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2 days ago
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Redemption for Yates on epic mountain climb as he closes in on Giro d'Italia title
The pack rides during the 20th stage of the Giro d'Italia from Verres to Sestriere (Via Latteo), Italy, Saturday May 31, 2025. (Fabio Ferrari/LaPresse via AP) Fans gather along the Colle delle Finestre climb to see riders passing by, during the stage 20 of the Giro d'Italia from Verres to Sestriere (Via Lattea), Italy, Saturday, May 31, 2025. (Fabio Ferrari/LaPresse via AP) Ecuador's Richard Carapaz, right, and Mexico's Isaac del Toro during the 20th stage of the Giro d'Italia from Verres to Sestriere (Via Latteo), Italy, Saturday May 31, 2025. (Fabio Ferrari/LaPresse via AP) Britain's Simon Yates pedals during the stage 20 of the Giro d'Italia from Verres to Sestriere (Via Lattea), Italy, Saturday, May 31, 2025. (Fabio Ferrari/LaPresse via AP) Britain's Simon Yates pedals along the Colle delle Finestre climb during the stage 20 of the Giro d'Italia from Verres to Sestriere (Via Lattea), Italy, Saturday, May 31, 2025. (Fabio Ferrari/LaPresse via AP) Britain's Simon Yates pedals along the Colle delle Finestre climb during the stage 20 of the Giro d'Italia from Verres to Sestriere (Via Lattea), Italy, Saturday, May 31, 2025. (Fabio Ferrari/LaPresse via AP) The pack rides during the 20th stage of the Giro d'Italia from Verres to Sestriere (Via Latteo), Italy, Saturday May 31, 2025. (Fabio Ferrari/LaPresse via AP) Fans gather along the Colle delle Finestre climb to see riders passing by, during the stage 20 of the Giro d'Italia from Verres to Sestriere (Via Lattea), Italy, Saturday, May 31, 2025. (Fabio Ferrari/LaPresse via AP) Ecuador's Richard Carapaz, right, and Mexico's Isaac del Toro during the 20th stage of the Giro d'Italia from Verres to Sestriere (Via Latteo), Italy, Saturday May 31, 2025. (Fabio Ferrari/LaPresse via AP) Britain's Simon Yates pedals during the stage 20 of the Giro d'Italia from Verres to Sestriere (Via Lattea), Italy, Saturday, May 31, 2025. (Fabio Ferrari/LaPresse via AP) Britain's Simon Yates pedals along the Colle delle Finestre climb during the stage 20 of the Giro d'Italia from Verres to Sestriere (Via Lattea), Italy, Saturday, May 31, 2025. (Fabio Ferrari/LaPresse via AP) SESTRIERE, Italy (AP) — Simon Yates produced one of the greatest rides of his career, up one of cycling's most grueling climbs, to all but win the Giro d'Italia on Saturday. Yates had started the penultimate stage in third, one minute and 21 seconds behind previous leader Isaac Del Toro but the British cyclist launched a solo attack on the beyond-category climb to Colle delle Finestre — the same mountain that spelled heartbreak for him seven years ago — to ride clear of his overall rivals. Advertisement The 32-year-old Yates, who won the Spanish Vuelta in 2018, was openly sobbing after he crossed the line more than five minutes ahead of Del Toro. With just the mostly ceremonial finish in Rome left on Sunday, Yates moved into the lead of the three-week race and is all but certain to lift the famous Trofeo Senza Fine (Trophy With No End) for the first time. Yates' attack had echoes of Chris Froome's audacious move on the Finestre in 2018 that earned him the title. It was also redemption for Yates who had been leading the Giro at that point in 2018, having worn the pink jersey for 13 days, before cracking on that climb. Advertisement Australian cyclist Chris Harper claimed his first individual victory in a Grand Tour on Saturday's 20th stage, a 205-kilometer (127-mile) leg from Verres to Sestriere. ___ AP cycling:
France 24
3 days ago
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- France 24
Prodhomme wins Giro stage as Del Toro holds lead
Overall leader Isaac del Toro of Mexico remains 43 seconds ahead of Richard Carapaz of Ecuador while Briton Simon Yates is third at 1min 21s after losing 20sec on the day. Former Giro champion Carapaz was satisfied with his day's work. 'I think we were all very tired, and in the end I just had to give it a try. But I think it was a good stage. I think we can make it with Del Toro so I've got to be happy with my performance.' Prodhomme's face was twisted with the effort as he broke away from a large escape group. "I've waited a long time for a win. I won my first race a week ago and now I win here in the Giro d'Italia." On a scenic route with the temperature tipping 30C (86f) the peloton set a medium pace, keeping their powder dry for a title showdown at Sestrieres ski resort Saturday. Stage 20 ends with a gruelling 20km climb up the Colle delle Finestre -- the moment when the winner is likely to emerge.
Yahoo
3 days ago
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Sports quiz of the week: French Open, Champions League and McTominay
Paris Saint-Germain face Inter in the Champions League final on Saturday night. When was the last time a French team met an Italian team in the final? The 2010s The 1990s The 1970s It has never happened before Isaac del Toro is leading the Giro d'Italia. If he wins the race, he will become the first cyclist from which country to win a Grand Tour? Mexico Colombia Argentina Ecuador Robbie Keane, who is now managing Ferencvaros in Hungary, picked up an unusual injury this week. What happened? He dropped an iron on his big toe and had to go to hospital, missing their last game of the season Ferencvaros won the title and he banged his head off the trophy while lifting it up for fans He fell off his son's mini scooter and broke his ankle He injured his back while sneezing at a press conference Stina Blackstenius scored the winner as Arsenal beat Barcelona in the Women's Champions League final in Lisbon. For which country has she won more than 100 caps? Germany Sweden USA Norway Which of these football teams is the odd one out? Sunderland Charlton AFC Wimbledon Leyton Orient Coco Gauff won her first-round match at the French Open – after what hiccup? Her match was delayed by an hour after she got stuck in traffic in Paris She forgot to pack her rackets for the match She conceded two point penalties in her first game as her laces kept coming undone She played the last few games with one contact lens after the other one fell out Emma Raducanu's coach Mark Petchey came to her defence after she lost to Iga Swiatek at the French Open. He said that tennis has changed a lot since Raducanu won the US Open, adding that … '… the balls are four times heavier than in 2021' '… the courts are now much bigger' '… players are hitting twice as hard' '… matches are three times longer' Scott McTominay had an audience with the Pope this week after winning the Serie A title and being voted the best player in the league this season. Which other Scottish player has starred alongside him in the Napoli midfield? Lewis Ferguson Liam Henderson Billy Gilmour Josh Doig Pepe Reina, the 42-year-old former Liverpool and Barcelona goalkeeper, played the final game of his career last weekend for Como against Juventus in Serie A. What happened? He scored a 90th-minute winner to help Como avoid relegation He pulled a hamstring in the first minute and had to be subbed off He was sent off He was substituted in the 26th minute as he wears the No 26 shirt for Como The British canoeist Kurts Adams Rozentals has been banned from competing and may miss out on the next Olympic Games. According to Rozentals, why has he been excluded by the sport's authorities? He shared his political opinion on social media He started an OnlyFans account He has been writing a 'tell all' column in Canoeing Monthly He posed topless for Men's Health magazine In cricket, which two neighbouring counties are top of Division One and Division Two in the County Championship? Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire Surrey and Middlesex Yorkshire and Durham Essex and Kent Chelsea's win against Real Betis means they are the only club to have won the European Cup/Champions League, Uefa Cup/Europa League, Cup Winners' Cup and Conference League. Which team have been beaten finalists in all four competitions? Atlético Madrid Sampdoria Borussia Dortmund Fiorentina Chelsea are the first English team to beat a Spanish team in a men's European final since … 2008 2001 1994 1985 Moses Itauma – who has won his first 12 professional fights – has given up his ambition of becoming the youngest heavyweight world champion in boxing history. Who holds that record, having won a world title at the age of 20? Muhammad Ali Joe Frazier Anthony Joshua Mike Tyson Lamine Yamal has signed a new contract with a €1bn buyout clause. Why did the 17-year-old decide to delay the photoshoot for the new deal? He is writing a song with Eminem that he wants to perform at the photoshoot He is waiting to get his braces out next week He is waiting for a day when his grandmother can make it He is a Pisces and said the 'stars and fish were not aligned in the night sky' Solutions 1:B - In 1993, when Marseille beat Milan. They remain the only French club to have won the competition., 2:A - When it comes to wins in the three Grand Tours, Italian riders lead the way with 85. France (51), Spain (48), Belgium (33) and Great Britain (11) make up the top five. , 3:B - He needed three stitches on his forehead. Keane is on something of a hot streak, having also won the Israeli league last year with Maccabi Tel Aviv., 4:B - Blackstenius was due a good result in a final – she has lost two Olympic finals with Sweden., 5:D - The other three won playoff finals this season., 6:B - A ball boy fetched them from the dressing rooms. 'It probably relaxed me going into the match because it was such a funny thing,' she said. 'I'm just happy to get through. I'll remember my rackets next time.' , 7:A - 'It's tough on Emma as I still feel everyone is living in 2021,' said Petchey. 'The games have changed massively. The balls are four times heavier than back in 2021 and Emma isn't the biggest hitter. If you can't put the ball through the court on a windy, heavy clay court day against someone like Iga, you're going to get into all sorts of trouble.' , 8:C - Gilmour and McTominay joined Napoli on the same day., 9:C - Reina was given a standing ovation as he left the pitch., 10:B - Rozentals says he started posting 'spicy content' to fund his 'ultimate dream of going to the Olympics'. He has made more than £100,000 this year on the site – a lot more than the £16,000 funding available from Paddle UK – but his dream may be drifting down the drain. , 11:A - The East Midlands is leading the way. , 12:D - Fiorentina lost the European Cup final in 1957, the Cup Winners' Cup final in 1962, the Uefa Cup final in 1990 and the Conference League final in 2023 and 2024. , 13:B - Spanish teams were on a run of 27 straight wins against teams from other countries – dating back to Liverpool beating Alavés 5-4 in the Uefa Cup final in 2001. , 14:D - Tyson was 20 years and four months old when he became world champion in 1986; Itauma passed that age on Saturday., 15:C - The 17-year-old says his grandmother, Fatima, keeps his feet on the ground. When he offered to buy her a house she refused, saying she preferred to stay in Rocafonda, the working-class neighbourhood in Mataró, a coastal town north of Barcelona. True to his origins, Lamine Yamal celebrates his goals with his hands forming the numbers 304, the Rocafonda postal code. By the way, he is a big fan of Eminem. Scores
France 24
4 days ago
- Sport
- France 24
Chelsea defeat Betis (4-1) to win Conference League
05:09 Chelsea beat Betis 4-1 to win the Conference League. The Blues become the first club to win every European Cup. Also in sports: a mixed day for the French at Roland-Garros, while several favourites fell. On the Giro, Isaac del Toro wins and consolidates his lead in the overall classification.
ABC News
18-05-2025
- Sport
- ABC News
Wout van Aert wins chaotic Giro d'Italia stage as major favourites lose significant time
Wout van Aert has overcome a torrid season of near misses and questions over his ability to win major races by claiming a stunning ninth stage of the Giro d'Italia into Siena. The Belgian edged Isaac del Toro to victory in a two-up sprint after the final climb into the Piazza del Campo. The pair had earlier broken away from a select leading group with 15km to go in a stage that took in many of the roads of the Strade Bianche classic. Del Toro looked hugely disappointed not to claim victory on the stage, but the Mexican from UAE Team Emirates will enjoy the significant consolation prize of being the first Mexican rider to wear the leader's pink jersey. "I have to say [Del Toro] did such an amazing ride," van Aert said in his post-race interview. "I felt a bit shit to not pull too much with him, because obviously he's also a competitor for my teammate, Simon Yates, and had to leave the work to him. But still, it was so close to beat him." For almost everyone else in the peloton, the day's racing was a catastrophe. The 181-kilometre stage over the visually spectacular white-dirt sterrato roads blew the race apart, with several favourites losing huge amounts of time after crashes and punctures. Kaden Groves had set the racing up by joining a five-man breakaway to help inject some pace into the racing, establishing a lead of around 90 seconds, but from the moment the peloton hit the gravel with 68km remaining in the stage, the race burst into life. First, Michael Storer slid out as the peloton hit the second of the five gravel sectors, quickly remounting his bike and rejoining the group. However, soon after, pre-race favourite Primož Roglič was involved in a heavy crash with Australian rider Chris Hamilton, Brandon McNulty and Tom Pidcock. Roglič endured a horror day, losing over 2 minutes to the new race leader after being delayed first by that crash and then suffering a puncture. The Slovenian dropped from third place and just 17 seconds off the lead at the start of the day to now sit in 10th overall, a whopping 2:25 behind. "We take it, we finish it and I have to see what to do next," Roglič said. "We will see. I mean, we'll see at the end what that means." Storer also lost time, finishing 5 seconds behind the Roglič group to sit 11th overall, 3:03 behind, while Italian veteran Diego Ulissi, who wore the pink jersey for the first time in his career on his home roads, finished 5 minutes off the pace to surrender the jersey. Jay Vine, who already lost time with a crash earlier in the race, lost a whopping 23 minutes, 5 seconds, finishing in the groupetto. "This victory means a lot to me. I almost cannot explain it," Van Aert said after the race. "To win this stage after a long period without delivering, finally again, it feels so good." Van Aert had not won a race since crashing out of the Vuelta a España and suffering a nasty knee injury in 2024. Under increasing pressure from the Belgian media, van Aert suffered a series of narrow defeats in the classics season, finishing second twice and finishing just off the podium at the Ronde van Vlaandren and Paris-Roubaix monuments. Del Torro leads the overall standings by 1:13 from his team leader Juan Ayuso, with Bahrain Victorious's Antonio Tiberi at 1:30. The race has a rest day on Monday, before resuming with a 28.6km individual time trial between Lucca and Pisa on Tuesday.
