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Ineos Grenadiers’ Tom Pidcock jumped into a public fountain to cool off after he finished Stage 15 at the Tour de France. The 202.5km stage was done during an intense heatwave from Rodes to Carcassone. Ad/> Due to the intense heat, averaging around 38°C, the Extreme Weather Protocol had been activated but the distance of the race was not reduced.
Romain Bardet (DSM) has said the sweltering heat at this year’s Tour de France is something he’s never experienced before. The heatwave currently making it’s way through Europe has naturally been felt at the Tour, with temperature’s in Carcassonne, the end of Stage 15, hitting as high as 37 degrees Celsius. Ad/> Speaking after the stage, Bardet bemoaned the difficult conditions.
Sebastien Haller has denied that he has come to Borussia Dortmund as Erling Haaland’s successor, saying that the club want his qualities as a player. Borussia Dortmund signed the Ivory Coast international from Ajax last week. Haller penned a four-year contract, and his former club will receive €31m, plus possible undisclosed performance-based add-ons.
Cameron Smith has said his aim is to find out how many beers fit in the Claret Jug, following his stunning win at the Open Championship. Smith, the leader after 36 holes, bounced back from a poor day on Saturday to come from four shots back to reel in Rory McIlroy to secure victory on the Old Course. Ad/> He became the fifth Australian to lift the Claret Jug, following in the footsteps of Peter Thompson, Kel Nagle, Greg Norman and Ian Baker-Finch, and he was lost for words to describe tasting victory in the 150th Open Championship.
Cameron Smith came from four shots back to stun Rory McIlroy and win the 150th Open Championship, eclipsing Tiger Woods' Old Course Open record by one shot in the process. McIlroy and fellow overnight leader Viktor Hovland began the final round on the Old Course at St Andrews four clear of Smith and the chasing pack, but neither got going and it gave the chasers hope. Ad/> For much of the round it appeared that McIlroy would snap an eight-year major drought, but Players champion Smith produced a blistering run on the back nine to secure a stunning win.
Jonas Vingegaard and Jumbo-Visma’s grip on the yellow jersey is under threat going into the final week of the Tour de France after an eventful Stage 15 for the team. First came the news that Primoz Roglic would be abandoning the race with injury before Steven Kruijswijk also saw his race ended after a bad shoulder injury in a crash. Ad/> Moments later Vingegaard himself was on the deck after a touch of wheels with team-mate Tiesj Benoot, who looked to come off worse from the incident.
Kosovare Asllani sparkled as Sweden thumped Portugal 5-0 at the Leigh Sports Village to finish top of Group C and book their place in the Euro 2022 quarter-final. Before kick-off Sweden needed just a point to guarantee their place in the knockout stages of the competition, but were looking to better the Netherlands’ result against Switzerland to top the group and avoid the prospect of facing France in the next round.
Netherlands secured a tense late 4-1 victory over Switzerland in Sheffield to advance to the Euro 2022 quarter-finals. The Swiss had the better of the early stages of the first half, with Sandy Maendly forcing a good save from Daphne van Domselaar. Ad/> Netherlands then thought they had a penalty a few minutes later before it was overturned after a VAR review.