Jonas Abrahamsen led for the vast majority of Saturday’s Stage 8 of the Tour de France, but his combative solo came to nought late on as a charging peloton caught him with 14 kilometres to go. And from the pack, it was Biniam Girmay who surged to a brilliant sprint victory, taking his second win of this year’s race just millimetres ahead of Jasper Philipsen.
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Mercedes’ George Russell pipped teammate Lewis Hamilton to pole position for tomorrow’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone. McLaren’s Lando Norris did enough to see off the Red Bull of Max Verstappen to insure it will be an all British top three. Oscar Piastri will start from P5 in the other McLaren while Nico Hulkenberg produced a superb lap to qualify P6 for Haas.
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France beat Portugal in a penalty shootout to reach the semi-finals of Euro 2024 after a tense showdown in Hamburg. Theo Hernandez scored the winning penalty after substitute Joao Felix hit the outside of the post with his effort, the only miss. Players sprinted over to the other end of the pitch to celebrate with fans afterwards, while Portugal, who had overcome Slovenia via a shootout five days ago, were left feeling deflated while they applauded their supporters.
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Spain kept themselves on course to win a fourth European Championship as Mikel Merino’s 119th-minute goal sent them into the semi-finals and eliminated hosts Germany following a pulsating encounter at Stuttgart Arena. This was the most anticipated match of the tournament so far as it put together the resurgent home nation against arguably the best-performing side to date at Euro 2024 – and it certainly lived up to expectation.
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Tadej Pogacar’s lead in the general classification was cut to 33 seconds as Remco Evenepoel stormed to a first victory at the Tour de France. Evenepoel delivered on his pre-stage hype by taking the fight to the Slovenian in the 25.3km individual time trial, despite having a huge fright when he thought he had suffered a puncture late on. Primoz Roglic finished third, just ahead of Jonas Vingegaard.
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