Tim Merlier of Soudal Quick-Step wins dramatic opening stage of UAE Tour 2024
Tim Merlier replicated his 12 feat of months ago by taking the opening stage of the UAE Tour – and a first success of the season in the 2024 WorldTour – on Monday.
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Remco Evenepoel pays tribute to Gino Mader on Stage 7 of Tour of Switzerland
Remco Evenepoel pointed to the sky in tribute to Gino Mader as he won Stage 7 of the Tour of Switzerland. Mader died following a crash on Stage 5 on Thursday. Ad Mader, 26, was involved in a crash towards the end of the stage, on the descent to La Punt following 197km of racing, which saw him fall into a ravine, where he was found unresponsive.
Olav Kooij sprints to Stage 5 success as David Gaudu eats into Tadej Pogacar lead at Paris-Nice
Olav Kooij (Jumbo-Visma) sprinted to Stage 5 success at Paris-Nice on Thursday as David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) made inroads into the general classification lead of Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates). Gaudu and Pogacar finished safely in the bunch, but Gaudu shaved four seconds off Pogacar’s GC lead after picking up bonus points in an intermediate sprint. Ad After Pogacar won his first serious battle with Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) of 2023 on Stage 4, the 212.4km Stage 5 – the longest of the event – was billed as one for the sprinters or breakaway artists.
Paris-Nice 2023: Mads Pedersen wins messy sprint on Stage 2, Tadej Pogacar grabs more bonus seconds
Mads Pedersen (Trek–Segafredo) won a chaotic sprint finish in the second stage of Paris-Nice from Olav Kooij (Jumbo-Visma) and also took the overall lead of the race. Tim Merlier (Soudal–Quick-Step) was the big favourite to make it back-to-back stage wins but a crash with 1km remaining split the peloton up. Ad The top 10 were all closely congested at the finish line as Pedersen powered past Kooij, with Magnus Cort Nielsen (EF Education–EasyPost) third and Dan McLay (Arkea–Samsic) in fourth.
UAE fighters steal show at 4th Youth MMA Championship in Abu Dhabi
ABU DHABI: Young mixed martial arts talent from the UAE on Saturday put on a strong showing at the fourth Youth MMA Championship at Mubadala Arena in Zayed Sports City, the competition capped off with Saeed Al-Hosani’s victory against Mansoor Alsayed in the main event 70.3 kilograms class.
Durant dazzles as Suns sink Mavs, Curry tastes defeat from Lakers on return
LOS ANGELES: Kevin Durant produced a 37-point masterpiece as the Phoenix Suns defeated the Dallas Mavericks while Steph Curry’s return from injury was not enough to prevent Golden State falling to the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA on Sunday.
Kurt Kitayama scores breakthrough victory in wild finish at Bay Hill
ORLANDO, Florida: Kurt Kitayama let an All-Star cast of contenders back into the tournament with a triple bogey, only to beat them all with a clutch birdie and the best lag putt of his life to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational on Sunday.
Marseille triumph at Rennes to strengthen hold on 2nd place in French league
PARIS: Defender Sead Kolasinac scored the winner Sunday as Marseille beat Rennes 1-0 to post a seventh consecutive away win in the French league and strengthen their bid for Champions League football next season.