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Cavendish takes stage and another milestone
FRANK DALLERES
@frankdalleres
BRITAIN’S Mark Cavendish struck a
humble note after going joint-second
on the all-time list of stage winners at
the Tour de France.
Dimension Data rider Cavendish
pipped German Andre Greipel of
Lotto-Soudal by 0.006 seconds in a
photo finish in Angers on stage three
of the world’s most prestigious race.
GOLF
Johnson playing best golf of his career and,
with Open looming, has chosen ideal time
GOLF
COMMENT
Sam
Torrance
US OPEN winner Dustin
Johnson looks like he’ll be
the man to beat at the
Open Championship at
Royal Troon next week
after the new world No2 racked up
back-to-back victories on Sunday.
Johnson’s one-shot win at the WGC
Bridgestone Invitational followed his
maiden Major triumph at Oakmont
last month and the American is currently
producing the golf of his life.
He played beautifully to card two
consecutive rounds of 66 on Saturday
and Sunday when few others
were scoring well, allowing him to
take advantage of Jason Day’s disastrous
finish.
Johnson hits it so far and so
straight; he is killing every course at
the moment. You can never dictate
exactly when you
strike form but,
with the Open
and US PGA
Championships
both taking place
in the next four weeks,
The Manx sprinter’s second stage
win already in this year’s event drew
him level with five-time Tour
champion Bernard Hinault’s 28 stage
victories, and behind only the great
Eddy Merckx’s tally of 34.
“When I started my career, for me
to at any point be mentioned in the
same sentence as Eddy Merckx or
Bernard Hinault is more than I could
have dreamed of,” said the 31-yearold.
“There’s no way I could sit here
Dustin Johnson followed up his US Open victory by winning the WGC
Bridgestone Invitational on Sunday in his next event
he has come into a hot
streak at the best possible
time.
J o i n t
overnight
leader Day
will obviously
be bitterly disappointed
to have
and compare myself in any way to
those two greats.”
Fellow Briton and defending
champion Chris Froome finished in
the peloton and climbed to fourth in
the general classification, 14 seconds
behind Slovakia’s Peter Sagan, who
retained the yellow jersey.
Colombian Nairo Quintana and
Spanish two-time winner Alberto
Contador, who are among Froome’s
key rivals as he attempts to win a
come so close to winning, only to see
it slip away with a bogey at the 15th
and a double bogey at 16.
MCILROY CLOSE AGAIN
The world No1 can probably count
himself a little unlucky with the first
of those and I don’t think the collapse
will affect him too much in the
third Tour title, also finished safely
in the main group.
Greipel had a full bike length’s
lead over Cavendish heading into the
last 50m in the Loire Valley and
celebrated when he crossed the line,
unaware that he had been beaten.
“It was touch and go if I would
pass him,” Cavendish added. “I didn’t
get him with the sprint, I got him
with the lunge to the line, so I was
pretty fortunate with that.”
long term; after all, he was still tied
for third.
It was a similar story for Rory McIlroy
at the French Open, where the
Northern Irishman once again had
one of those weekends when he does
just about everything but win.
McIlroy, who ended third, was held
off by the extraordinary Thongchai
Jaidee, 46, who, like that other evergreen
star of the European Tour,
Miguel Angel Jimenez, has aged like
a fine wine.
LOOK OUT FOR MICKELSON
Perhaps Rory is saving his best for the
Open. He very rarely seems to end up
out of the top 10 whenever he plays
and his game still looks to be in great
shape.
There was a hellish finish for England’s
Andy Sullivan in France,
where his chances of a win dissolved
with a bogey and then a triple bogey
on the last two holes.
Sullivan and Jaidee will be among
those playing this week’s Scottish
Open at Castle Stuart, where Phil
Mickelson was the victor last time it
was held there, in 2013, and then
landed the Open just days later.
Mickelson could be one to watch
again in Scotland. If Jaidee can still
win at the age of 46 then Phil certainly
can too.
Sam Torrance OBE is a multiple Ryder
Cup-winning golfer and media commentator.
Follow him on Twitter @torrancesam
RESULTS
CRICKET
SPECSAVERS COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP - DIVISION
ONE—Hampshire v Durham (Emirates Riverside):
Hampshire 472-9dec. (138.1 overs; S M Ervine 93, J H K
Adams 86, W R Smith 67, G K Berg 56). Durham 79-2
(24.0 overs). Lancashire v Nottinghamshire (Trent
Bridge): Lancashire 276 (97.5 overs; T C Smith 70; Imran
Tahir 4-81). Nottinghamshire 303-5 (83.4 overs; J D Libby
54, S R Patel 51no). Yorkshire v Middlesex
(Scarborough): Yorkshire 406 (127.5 overs; G S Ballance
132, T T Bresnan 63, A Z Lees 63). Middlesex 130-2 (42.2
overs). Surrey v Warwickshire (Guildford): Surrey 273
(74.0 overs; A J Finch 110; J S Patel 5-62) and 177 (72.2
overs; R J Burns 68; J S Patel 5-61). Warwickshire 449
(118.5 overs; I J L Trott 123, I R Bell 66, K H D Barker 65, T
R Ambrose 53; M H A Footitt 4-57) and 5-0 (0.5 overs).
Warwickshire (23pts) beat Surrey (4pts) by 10 wickets.
DIVISION TWO—Derbyshire v Northamptonshire
(Chesterfield): No play Monday due to wet outfield
Kent v Essex (Chelmsford): Kent 207 (62.3 overs; A J
Blake 89no). Essex 480-6 (129.0 overs; R S Bopara 94, T
Westley 88, D W Lawrence 82, R N ten Doeschate 77no).
Leicestershire v Worcestershire (New Road):
Leicestershire 407 (125.0 overs; N J Dexter 109, E J
Eckersley 92no, A J Robson 50; B L D’Oliveira 4-80, E
Barnard 4-62). Worcestershire 193-7 (66.4 overs; T C Fell
61, D K H Mitchell 52). Glamorgan v Sussex (Hove):
Glamorgan 335 (112.1 overs; J A Rudolph 87, N J Selman
52; S G Whittingham 4-58). and 30-1 (13.0 overs) Sussex
552-5dec. (158.0 overs; L W P Wells 181, B C Brown 159no,
E C Joyce 106).
TOUR MATCH—Pakistan v Somerset (Taunton):
Pakistan 359-8dec. (100.0 overs; Younus Khan 104, Asad
Shafiq 80, Shan Masood 62). and 140-4 (45.0 overs; Azhar
Ali 50no) Somerset 128 (34.1 overs).
FIRST ODI—Afghanistan v Scotland (Edinburgh):
Afghanistan 283-4. Match abandoned, no result.
TOUR MATCH—Sri Lanka A v Pakistan A (Grace Road):
Sri Lanka A 299 (79.5 overs; M L Udawatte 64; Hasan Ali
4-63). Pakistan A 271-8 (84.0 overs; Mohammad Nawaz
62no, Babar Azam 61).
TENNIS
ALL ENGLAND LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Wimbledon)—Men’s 4th rnd: (28) S Querrey (USA) bt N
Mahut (Fra) 6-4 7-6 (7-5) 6-4, (6) M Raonic (Can) bt (11) D
Goffin (Bel) 4-6 3-6 6-4 6-4 6-4, (3) R Federer (Swi) bt S
Johnson (USA) 6-2 6-3 7-5, (9) M Cilic (Cro) bt (5) K
Nishikori (Jpn) 6-1 5-1 ret, J Vesely (Cze) is tied with (10) T
Berdych (Cze) 6-4 3-6 6-7 (8-10) 7-6 (11-9), (32) L Pouille
(Fra) bt (19) B Tomic (Aus) 6-4 4-6 3-6 6-4 10-8, (12) J
Tsonga (Fra) bt (7) R Gasquet (Fra) 4-2 ret, (2) A Murray
(Gbr) bt (15) N Kyrgios (Aus) 7-5 6-1 6-4. Women’s 4th
rnd: (1) S Williams (USA) bt (13) S Kuznetsova (Rus) 7-5
6-0, (21) A Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) bt (27) C Vandeweghe
(USA) 6-3 6-3, (19) D Cibulkova (Svk) bt (3) A Radwanska
(Pol) 6-3 5-7 9-7, E Vesnina (Rus) bt E Makarova (Rus) 5-7
6-1 9-7, (5) S Halep (Rom) bt (9) M Keys (USA) 6-7 (5-7)
6-4 6-3, (4) A Kerber (Ger) bt M Doi (Jpn) 6-3 6-1, (8) V
Williams (USA) bt (12) C Suarez Navarro (Spa) 7-6 (7-3)
6-4, Y Shvedova (Kaz) bt (28) L Safarova (Cze) 6-2 6-4.
TODAY’S DIARY
UEFA Champions Lge First Qualifying Round
Second Leg
Alashkert FC (0) v Santa Coloma (0) (4pm), B36 Torshavn (0) v
Valletta (1) (6pm), Tre Penne (1) v The New Saints FC (2) (7.30)
UEFA Europa League First Qualifying Round -
Second Leg
Birkirkara (1) v Siroki Brijeg (1) (4.45), Chikhura Sachkhere (1)
v Zimbru (0) (5pm), Jeunesse Esch (0) v St Patricks (0) (5.45) ...
CRICKET
International Twenty20 Series: England v Sri Lanka
(The Ageas Bowl, 18.30). Specsavers County
Championship - Division One—day 3 of 4, 11am: Durham
v Hampshire (Emirates Riverside), Nottinghamshire v
Lancashire (Trent Bridge), Yorkshire v Middlesex
(Scarborough), day 4 of 4, 11am: Surrey v Warwickshire
(Guildford). Division Two—day 2 of 4, 11am: Derbyshire v
Northamptonshire (Chesterfield), day 3 of 4, 11am: Essex v
Kent (Chelmsford), Worcestershire v Leicestershire (New
Road), day 4 of 4, 11am: Sussex v Glamorgan (Hove).
Tour Match—day 3 of 3: Somerset v Pakistan (Taunton),
day 3 of 4: Pakistan A v Sri Lanka A (Grace Road).
Women’s Twenty20 Match: England v Pakistan (The
Ageas Bowl, 14).
CRICKET
Spot-fixer Amir stars on return
to first-class cricket in England
ROSS MCLEAN
@rossmcleanRMAC
PAKISTAN seamer Mohammad Amir
claimed three wickets on his return
to first-class cricket in England, six
years after the spot-fixing scandal
which led to a prison sentence.
Amir served a jail term as well as a
five-year ban from the sport after
being found guilty of deliberately
bowling no-balls during a Test match
at Lord’s in 2010. Former Pakistan
skipper Salman Butt and bowler
Mohammad Asif were also
implicated.
The 24-year-old is back in England
as part of Pakistan’s Test squad for
the upcoming series and made a
positive impression by snaring three
scalps in his side’s warm-up match
against Somerset at Taunton.
Left-arm paceman Amir was
handed the new ball and soon
dismissed former England batsman
Marcus Trescothick for eight, while
he also removed fellow opener Adam
Hose and all-rounder Peter Trego on
his way to figures of 3-36.
Amir’s contribution helped
Pakistan dismiss Somerset for 128 on
day two of three. Pakistan ended the
day with a lead of 371 runs after
advancing their second innings to
140-4, having racked up 359-8
declared in their first. Batsman
Azhar Ali reached an unbeaten halfcentury
before the close, while Asad
Shafiq was 26 not out.
The performance of Amir, who
made his international return in a
Twenty20 clash against New Zealand
in January, boosted his chances of
reprising his Test career when the
Investec series with England gets
underway at Lord’s on 14 July.
IN BRIEF
CITY SEAL DEAL FOR
FOURTH SIGNING OF
GUARDIOLA TENURE
£ FOOTBALL: Manchester
City have boosted their
squad with the signing of
teenage midfielder
Oleksandr Zinchenko from
Russian club FC Ufa. The 19-
year-old former Shakhtar
Donetsk player represented
Ukraine at Euro 2016,
playing in all three group
matches before his country’s
elimination. Zinchenko is
City’s fourth signing under
new boss Pep Guardiola,
following the arrivals of Ilkay
Gundogan, Aaron Mooy and
Nolito.
WORLD CUP WINNER
HURST TIPS HODDLE
FOR ENGLAND BOSS
£ FOOTBALL: England
World Cup winner Sir Geoff
Hurst has backed Glenn
Hoddle to succeed Roy
Hodgson as Three Lions
boss. Hodgson resigned
after England’s dismal exit
from Euro 2016 following
defeat to Iceland while the
search is on for a
replacement. Hurst said:
“There are some candidates
who spring to mind who
have been around, Sam
Allardyce for example. He is
enormously experienced but
if I had to select a candidate I
think it would be Glenn
Hoddle.”
SURREY IN TROUBLE
AS WARWICKSHIRE
CLAIM MASSIVE WIN
£ CRICKET: Surrey suffered
their fifth defeat of their
County Championship
Division One season
following a 10-wicket
mauling by new leaders
Warwickshire at Guildford.
Surrey collapsed from 107-1
to 177 all out in their second
innings, while Warwickshire
took just five balls to reach 5-
0 and claim victory. Surrey
are second bottom.
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