Louis Oosthuizen holds a one shot lead over Jordan Speith and Brian Harman after Round 1 of the 149th Open Championship at Royal St George’s. Defending champion Shane Lowry failed to fire on day one and faces a battle to make the cut on the English south coast.
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Tadej Pogačar tightened his grip on yellow and secured his third stage win on the Tour de France with victory at Luz Ardiden ahead of Jonas Vingegaard and Richard Carapaz. A second successive triumph in the Pyrenees saw the defending champion also secure the polka dot jersey while extending his lead on Vinegaard to 5’45” with just three stages remaining.
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Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar cemented his vice-like grip on the yellow jersey with a stunning Stage 17 win on the misty Col du Portet ahead of Jonas Vingegaard and Richard Carapaz. The young Dane and the Ecuadorian occupy the next two spots on the podium after Colombia’s Rigoberto Uran slipped back, but defending champion Pogacar’s GC lead is now over five and a half minutes.
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Patrick Konrad soloed to glory in sodden Saint-Gaudens to win Stage 16 of the Tour de France on a day of attrition for Tadej Pogacar and his GC rivals. Pogacar chalked off another day in yellow after coming home in a select group containing the entire top 10 a whopping 14 minutes down on the Austrian national champion, who secured Bora-Hansgrohe’s second victory of the race.
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Marking The Spot looks back on the past four weeks of football and the thrilling moments Euro 2020 produced. I name my team of the tournament and I hand out several awards for the biggest achievers and the biggest disappointments.
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