Off the wire

CYCLING Fraile wins stage

Sky teammates Geraint Thomas and Chris Froome remained 1-2 in the Tour de France after the hilly 14th stage as an anticipated shakeup in the overall standings didn’t come to fruition on Saturday. Spanish rider Omar Fraile won the stage in the Massif Central by bursting from a group of breakaway riders on the finishing climb. Fourth-placed Primoz Roglic was the only overall contender to gain time, finishing eight seconds ahead of Thomas, Froome and third-placed Tom Dumoulin — with all four riders finishing more than 18 minutes behind Fraile, who remained far back in the standings. Thomas leads four-time champion Froome by 1 minute, 39 seconds. Dumoulin is third, 1:50 behind, and Roglic is fourth, 2:38 back. Fraile had time to celebrate before crossing the line, finishing six seconds ahead of Julian Alaphilippe, the Frenchman wearing the polka-dot jersey awarded to the Tour’s best climber. Jasper Stuyven of Belgium finished third, also six seconds back, and threetime world champion Peter Sagan came in fourth. Stage 15 today from Millau to Carcassonne is another hilly leg before the race’s second rest day Monday.

GOLF Four share lead

Robert Streb, six-time PGA Tour winner Hunter Mahan, Tom Lovelady and Troy Merritt shared the lead at 18 under Saturday at the Barbasol Championship in Nicholasville, Ky., after a busy day in which much of the field had to complete the rain-delayed first round before starting the second. Merritt tied the course record with a first-round 62 on Thursday. Sam Ryder and Blayne Barber each shot 63, and Billy Horschel had a 69 to stand within a stroke of the lead. Richy Werenski and Cameron Percy were two behind, J.T. Poston was 15 under, and four more — including Hall of Famer Davis Love III — were within reach at 14 under. Matt Atkins (Henderson State) was 8 under after a 73 and was tied for 49th. Ethan Tracy (Arkansas Razorbacks) was three under after a 73. Ken Duke (Arkadelphia, Henderson State) did not make the cut.

Van der Walt on top

Dawie van der Walt was alone at the top of the leaderboard Saturday at the Web.com Tour’s Pinnacle Bank Championship at Omaha, Neb. Van der Walt was 12 under after a 69, which put him two strokes ahead of David Skinns (69) and Sungjae Im (71), who were tied for second at 10 under. Sebastian Cappelen (Arkansas Razorbacks) had four birdies for a 67 and is tied for 31st at 5 under. Patrick Sullivan (Maumelle, UALR) and Tag Ridings (Razorbacks) did not make the cut.

TENNIS Johnson advances

Third-seeded Steve Johnson beat Marcel Granollers, 6-3, 6-3 on Saturday to reach the Hall of Fame Tennis Open final at Newport, R.I. The 28-year-old American will face Ramkumar Ramanathan in the final this morning. Ramanathan, of India, topped American Tim Smyczek, 6-4, 7-5. The semis were played on Newport’s grass court after the induction of Michael Stich and Helena Sukova into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Johnson, a champion in Houston earlier this season, will be seeking his fourth career ATP title. Ramanathan is looking for his first.

Fognini in final

Fabio Fognini edged Fernando Verdasco for the first time on clay Saturday to reach the Swedish Open final against Richard Gasquet at Bastad. Fognini won 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 even after losing two break leads in the deciding set of their 2-hour, 17-minute semifinal. No. 3-seeded Fognini and No. 4 Gasquet will be going for their second ATP titles this year. Gasquest stopped lucky loser Henri Laaksonen 6-2, 6-3 in the semifinals. The Swiss was trying to reach his first ATP final.

Sevastova moves up

Top-seeded Anastasija Sevastova of Latvia returned to the Bucharest Open final after semifinal opponent Polona Hercog retired hurt after their first set on Saturday. Sevastova won the set 6-1, and the eighth-seeded Hercog, of Slovenia, retired. Hercog started the match with her right thigh heavily strapped. In today’s final, she will face fourth-seeded Petra Martic after the Croatian beat local hope and second seed Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-4, 6-4. Sevastova lost to Martic in their only previous match, at the 2017 French Open third round.

MOTOR SPORTS Vettel takes GP pole

Sebastian Vettel secured the pole position for the German Grand Prix on Saturday while Lewis Hamilton’s hopes took another blow. Already trailing in the title race, Hamilton starts today’s race from 14th place after a hydraulic failure. Ferrari’s good day was completed with Kimi Raikkonen third fastest.