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SPORTS Friday 21 July 2017

SPIETH

Britain’s Chris Froome,
wearing the overall leader’s
yellow jersey, celebrates EASY
on the podium after the
eighteenth stage of the Tour
de France cycling race over
179.5 kilometers (111.5 miles)
with start in Briancon and
finish on Izoard pass, France,
Thursday, July 20, 2017.
Associated Press
The Alps behind

him, Froome has
one hand on
Tour win No. 4

By JOHN LEICESTER and
SAMUEL PETREQUIN
AP Sports Writers
COL D’IZOARD, France (AP)
— On the highest moun-
tain-top finish of the 104th
Tour de France, in a rocky
moonscape where the air
thins, only the hardiest or-
ganisms survive. A few pine
trees, tough old grasses,
some stubborn flowers
and, now joining that rare
breed, Chris Froome.
Putting one hand on what
would be his third straight
Tour crown and fourth
overall since his first win in
2013, Froome emerged
from the Alps on Thurs-
day with the yellow jersey
fixed firmly on his shoul-
way through nearly 3,200 Spieth, Koepka and Kuchar share Open lead
ders. Having chewed his

kilometers (2,000 miles) of
French roads, just three Jordan Spieth of the United States prepares to putt on
stages now stand between the 18th green during the first round of the British Open
the Briton and top spot on Golf Championship, at Royal Birkdale, Southport, England
the Champs-Elysees po- Thursday, July 20, 2017.
dium in Paris on Sunday Associated Press
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