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Tulpenrallye 1997

The story of 1997: No extra day was added to the programme this year, although the start on Tuesday morning came very early indeed. Germany was avoided as far as possible, because of the difficulties in obtaining the necessary permit in that country. The fashion manufacturer State of Art appeared this year as the event's new main sponsor. Among the competitors was Bert Dolk, winner of the rally in 1973. Other Dutch contenders were Eddy van den Hoorn (Volvo 1225), Renger Guliker (Fiat 1600S), Don van der Vaart (Triumph TR3A), Linus Verhoeks (Austin Healey 3000 MKII), Eric Leerdam (Ford Lotus Cortina), Dries Jetten (Ferrari 250 GTE) and Titia Westerhof (Volvo 121). Notable foreign competitors were Martin Petit, Mike Cornwell, Piet van Dieten and Neil Wilson. The Belgian Rudi Theissen started in a Ford Escort Mexico, the car in which Roger Clark had won the rally in 1968 (at that time still in experimental form). The Swiss competitor Christian Heussi started in a 1933 Citroën TA II Cabriolet, navigated by the enthusiastic Henk van Montfort, who was setting out on his twelfth Tulpenrallye. After the start in Noordwijk the competitors headed towards Eindhoven, where lunch was taken at the DAF museum. The afternoon route produced the traditional trouble with the maps in Belgium, so that once again a number of competitors reached La Roche very late indeed for the night's rest. The next day the route ran through Belgium and northern France, with lunch in Charleville, to the northern Vosges. Dinner that evening was in Türckheim, and the following day brought the by now traditional run through the Vosges. After lunch in La Bresse the route turned north again to La Petite Pierre, which had been included in the Tulpenrallye several times in the past. On Friday the route ran by way of Mandern, Luxembourg and Belgium to Vaals. On Saturday the crews drove through Vaals, Lent and Veenendaal to the finish in Noordwijk. After the first day, on which only 25 crews stayed free of penalty points, Frans Zapfe and Anja Bögershausen (Mercedes 220 SE Coupe) led rather unexpectedly. Van den Hoorn and Smeets were still 15th at that stage. In the second part of the second day many crews picked up penalty points, and by the end of that day Van den Hoorn was in the lead, followed by Guliker and Van der Vaart. On the third day Guliker produced a unique performance by completing one of the regularity tests in exactly the right time, which left him leading at the end of the day, with Van den Hoorn only 10 seconds behind. On the morning of the fourth day Van den Hoorn missed a control, which cost him 300 penalty points, and the way was open for Guliker to settle the event in his favour. By then, however, his clutch had failed, so he could not turn round when he went the wrong way, and he too missed a control. Guliker missed another control in the afternoon, and the same thing happened to him again on Saturday, so that in the end he had to settle for sixth place at the finish. Van den Hoorn and Smeets won the Tulpenrallye once more, having missed only one of the 153 controls. They were followed in the result by Van der Vaart, Verhoeks, Westerman and Cornwell, who were separated by no more than 70 seconds. The touring class was won by father and son Dolf and Eric Beuk from Noordwijk. The team prize went to Historic Rally Team Nederland. At the prize-giving and the closing party at Huis ter Duin, Johnny Kalvin brought the house down and had every competitor swinging on the dance floor.

Winners

  • SportingEddy v.d HoornRené SmeetsVolvo 122 s ·
  • TouringDolf BeukEric BeukFiat 1800 b ·

This edition

Kilometres
2,100
At the start
204
At the finish
186
Start
Noordwijk (NL)
Finish
Noordwijk (NL)
Rally director
Kees Stoel

Final standings: lowest total penalty points wins. Crews that did not finish are listed at the bottom and do not count towards position. Every column is sortable.

154 crews
110Eddy v.d HoornNetherlandsRené SmeetsNetherlandsVolvo122 s—1
242Don v.d. VaartNetherlandsAndré JettenNetherlandsTriumphtr 3 a—2
319Linus VerhoeksNetherlandsJan BerkhofNetherlandsAustin-healeymk 3000 mkii—3
415Karel WestermanNetherlandsMartin RoosenboomNetherlandsPorsche356 b—4
520Mike CornwellUnited KingdomColin FrancisUnited KingdomPorsche356—5
626Renger GulikerNetherlandsIngeborg GulikerNetherlandsFiat1600 s cabrio—6
769Aernout LindnerNetherlandsMaarten van KekemNetherlandsBmw2002—7
864Jaap van der BorgNetherlandsAd JanssenNetherlandsTriumphspitfire 4—8
948Franz ZapfeGermanyAnja BögershausenGermanyMercedes220 se coupé—9
1027Neil WilsonUnited KingdomWilly CaveUnited KingdomPorsche356 sc—10
1147Rudi TheissenBelgiumMartin GillessenBelgiumFordescort mexico—11
1228Eiso BergsmaNetherlandsWillem v KoningsveldNetherlandsPorsche911—12
1313Henk BaarsNetherlandsWilco BeijerNetherlandsJaguarxk 140 fhc—13
1416Willem v.d. MastNetherlandsPeter StaalNetherlandsTriumphtr 3—14
1539Fred van LingenNetherlandsJaap VerplankenNetherlandsAlfa romeogiulia sprint—15
1624Dries JettenNetherlandsPiet JettenNetherlandsFerrari250 gt/e—16
1729Jan ten CateNetherlandsRonald BronsNetherlandsAston martindb 5—17
1852Peter Hans v.d NatNetherlandsMarcelle v.d. LeurNetherlandsMgmgb—18
19107Gerard CretierNetherlandsDirk-Jan CretierNetherlandsBmw2002 a—19
20129Kees HeutinkNetherlandsAdrie BrugmansNetherlandsMgmgb—20
2162Janet ErdtsieckNetherlandsBart PosthumusNetherlandsTriumph2,5 pi mki—21
226Paul van DoorneNetherlandsMarc van DoorneNetherlandsDaf55—22
23119Cees SchatNetherlandsRob van de BeekNetherlandsVolvop 131—23
2466Gertjan v KlashorstNetherlandsMartijn LevertNetherlandsTriumphtr 3 b—24
2517Piet van DietenNetherlandsWilli PotjansGermanyAlfa romeogt 1600 junior—25
2640Aad LourensNetherlandsPiet den BoefNetherlandsAston martindb 4—26
2725Bernhard PfältzerGermanyGottfried BurckhardtGermanyPorsche911 c—27
2823Lilian v.d. VaartNetherlandsMieke TijstermanNetherlandsDaf55 marathon—28
29100Jack BerkNetherlandsJip BarthNetherlandsVolvop 544—29
3061Guido BuijsNetherlandsJoris BuijsNetherlandsAustin-healey3000 mkiii—29
3121Peter HendriksNetherlandsBen RoetgerinkNetherlandsFordlotus cortina—31
3236Titia WesterhofNetherlandsAnja v.d. MarelNetherlandsVolvo121—32
3318Loek de RooijNetherlandsPeter BezemerNetherlandsVwkever 11—33
34112Michel van EesbeeckBelgiumBrian JohnsonUnited KingdomAustin-healeysprite mkiii—34
3545Ina de HoopNetherlandsArthur DenzlerNetherlandsTriumphspitfire mkiii—35
3646Dick SchiferliNetherlandsHerman SchipperNetherlandsPorsche356 c—36
3734Tony DaviesUnited KingdomAlan SmithUnited KingdomAustinmini cooper—37
3833Herman v.d BoschNetherlandsBas v.d. HeideNetherlandsVolvo122 s—38
3960Niek van GilsNetherlandsMarianne van GilsNetherlandsTriumphtr 3 a—39
40147Ralph de MunnikNetherlandsWillem Jan van DortNetherlandsPorsche912 coupé—40
4135Maries DinauxNetherlandsEric van StraatenNetherlandsTriumphtr 6—41
4273Peter PrattUnited KingdomJulie EaglenUnited KingdomTriumphtr 2—42
43123Gerrit SchippersNetherlandsRoland HollandNetherlandsAustin-healey100/6—43
4444Rob MühringNetherlandsAndré KivitNetherlandsAustin-healey3000 mki—44
453Hans van DoornNetherlandsFred van DoornNetherlandsMorganplus 4—45
46124Emile HeemskerkNetherlandsKees v.d. TangNetherlandsTriumphtr 6 usa—46
4759Rinus SinkeNetherlandsJaap SinkeNetherlandsAustin-healey3000—47
4870Rob KlaarenbeekNetherlandsRonald BatenburgNetherlandsVw-porsche914—48
4974Bert DolkNetherlandsRob v.d. ValkNetherlandsJaguarxk 150—49
5098Sandra DeumelGermanyAnnette SefferBelgiumMgmgb—50
5193Tjoe Houw KweeNetherlandsYu Tjay KweeNetherlandsLotuseuropa s2—51
52102Dries WillemsNetherlandsHarm KuiperNetherlandsTriumphtr 3 a—52
534Lisa KlokgietersNetherlandsDennis GreensladeUnited KingdomMgya/yb limousine—52
54126Pieter WalravenNetherlandsMichel de MaarNetherlandsLotuselan plus 2—54
5558Jan VaandragerNetherlandsWilko VaandragerNetherlandsAustin-healey100/6—55
5632Hans de JongNetherlandsBob DickhoutNetherlandsMgmgc roadster—56
5738Ferdinand EekelsNetherlandsJeroen Dudok van HeelNetherlandsTriumphtr 3 a—57
58115Hans WalravenNetherlandsBart HeijblomNetherlandsAlfa romeogt 1300 junior—58
5912Ron van 't SchipNetherlandsJunior StoutenbeekNetherlandsAlfa romeogiulietta sprint—59
6095Paul KokNetherlandsNico CortleverNetherlandsAlfa romeogiulia sprint gt—60
61132Marc StraathofNetherlandsEric LigtvoetNetherlandsPorsche911 s—61
6272Rob PetersNetherlandsTheo van ErkelNetherlandsJaguarmark2 3.8—62
6350Jan KoertsNetherlandsPeter VermeulenNetherlandsLanciafulvia zagato—63
6467Dries VeenNetherlandsJoris BergsmaNetherlandsMercedes220—64
65152Marco SchilderNetherlandsGerrie MeereboerNetherlandsPorsche911t—65
6671Lin v.d. SlikkeNetherlandsMichel VerbeekNetherlandsPorsche356 c—66
6722Carel KütheNetherlandsFred HuigenNetherlandsAustin-healey3000 mki—67
6811Frans DiepeveenNetherlandsErik van HardeveldNetherlandsAustin-healeysprite mki—68
69131Cees DobbeNetherlandsJacco van DijkNetherlandsTriumphspitfire mkiii—69
7053Leslie TreffersNetherlandsBert KlompNetherlandsVwkever—70
7151Lindy MargadantNetherlandsFelice v.d. AaNetherlandsAlfa romeogiulia spr. gt—71
72128Dieter SeidelGermanyJörn WallingGermanyTriumphtr 4—72
73146VlaardingerbroekNetherlandsBen van DeijlNetherlandsVolvop 121—73
7463Huib GeurinkNetherlandsSjoerd WoudaNetherlandsLanciaflaminia 3b—74
75127Ron JordaanNetherlandsStoffel den DrijverNetherlandsAlfa romeogiulia 1300 ti—75
7685Reinier MutsaertsNetherlandsPiet Hein MutsaertsNetherlandsFordcortina 1600 gt—76
77111Gert BrouwerNetherlandsHuib BerkelaarNetherlandsPorsche912—77
7891Peter KantNetherlandsJohn WijnandsNetherlandsVolvopv 544—78
7984Toon BoogersNetherlandsMieke BoogersNetherlandsVolvopv 544 s—79
80116Evert-Jan DijkstraNetherlandsGuido RouwhorstNetherlandsPorsche356 sc—80
8188Clive EdwardsUnited KingdomMervyn BrakeUnited KingdomLanciafulvia 1600 hf—81
82122Frans FrogerNetherlandsHenk v.d. BergNetherlandsAlfa romeogiulietta sprint—82
8379Peter. BeukNetherlandsMike BeukNetherlandsAustin-healey3000 mkiii—83
84121Klaas-Willem van OmmenNetherlandsRuud OosterbaanNetherlandsFordcortina gt—83
8596Dirk de WildNetherlandsWil de WildNetherlandsPorsche911 s—84
8649Willo MorsinkNetherlandsJohan WitteNetherlandsPorsche356 a coupé—84
8790André LeliveldNetherlandsGerard ManintveldNetherlandsOpelrekord 1900 l—86
88133Fokko RietveldNetherlandsCarolien JordaanNetherlandsVolvop 544—88
89134Frank ThunnissenNetherlandsDennis MaasNetherlandsPeugeot504 cabriolet—89
9097Edgar KrugNetherlandsFerry van EgmondNetherlandsSunbeamalpine série 1—90
9199Ralf StammGermanyAndrea GriesingerGermanyMercedes220 se coupé—91
92114Jack GosselinkNetherlandsKees ZwaansNetherlandsTriumphtr 3—92
9380Erik van WieringenNetherlandsJan van der MeerNetherlandsMgmgb roadster—93
94142Boudew.v. OuwerkerkNetherlandsPaul KlinckhamersNetherlandsAlfa romeogiulia 1300 ti—94
95120Norbert WiesmeierNetherlandsKlaus WiesmeierNetherlandsBmw2002 ti—95
96106Cees HogendoornNetherlandsCor VerbruggeNetherlandsFordcortina—96
9777Tom WarburtonUnited KingdomJim YoudUnited KingdomAustin-healey100 m roadster—97
9883Bart v.d. KloetNetherlandsMiriam v.d. KloetNetherlandsFerrari330 gtc—98
9937Robert-Jan HoenNetherlandsWalth.v VollenhovenNetherlandsAustin-healeymkiii—99
100101Wolter GratamaNetherlandsRené BakkerNetherlandsPorsche911 s—100
101154Henk v.d. VeenNetherlandsFrank VerheulNetherlandsAustin-healey3000 mkiii—101
10282Kees KrugNetherlandsAdri KrugNetherlandsMorrismini mkii—102
10341Ineke MouthaanNetherlandsEmma ColletteNetherlandsTriumphtr 4—103
10455Henk HogeveenNetherlandsGeert RolinkNetherlandsMorriscooper s—104
105136Jan StormNetherlandsSteven KokNetherlandsFordshelby 350 gt—104
106144Pieter Jr. VosNetherlandsPieter Sr. VosNetherlandsMgmgb—106
107125Rob KerssemakersNetherlandsFrank EbrechtNetherlandsVolvo123 gt—107
108139Fred KokNetherlandsAegon WijngaardenNetherlandsVolvopv 544 c—108
10994Niek BastiaanNetherlandsAnja v.d. MarkNetherlandsTriumphtr 3 a—109
110140Hans DullaertNetherlandsTon JoostenNetherlandsVolvo122 s combi—110
11189Noschka OttNetherlandsElias OttNetherlandsTriumphtr 3 a—111
112108Jochen SchmidtkeGermanyGregor van EssenNetherlandsMgmgb—112
11381Arjan HodesNetherlandsVincent MullerNetherlandsPorsche356 sc—113
114138Tom RoepersNetherlandsEva RoepersNetherlandsMgmga roadster—114
115105Marc de BruijnNetherlandsBart de BruijnNetherlandsLanciaflaminia gt 3 c—115
116148Douwe StruiksmaNetherlandsKlaas DijkstraNetherlandsAlfa romeogiulia 1300 s—116
1179Jan van VelzenNetherlandsJan Willem v. VelzenNetherlandsMgmga mk2—117
11831Henk JanusNetherlandsFred OuwerlingNetherlandsAustin-healey3000 mkii—118
119153Wilbert VeldhuyzenNetherlandsMarcel KrugerNetherlandsLotuseuropa s 2—119
120109Jeroen van MilNetherlandsPieter BartelseNetherlandsMercedes190 sl—120
121143Henk v.d. HoevenNetherlandsBoudewijn v.d. PolsNetherlandsPorsche911 t—121
122118Jaap NooteboomNetherlandsBram van DrunenNetherlandsJaguarxk 150 dhc—122
12365Nan BeersNetherlandsBoris HartlandNetherlandsFordzephyr 2500—122
124145Lourens MoesNetherlandsRonald MoesNetherlandsTriumphgt 6—124
125135Patrick DamenNetherlandsRick van ParidonNetherlandsPorsche911 t—125
126150Henk KatsNetherlandsHans BlinkNetherlandsJaguarmkii—125
127137Rob WoudNetherlandsLoek AldersNetherlandsAlfa romeogt 1300 junior—127
128151Cees RodenburgNetherlandsPieter OostdamNetherlandsFerraridino 246 gt—128
129130Gaston KoelemijNetherlandsPieter WoudNetherlandsMgmgb gt—129
13057Paul BroekhofNetherlandsGer v.d. PeetNetherlandsPorsche911 e—130
131110Job van BreevoortNetherlandsFrans SmitsNetherlandsAlfa romeogiulia 1300 s—131
132113Ulrike MeßingGermanyHarold RidderNetherlandsAlfa romeogiulietta ti—132
13392Peter TaalNetherlandsMartin TaalNetherlandsPorsche356 b t6 coupé—133
134117Romain MaesLuxembourgRomain RossiLuxembourgSunbeamalpine—133
1351Christian HeussiSwitzerlandHenk van MontfoortNetherlandsCitroënta 11 cabriolet—134
1368Frits JanusNetherlandsPim JanusNetherlandsAston martindb 2/4 mkiii—135
13756Hans Aerssen BerléNetherlandsGuus BenistantNetherlandsVolvop 130—136
138104Arie van ErkelNetherlandsAuke v.d. WegNetherlandsFerrari246 dino gt—137
1392Martin PetittUnited KingdomBrian ParkerUnited KingdomRover90 p4 saloon——
14076Alex van TienhovenNetherlandsHans RieterNetherlandsJaguarxk 150 fhc——
141149Pim Brunet de RochebruneNetherlandsHan JoostenNetherlandsTriumphtr 4——
14275Horst DeumelGermanyCarl-Michael EmerGermanyPorsche912——
1435Rob v.d. ZalmNetherlandsBart SpoelstraNetherlandsJaguarss 100——
14454Kurt PheifferGermanyJörg SchmidtGermanyVw11 kever——
14543Leunis de KamNetherlandsRichard de KamNetherlandsAustin-healey3000 mki——
14687Robert BrandyLuxembourgCurt WagnerLuxembourgAustin-healey3000 mkii a——
14730Eric LeerdamNetherlandsHans GordijnNetherlandsFordlotus cortina——
148141Paul LaureyNetherlandsMartin v.d. ZeeuwNetherlandsTriumphtr 6——
14986Jos FruytierNetherlandsMichael PrivéNetherlandsAston martindb 2/4 markiii——
15078Jouke PostNetherlandsJoeri PostNetherlandsLotuselan s 3——
15114Brian ChaseUnited KingdomGisela ErwinGermanyMgmidget ta——
152103Rob KoolNetherlandsPaul NeeskensNetherlandsVolvo1800 es——
1537Annemarie Dam van IsseltNetherlandsReinout de WaalNetherlandsAlfa romeogiulietta spider——
15468Michael AbramUnited KingdomMargaret AbramUnited KingdomFordcortina mk i gt——
50 crews
1175Dolf BeukNetherlandsEric BeukNetherlandsFiat1800 b—1
2176Jan de CroonNetherlandsMichel RutenfransNetherlandsTriumphtr 6—2
3191Marius HoogendamNetherlandsRob v.d. PoelNetherlandsMgmgb—3
4197Joost MichgelsenNetherlandsKees WezenaarNetherlandsPorsche911 s—4
5193Hans LampierNetherlandsEric LampierNetherlandsMgmgb gt—5
6195Hans van EdenNetherlandsLeo KosterNetherlandsJaguare-type roadster—6
7182Martin PolakNetherlandsMarco. CornelissenNetherlandsFordcortina 1600 gt—7
8171Jaap NooijNetherlandsMieke van ZonNetherlandsSaab96 gt sport—8
9155Ton van HeldenNetherlandsGeerd van HeldenNetherlandsMercedes300 sl gullwing—9
10178Daan de KokNetherlandsGary WesselsNetherlandsTriumphtr 4 a—10
11179Bertil van WijkNetherlandsRens van AbswoudeNetherlandsDatsun1200 coupé—11
12194Edwin DoesburgNetherlandsCarola v.d. RoerNetherlandsAustin-healey3000 mki—12
13189Marc BeukNetherlandsRonald BeukNetherlandsFiat1500 comfort—13
14167Leo HombroekNetherlandsErik de ManNetherlandsPeugeot404 cabriolet—14
15201Erik BruênsNetherlandsJohan MadderomNetherlandsMgmgb—15
16174Menno VermaasNetherlandsRonald VermaasNetherlandsCitroënds 21 cabriolet—16
17184George WeetelingNetherlandsNico WierperNetherlandsMgmgb roadster—17
18164Edith KlompNetherlandsKarina de JongNetherlandsVolvop 131—18
19177Paul ColijnNetherlandsRalph TheNetherlandsAustin-healey3000 mkiii—19
20185Harry VlotNetherlandsEd BijsterNetherlandsVolvop 1800 s—20
21190Willem HielkemaNetherlandsMachteld de VriesNetherlandsJaguar340 mkii—21
22172Chris SoesmanNetherlandsHan LuchsingerNetherlandsAustin-healey3000 mkii a—22
23187Marcel OverduinNetherlandsTineke HilhorstNetherlandsMgmgb gt—23
24159Nico KuiperNetherlandsRichard VeldkampNetherlandsPeugeot203 c—24
25166Ad v.d. KroftNetherlandsJoke v.d. KroftNetherlandsMorganplus 4 dhc—25
26183Nico van DordNetherlandsDik PieksmaNetherlandsAlfa romeo2600 spider—26
27198Bernard DamenNetherlandsWillem ZweersNetherlandsAustin-healey3000 mkiii—27
28168Cees den HaanNetherlandsLoes den HaanNetherlandsJaguarxk 150 fhc—28
29204Philip Jan HartogNetherlandsMarianne HeemskerkNetherlandsAustin-healey3000 mkii—29
30161Frits d KousemaekerNetherlandsPriscil KousemaekerNetherlandsMercedes300 sl gullwing—30
31170Rogier van EdenNetherlandsRens van EdenNetherlandsJaguare-type coupé—30
32188Luc WijnsNetherlandsPaul WijnsNetherlandsAustin-healey3000 mkiii—32
33157Rob KleinNetherlandsFrank VerhoevenNetherlandsAustina30 saloon—33
34160Peter v.d. ZonNetherlandsMaarten v.d. PuttenNetherlandsVw11 kever—34
35196Will v.d. BoomNetherlandsJacques TheelenNetherlandsMgmgb—35
36202Ko den HerderNetherlandsAnjo KoomanNetherlandsAustin-healey3000 mki—36
37200Frank van VoorstNetherlandsMichiel van VoorstNetherlandsMorris minor1000—37
38165Marry van DijkNetherlandsDick van DijkNetherlandsPorsche356 b cabrio—38
39181Ilona GatsmaNetherlandsJaap GatsmaNetherlandsMgmgb—39
40173Philip TaminiauNetherlandsHenk KuiperNetherlandsAlfa romeogiulia spider—40
41186Eric JansNetherlandsGerard JansNetherlandsPorsche911 l—41
42180Bert de. BoerNetherlandsErwin de BoerNetherlandsTriumphtr 3 a—42
43162Frank Alberda JelgersmaNetherlandsLiann Alberda JelgersmaNetherlandsJaguarxk 140 dhc—43
44163Ronald MeliesteNetherlandsFrits BorstNetherlandsNsuwankel spider—44
45203Kees v.d. ZwanNetherlandsEdith v.d. ZwanNetherlandsPontiacventura coupé—45
46169Jos LemmensNetherlandsHarry DekkersNetherlandsTriumphherald 13/60—46
47199Robbert HinNetherlandsHenk NieuwenhuijsNetherlandsFordcortina gt—47
48158Ramse NieuwenhuizenNetherlandsLeo NieuwenhuizenNetherlandsRenault4 cv grand luxe—48
49156Ruud WesselinkNetherlandsMiriam WesselinkNetherlandsCitroënta 7 cabrio——
50192Marcel FruytierNetherlandsThijs PolléNetherlandsTriumphtr 3 a——
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From start to finish

  1. Noordwijk
  2. Eindhoven
  3. La Roche-en-Ardenne
  4. Charleville-sous-Bois
  5. Turckheim
  6. La Petite-Pierre
  7. Manderen
  8. Vaals
  9. Sittard
  10. Lent
  11. Veenendaal
  12. La Bresse

The map shows the route from headquarters to headquarters; it is not the route actually driven.

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