Tadej Pogacar moved closer to a fourth Tour de France crown with a strong defensive showing on Mont Ventoux. Jonas Vingegaard took the fight to the Slovenian with a trio of brutal attacks, before the Dane responded well himself to a late flurry from his great rival. France’s Valentin Paret-Peintre won from the breakaway as he saw off Ben Healy in a thrilling finale on the iconic climb.
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Bryan Mbeumo says he has joined “the club of his dreams” after completing his move from Brentford for an initial £65m. The 25-year-old has signed a five-year contract, with the option of a further 12 months. He is manager Ruben Amorim’s third signing of the summer after the arrivals of forward Matheus Cunha and left-back Diego Leon.
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Less than one hour after he teed off on Sunday afternoon, Scottie Scheffler had effectively won his first Open Championship title. The world number one was only walking off the fourth green but the game was already up. A starting four-shot advantage over the field had grown to seven at a sun-kissed Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland.
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There was yet more success for UAE Team Emirates-XRG at the Tour de France on Sunday as Tadej Pogacar’s team-mate Tim Wellens sealed a dominant victory on Stage 15. The Belgian road champion launched an attack with just over 43km to go and never looked back as UAE clinched their fifth stage win of the Tour so far. Victor Campenaerts took second place.
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Scottie Scheffler continued his imperious march towards a first Open Championship title in a third round which had contained all the ingredients to set up a classic. Instead, world number one Scheffler, who has won the past nine times he has held the 54-hole lead, will take a four-shot advantage over China’s Li Haotong into Sunday’s final round. Victory on Sunday at Royal Portrush would complete the third leg of the career Grand Slam, having won May’s US PGA Championship, to add to two Masters titles.
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