Tour de France stage 13 result LIVE: Mads Pedersen sprints to victory as Jonas Vingegaard retains lead
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'Keep your dog at home!' - Yves Lampaert furious after dog 'suddenly' causes nasty crash at Tour de France
Yves Lampaert was left furious after Stage 12 of the Tour de France as he posted an image of an injury caused by a wayward dog on his Instagram story. While all eyes were on Britain's Tom Pidcock and his incredible descending skills on the exhilarating stage as the Ineos star stormed to victory with his daredevil bike-handling talents, Lampaert was left nursing a nasty injury.
Tour de France: 'Descending like a demon' - Why Britain's Tom Pidcock is 'the master' of downhill racing
Eurosport's Adam Blythe has provided some expert analysis as to why Britain's Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) is «the master» of downhill racing at the Tour de France. Pidcock set off on Thursday 11th in the general classification at 11’12”, but proceeded to make a huge statement of his abilities with a quite staggering descent with 128km remaining of the queen stage. Ad/> Pidcock somehow managed to wipe out a deficit of nearly two minutes over the initial breakaway with some truly terrifying expert cornering.
‘Handing over the baton’ as Tom Pidcock marks ‘big day for British cycling’ in style – Bradley Wiggins
Former Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins has hailed Tom Pidcock’s historic Stage 12 win on Thursday as “a big day for British cycling” and that it felt like a “handing over of the baton.” Pidcock produced a stunning ride on Alpe d’Huez to become the youngest rider to ever win a stage of the Tour. Ad/> And speaking on his Eurosport podcast, The Bradley Wiggins Show, Wiggins was joined by Matt Stephens to dissect the day, with both effusive in their praise for the 22-year-old.
Olympic sprinter Yasmine Al-Dabbagh gets Saudi off the mark
JEDDAH: Yasmine Al-Dabbagh will get Saudi Arabia’s participation off the mark at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in the US when she takes part in the 100-meter sprint on Saturday.
Saudi Arabia lose to Australia at Asia basketball cup
JEDDAH: The Saudi Arabian national basketball team on Thursday night lost their second match at the 2022 FIBA Asia Cup, going down 76-52 to defending champions Australia in Jakarta.
Ons Jabeur receives National Order of Merit from Tunisia’s president
TUNISIA: Tunisia’s President Kais Saied on Wednesday awarded tennis superstar Ons Jabeur the country’s National Order of Merit, to honor her recent sporting achievements.
Young leads from McIlroy at British Open but woe for Woods
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland: Cameron Young seized the lead in the first round of the 150th British Open at St. Andrews on Thursday after an outstanding 8-under par 64, while Rory McIlroy sits two strokes back but Tiger Woods endured a woeful afternoon on his return to the Old Course.