One of the most picturesque days of the 2024 Tour de France saw the riders head up into the South Alps above Nice, but it took until the final climb for the GC tussle to kick off. Remco Evenepoel and Jonas Vingegaard were the initial instigators, but the peerless Tadej Pogacar had the last laugh, soaring across the line for his fifth win of this edition.
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Lando Norris led Oscar Piastri to a McLaren one-two ahead of Max Verstappen in an action-packed qualifying session at the Hungarian Grand Prix. Norris edged out his team-mate by 0.022 seconds and Verstappen by just 0.046secs in a session which featured changing conditions and two red flags for big crashes. That gives Norris his third career pole, and McLaren a first one-two in qualifying since the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix.
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Shane Lowry leads The Open by two at the halfway stage after a blustery second round at Royal Troon. Lowry, the 2019 champion, rolled in a 20-footer for birdie on the last as he followed his opening 66 with a two-under 69 to improve to seven under. Former US Open and Olympic champion Justin Rose holed a 40-foot birdie putt on the 18th to join Dan Brown, the world number 272 who was the surprise round one leader on six under and backed that up with a 72.
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Tadej Pogacar – who else? Some thought the Slovenian would suffer in the high-mountain territory of closest GC rival Jonas Vingegaard on Friday’s Stage 19, but it was the total opposite as Pogacar, aided by his UAE Team Emirates team-mates, rode on the front of the main bunch for most of the day before detonating a late attack that left everyone in the dust, to all but secure his third Tour title.
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Unheralded Englishman Dan Brown holed a birdie putt in fading light at the last to sensationally take the lead after round one of The Open at Royal Troon. The world number 272, playing in his first Open after only qualifying two weeks ago, nonchalantly knocked in an eight-footer to complete a stunning bogey-free six-under 65. The 29-year-old is one ahead of 2019 Open champion Shane Lowry, who also posted a bogey-free round.
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