKE Simon	ORICA-GREENEDGE	2:30:02
66	ZARDINI Edoardo	BARDIANI-CSF	2:30:41
67	NOCENTINI Rinaldo	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	2:30:58
68	CHEVRIER Clement	IAM CYCLING	2:31:34
69	VILLELLA Davide	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	2:31:50
70	HERRADA Jesús	MOVISTAR	2:34:25
71	PATERSKI Maciej	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	2:38:00
72	BURGHARDT Marcus	BMC	2:38:18
73	FERNANDEZ Rubén	MOVISTAR	2:38:49
74	BOOKWALTER Brent	BMC	2:39:44
75	ZILIOLI Gianfranco	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	2:42:59
76	ARMEE Sander	LOTTO-SOUDAL	2:44:11
77	DOMONT Axel	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	2:45:55
78	KIRYIENKA Vasil	SKY	2:46:12
79	SLAGTER Tom Jelte	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	2:46:46
80	PUCCIO Salvatore	SKY	2:47:04
81	HANSEN Adam	LOTTO-SOUDAL	2:49:04
82	MORI Manuele	LAMPRE-MERIDA	2:50:17
83	MALACARNE Davide	ASTANA	2:51:38
84	GESCHKE Simon	GIANT-ALPECIN	2:55:35
85	BOARO Manuele	TINKOFF-SAXO	2:56:31
86	BATTAGLIN Enrico	BARDIANI-CSF	2:57:26
87	GRETSCH Patrick	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	2:59:59
88	CHIRICO Luca	BARDIANI-CSF	3:03:30
89	GRMAY Tsgabu	LAMPRE-MERIDA	3:04:24
90	WEENING Pieter	ORICA-GREENEDGE	3:04:24
91	RUTKIEWICZ Marek	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	3:04:27
92	LUDVIGSSON Tobias	GIANT-ALPECIN	3:05:06
93	HAGA Chad	GIANT-ALPECIN	3:07:46
94	ROUX Anthony	FDJ	3:08:13
95	FAVILLI Elia	SOUTHEAST	3:09:56
96	VAN DER LIJKE Nick	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	3:12:12
97	COLBRELLI Sonny	BARDIANI-CSF	3:12:57
98	BERLATO Giacomo	NIPPO-VINI FANTINI	3:15:45
99	FRAPPORTI Marco	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	3:15:53
100	BUSATO Matteo	SOUTHEAST	3:17:39
101	REZA Kevin	FDJ	3:17:41
102	BELKOV Maxim	KATUSHA	3:19:34
103	BAK Lars Ytting	LOTTO-SOUDAL	3:19:36
104	PAOLINI Luca	KATUSHA	3:22:07
105	PAULINHO Sergio Miguel	TINKOFF-SAXO	3:26:11
106	LINDEMAN Bertjan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	3:26:21
107	SABATINI Fabio	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	3:27:34
108	DE NEGRI Pier Paolo	NIPPO-VINI FANTINI	3:28:35
109	TOSATTO Matteo	TINKOFF-SAXO	3:29:08
110	QUINTANA Dayer Uberney	MOVISTAR	3:29:51
111	BÉRARD Julien	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	3:31:31
112	DURBRIDGE Luke	ORICA-GREENEDGE	3:33:06
113	BEPPU Fumiyuki	TREK	3:33:47
114	HAUSSLER Heinrich	IAM CYCLING	3:35:07
115	CHERNETSKY Sergey	KATUSHA	3:36:06
116	VAKOC Petr	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	3:36:45
117	ACEVEDO Janier Alexis	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	3:36:48
118	APPOLLONIO Davide	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	3:39:53
119	PETACCHI Alessandro	SOUTHEAST	3:39:56
120	COURTEILLE Arnaud	FDJ	3:40:04
121	HOULE Hugo	AG2R-LA MONDIALE	3:40:40
122	TJALLINGII Maarten	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	3:42:05
123	OWSIAN Lukasz	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	3:42:30
124	PINEAU Cedric	FDJ	3:42:59
125	VIVIANI Elia	SKY	3:44:27
126	MODOLO Sacha	LAMPRE-MERIDA	3:45:13
127	RICHEZE Ariel	LAMPRE-MERIDA	3:45:23
128	MIHAILOV Nikolai	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	3:50:43
129	ROVNY Ivan	TINKOFF-SAXO	3:51:53
130	BEWLEY Sam	ORICA-GREENEDGE	3:52:10
131	MARANGONI Alan	CANNONDALE-GARMIN	3:53:45
132	FERRARI Roberto	LAMPRE-MERIDA	3:55:57
133	PORSEV Alexander	KATUSHA	3:56:04
134	FISCHER Murilo Antonio	FDJ	3:56:33
135	MEZGEC Luka	GIANT-ALPECIN	3:57:40
136	NIZZOLO Giacomo	TREK	3:58:36
137	LANCASTER Brett	ORICA-GREENEDGE	4:00:28
138	ALAFACI Eugenio	TREK	4:00:46
139	JUUL JENSEN Christopher	TINKOFF-SAXO	4:02:06
140	FAIRLY Caleb	GIANT-ALPECIN	4:06:57
141	TVETCOV Serghei	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	4:07:10
142	HOFLAND Moreno	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	4:08:17
143	ZABEL Rick	BMC	4:08:33
144	ARNDT Nikias	GIANT-ALPECIN	4:12:32
145	MATYSIAK Bartlomiej	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE	4:12:50
146	VAN POPPEL Boy	TREK	4:15:48
147	KEISSE Iljo	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	4:16:18
148	EISEL Bernhard	SKY	4:17:04
149	SILVESTRE Fabio	TREK	4:19:01
150	FLENS Rick	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	4:19:50
151	VEIKKANEN Jussi	FDJ	4:21:37
152	GROSU Eduard Michael	NIPPO-VINI FANTINI	4:22:19
153	STACCHIOTTI Riccardo	NIPPO-VINI FANTINI	4:28:29
154	WATSON Calvin	TREK	4:29:08
155	MALAGUTI Alessandro	NIPPO-VINI FANTINI	4:32:25
156	HEPBURN Michael	ORICA-GREENEDGE	4:33:52
157	STAMSNIJDER Tom	GIANT-ALPECIN	4:33:55
158	BANDIERA Marco	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	4:36:10
159	DE BACKER Bert	GIANT-ALPECIN	4:37:09
160	ZHUPA Eugert	SOUTHEAST	4:37:47
161	BOEM Nicola	BARDIANI-CSF	4:38:11
162	CHENG Ji	GIANT-ALPECIN	4:44:07
163	KLUGE Roger	IAM CYCLING	4:46:52
164	SARAMOTINS Aleksejs	IAM CYCLING	4:53:26
165	COLEDAN Marco	TREK	4:56:07