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The polls have been counted, and the finalists are official: Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Franck Ribery have been announced as the three 2013 Ballon d'Or finalists, FIFA revealed. Holder Messi has lifted the last four prizes but it is Ronaldo who is the bookies’ odds-on favourite to triumph this time around, particularly with a hat-trick for Portugal v Sweden