A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from launch complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. AFP
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from launch complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. AFP
A father and his sons walk at sunset on the side dam of Vacaresti wild park, in Bucharest, Romania. EPA
A father and his sons walk at sunset on the side dam of Vacaresti wild park, in Bucharest, Romania. EPA
People pay tribute with flowers and cards during a candlelight vigil in Lima in memory of Inti Sotelo, 24, and Jack Pintado, 22, who were wounded and later reported dead, during clashes against police while protesting the government of interim President Manuel Merino, in downtown Lima, Peru. AFP
People pay tribute with flowers and cards during a candlelight vigil in Lima in memory of Inti Sotelo, 24, and Jack Pintado, 22, who were wounded and later reported dead, during clashes against police while protesting the government of interim President Manuel Merino, in downtown Lima, Peru. AFP
A child sits on a steel pipe in Marikina in the aftermath of Typhoon Vamco, in Metro Manila, Philippines. Reuters
A child sits on a steel pipe in Marikina in the aftermath of Typhoon Vamco, in Metro Manila, Philippines. Reuters
Orlando Chavez, 74, builds up the walls of his adobe (mud) house after it was destroyed by Hurricane Eta at a former banana field in Amapa, El Progreso municipality, Yoro department, Honduras, as he prepares for the arrival of Hurricane Iota. AFP
Orlando Chavez, 74, builds up the walls of his adobe (mud) house after it was destroyed by Hurricane Eta at a former banana field in Amapa, El Progreso municipality, Yoro department, Honduras, as he prepares for the arrival of Hurricane Iota. AFP
Local folk artists perform next to a police line outside Congress building, as they wait for news from inside on who will be the country's next president, in Lima, Peru. Interim President Manuel Merino announced his resignation following massive protests when lawmakers ousted President Martin Vizcarra. AP Photo
Local folk artists perform next to a police line outside Congress building, as they wait for news from inside on who will be the country's next president, in Lima, Peru. Interim President Manuel Merino announced his resignation following massive protests when lawmakers ousted President Martin Vizcarra. AP Photo
Ethnic Armenians look out from a bus returning to Stepanakert, the capital of the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh in Yerevan, Armenia. Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to halt fighting in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan under an agreement signed with Russia that calls for deployment of nearly 2,000 Russian peacekeepers and territorial concessions. AP Photo
Ethnic Armenians look out from a bus returning to Stepanakert, the capital of the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh in Yerevan, Armenia. Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to halt fighting in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan under an agreement signed with Russia that calls for deployment of nearly 2,000 Russian peacekeepers and territorial concessions. AP Photo
Britain's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President of the German Federal Council Reiner Haseloff and head judge of Germany's constitutional court Stephan Harbarth, from left, pay their respects during a wreath-laying ceremony on national Memorial Day at the Neue Wache in Berlin. AP
Britain's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President of the German Federal Council Reiner Haseloff and head judge of Germany's constitutional court Stephan Harbarth, from left, pay their respects during a wreath-laying ceremony on national Memorial Day at the Neue Wache in Berlin. AP

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1. Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 4:42:34

2. Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe

3. Elia Viviani (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers

4. Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) BikeExchange-Jayco

5. Emils Liepins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo

6. Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ

7. Max Kanter (Ger) Movistar Team

8. Olav Kooij (Ned) Jumbo-Visma

9. Tom Devriendt (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux

10. Pascal Ackermann (Ger) UAE Team Emirate

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