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Monday 16 May 2022
Hindley wins toughest Giro stage, López stays in pink

BLOCKHAUS, Italy (AP) — again,” Yates said. “That’s
Australian cyclist Jai Hindley how it goes. I gave my all
won the ninth stage of the and that’s it.
Giro d’Italia atop the fear- “I was hopeful of still being
some Blockhaus on Sun- able to try and do some-
day but Juan Pedro López thing but I’ve been in a
managed to keep hold of lot of pain since Etna. I’ve
the leader’s pink jersey af- been trying to manage it as
ter the race’s toughest leg. best as possible. Like I said,
Hindley, who rides for Bora- it was not my only problem
Hansgrohe, edged out Ro- today.”
main Bardet and overall Carapaz tried to attack
favorite Richard Carapaz several times in the final 5
in a sprint to the line at the kilometers but was unable
end of an arduous day of to shake off his rivals for the
climbing. stage win.
Mikel Landa and João Al- There was a worrying mo-
meida also finished with the ment earlier in the day
same time. when Natnael Tesfatsion,
“I was just trying to survive who was leading the stage,
as best I could, actually,” crashed on the descent
said Hindley, who was run- from Passo Lanciano. Tes-
ner-up in the Giro in 2020. “I fatsion misjudged a corner
knew it was flattening out in Australia’s Jai Hindley, right, crosses the finish line to win the 187-kilometer 9th stage of the Giro and somersaulted over his
the last k’s (kilometers) and D’Italia cycling race from Isernia to Mt. Blockhaus, in central Italy, in front of second-placed handlebars into the bushes.
Romain Bardet of France, left, and third-placed Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz, center, Sunday,
there was a right hand- May 15, 2022. However, the Eritrean
er before the finish with Associated Press swiftly received treatment
around 200 to go. I wanted from race doctors and was
to take the corner first and 191-kilometer (119-mile) of Almeida now and 14 the final climb to Blockhaus eventually able to contin-
then just gave it everything route from Isernia 1 minute, ahead of Bardet, with Car- together. ue.
to the line, and yeah here 46 seconds behind Hind- apaz just a second further Simon Yates was one of the The race has its second rest
we are. ley on a day in which sev- back. favorites dropped early on day on Monday before a
“It’s pretty incredible. It eral favorites lost time on As well as the Blockhaus, and the British rider crossed 196-kilometer (122-mile)
wasn’t the easiest year I the iconic final climb that the route also included the line 11 minutes behind stage from Pescara to Jesi
had last year. I worked so had double-digit gradients the top-category climb to Hindley with his right knee that is mainly flat in the
hard to get back to the lev- along a series of hairpin Passo Lanciano and two heavily strapped. He had first half along the Adriatic
el to compete at the Giro bends leading to the line. other categorized ascents sustained the injury on the coast before three fourth-
and I’m at a loss for words “This is wonderful for me, on a day with 5,000 meters fourth stage climb up Etna. category climbs later in the
honestly. It’s pretty amaz- I don’t believe this mo- (16,400 feet) of climbing. “Now that I’ve lost the day.
ing.” ment,” the Trek–Segafredo A nine-man breakaway led race, it’s causing me a lot Whether Yates can fight
López surprisingly kept rider said. “We need to en- the stage for most of the of problems. But that was back or even decides to
hold of the maglia rosa as joy every moment.” day but they were caught not my only problem today, continue remains to be
the Spaniard finished the López is 12 seconds ahead and the peloton started I really struggled in the heat seen.q

Minjee Lee hangs on, wins LPGA Founders

Cup over Thompson

269 in the event that honors it in style with a short bird- der. Two-time defending
the 13 founding members ie of her own. Madelene champion and top-ranked
of the LPGA Tour. Sagstrom of Sweden and Jin Young Ko finished at 8
Lee won her seventh career hard-charging Angel Yin under.
title and first since taking tied for third, three shots off Augusta National Women’s
her first major at last year’s the pace at 16 under. Sag- Amateur champion Anna
Evian Championship. She strom, who was a shot be- Davis finished at 3 under
steadied herself after what hind Lee at the start, closed while playing her second
she called a “good” bogey with a 72 despite a quadru- straight tour event on a
on the par-3 eighth. ple bogey at No. 3 when sponsor exemption.
Looking for her first LPGA she needed three shots to This marked the third
Minjee Lee, of Australia, hits off the fourth tee during the fourth
round of the LPGA Cognizant Founders Cup golf tournament, Tour win since 2019, Thomp- get out of a bunker. straight time the Founders
Sunday, May 15, 2022, in Clifton, N.J. son rallied from three down Yin, who thought about Cup was played at a dif-
Associated Press and grabbed a share of leaving the tour earlier this ferent course. It was held at
By TOM CANAVAN for her first win of the year. the lead with a birdie at year, shot 67. She grabbed Wildfire Golf Club in Arizona
AP Sports Writer The 25-year-old Australian No. 10. Thompson and Lee a piece of the lead with her in 2019, at Mountain Ridge
CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) — LPGA took the lead for good with traded birdies on the par-5 seventh birdie at No. 14, in West Caldwell, New Jer-
scoring leader Minjee Lee a birdie on the par-5 14th 12th, but Thompson closed but bogeyed the 16th. sey, last year and now Up-
made her only three birdies hole at Upper Montclair with six straight pars for a Carolota Ciganda shot 64 per Montclair, which will
on the back nine and cap- Country Club. She closed 69. Thompson had birdie on Sunday and finished be the site for the next two
tured the Cognizant Found- with a 2-under 70, her only opportunities on the final fifth. Nasa Hataoka of Ja- years. The event was can-
ers Cup by two shots over round not in the 60s, for a two holes that she failed to pan and Megan Khang celed in 2020 because of
Lexi Thompson on Sunday 72-hole total of 19-under convert before Lee closed were tied for sixth at 14 un- the pandemic.q