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Tour de France at a glance
FOIX, France — A brief look at Sunday’s 14th stage of the 99th Tour de France:
Stage: A 191-kilometer route out of Limoux and into the Pyrenees mountains featuring two major climbs and a technical downhill 25 kilometers from the finish in Foix.
Winner: Luis Leon Sanchez of Spain. Sanchez was among a group of five riders who broke away on the final ascent of the day, the Mur de Peguere.
He then made his decisive move 11 kilometers (7 miles) from the finish to claim his fourth Tour stage win. Green jersey holder Peter Sagan of Slovakia finished second, 47 seconds behind Sanchez. Frenchman Sandy Casar was third in the same time.
Tack trouble: Several dozen riders punctured their tires on tacks, scattered across the road during the descent of the Mur de Peguere. French police are investigating what appeared to have been an act of vandalism. Defending champion Cadel Evans had three flats and only avoided losing time due to a decision by other riders to slow the pace and wait for those delayed by the punctures.
Yellow Jersey: Briton Bradley Wiggins retained the race lead ahead of Sky teammate Christopher Froome, who is 2 minutes and 5 seconds behind. Italian climber Vincenzo Nibali is third, 2:23 off the pace.
Stat of the day: Zero. As in the change to the race’s overall Top 10, with the top riders all finishing in the same group some 18:15 behind stage winner Sanchez.
Quote of the day: “It’s a criminal act, I think you’re taking peoples’ lives in your hands and creating a very dangerous situation.” Jim Ochowicz, manager of Cadel Evans’ BMC Racing team, on the tacks that caused many riders to puncture.
Today’s 15th stage: A flat 158.5-km stage between Samatan and Pau tailored to give sprinters one more chance for a stage win before two very difficult mountain stages. Riders will only have to negotiate three minor hills in the last third of the race before a likely mass sprint into Pau, where green jersey holder Peter Sagan will attempt to go for a fourth stage win of the Tour.
WNBA
Women’s National
Basketball Association
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Connecticut 15 4 .789 —
Indiana 10 7 .588 4
Atlanta 9 10 .474 6
Chicago 8 9 .471 6
New York 6 12 .333 8½
Washington 4 14 .222 10½
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Minnesota 15 4 .789 —
San Antonio 13 5 .722 1½
Los Angeles 15 6 .714 1
Seattle 9 10 .474 6
Phoenix 4 15 .211 11
Tulsa 3 15 .167 11½
Olympic break, plays continues Thursday, Aug. 16
TENNIS
WTA Bank of the West Classic
A U.S. Open Series event
Sunday
At The Taube Family Tennis Center
Stanford, Calif.
Purse: $740,000 (Premier)
Surface: Hard-Outdoor
Singles
Championship
Serena Williams (1), United States, def. CoCo Vandeweghe, United States, 7-5, 6-3.
Doubles
Championship
Marina Erakovic, New Zealand, and Heather Watson, Britain, def. Jarmila Gajdosova, Australia, and Vania King (1), United States, 7-5, 7-6 (7).
ATP World Tour Campbell’s
Hall of Fame Championships
Sunday
At The International Tennis
Hall of Fame
Newport, R.I.
Purse: $455,750 (WT250)
Surface: Grass-Outdoor
Singles
Championship
John Isner (1), United States, def. Lleyton Hewitt, Australia, 7-6 (1), 6-4.
Doubles
Championship
Santiago Gonzalez, Mexico, and Scott Lipsky (3), United States, def. Colin Fleming and Ross Hutchins (2), Britain, 7-6 (3), 6-3.
WTA XXV Italiacom Open
Sunday
At Country Time Club
Palermo, Sicily
Purse: $220,000 (Intl.)
Surface: Clay-Outdoor
Singles
Championship
Sara Errani (1), Italy, def. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (8), Czech Republic, 6-1, 6-3.
MLS
Major League Soccer
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Sporting KC 11 5 3 36 25 17
D.C. 10 6 3 33 34 26
New York 9 5 5 32 34 29
Chicago 9 6 4 31 22 21
Houston 7 5 7 28 26 24
New Eng. 6 8 4 22 24 23
Columbus 6 7 4 22 17 19
Montreal 6 12 3 21 28 38
Philadelphia 6 9 2 20 20 19
Toronto FC 4 11 4 16 22 35
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
San Jose 12 4 4 40 41 24
R-Salt Lake 11 7 3 36 31 26
Seattle 8 5 7 31 25 21
Vancouver 8 6 6 30 21 23
Los Angeles 8 10 2 26 33 32
Colorado 7 11 1 22 26 26
Chivas USA 5 7 5 20 11 18
FC Dallas 4 9 7 19 19 28
Portland 5 9 4 19 19 29
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Saturday’s Games
Philadelphia 2, Montreal 1
Toronto FC 1, New England 0
Sporting Kansas City 2, Columbus 0
Chicago 1, Vancouver 0
FC Dallas 2, Colorado 1
San Jose 5, Real Salt Lake 0
Los Angeles 5, Portland 3
Sunday’s Games
New York 2, Seattle FC 2, tie
Houston 4, D.C. United 0
Wednesday, July 18
Chicago at New York, 7 a.m.
Portland at Chivas USA, 10 a.m.
Colorado at Toronto FC, 1 p.m.
New England at Montreal, 8 a.m.
Sporting Kansas City at Houston, 2:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at Vancouver, 10 a.m.
FC Dallas at San Jose, 10:30 a.m.
Saturday, July 21
Philadelphia at New York, 8:30 a.m.
D.C. United at Columbus, 1:30 p.m.
New England at Sporting Kansas City, 2:30 p.m.
Montreal at Houston, 2:30 p.m.
Portland at FC Dallas, 3 p.m.
Chivas USA at Los Angeles, 4 p.m.
Colorado at Real Salt Lake, 4 p.m.
Sunday, July 22
San Jose at Vancouver, 1 p.m.
Sunday’s Sports
Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Placed RHP Jason Hammel on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 14. Recalled RHP Steve Johnson from Norfolk (IL), then optioned him back to Norfolk.
BOSTON RED SOX—Placed RHP Scott Atchison on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 14. Recalled RHP Junichi Tazawa from Pawtucket (IL).
LOS ANGELES ANGELS—Placed RHP Jordan Walden on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 9. Recalled OF Kole Calhoun from Salt Lake (PCL).
TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Optioned RHP Jesse Chavez to Las Vegas (PCL). Recalled RHP Chad Beck from Las Vegas.
National League
ATLANTA BRAVES—Selected the contract of RHP Ben Sheets from Gwinnett (IL). Optioned RHP Randall Delgado to Gwinnett. Placed SS Jack Wilson on the 15-day DL.
HOUSTON ASTROS—Placed INF Jed Lowrie and C Jason Castro on the 15-day DL. Reinstated SS Marwin Gonzalez from the 15-day DL. Selected the contract of C Carlos Corporan from Oklahoma City (PCL).
American Association
LINCOLN SALTDOGS—Signed OF Sean M. Smith.
Frontier League
GATEWAY GRIZZLIES—Released OF Aaron Conway.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES—Extended a qualifying offer to F Nicolas Batum.
AUTO RACING
NASCAR Sprint Cup-Lenox
Industrial Tools 301 Results
Sunday
At New Hampshire Motor Speedway
Loudon, N.H.
Lap length: 1.058 miles
(Start position in parentheses)
1. (2) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 301 laps, 131.5 rating, 47 points, $220,275.
2. (3) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 301, 141.2, 44, $228,751.
3. (5) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 301, 106.8, 42, $161,549.
4. (9) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 301, 116.1, 40, $120,360.
5. (22) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 301, 103.8, 40, $141,130.
6. (8) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 301, 113, 39, $142,721.
7. (7) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 301, 112.8, 38, $135,771.
8. (12) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 301, 102, 36, $136,721.
9. (11) Greg Biffle, Ford, 301, 91.7, 35, $97,735.
10. (6) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 301, 90.7, 34, $128,968.
11. (4) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 301, 91.8, 33, $114,399.
12. (10) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 301, 82.3, 32, $134,110.
13. (27) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 301, 88.1, 31, $134,071.
14. (16) Joey Logano, Toyota, 301, 83.4, 30, $91,060.
15. (15) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 301, 87.2, 29, $83,235.
16. (1) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 301, 100.8, 29, $132,168.
17. (13) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 301, 76.1, 27, $89,635.
18. (21) Carl Edwards, Ford, 301, 75.3, 26, $123,676.
19. (20) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 301, 72.2, 25, $108,593.
20. (28) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 300, 68.4, 24, $112,593.
21. (25) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 300, 68.5, 23, $118,510.
22. (24) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 300, 65.5, 0, $120,760.
23. (18) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 300, 66, 21, $105,718.
24. (14) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 299, 68.7, 21, $103,418.
25. (31) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 299, 55.6, 19, $109,476.
26. (17) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 298, 58.1, 18, $100,818.
27. (39) David Gilliland, Ford, 298, 49.5, 17, $89,993.
28. (23) Aric Almirola, Ford, 298, 59.6, 16, $114,971.
29. (29) Landon Cassill, Toyota, 297, 47.9, 15, $104,005.
30. (30) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, 297, 50.5, 14, $96,457.
31. (37) Ken Schrader, Ford, 294, 38.2, 13, $84,710.
32. (43) Stephen Leicht, Chevrolet, 293, 34.9, 12, $83,435.
33. (26) David Reutimann, Chevrolet, engine, 229, 53.2, 11, $73,735.
34. (19) David Ragan, Ford, engine, 139, 46.8, 10, $73,535.
35. (40) David Stremme, Toyota, vibration, 101, 34.8, 9, $73,335.
36. (33) Casey Mears, Ford, vibration, 91, 45.4, 8, $73,110.
37. (32) Josh Wise, Ford, brakes, 82, 31.8, 7, $72,905.
38. (34) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, brakes, 71, 30, 0, $72,678.
39. (35) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, brakes, 68, 37, 5, $69,850.
40. (36) Michael McDowell, Ford, vibration, 63, 36.1, 4, $69,700.
41. (41) Scott Riggs, Chevrolet, vibration, 32, 29.9, 3, $69,525.
42. (42) Kelly Bires, Ford, brakes, 19, 28.9, 0, $69,400.
43. (38) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, engine, 4, 29.3, 1, $69,767.
Race Statistics
Average Speed of Race Winner: 116.226 mph.
Time of Race: 2 hours, 44 minutes, 24 seconds.
Margin of Victory: 2.738 seconds.
Caution Flags: 3 for 15 laps.
Lead Changes: 16 among 8 drivers.
Lap Leaders: Ky.Busch 1-66; D.Hamlin 67; J.Gordon 68; J.Johnson 69; Ku.Busch 70-71; D.Hamlin 72-89; J.Gordon 90-93; D.Hamlin 94-153; J.Johnson 154; B.Keselowski 155-156; Ky.Busch 157; D.Hamlin 158-190; B.Keselowski 191; Ky.Busch 192-196; D.Hamlin 197-234; C.Bowyer 235; K.Kahne 236-301.
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): D.Hamlin, 5 times for 150 laps; Ky.Busch, 3 times for 72 laps; K.Kahne, 1 time for 66 laps; J.Gordon, 2 times for 5 laps; B.Keselowski, 2 times for 3 laps; J.Johnson, 2 times for 2 laps; Ku.Busch, 1 time for 2 laps; C.Bowyer, 1 time for 1 lap.
Top 12 in Points: 1. M.Kenseth, 707; 2. D.Earnhardt Jr., 691; 3. G.Biffle, 667; 4. J.Johnson, 656; 5. D.Hamlin, 628; 6. K.Harvick, 622; 7. T.Stewart, 618; 8. M.Truex Jr., 617; 9. C.Bowyer, 614; 10. B.Keselowski, 613; 11. C.Edwards, 567; 12. K.Kahne, 547.
