Cycling

Tour de France

Results of the 17th stage of the Tour de France, a 32.0km time trial from Embrun to Chorges on Wednesday:

1. Chris Froome (GBR/SKY) 51 min 33 secs

2. Alberto Contador (ESP/SAX) at 0:09.

3. Joaquin Rodriguez (ESP/KAT) 0:10.

4. Roman Kreuziger (CZE/SAX) 0:23.

5. Alejandro Valverde (ESP/MOV) 0:30.

6. Nairo Quintana (COL/MOV) 1:11.

7. Michal Kwiatkowski (POL/OPQ) 1:33.

8. Jakob Diemer Fuglsang (DEN/AST) 1:34.

9. Andrew Talansky (USA/GRM) 1:41.

10. Tejay Van Garderen (USA/BMC) 1:51.

11. Bauke Mollema (NED/BKN) 2:09.

12. Maxime Monfort (BEL/RSH) 2:17.

13. Michael Rogers (AUS/SAX) 2:25.

14. Jon Izagirre (ESP/EUS) 2:25.

15. Andy Schleck (LUX/RSH) 2:27.

16. Lieuwe Westra (NED/VAC) 2:29.

17. Laurens ten Dam (NED/BKN) 2:29.

18. Rein Taaramae (EST/COF) 2:40.

19. Thomas De Gendt (BEL/VAC) 2:41.

20. Alessandro De Marchi (ITA/CAN) 2:42.

Overall standings

1. Chris Froome (GBR/SKY) 66 hr 07 min 09 sec

2. Alberto Contador (ESP/SAX) at 4:34.

3. Roman Kreuziger (CZE/SAX) 4:51.

4. Bauke Mollema (NED/BKN) 6:23.

5. Nairo Quintana (COL/MOV) 6:58.

6. Joaquin Rodriguez (ESP/KAT) 7:21.

7. Laurens ten Dam (NED/BKN) 8:23.

8. Jakob Diemer Fuglsang (DEN/AST) 8:56.

9. Michal Kwiatkowski (POL/OPQ) 11:10.

10. Daniel Martin (IRL/GRM) 12:50.

11. Michael Rogers (AUS/SAX) 13:19.

12. Alejandro Valverde (ESP/MOV) 15:12.

13. Andrew Talansky (USA/GRM) 15:13.

14. Daniel Navarro (ESP/COF) 16:43.

15. Maxime Monfort (BEL/RSH) 17:04.

16. Andy Schleck (LUX/RSH) 23:34.

17. Mikel Nieve (ESP/EUS) 23:36.

18. Cadel Evans (AUS/BMC) 24:44.

19. Daniel Moreno (ESP/KAT) 27:35.

20. Romain Bardet (FRA/ALM) 28:43.

Points:

1. Peter Sagan (SVK/CAN) 377 pts

2. Mark Cavendish (GBR/OPQ) 278

3. Andr Greipel (GER/LTB) 223

4. Marcel Kittel (GER/ARG) 177

5. Alexander Kristoff (NOR/KAT) 157

6. Jos Joaquin Rojas (ESP/MOV) 145

7. Michal Kwiatkowski (POL/OPQ) 110

8. Juan Antonio Flecha (ESP/VAC) 110

9. Daryl Impey (RSA/ORI) 91

10. Thomas De Gendt (BEL/VAC) 84

King of Mountains:

1. Chris Froome (GBR/SKY) 88 pts

2. Nairo Quintana (COL/MOV) 69

3. Mikel Nieve (ESP/EUS) 53

4. Pierre Rolland (FRA/EUC) 51

5. Joaquin Rodriguez (ESP/KAT) 35

6. Roman Kreuziger (CZE/SAX) 28

7. Richie Porte (AUS/SKY) 28

8. Alberto Contador (ESP/SAX) 25

9. Jakob Diemer Fuglsang (DEN/AST) 24

10. Alejandro Valverde (ESP/MOV) 22

Team stage:

1. Saxo Bank 2h37:36.

2. Movistar at 1:59.

3. Omega Pharma 4:31.

4. RadioShack 4:33.

5. Garmin 5:13.

Team overall:

1. Saxo Bank 197h41:19.

2. RadioShack at 1:22.

3. AG2R La Mondiale 8:14.

4. Movistar 12:48.

5. Belkin 22:33.

6. Katusha 30:58; 7. BMC 42:40; 8. Garmin 51:53; 9. Omega Pharma 59:32; 10. Euskaltel 1h09:21; 11. Sky 1h16:39; 12. Cofidis 1h28:41; 13. Europcar 1h45:11; 14. FDJ.fr 2h09:18; 15. Sojasun 2h20:52; 16. Lampre 2h37:48; 17. Astana 2h39:10; 18. Vacansoleil 2h45:31; 19. Orica - GreenEdge 3h07:13; 20. Lotto 3h59:48; 21. Argos 4h07:11; 22. Cannondale 4h33:45.

Best young riders (stage):

1. Nairo Quintana (COL/MOV) 52:44.

2. Michal Kwiatkowski (POL/OPQ) at 0:22.

3. Andrew Talansky (USA/GRM) 0:30.

4. Tejay Van Garderen (USA/BMC) 0:40.

5. Jon Izagirre (ESP/EUS) 1:14.

Best young riders (overall):

1. Nairo Quintana (COL/MOV) 66h14:07.

2. Michal Kwiatkowski (POL/OPQ) at 4:12.

3. Andrew Talansky (USA/GRM) 8:15.

4. Romain Bardet (FRA/ALM) 21:45.

5. Arthur Vichot (FRA/FDJ) 58:11.

6. Tom Dumoulin (NED/ARG) 59:57.

7. Alexis Vuillermoz (FRA/SOJ) 1h02:57.

8. Tejay Van Garderen (USA/BMC) 1h03:03.

9. Tony Gallopin (FRA/RSH) 1h05:10.

10. Alexandre Geniez (FRA/FDJ) 1h22:03.

Soccer

Libertadores Cup

Final first-leg result on Wednesday:

Olimpia (Paraguay) 2 Atletico Mineiro (Brazil) 0

Next Fixtures

Thursday, July 25

Atletico Mineiro v Olimpia

Tennis

ATP Hamburg Open

Results on Wednesday (x denotes seeding):

2nd rd

Roger Federer (SUI x1) bt Daniel Brands (GER) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2; Jan Hajek (CZE) bt Ernests Gulbis (LAT x15) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4; Feliciano Lopez (ESP x11) bt Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) 7-5, 6-3; Jerzy Janowicz (POL x4) bt Robin Haase (NED) 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (4); Fernando Verdasco (ESP x14) bt Roberto Bautista (ESP) 6-4, 3-6, 6-2; Federico Del Bonis (ARG) bt Tommy Robredo (ESP x10) 6-1, 4-6, 6-4; Juan Monaco (ARG x5) bt Gael Monfils (FRA) 6-4, 6-4; Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) bt Mikhail Youzhny (RUS x13) 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-2; Marcel Granollers (ESP) bt Andreas Seppi (ITA x6) 6-2, 1-6, 6-1; Fabio Fognini (ITA x12) bt Albert Ramos (ESP) 6-1, 6-3; Carlos Berlocq (ARG) bt Martin Klizan (SVK x16) 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (6); Tommy Haas (GER x2) bt Blaz Kavcic (SLO) 6-1, 4-6, 6-4.

WTA Swedish Open

Results on Wednesday:

2nd rd

Lourdes Dominguez (ESP x5) bt Teliana Pereira (BRA) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3; Klara Zakopalova (CZE x3) bt Arantxa Parra (ESP) 6-3, 6-1; Johanna Larsson (SWE x8) bt Nina Bratchikova (RUS) 6-2, 6-3; Virginie Razzano (FRA) bt Alexandra Dulgheru (ROM) 3-6, 6-0, 6-4.

1st rd

Simona Halep (ROM x2) bt Rebecca Peterson (SWE) 6-4, 6-0.

WTA Bad Gastein Open

Results on Wednesday:

2nd rd

Lisa-Maria Moser (AUT) bt Mona Barthel (GER x1) 6-2, 4-3 - retired; Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) bt Viktorija Golubic (SUI) 5-7, 6-1, 6-0; Karin Knapp (ITA x8) bt Alexandra Cadantu (ROM) 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-1.

1st rd

Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) bt Jasmina Tinjic (BIH) 6-0, 6-0.

ATP Colombia Open

Results on Wednesday:

2nd rd

Ivo Karlovic (CRO) bt Igor Sijsling (NED x3) 6-3, 7-6 (14); Santiago Giraldo (COL x6) bt Chris Guccione (AUS) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

China Daily

(China Daily 07/19/2013 page23)