Cavendish snatches fourth stage victory
Mark Cavendish approached the finish line with so much speed that German rival Marcel Kittel had to swerve out of the way. The “Manx Missile” easily sprinted to his fourth stage victory in the Tour de France at Villars-les-Dombes, France.
Finishing in the main pack during the 14th stage, Chris Froome had little trouble holding onto the yellow jersey.
It was Cavendish’s 30th career win in the Tour, putting him within four of Eddy Merckx’s record.
The peloton stopped for a minute of silence at the start of the stage in honor of the 84 victims of the truck attack in Nice.
Froome remained 1:47 ahead of second-place Bauke Mollema and 2:45 in front of third-place Adam Yates in the overall standings.
Jhonattan Vegas’ lead was down to three strokes Saturday when rain finally stopped thirdround play in the Barbasol Championship in Opelika, Ala.
Six shots ahead after a courserecord 11-under 60 on Friday, Vegas was one over for the round and 16 under overall playing the par-four 14th when play was stopped on Grand National’s Lake Course.
David Toms and Aaron Baddeley were 13 under. The 49-year-old Toms was four under for the day with four holes left. Baddeley shot a 64, chipping in on the par-four 18th for his third straight birdie.
Hyo Joo Kim had five birdies in a six-hole stretch and shot a sevenunder 64 at Highland Meadows in Sylvania, Ohio, to open a threestroke lead at 15 under par in the LPGA Tour’s Marathon Classic.
Top-ranked Lydia Ko and Alison Lee were tied for second. Ko, the 2014 winner, had a bogey-free 67. She missed a short birdie putt on the final hole.
The head of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics says the world’s top four male golfers have withdrawn from the games because there is no money to be won — not because of the Zika virus.
“They tried to blame Zika, but the media have shown that they are not coming because there’s no prize money,” Rio organizing committee
President Carlos Nuzman said Saturday, speaking in Rio with the games set to open in just under three weeks.
Jordan Spieth withdrew this week from the Olympics, citing Zika. He joined Jason Day, Dustin Johnson, and Rory McIlroy in also saying Zika was the main reason for skipping the first Olympic golf tournament in 112 years.
Their absence could be a setback for golf’s future in the Olympics.
Kyle Busch led all but a handful of laps and dominated in his latest Xfinity Series victory at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon. Busch raced to his sixth Xfinity victory of the season and record-extending 82nd of his career. Erik Jones was second, followed by Brad Keselowski, Daniel
Suarez and Austin Dillon.