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(Reuters) - Captain Gareth Bale said Wales are desperate to qualify for their first World Cup finals appearance in 64 years when they take on Ukraine in Sunday's playoff match at the Cardiff City Stadium.
Arsenal are refusing to release Hector Bellerin from his contract and allow him to join Real Betis after spending the season on loan there.
The final climb of the 2022 Giro d'Italia looks set to have been the most decisive as far as the race was concerned after Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) cracked his pink jersey rival Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers) in the Dolomites on Saturday. A calculated attack from the Hindley, supported by teammate Lennard Kamna, tested the resolve of Carapaz, but the Ecuadorian wilted and allowed his rival to eventually open up a 1'25" gap.
There was drama at the finish of Stage 19 of the Giro after the fancied Andrea Vendrame (G2R Citroen Team) misread the final corner and crashed in a calamitous finish. Koen Bouwman (Jumbo-Visma) won the stage, with Mauro Schmid (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team) second and Alessandro Tonelli (Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè) third. In comparison, there was little drama in the fight for pink.
Hay que ver si los jueces revisan el final. Un movimiento de Bouwman es el que casi provoca la caída. «No ha sido justo el esprint. Me ha sacado, casi me estrello… he perdido unos metros y no he podido recuperarlos», apunta Schmid.
Richie Porte (Ineos Grenadiers) has abandoned the Giro d'Italia on Stage 19 following a bout of gastroenteritis. The Australian – competing in his last Grand Tour – was off the back of the main group with just over 100km to go, and the Ineos domestique tried to carry on but was unable to continue.
After a Stage 18 that was supposed to culminate in a bunch sprint was won from the break, what can we expect of Stage 19? Dries De Bondt (Alpecin-Fenix) led home a four-man break to defy the peloton as the Belgian took a first Grand Tour stage win on Thursday. He came in ahead of Edoardo Affini (Jumbo-Visma), Magnus Cort (EF Education-EasyPost) and Davide Gabburo (Bardiani-CSF).
As Mark Cavendish (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team) slogged through the mountains, two words will have been echoing around his head: ‘Stage 18, Stage 18, Stage 18’. Two brutal days of climbing at the Giro d’Italia mean everyone will be hoping for a largely chilled run from Borgo Valsugana to Treviso, leaving the fast men free to squabble over the final bunch sprint… assuming the breakaway does not rip up the plan.