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ALESSANDRIA, Italy, May 22 : Italian Alberto Bettiol attacked at the top of the final climb to ride solo to victory on stage 13 of the Giro d'Italia in Verbania on Friday, five years after his last stage win, with Portugal's Afonso Eulalio maintaining the overall lead.
MONTREAL, May 22 : Red Bull team boss Laurent Mekies stood by his opinion that Max Verstappen's race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase was joining McLaren to become principal, despite incumbent Andrea Stella insisting he was staying.
MONTREAL: Mercedes’ championship leader Kimi Antonelli was fastest in sole practice for the Canadian Grand Prix sprint weekend on Friday as the team made a strong start with their first major upgrade package of the Formula One season. The 19-year-old Italian, chasing a fourth win in a row, lapped the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve with a best time of one minute 13.402 seconds in bright sunshine and cool conditions. Teammate George Russell, last year’s winner in Montreal and seeking to regain momentum after Antonelli’s sizzling start to the season, was second fastest and 0.142 slower. The Briton ended his session with a spin at Turn Two and glanced against the barrier, bringing out yellow flags. Ferrari’s seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton was third fastest, ahead of team mate Charles Leclerc, with Red Bull’s four-times champion Max Verstappen fifth. McLaren’s reigning champion Lando Norris was sixth fastest, with team mate Oscar Piastri seventh. The 60-minute session, the only practice before sprint qualifying later on Friday, was interrupted by three red flags and then extended to make up for lost track time. Racing Bulls’ William Lawson stopped on track after losing power steering nine minutes into the session, causing the first stoppage. Williams’ Alex Albon then crashed at Turn Seven after he was unable to avoid a groundhog, bringing out the second red flag. A final stoppage came five minutes from the end after Esteban Ocon stopped on track. Racing Bulls’ Arvid Lindblad was a surprise eighth fastest, with Audi’s Nico Hulkenberg ninth and Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso completing the top 10. Mercedes brought heavily revised aerodynamic components to Montreal, targeting improved downforce and flow
PARIS: Coco Gauff is keen to sidestep any pressure that might come with starting Roland Garros as the defending women’s champion as she returns to the site of her most consistent Grand Slam success. “Last year feels like ten years ago,” the American said at media day on Friday. Gauff comes into the tournament seeded fourth, fresh from reaching the Rome final on clay where she lost to Elina Svitolina. At 22, she is about to play her seventh French Open. She won her first Grand Slam at the US Open in 2023, but Roland Garros is where she has shone most consistently. She has reached the last eight in each of her last five appearances in the French capital, including winning the tournament in 2025. She wants that record to be a source of strength rather than expectation. “Whenever I come to this tournament, I don’t even think about my past results here,” she said. “I know I play well here.
A large statue of soccer great Pelé was unveiled Thursday in the Mexican city of Guadalajara to commemorate his achievements with the Brazilian national team.
MONTREAL, May 21 : George Russell said there was no need to panic ahead of a Canadian Grand Prix weekend that could see championship-leading Mercedes teammate Kimi Antonelli take his fourth Formula One win in a row.
MONTREAL, May 21 : Lewis Hamilton spoke out against Formula One retirement speculation on Thursday and said he had a contract at Ferrari for 2027 and would be around for some time.
LONDON, May 21 : America's Cup teams packed with the world's best sailors take to the sea off Sardinia on Friday to test their skills and form in the first preliminary regatta leading up to the 38th edition of the event next year in Naples, Italy.