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SPORTS Saturday 21 July 2018

Sagan takes third win at Tour, Thomas keeps lead on Stage 13

By JOSEPH WILSON 30-stage winner Mark Cav-
Associated Press endish and Marcel Kittel
VALENCE, France (AP) — failed to make the time cut
After most of the other on Wednesday.
top sprinters at the Tour de Sagan said their absence
France succumbed in the made sprinting “messy.”
Alps, Peter Sagan was in “It’s changed,” he said.
prime position to dominate “Everybody wants to do
Friday’s flat finish. a sprint now. It’s pretty
Cycling’s world champion messy.”
did not disappoint, timing Facing no attacks on the
his move to reach maxi- flat stage, Thomas had no
mum speed as he swung trouble maintaining his ad-
past two challengers to vantage of 1 minute, 39
claim Stage 13 by a wheel seconds over defending
length and take his third champion Froome.
win of this race. Tom Dumoulin stayed third
Seconds after Sagan reas- overall at 1:50 behind. Pri-
serted his status as the most moz Roglic was fourth at
feared finisher left on the 2:46, and Romain Bardet
Tour, overall leader Geraint was fifth at 3:07 back.
Thomas safely crossed in After overzealous fans
the pack along with team- marred Thomas’ win on France’s Arnaud Demare, far left, hits his handlebars as Slovakia’s Peter Sagan, wearing the
mate — and nearest chal- Thursday atop the Alpe best sprinter’s green jersey, right, crosses the finish line ahead of Norway’s Alexander Kristoff,
lenger — Chris Froome. d’Huez, the otherwise com- second left, and Demare to win the thirteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 169.5
Behind about 20 riders with plete calm of Friday’s leg kilometers (105.3 miles) with start in Bourg d’Oisans and finish in Valence, France, Friday July 20,
a kilometer to go, Sagan was briefly disturbed by a 2018.
charged to overtake run- man on the roadside who Associated Press
ner-up Alexander Kristoff tossed a smoke bomb into than be on the bus and ing question of this race: Is fore Friday’s stage.
and Arnaud Demare, who the center of the peloton have everyone cheering Thomas really Sky’s top op- “Who knows how long
finished third, at the finish as it passed by with 16 kilo- me,” Thomas said. tion while Froome seeks a (Geraint) can hold this top
line. Sagan’s 11th career meters left. Thomas did ask for fans to fifth Tour title? level? Same for Froomey.
win at the world’s biggest Thomas said he didn’t see not interfere in the race Thomas has said that al- The most important thing is
bike race came after he the smoke bomb which, after Froome was slapped though he would work to the group is strong and we
was the fastest to the line besides spitting out yellow on the back going up Alpe support Froome, he is not have the best position.”
in bunch sprints on Stages fumes, appeared to do no d’Huez and contender Vin- going to intentionally lose Saturday’s Stage 14 is a
2 and 5. harm. cenzo Nibali was forced to time. But with Thomas so far hilly 188-kilometer trek from
This time, Sagan was racing As for the jeers directed to- quit after he broke a verte- proving to be the stronger Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux
against a field of sprinters ward him and Froome by bra when knocked to the rider even in the mountains to Mende as the race
greatly depleted by three fans skeptical of Froome’s ground by a police motor- where Froome normally makes its way to the Pyr-
grueling days in the moun- clearance from doping al- bike tasked with keeping makes his mark, their team enees Mountains.
tains. Fernando Gaviria legations days before the back the crowd. appears ready to let the And Froome seems eager
and Dylan Groenewegen, start of the Tour, he said The 169.5-kilometer (105- road decide. for the action to return.
who both won two stages it was part of being in the mile) leg starting from “We’ve got two cards to “Tomorrow we can see
on this Tour, along with An- spotlight. Bourg d’Oisans at the foot play and it’s good for our some good battles be-
dre Greipel all abandoned “I would rather be on the of the Alpe d’Huez delayed strategy,” Sky sports direc- tween the favorites,”
the race on Thursday, while podium and be booed the resolution to the burn- tor Nicolas Portal said be- Froome said.q
Cambage breaks WNBA 2-game scoring mark with 88 points

By The Associated Press had 13 for Dallas (14-9). gomery broke the record
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — LaToya Sanders made 10 with 4:14 left in the third
Elizabeth Cambage had of 13 field goals and scored quarter and did not at-
35 points and 17 rebounds, a career-high 25 points for tempt another shot.
breaking the WNBA’s two- Washington (13-10). Ele- Tiffany Hayes added 20
game scoring record, and na Delle Donne was held points for Atlanta (14-9).
the Dallas Wings beat the to nine points on 3-of-14 Tina Charles scored 11
Washington Mystics 90-81 shooting. points for New York (7-16)
on Thursday night. DREAM 82, LIBERTY 68 to take sole possession
Coming off a historic ATLANTA (AP) — Renee of second place on the
53-point performance Tues- Montgomery made a fran- franchise’s scoring list with
day, Cambage broke Min- chise-record seven 3-point- 2,981.
nesota star Maya Moore’s ers and scored 24 points, ACES 85, MERCURY 82
record two-game total of helping Atlanta beat New PHOENIX (AP) — Kayla
80 points set in 2014. Cam- York for its sixth straight vic- McBride scored 27 points,
bage also became the tory. Montgomery was 5 of A’ja Wilson had 18 points
first player with back-to- 11 from 3-point range in the and 12 rebounds, and Las Dallas Wings center Liz Cambage (8) drives to the basket past
back 30-point, 10-rebound first half. Vegas beat Phoenix. Mc- the defense of Washington Mystics center Krystal Thomas (34)
games since Moore in 2014. The club mark was six Bride made a steal and during the first half of a WNBA basketball game Thursday, July
Kayla Thornton added 15 3-pointers in a game, done fast-break layup to give the 19, 2018, in Arlington, Texas.
points, and Glory Johnson twice by Betty Lenox. Mont- Aces an 83-79 lead.q Associated Press