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28 minutes ago
- BBC News
Ferrand-Prevot wins penultimate stage to take lead
Pauline Ferrand-Prevot claimed the leader's yellow jersey on the penultimate stage of the Tour de France Femmes with a stunning victory on the spectacular Col de la carrying French hopes of a home champion, produced a devastating performance on this year's queen stage to replace Kim le Court at the top of the general classification standings before Sunday's eighth day of racing featured more than 3,500m of climbing, including the third-highest summit finish in the race's history at 2,000m above sea mountain bike champion Ferrand-Prevot was motivated to return to road racing after seven seasons away to win the yellow goal is now within reach after she crossed the line one minute and 45 seconds clear of Sarah Gigante, who moved up to second overall - two minutes and 37 seconds behind Vollering, the 2023 champion, moved up one place to third overall after crossing the line in fourth, behind Niamh Fisher-Black, as former leader Le Court dropped out of the top 10. The general classification competition was finely poised before Saturday's dramatic action, with the top five riders separated by just 35 Court, of team AG Insurance-Soudal, held a 26-second advantage over Visma-Lease a Bike's Ferrand-Prevot, while defending champion Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney and Vollering were both within 31 seconds of the Court suffered a crash on a descent and lost around one minute to the peloton earlier in the day, but managed to catch the main group with more than 45km to that recovery, rather than riding to protect the yellow jersey she claimed in winning stage five on Wednesday, Le Court pushed the pace on the Col de la Madeleine to set up an attack by team-mate Sarah Ferrand-Prevot was able to follow Gigante and launched a counter-attack to make her way to the front of the race 7km from the Fisher-Black and Yara Kastelijn remained from the day's breakaway and Ferrand-Prevot soon proved too strong as she powered clear to the a gruelling final ascent of the hors categorie Col de la Madeleine, lasting 18.6km at an average gradient of 8.1%, the 33-year-old, who rode to victory solo at Paris-Roubaix in April, put herself in a dominant position with one day of racing left. Sunday's concluding stage offers a final opportunity for the riders to improve their standing, with another mountainous 124.1km route from Praz-sur-Arly to Chatel featuring more than 2,800m of ascent. Stage eight results Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (Fra/Visma-Lease a Bike) 3hrs 47mins 24secsSarah Gigante (Aus/AG Insurance-Soudal) +1min 45secsNiamh Fisher-black (Nzl/Lidl-Trek) +2mins 15secsDemi Vollering (Ned/FDJ-Suez) +3mins 3secsYara Kastelijn (Ned/Fenix–Deceuninck) +3mins 3secsCedrine Kerbaol (Fra/EF Education-Oatly) +3mins 18secsDominika Wlodarczyk (Pol/UAE Team ADQ) +3mins 22secsKatarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney (Pol/Canyon-Sram-ZondaCrypto) +3mins 26secsPauliena Rooijakkers (Ned/Fenix-Deceuninck) +3mins 38secsMarion Bunel (Fra/Visma-Lease a Bike) +4mins 31secs General classification after stage eight Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (Fra/Visma-Lease a Bike) 26hrs 16mins 11secsSarah Gigante (Aus/AG Insurance-Soudal) +2mins 37secsDemi Vollering (Ned/FDJ-Suez) +3mins 18secsKatarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney (Pol/Canyon-Sram-ZondaCrypto) +3mins 40secsCedrine Kerbaol (Fra/EF Education-Oatly) +4mins 11secsPauliena Rooijakkers (Ned/Fenix-Deceuninck) +4mins 26secsDominika Wlodarczyk (Pol/UAE Team ADQ) +5mins 2secsNiamh Fisher-black (Nzl/Lidl-Trek) +5mins 52secsEvita Muzic (Fra/FDJ-Suez) +5mins 58secsJuliette Labous (Fra/FDJ-Suez) +7mins 14secs
The Guardian
28 minutes ago
- The Guardian
Marlie Packer's red card sours England's day in 97-7 World Cup warmup rout of Spain
England's training camp went well, then. The Red Roses were fluent and efficient in scoring 15 tries as they steamrollered Spain in their first warmup match for the Women's Rugby World Cup. They also displayed composure and good decision-making in their biggest ever win against these opponents, qualities that will be paramount for this vastly talented squad when the tournament begins. On the downside the starting captain, Marlie Packer, was shown a red card for a reckless second-half tackle – an unhappy end to an outstanding individual performance by the openside – and the visiting full-back Claudia Peña got Spain on the scoreboard with a sniping second-half finish. Aside from that it was a exercise in dogged defending for the visitors, and an afternoon for England to fine-tune attacking combinations. Helena Rowland, starting on the wing for England for the first time, scored a hat-trick while the prop Sarah Bern crossed twice in a dominant display. After nine weeks in training camp, including warm-weather practice in Treviso, it was possibly the worst time for Spain to face John Mitchell's supremely powerful side, who looked better-conditioned than ever. England will be tested more significantly next weekend, when they travel to face France, the second and final warmup before facing the USA at the Stadium of Light on 22 August. It was neat that the Lionesses defeated Spain to win Women's Euro 2025 under a week ago, the baton now passing to the Red Roses. At the conclusion of the pre-match warmup, England's squad disappeared down the tunnel to a cacophony of support: it was not fans but a group of fellow England players, including Ellie Kildunne and Claudia Moloney-MacDonald, doing the cheering. Whatever obstacles that may appear over the the next two months – and they will naturally expect to contest the final on 27 September – team spirit will not be a problem. Injuries certainly will be, and on Thursday the head coach was forced into two changes soon after naming his XV, with Rosie Galligan and Hollie Aitchison sidelined by shoulder and ankle niggles respectively. Mitchell brought in Abbie Ward to the second row, with Tatyana Heard on the bench. England had tried to move the ball wide a couple of times early on, before straight down the middle proved more effective. Lucy Packer and Lilli Ives Campion both got hands on the ball before Maddie Feaunati applied the finish for the first try after five minutes. England's fourth try, scored by Jess Breach who skipped away from the cover on the left wing after a sweeping move, was the pick of the seven tries they scored before the break, when the score stood at 43-0. Sign up to The Breakdown The latest rugby union news and analysis, plus all the week's action reviewed after newsletter promotion It was, predictably, one-way traffic apart from when Spain managed to rumble a maul over England's try-line, that was held up by some smart defensive work. England, playing in black, kept the physical pressure on and the passes continued to fizz against a tiring Spain. Rowland sealed her hat-trick after44 minutes and Mitchell emptied his bench, with Hannah Botterman among the replacements to cross the try-line. Packer's red card came just after the hour mark, for an inexplicable lunge on Pẽna, but eight well-worked tries in the second half were some consolation, Megan Jones rounding off the scoring on the stroke of full time. A promising afternoon's work before the challenge that lies ahead.
Reuters
28 minutes ago
- Reuters
Despondent Hamilton says he's 'useless' and Ferrari should replace him
BUDAPEST, Aug 2 (Reuters) - A despondent Lewis Hamilton said he was "useless" and suggested Ferrari needed another driver after qualifying 12th for the Hungarian Grand Prix with teammate Charles Leclerc on pole position. The seven-time Formula One world champion, who is 40, has an unrivalled record in Hungary with eight wins and nine poles but Saturday's performance was far from those heights. "It's me every time. I'm useless, absolutely useless," he told Sky Sports television when explaining why he had said "every time, every time" over the radio after failing to make the cut. "The team have no problem. You've seen the car's on pole. "So we probably need to change driver." Hamilton joined Ferrari from Mercedes in January and has yet to stand on the podium for Formula One's oldest, most glamorous and successful team although he did win the Shanghai sprint from pole in March. Leclerc has had five top three finishes in 13 races so far this season.
