Then Gleason himself took to the stage, revealing a one-minute PSA ad that will run in the Superdome right before kick-off, starring the likes to Brees, Lewis, Aaron Rodgers and Joe Flacco.

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Manx rider Jonathan Cregeen finished 15th, one minute 36 seconds behind the stage winner, leaving him 14th overall.

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Belgian Thomas De Gendt, who rode so superbly to win Saturday's penultimate stage, was rewarded with third place on the podium, one minute 39 seconds behind the winner.

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Tyondai Braxton, Ian Williams and Dave Konopka all zoom full-speed from the minute they hit the stage, manipulating enough equipment for three one-man bands.

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Stage eight saw Coma, from Spain, snatch the lead from the Frenchman and build a lead of one minute and 26 seconds.

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It's also a huge challenge, including working on a stage that needs to be put together in just more than seven minutes, condensing her career into one 12-minute set, then performing in what is often any given year's most watched program on television.

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