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The Advertiser
10-05-2025
- Sport
- The Advertiser
Vine blooms amid Plapp's gloom in Aussie Giro drama
Australian cyclist Jay Vine has once again demonstrated his considerable courage by overcoming a knee injury to finish a superb third in the second-stage time trial at the Giro d'Italia. But while Vine rebounded magnificently from a first-stage spill which he had feared might prevent him from lining up in Albania on Saturday, his compatriot Luke Plapp, the national time trial champ who had been flying through the streets of Tirana, had his chances flattened by his own crash. Vine delivered a superb ride on the 13.7km circuit around the capital 24 hours after he had taken a heavy fall and finished only three seconds behind British stage winner Josh Tarling and two seconds adrift of race favourite Primoz Roglic, who ended the day in the leader's pink jersey. The 2023 Australian time trial champ Vine had his right knee heavily strapped, which made observers wonder whether, if he had been fully firing, the in-form UAE Team Emirates rider might even have taken the stage victory himself. On Friday, Vine, who's making a tremendous 2025 comeback after suffering what he had feared might be a career-ending crash with cracked vertebrae at last year's Tour of the Basque Country, was unable to avoid an accident in which Mikel Landa's Giro ended by injury. Saying his thoughts had all been with the Spaniard, who also endured a fractured vertebra, Vine admitted before the second stage: "Honestly, I wasn't even sure I'd be able to start today, but the knee's feeling much better and I'll be back on the start line." This time the misfortune was all with Jayco AlUla's Plapp, the three-time Australian TT champ who slid off his bike earlier in the day as he rounded a tight corner and, after remounting on a new bike, could only limp home as the slowest finisher among the 182 riders some four minutes adrift. No-one could match the 16min 7sec effort of the 21-year-old British champ Tarling, who's the youngest ever Giro time trial winner. But 2023 Giro champ Roglic (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe) demonstrated he's in the mood to regain his title as he powered home fractionally short of his target. Michael Storer, Australia's best hope of challenging Roglic in the overall standings, also had a super day, finishing 19th on the stage in 16:35. Among the GC contenders, the Tudor Pro rider, the recent Tour of the Alps victor, is ninth overall, 27 seconds behind the Slovenian leader. Denmark's Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), the opening-stage winner on Friday, could only finish 12 seconds behind in seventh, having to relinquish the leader's jersey to Roglic by a mere second. But he may have a good chance to regain it on Sunday in the last of the Albanian stages in a 160km ride that starts and finishes in Vlore. Australia's 2022 Giro champion Jai Hindley was 35th quickest on the day but lies 16th overall, 39 seconds behind. Australian cyclist Jay Vine has once again demonstrated his considerable courage by overcoming a knee injury to finish a superb third in the second-stage time trial at the Giro d'Italia. But while Vine rebounded magnificently from a first-stage spill which he had feared might prevent him from lining up in Albania on Saturday, his compatriot Luke Plapp, the national time trial champ who had been flying through the streets of Tirana, had his chances flattened by his own crash. Vine delivered a superb ride on the 13.7km circuit around the capital 24 hours after he had taken a heavy fall and finished only three seconds behind British stage winner Josh Tarling and two seconds adrift of race favourite Primoz Roglic, who ended the day in the leader's pink jersey. The 2023 Australian time trial champ Vine had his right knee heavily strapped, which made observers wonder whether, if he had been fully firing, the in-form UAE Team Emirates rider might even have taken the stage victory himself. On Friday, Vine, who's making a tremendous 2025 comeback after suffering what he had feared might be a career-ending crash with cracked vertebrae at last year's Tour of the Basque Country, was unable to avoid an accident in which Mikel Landa's Giro ended by injury. Saying his thoughts had all been with the Spaniard, who also endured a fractured vertebra, Vine admitted before the second stage: "Honestly, I wasn't even sure I'd be able to start today, but the knee's feeling much better and I'll be back on the start line." This time the misfortune was all with Jayco AlUla's Plapp, the three-time Australian TT champ who slid off his bike earlier in the day as he rounded a tight corner and, after remounting on a new bike, could only limp home as the slowest finisher among the 182 riders some four minutes adrift. No-one could match the 16min 7sec effort of the 21-year-old British champ Tarling, who's the youngest ever Giro time trial winner. But 2023 Giro champ Roglic (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe) demonstrated he's in the mood to regain his title as he powered home fractionally short of his target. Michael Storer, Australia's best hope of challenging Roglic in the overall standings, also had a super day, finishing 19th on the stage in 16:35. Among the GC contenders, the Tudor Pro rider, the recent Tour of the Alps victor, is ninth overall, 27 seconds behind the Slovenian leader. Denmark's Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), the opening-stage winner on Friday, could only finish 12 seconds behind in seventh, having to relinquish the leader's jersey to Roglic by a mere second. But he may have a good chance to regain it on Sunday in the last of the Albanian stages in a 160km ride that starts and finishes in Vlore. Australia's 2022 Giro champion Jai Hindley was 35th quickest on the day but lies 16th overall, 39 seconds behind. Australian cyclist Jay Vine has once again demonstrated his considerable courage by overcoming a knee injury to finish a superb third in the second-stage time trial at the Giro d'Italia. But while Vine rebounded magnificently from a first-stage spill which he had feared might prevent him from lining up in Albania on Saturday, his compatriot Luke Plapp, the national time trial champ who had been flying through the streets of Tirana, had his chances flattened by his own crash. Vine delivered a superb ride on the 13.7km circuit around the capital 24 hours after he had taken a heavy fall and finished only three seconds behind British stage winner Josh Tarling and two seconds adrift of race favourite Primoz Roglic, who ended the day in the leader's pink jersey. The 2023 Australian time trial champ Vine had his right knee heavily strapped, which made observers wonder whether, if he had been fully firing, the in-form UAE Team Emirates rider might even have taken the stage victory himself. On Friday, Vine, who's making a tremendous 2025 comeback after suffering what he had feared might be a career-ending crash with cracked vertebrae at last year's Tour of the Basque Country, was unable to avoid an accident in which Mikel Landa's Giro ended by injury. Saying his thoughts had all been with the Spaniard, who also endured a fractured vertebra, Vine admitted before the second stage: "Honestly, I wasn't even sure I'd be able to start today, but the knee's feeling much better and I'll be back on the start line." This time the misfortune was all with Jayco AlUla's Plapp, the three-time Australian TT champ who slid off his bike earlier in the day as he rounded a tight corner and, after remounting on a new bike, could only limp home as the slowest finisher among the 182 riders some four minutes adrift. No-one could match the 16min 7sec effort of the 21-year-old British champ Tarling, who's the youngest ever Giro time trial winner. But 2023 Giro champ Roglic (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe) demonstrated he's in the mood to regain his title as he powered home fractionally short of his target. Michael Storer, Australia's best hope of challenging Roglic in the overall standings, also had a super day, finishing 19th on the stage in 16:35. Among the GC contenders, the Tudor Pro rider, the recent Tour of the Alps victor, is ninth overall, 27 seconds behind the Slovenian leader. Denmark's Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), the opening-stage winner on Friday, could only finish 12 seconds behind in seventh, having to relinquish the leader's jersey to Roglic by a mere second. But he may have a good chance to regain it on Sunday in the last of the Albanian stages in a 160km ride that starts and finishes in Vlore. Australia's 2022 Giro champion Jai Hindley was 35th quickest on the day but lies 16th overall, 39 seconds behind. Australian cyclist Jay Vine has once again demonstrated his considerable courage by overcoming a knee injury to finish a superb third in the second-stage time trial at the Giro d'Italia. But while Vine rebounded magnificently from a first-stage spill which he had feared might prevent him from lining up in Albania on Saturday, his compatriot Luke Plapp, the national time trial champ who had been flying through the streets of Tirana, had his chances flattened by his own crash. Vine delivered a superb ride on the 13.7km circuit around the capital 24 hours after he had taken a heavy fall and finished only three seconds behind British stage winner Josh Tarling and two seconds adrift of race favourite Primoz Roglic, who ended the day in the leader's pink jersey. The 2023 Australian time trial champ Vine had his right knee heavily strapped, which made observers wonder whether, if he had been fully firing, the in-form UAE Team Emirates rider might even have taken the stage victory himself. On Friday, Vine, who's making a tremendous 2025 comeback after suffering what he had feared might be a career-ending crash with cracked vertebrae at last year's Tour of the Basque Country, was unable to avoid an accident in which Mikel Landa's Giro ended by injury. Saying his thoughts had all been with the Spaniard, who also endured a fractured vertebra, Vine admitted before the second stage: "Honestly, I wasn't even sure I'd be able to start today, but the knee's feeling much better and I'll be back on the start line." This time the misfortune was all with Jayco AlUla's Plapp, the three-time Australian TT champ who slid off his bike earlier in the day as he rounded a tight corner and, after remounting on a new bike, could only limp home as the slowest finisher among the 182 riders some four minutes adrift. No-one could match the 16min 7sec effort of the 21-year-old British champ Tarling, who's the youngest ever Giro time trial winner. But 2023 Giro champ Roglic (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe) demonstrated he's in the mood to regain his title as he powered home fractionally short of his target. Michael Storer, Australia's best hope of challenging Roglic in the overall standings, also had a super day, finishing 19th on the stage in 16:35. Among the GC contenders, the Tudor Pro rider, the recent Tour of the Alps victor, is ninth overall, 27 seconds behind the Slovenian leader. Denmark's Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), the opening-stage winner on Friday, could only finish 12 seconds behind in seventh, having to relinquish the leader's jersey to Roglic by a mere second. But he may have a good chance to regain it on Sunday in the last of the Albanian stages in a 160km ride that starts and finishes in Vlore. Australia's 2022 Giro champion Jai Hindley was 35th quickest on the day but lies 16th overall, 39 seconds behind.
West Australian
10-05-2025
- Sport
- West Australian
Vine blooms amid Plapp's gloom in Aussie Giro drama
Australian cyclist Jay Vine has once again demonstrated his considerable courage by overcoming a knee injury to finish a superb third in the second-stage time trial at the Giro d'Italia. But while Vine rebounded magnificently from a first-stage spill which he had feared might prevent him from lining up in Albania on Saturday, his compatriot Luke Plapp, the national time trial champ who had been flying through the streets of Tirana, had his chances flattened by his own crash. Vine delivered a superb ride on the 13.7km circuit around the capital 24 hours after he had taken a heavy fall and finished only three seconds behind British stage winner Josh Tarling and two seconds adrift of race favourite Primoz Roglic, who ended the day in the leader's pink jersey. The 2023 Australian time trial champ Vine had his right knee heavily strapped, which made observers wonder whether, if he had been fully firing, the in-form UAE Team Emirates rider might even have taken the stage victory himself. On Friday, Vine, who's making a tremendous 2025 comeback after suffering what he had feared might be a career-ending crash with cracked vertebrae at last year's Tour of the Basque Country, was unable to avoid an accident in which Mikel Landa's Giro ended by injury. Saying his thoughts had all been with the Spaniard, who also endured a fractured vertebra, Vine admitted before the second stage: "Honestly, I wasn't even sure I'd be able to start today, but the knee's feeling much better and I'll be back on the start line." This time the misfortune was all with Jayco AlUla's Plapp, the three-time Australian TT champ who slid off his bike earlier in the day as he rounded a tight corner and, after remounting on a new bike, could only limp home as the slowest finisher among the 182 riders some four minutes adrift. No-one could match the 16min 7sec effort of the 21-year-old British champ Tarling, who's the youngest ever Giro time trial winner. But 2023 Giro champ Roglic (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe) demonstrated he's in the mood to regain his title as he powered home fractionally short of his target. Michael Storer, Australia's best hope of challenging Roglic in the overall standings, also had a super day, finishing 19th on the stage in 16:35. Among the GC contenders, the Tudor Pro rider, the recent Tour of the Alps victor, is ninth overall, 27 seconds behind the Slovenian leader. Denmark's Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), the opening-stage winner on Friday, could only finish 12 seconds behind in seventh, having to relinquish the leader's jersey to Roglic by a mere second. But he may have a good chance to regain it on Sunday in the last of the Albanian stages in a 160km ride that starts and finishes in Vlore. Australia's 2022 Giro champion Jai Hindley was 35th quickest on the day but lies 16th overall, 39 seconds behind.
Perth Now
10-05-2025
- Sport
- Perth Now
Vine blooms amid Plapp's gloom in Aussie Giro drama
Australian cyclist Jay Vine has once again demonstrated his considerable courage by overcoming a knee injury to finish a superb third in the second-stage time trial at the Giro d'Italia. But while Vine rebounded magnificently from a first-stage spill which he had feared might prevent him from lining up in Albania on Saturday, his compatriot Luke Plapp, the national time trial champ who had been flying through the streets of Tirana, had his chances flattened by his own crash. Vine delivered a superb ride on the 13.7km circuit around the capital 24 hours after he had taken a heavy fall and finished only three seconds behind British stage winner Josh Tarling and two seconds adrift of race favourite Primoz Roglic, who ended the day in the leader's pink jersey. The 2023 Australian time trial champ Vine had his right knee heavily strapped, which made observers wonder whether, if he had been fully firing, the in-form UAE Team Emirates rider might even have taken the stage victory himself. On Friday, Vine, who's making a tremendous 2025 comeback after suffering what he had feared might be a career-ending crash with cracked vertebrae at last year's Tour of the Basque Country, was unable to avoid an accident in which Mikel Landa's Giro ended by injury. Saying his thoughts had all been with the Spaniard, who also endured a fractured vertebra, Vine admitted before the second stage: "Honestly, I wasn't even sure I'd be able to start today, but the knee's feeling much better and I'll be back on the start line." This time the misfortune was all with Jayco AlUla's Plapp, the three-time Australian TT champ who slid off his bike earlier in the day as he rounded a tight corner and, after remounting on a new bike, could only limp home as the slowest finisher among the 182 riders some four minutes adrift. No-one could match the 16min 7sec effort of the 21-year-old British champ Tarling, who's the youngest ever Giro time trial winner. But 2023 Giro champ Roglic (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe) demonstrated he's in the mood to regain his title as he powered home fractionally short of his target. Michael Storer, Australia's best hope of challenging Roglic in the overall standings, also had a super day, finishing 19th on the stage in 16:35. Among the GC contenders, the Tudor Pro rider, the recent Tour of the Alps victor, is ninth overall, 27 seconds behind the Slovenian leader. Denmark's Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), the opening-stage winner on Friday, could only finish 12 seconds behind in seventh, having to relinquish the leader's jersey to Roglic by a mere second. But he may have a good chance to regain it on Sunday in the last of the Albanian stages in a 160km ride that starts and finishes in Vlore. Australia's 2022 Giro champion Jai Hindley was 35th quickest on the day but lies 16th overall, 39 seconds behind.
Globe and Mail
01-05-2025
- Business
- Globe and Mail
Still Waiting: Boeing Stock (NYSE:BA) Slips as Boeing Deliveries Hold Up Flydubai
In a bit of news that proves that, perhaps, China's airlines were perhaps a bit short-sighted when they refused delivery of a set of completed airplanes, Flydubai released word that Boeing's shipping schedule is holding up the works on the airline's launch. The news did little to hurt or help Boeing shares, which slipped fractionally in Wednesday afternoon's trading. Protect Your Portfolio Against Market Uncertainty Discover companies with rock-solid fundamentals in TipRanks' Smart Value Newsletter. Receive undervalued stocks, resilient to market uncertainty, delivered straight to your inbox. Currently, reports noted, Flydubai is waiting for 30 787 aircraft to be supplied. That in turn is slowing the works on Flydubai's planned expansion into the long-haul market, as these are the first wide-body aircraft that Flydubai had ever added to its roster. In fact, Flydubai is sufficiently put out by this delay that it may plan to seek compensation from Boeing for having a delivery schedule that more closely resembles tree growth than an actual calendar. Flydubai agreed to an $11 billion deal for the 787-9 twin-aisle aircraft, from a deal it set up during the 2023 Dubai Airshow. Given that the 2025 Dubai Airshow will take place in mid-November, that means it has been close to two years since they signed that deal, and they are still waiting on delivery. But given other reports that Boeing's backlog stretches back potentially decades, Flydubai probably should have expected this. But Flydubai notes that it has a 'beautiful relationship' with Boeing, and notes, '…there is never any issue we cannot resolve.' An Unexpected Endorsement That was interesting enough, but then, Boeing got an endorsement from one of the most infamous names in stock punditry: Jim Cramer. Cramer recently declared that Boeing shares should climb '…higher and higher,' and offered up some reasons for his assessment that were actually quite reasonable. Cramer notes that Boeing's production schedule is getting back on track, and becoming more predictable, a point that we have already seen taking shape over the last few months. Cramer even went so far as to add the stock to the Bullpen, reports noted, as a possibility emerged that countries may try to avoid tariffs by buying a Boeing plane. Is Boeing a Good Stock to Buy Right Now? Turning to Wall Street, analysts have a Moderate Buy consensus rating on BA stock based on 15 Buys, three Holds and one Sell assigned in the past three months, as indicated by the graphic below. After a 6.25% rally in its share price over the past year, the average BA price target of $200.47 per share implies 10.05% upside potential. See more BA analyst ratings Disclosure
Yahoo
20-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Mortgage rates stuck in a rut as economy turns gloomy. What's next for the housing market?
Rates for home loans ticked up fractionally but stayed in the same narrow range they've been in for several months. In the week ending March 20, 30-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 6.67%, Freddie Mac announced Thursday. That's only slightly up from 6.65% last week, but not low enough to spark major moves in the mortgage market: applications for home loans were down 6.2%, the Mortgage Bankers Association said. Those figures don't include fees or points, and rates in some parts of the country may be higher or lower than the national average. If mortgage rates aren't making much headway one way or the other this year, neither is the housing market itself. Sales of previously-owned homes jumped in February, the National Association of Realtors said Thursday, after falling in January. When it comes to new housing stock, economic indicators are also mixed. Builders broke ground on more new homes than expected in February, the Commerce Department reported earlier this week. The pace set in February was a 12-month high, and may have been an attempt to get ahead of tariffs. Indeed, a measure of homebuilder sentiment fell to a seven-month low in March. Many Americans considering buying a home have waited for years for rates to stabilize or inventory to become available. But analysts are increasingly concerned that deteriorating economic conditions will simply sideline many would-be buyers. 'Consumer worries about losing their jobs are at levels normally seen during recessions,' wrote Apollo Global Management Chief Economist Torsten Slok in a note out Sunday. 'A record-high share of consumers think business conditions are worsening,' Slok added. 'The bottom line is that consumer sentiment is deteriorating at an alarming rate.' Nancy Vanden Houten, lead U.S. economist at Oxford Economics, echoed that view in a note sent after the existing-home sales data. 'A recent downtick in mortgage rates may lend some support to home sales in the months ahead, but that could be countered by growing uncertainty on the part of households about the economy,' she wrote. 'We look for sales to move sideways in 2025.' In March, homebuilders reported that the number of prospective buyers taking tours was at its lowest in 15 months. Some observers believe only outside-the-box thinking will solve the affordability crisis in housing. As previously reported, one woman in the Tulsa, Oklahoma area, is building tiny homes in a factory to help mitigate rising costs and lack of inventory. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Mortgage rates in a rut as economy turns gloomy. What now for housing? Sign in to access your portfolio
