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SPORTS Wednesday 5 July 2023
Philipsen makes it back-to-back Tour de France stage wins, Yates

keeps overall lead

NOGARO, France (AP) — on the left and putting Phil-
Belgian rider Jasper Phil- ipsen in an ideal position
ipsen won a mass sprint from which he made no
to earn a second straight mistake.
stage victory at the Tour “I’m really glad I didn’t hit
de France on Tuesday, the deck. I saw there were
while Adam Yates kept the a lot of falls,” Philipsen said.
race leader’s yellow jersey “You also need some luck,
heading into the Pyrenees but when you have some-
mountains. one like Mathieu with you,
Philipsen followed up his win even in a difficult situation
on Monday’s third stage where everything is on a
and was once again ex- razor edge, he manages to
pertly helped into position bring us back to the front.”
to attack by his Alpecin– It effectively gave Philipsen
Deceuninck teammate a hat trick of sprint-stage
and Mathieu van der Poel. wins after winning the last
Philipsen showcased his stage of last year’s Tour.
pure speed by holding “My goal in this Tour was
off Australian rider Caleb to win a stage,” he said.
Ewan at the line to under- “We already ticked that
line his credentials to win box yesterday. Now, we
the sprinter’s green jersey Belgium’s Jasper Philipsen, left, sprints ahead of Australia’s Caleb Ewan to win the fourth stage want more. And we want
with another impressive of the Tour de France cycling race over 182 kilometers (113 miles) with start in Dax and finish in to go for the points (green
performance. Philipsen’s Nogaro, France, Tuesday, July 4, 2023. jersey).” Meanwhile, Yates
countryman Wout van Aert Associated Press maintained his six-second
won it last year. Several riders behind them was time to glance over Wednesday’s climbs but lead over two-time Tour
“Caleb was right next to crashed as they jostled for and take in some of the were caught with 25 kilo- winner Tadej Pogačar of
me. I wasn’t too confident. position on the final straight. countryside scenery, such meters (15.5 miles) remain- Slovenia and his twin broth-
He almost caught up with The 181.8-kilometer (112.7- as the 12th-century Saint- ing. er Simon Yates in third.
me at the end, it was really mile) route from Dax to Saturnin church. The closing stages were “We’ll see how it plays
nerve-wracking,” Philipsen Nogaro in southwestern The gentle procession was around a circuit with a out tomorrow. I think it’s
said. “I’m extremely proud France was almost totally interrupted when the first smooth tarmac, but that the very first chance for a
to have won twice in a row. flat and again favored attack came about 100 didn’t make it easier for breakaway, so all hell will
The finish was super fast, we sprinters. kilometers (62 miles) out, Danish sprinter Fabio Jako- break loose at the start,”
felt like race cars. There On the eve of the Tour’s first when Frenchmen Ben- bsen, who fell off his bike, said Yates, who rides for
were wide turns that some- mountain stage a difficult oît Cosnefroy and An- and several other riders fell UAE Team Emirates.
times tightened.” Pyrenean trek riders were thony Delaplace formed as they clipped barriers in a “Then, there are the bo-
German rider Phil Bau- keen to save some energy. a breakaway. They were nervy finish. nuses on the last climb, so
haus was third to make it The peloton started at a lei- still together when they But the Belgian-born Dutch- it’s going to be a bit difficult
the same top three finish- surely pace with no team got over the day’s only as- man Van der Poel showed for me (to keep the yellow
ers as Monday, with Ewan prepared to place a rider cent the modest Côte de both his class and his race jersey). But we’re lucky to
beating Bauhaus this time. in a breakaway. So there Dému is small compared to craft by timing an attack have Tadej on our team.”q

Saints’ tight end Moreau says his cancer is in ‘full remission’

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Saints with considerable fanfare in ery led to a diagnosis of several weeks of medica- ed or injected into his stom-
tight end Foster Moreau Louisiana even without the Hodgkin lymphoma, and tion that was either ingest- ach area. q
says he is in “full remission” unusual and compelling Moreau initially announced
from cancer that team circumstances surrounding that he would pause his
doctors discovered in late his health. He grew up in NFL career to focus on his
March. New Orleans and played health.
“After a few tumultuous for LSU before the Las Ve- Hodgkin lymphoma is a
months, I’ve been blessed gas Raiders made him a form of cancer that affects
with the news that I am in fourth-round draft choice the immune system.
full remission from Hodgkin in 2019, when the club was After further testing,
Lymphoma!,” the 26-year- based in Oakland. Moreau said, doctors de-
old Moreau posted on so- Now entering his fifth sea- termined he had a rare but
cial media. “I’m so grateful son, he was considering very treatable form of the
to everyone who reached the possibility of continu- disease, nodular lympho-
out to offer their love and ing his pro football career cyte-predominant Hodgkin
support; our prayers were in his home town when Dr. lymphoma (or NLPHL).
answered. From here I will John Amoss, the Saints’ His treatment consisted
continue to live my life as team physician, noticed of between six and eight
God intended.” an enlarged lymph node hours of a drip infusion for New Orleans Saints tight end Foster Moreau walks between drills
during NFL football practice in Metairie, La., May 23, 2023.
Moreau’s signing with the in Moreau’s left clavicle in one day about six weeks Associated Press
Saints would have come late March. Amoss’ discov- ago, he said, followed by