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ONLINE NEWSCAST JUMPS TO TV RORY ROARS SUN’S RISING CAUSE C19 BAMBOL PEDALS WAY TO POC HELM D22 D23 D24 Julius Manicad, Editor Monday, 29 July 2019 Daily Tribune BERNAL VIRTUAL CHAMP Bred at altitude I still have to get to Paris but it’s incredible SPORTS D21 VAL THORENS, France — Egan Bernal all but clinched victory in the Tour de France, defending his overnight lead in the penultimate stage which left him only needing to cross the finish line on Sunday’s twilight parade into Paris to become the first Colombian winner of cycling’s greatest prize and its youngest in more than a century. The champion-in-waiting said he was so nervous on the climb to Val Thorens in the Alps that he counted down the kilometers on the way up as defending champion and teammate Geraint Thomas ended the day in second overall, with Dutch rider Steven Kruijswijk in third. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL National League East Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 62 43 .590 — Washington 55 49 .529 6 ½ Philadelphia 54 50 .519 7½ New York 49 55 .471 12 ½ Miami 39 63 .382 21 ½ Central Division St. Louis 56 48 .538 — Chicago 55 49 .529 1 Milwaukee 56 50 .528 1 Cincinnati 47 55 .461 8 Pittsburgh 46 58 .442 10 West Division Los Angeles 69 37 .651 — Arizona 53 52 .505 15 ½ San Francisco 53 52 .505 15 ½ San Diego 49 55 .471 19 Colorado 49 56 .467 19 ½ Saturday’s Games (Sunday in Manila) L.A. Dodgers 9, Washington 3 Arizona 9, Miami 2 Atlanta 15, Philadelphia 7 Milwaukee 5, Chicago 3 N.Y. Mets 3, Pittsburgh 0 Cincinnati 3, Colorado 1 San Diego 5, San Francisco 1 American League East Division W L Pct GB New York 66 38 .635 — Boston 59 47 .557 8 Tampa Bay 59 48 .551 8 ½ Toronto 40 66 .377 27 Baltimore 35 69 .337 31 Central Division Minnesota 63 41 .606 — Cleveland 62 42 .596 1 Chicago 46 56 .451 16 Kansas City 39 67 .368 25 Detroit 30 70 .300 31 West Division Houston 67 39 .632 — Oakland 59 47 .557 8 Los Angeles 54 52 .509 13 Texas 53 52 .505 13 ½ Seattle 45 63 .417 23 Saturday’s Games (Sunday in Manila) Toronto 10, Tampa Bay 9 Boston 9, N.Y. Yankees 5 Seattle 8, Detroit 1 Chicago 5, Minnesota 1 Houston 8, St. Louis 2 Cleveland 9, Kansas City 1 Oakland 5, Texas 4 Baltimore 8, Los Angeles 7 “I still have to get to Paris but it’s incredible,” said 22-year-old Bernal who will become the Tour’s youngest winner since Francois Faber in 1909. “I’m a little calmer now. I kept thinking 5km, 4km, 3km one less, one less to go each time as we came up the mountain. “When we got to the finish and Geraint held out his hand I realized it was over and I was going to win the Tour de France.” The stage itself was won by 2014 champion Vincenzo Nibali who broke from the main contenders late on to win by 17 seconds at the line where he raised his finger to his lips and to the sky. Bernal and Thomas, co-captains at Team Ineos, crossed the winning line a few seconds ahead of their key rivals and smiled broadly at each other as they held hands in unity to mark the moment. “I told Egan not to worry about the crying because all real men cry,” said 2018 champion Thomas from Wales. “He’s an incredible talent and can dominate the race for years to come. “It’s a one-two for Ineos so things worked out not that bad. I’m disappointed not to have won, I didn’t think last year Egan would be ready yet, but now I’m looking forward to a bit of downtime. “Today is about Egan. He is a really solid guy with a great team and good people around him,” Thomas added. Ineos principal Dave Brailsford has masterminded seven Tour wins from the last eight editions with Bradley Wiggins, Chris Froome (four wins), Thomas and now with Bernal within a parade of the latest triumph. Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe, COLOMBIA’S Egan Bernal will become Tour de France’s youngest winner since Francois Faber in 1909. who led for 14 days before cracking on Friday’s hail and landslide-hit stage, finished down the field to drop to fifth place overall. Bernal leads Thomas by one minute 11 seconds overall and Jumbo-Visma’s Kruijswijk by one minute and 31 seconds ahead of the processionary day of racing ending in the French capital on Sunday evening. Nibali, who won the Tour in 2014, came second on this year’s Giro d’Italia and while he looked wiped out early in the Tour was radiant when picking up a stage win late in the game. “To win here is a great joy,” said Bahrain Merida’s Italian captain. Saturday’s stage, shortened due to poor weather and the presence of more mudslides, embarked in cool conditions in 12 Celsius (53.6 Fahrenheit) atop the Val Thorens ski resort at 2,356-meter altitude. Green jersey wearer Peter Sagan said he was delighted the race had been modified. “Tomorrow is Paris and one for the sprinters, so let’s see, a win in Doubting Thomas If my experience is anything to go by then he’s got an amazing year ahead of him and it’s been an honor to be part of this VAL THORENS, France — Geraint Thomas admitted Saturday that he never thought teammate Egan Bernal would succeed him as Tour de France champion but backed the 22-year-old Colombian to keep winning. The Welshman came into the race as hot favorite to retain his title, but after a series of falls was big enough to allow his young co-captain the space to push for victory during a trio of Alpine stages that put Bernal in the yellow jersey. “If my experience is anything to go by then he’s got an amazing year ahead of him and it’s been an honor to be part of this,” said the former Olympic track champion. “To be honest I didn’t think Egan was going to win this year, but the talent has been evident for all to see. “He’s got many years of success ahead of him, a humble guy with a great future.” Thomas admitted he had intended to defend his AFTER a series of falls, Great Britain’s Geraint Thomas fails to defend his Tour de France crown. AFP AFP Paris would be great,” said the Slovak gunning for the sprinter’s jersey for a record seventh time. “It’s been a beautiful Tour,” he added. Frenchman Romain Bardet redeemed what had looked like a disastrous three weeks for him by rallying to win the ‘King of the Mountains’ polka dot jersey with two fine performances in the Alps. Sunday’s final stage to Paris starts at 1630 GMT and is due to finish beneath the Arc de Triomphe as the sun sets. AFP title and come away with back-to-back wins, insisting at the start in Brussels he was no one-hit Tour de France wonder. “This year and last year are like black and white, everything that could go wrong went wrong,” he said. “Last year I had no falls, no punctures, no problems — a bit like Egan this year. “I would have loved to have won but there you go, the fact a teammate won makes it easier,” added the 33-year-old. Bernal did not appear to attempt to usurp Thomas, and the senior co-captain praised his ethics and values as he became the first Colombian to win the Tour and youngest in 110 years. “Crossing the line with Egan today was an incredible feeling,” Thomas said of the moment the pair crested the 33-kilometer summit of Val Torrens knowing they were in a 1-2 position. To be honest I didn’t think Egan was going to win this year, but the talent has been evident for all to see. “We always work as a team and that is why we have been so successful. I told Egan not to worry about the crying because all real men cry.” “He’s an incredible talent and can dominate the race for years to come.” Thomas also had words of encouragement for Julian Alaphilippe, who thrilled France with 14 days in the yellow jersey before his meltdown on the Col de l’Isore on Friday under Bernal’s relentless pressure. “I know it’s easy to say but he has to put that behind him now and look forwards and carry on working, he’ll get over it,” said Thomas, who during the Tour had posted a photo of himself with Alaphilippe on Twitter with the legend “me and the darling of France.” AFP
D22 SPORTS Monday, 29 July 2019 Daily Tribune MCILROY FIRES 62 Rory roars Chasing swansong I want to be back in the Olympics RORY McIlroy takes a one-shot lead over top-ranked Brooks Koepka with a sizzling eight-under par 62 in the third round. AFP I definitely have good memories of this tournament because of my win EVIAN, France -- Former champion Kim Hyo-joo will take a one-shot lead into the final round of the Evian Championship on Sunday after a rain-hit third round at the Alpine venue left two groups with 12 majors between them chasing the title. Kim, the 2014 champion, carded a third-round 65 to jump to the top of the leaderboard at 15 under par. “I definitely have good memories of this tournament because of my win,” she told lpga.com after birdies on four of her closing six holes. “In 2014, I was able to go out on the LPGA (Ladies Professional Coco prevails WASHINGTON — Coco Gauff, the 15-year-old American who breezed into the Wimbledon last 16 earlier this month, returned Saturday with a qualifying victory at the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Washington Open. Gauff defeated compatriot Maegan Manasse 6-4, 6-2 in 68 minutes to advance within one match of making the main draw of next week’s US Open hardcourt tune-up in the US capital. Next up for 143rd-ranked Gauff will be a match to decide one of four available qualifier berths in the main draw. She will face either Japan’s Hiroko Kuwata or American Maria Sanchez. Gauff electrified Wimbledon after her qualifying run there by defeating idol Venus Williams in her opening match and rolled into the fourth round before losing to eventual champion Simona Halep. Gauff, who made her WTA main draw debut in March at the Miami Open, ousted 44th-ranked Williams in round one at Wimbledon, then dispatched Slovakia’s Magdalena Rybarikova and saved two match points in defeating Slovenia’s 60th-ranked Polona Hercog. AFP To birdie the last three holes and take the lead puts me in a really great position going into tomorrow LOS ANGELES — Rory McIlroy birdied the last three holes, closing with a dramatic 27-foot putt, to seize a one-stroke lead over top-ranked Brooks Koepka after Saturday’s third round of the World Golf Championship (WGC) St. Jude Invitational. The four-time major winner from Northern Ireland fired an eight-under par 62 to stand on 12-under 198 after 54 holes at par-70 TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee. “To birdie the last three holes and take the lead puts me in a really great position going into tomorrow,” McIlroy said. “I’ve holed a lot of putts this week, which is nice.” Third-ranked McIlroy’s second-lowest round of the season, eclipsed only by a 61 in the final round of his Canadian Open triumph last month, comes a week after a disappointing missed cut at the British Open at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland. It also booked the 30-year-old a first-ever Sunday pairing with four-time major winner Koepka in the last group for the final round of the elite WGC event. “Rory is playing with Kim takes one-shot lead TRIPLE jump king Christian Taylor targets to erase Jonathan Edwards’ 24-year-old world record in Tokyo Olympics. AFP some heat,” Koepka said. “I’m just going to have to take it deep.” England’s Matthew Fitzgerald fired a 69 to stand third on 200, one stroke ahead of Spain’s Jon Rahm, Sweden’s Alex Noren and Australian Marc Leishman. McIlroy birdied the last three holes on both the front and back nine. “I had a lot of good numbers where I could make a full committed swing,” McIlroy said. “One of my goals was to hit it pin high and I did that for most of the day.” McIlroy sank a six-foot birdie putt on the opening hole and dropped one that was half as long at the third, then reeled off a 23-foot birdie putt at seven and back-to-back seven-footers for birdies at the par-3 eighth and par-4 ninth. After finding water off the 12th tee and taking his lone bogey of the day, McIlroy answered by dropping his tee shot to five feet at the par-3 14th and sinking the birdie putt. McIlroy then closed with a six-foot birdie at the par-5 16th, a 16-footer at 17 and his dramatic long birdie effort at 18. “I just put it a little outside right and it went in, which is nice,” McIlroy said of his final putt. Koepka, who defended a major title at this year’s PGA Championship, saw his ball cling to a slope on the rough over greenside water at 18 but got up and down for par to close on 64. “I saw some putts go in and that’s always nice,” Koepka said. “The holes seemed to open up for me today.” Koepka, who has never won a WGC title, could become only the fourth player to win WGC and major events in the same year. “Every time I tee it up I feel like I have a chance to make some history,” he said. “I’m enjoying it while it lasts.” AFP Golf Association) Tour because I got my card, so I definitely have good memories. I’m going to keep that going into tomorrow and forget everything else.” Two-time major champion and world number one Park Sung-hyun birdied the last hole for a third-round 66 to stand one shot behind her South Korean compatriot. In Sunday’s final group, they will be joined by fellow Korean and this year’s ANA Inspiration champion Ko Jin-young, who is tied for third at 11 under with seven-time major winner Inbee Park. Both are four shots off the pace. Inbee Park will play in the penultimate group, alongside 2012 Women’s PGA Championship winner Feng Shanshan and Lee Mi-hyang Lee who are tied for fifth,a shot further back. Thailand’s Ariya Jutanugarn shot the round of the day with a 7-under par 64 and is in a tie for eighth at eight under. AFP Taylor eyes Tokyo record It’s why I’m in the sport DES MOINES — Triple jump king Christian Taylor believes the venue of next year’s Olympics in Tokyo could inspire him to finally overhaul Jonathan Edwards’ 24-year-old world record. Taylor, 29, has dominated his event for much of the past decade, winning Olympic gold medals in 2012 and 2016 and World Championship crowns in 2011, 2015 and 2017. If I were to get the record at the Olympic Games, it would be the icing on the cake of my career. But despite numerous attempts, Taylor has so far failed to surpass British jumper Edwards’ world mark of 18.29 meters set at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg. Taylor admits that pursuit of the record, after a career in which he has won everything there is to win multiple times, is his last remaining goal. “It’s why I’m in the sport,” Taylor told AFP. “I love track and field, but (the record) is the reason why I’m still competing. “It’s the only thing I have left.” Taylor has gone close to the record on several occasions, with his personal best a leap of 18.21 meters at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing. However, the Vienna-based Taylor hopes that the crowd energy in Tokyo next year can help him find the extra few inches needed to better the record, just as it inspired Mike Powell to break Bob Beamon’s longstanding long-jump record at the 1991 World Championships. Twenty-eight years later, Powell’s mammoth leap of 8.95 meters has never been bettered. AFP DES MOINES — Beaten but unbowed, Allyson Felix said Saturday she is determined to bring the curtain down on her glittering track and field career on her own terms. The 33-year-old American superstar failed to clinch a 400-meter berth for the World Championships after only finishing sixth at Drake Stadium, but could still travel to Doha as a member of the USA relay squad. It means that for the first time, Felix will not enter an individual event at a major championship, an astonishing 16-year streak that encompasses four Olympic Games and eight world championships. Yet Felix, who was racing this week for the first time in more than a year after taking time out of the sport for the birth of her daughter, is determined to book a spot in Tokyo at what would be her fifth Olympics. “I want to be back in the Olympics,” Felix told reporters. “I want that more than anything. I want to go out on my terms. A little sacrifice here and there and it will be worth it.” Felix’s time on Saturday of 51.94 seconds was well outside her personal best of 49.26 seconds set in Beijing in 2015, a time she never came close to challenging in three races in Des Moines this week. However, Felix, the only female track and field athlete to win six Olympic gold medals, is confident that she can get back to where she needs to be with a full off-season of training under her belt. I want that more than anything. I want to go out on my terms. A little sacrifice here and there and it will be worth it. “I did this off very little training and that gives me a lot of hope,” Felix said. “I’m just happy that I went for it here. I could have not run, stayed at home and trained. “But I think it was good for me to get out here and push myself a little bit, even though I knew I wasn’t where I’m normally at.” Most importantly, Felix said competing in Iowa this week had stoked her competitive fire. “This gave me a taste, like I know it’s there,” Felix said. “The fire is there. I’ll be back next year.” And despite the failure to clinch a top three finish on Saturday, Felix was anything but disappointed. “I am grateful more than anything,” Felix said. “I think it would be crazy for me to say that I was disappointed. “I have my health, I have my family and I couldn’t ask for more than that. And I am still able to do the thing that I love.” AFP ALLYSON Felix is not waving goodbye to her final Olympic bid. AFP
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