Las Vegas Review-Journal

Thomas keeps Tour de France lead as Froome sinks to fourth

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Geraint Thomas retained the yellow jersey on the final mountain stage of the Tour de France, while Sky teammate and four-time champion Chris Froome lost his spot on the podium.

Slovenian rider Primoz Roglic, a former ski jumper, won the 125-mile 19th leg through the Pyrenees, finishing 19 seconds ahead of Thomas and leapfroggi­ng Froome into the third spot overall, 2 minutes, 24 seconds behind Thomas.

Thomas increased his lead over second-place Tom Dumoulin to 2:05.

Motor sports: At Sonoma, Calif., Courtney Force (Funny Car), Clay Millican

(Top Fuel), Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) and Eddie Krawiec (Pro Stock Motorcyle) had the top qualifying efforts for the Toyota Sonoma NHRA Nationals at Sonoma Raceway.

Soccer: The Court of Arbitratio­n for

Sport upheld Jerome Valcke’s 10-year ban from soccer. The secretary general at FIFA for eight years, Valcke was implicated in irregular World Cup ticket and broadcast rights sales in January 2016.

Olympics: Organizers of the 2020

Tokyo Games are considerin­g introducin­g daylight saving time as a countermea­sure to the extreme heat that could prevail in the Japanese capital during the events, slated to run from July 24 to Aug. 9.

Gymnastics: Michigan State halted payments from a $10 million fund it set up for counseling services for victims of nowimpriso­ned former sports doctor Larry Nassar amid concerns about possible fraudulent claims.

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