Vettel to the metal for Monaco win
Sebastian Vettel beat his Ferrari teammate Kimi Raikkonen to win the Monaco Grand Prix yesterday and comfortably extend his lead at the top of the Formula 1 standings to 25 points in Monaco.
It was the four-time champion’s third win of the season and 45th of his career, as well as Ferrari’s first in Monaco since Michael Schumacher, Vettel’s childhood idol, in 2001.
“Unbelievable. It was a very tense race,” Vettel said. “It’s very, very special to win here. We’re going to have a very fun night.”
Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo finished third, ahead of Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas.
No ‘Cloud’ at Belmont
Preakness winner Cloud
Computing won’t run in the Belmont Stakes, leaving the final leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown without the winners of the first two. Kentucky Derby winner
Always Dreaming also won’t run in the 11⁄ 2- mile Belmont on June 10 in New York.
Trainer Chad Brown confirmed yesterday that Cloud Computing, as expected, would skip the Belmont.
Arena names roster
Coach Bruce Arena has called in a mixture of veterans and young players for the U.S. soccer team’s training camp in Denver heading into a tuneup match against Venezuela and two World Cup qualifiers.
Missing from the 27-man roster is Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder Jermaine Jones, who is bothered by a sprained right knee. Jones might not fit Arena’s plans as Michael Bradley is used in more of a defensive midfield role that Jones has filled.
Tim Howard, Brad Guzan and Nick Rimando, fixtures guarding the net, were chosen by Arena along with 21-year-old Ethan Horvath of Club Brugge in Belgium. Other mainstays called in included Bradley, Alejandro Bedoya and Dax McCarthy in midfield; Clint Dempsey and Jozy Altidore at forward; and defenders DaMarcus Beasley, Geoff Cameron, Fabian Johnson and Timmy Chandler.
The Americans play Venezuela on Saturday, then have qualifiers against Trinidad and Tobago on June 8 and at Mexico three days later. . . .
Francesco Totti’s final match with Roma ended in celebration when the Giallorossi scored a 90th-minute goal for a 3-2 win over Genoa that secured a spot in the Champions League. . . .
A United States team reduced to 10 players won Group F of the FIFA Under-20 World Cup with a 1-1 draw with Saudi Arabia in Daejeon, South Korea. Brooks Lennon’s first-half goal secured the vital point for the U.S. to set up a second-round showdown with New Zealand on June 1. . . .
Barcelona says defender Javier Mascherano will be out of action for six weeks to recover from a right knee injury.
Dumoulin takes 1st
Tom Dumoulin won cycling’s 100th Giro d’Italia in dramatic fashion, reclaiming the overall lead in a final-stage individual time trial in Milan. It’s the first Grand Tour victory for Dumoulin, a Dutchman with Team Sunweb, and it sets him up as a potential rival for three-time Tour de France champion Chris Froome. Dumoulin entered the final stage in fourth position but finished far enough ahead of his rivals over the flat 29-kilometer (18-mile) route from Monza’s Formula One race track to Milan’s cathedral to move back into the lead.
In the overall standings, Dumoulin finished 31 seconds ahead of 2014 champion Nairo Quintana of Colombia and 40 seconds ahead of last year’s winner, Vincenzo Nibali of Italy.