The Denver Post

Andersen doubles down at Tour de France, wins Stage 19.

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CHAMPAGNOL­E, FRANCE » Soren Kragh Andersen, the Danish rider who won Stage 14, doubled down and raised his arms in victory again on Stage 19, with another cunningly timed attack.

Behind him, saving their last reserves of strength for a time trial on Saturday that will decide the Tour podium, race leader Primoz Roglic and his rivals preferred to coast to the finish while Andersen hared off for the prestige of the stage victory.

Trying to go 2 for 2 as senior, Furyk leads at Pebble Beach.

PEBBLE BEACH, CALIF » Jim Furyk birdied four of the last six holes for an 8- under 64 and the first- round lead Friday in the PGA Tour Champions’ Pure Insurance Championsh­ip. Trying to join Arnold Palmer and Bruce Fleisher as the only players to win their first two starts on the senior tour, Furyk had a one- stroke lead over Ernie Els, Cameron Beckman and Stephen Leaney.

Green back on top in Portland, tied for lead with Clanton.

PORTLAND,

ORE. » Hannah Green had to wait an extra day to open her title defense in the Cambria Portland Classic. Once she got going, about the only thing that slowed her was a 1 ½ - hour lightning delay and fading light. Green shot a 6- under 66 at Columbia Edgewater for a share of the lead with Cydney Clanton in the LPGA Tour event reduced to 54 holes because of poor air quality caused by wildfires.

Wild captain Koivu’s long run comes to an end in Minnesota.

ST. PAUL, MINN. » Mikko Koivu’s extraordin­ary career with the Minnesota Wild is over. General manager Bill Guerin said the team will not resign the

37- year- old Finn, whose contract is expiring. Koivu is the only full- time captain the club has had — he was appointed in 2009 after the role was rotated monthly over the first nine years of the franchise.

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