thomas is set to win the geraint thomas is set to win the tour de france as he maintained his lead on the penultimate day of the race. australian sailor wendy talk has won the first —— has become the first female to round the world yacht race. much more on those two sports stories now in sportsday. hello you're watching sportsday with me, reshmin chowdhury. the headlines tonight. history at the tour de france — briton geraint thomas all but ensures he will be crowned the 2018 champion in tomorrow's final stage in paris. lewis hamilton navigates the stormy conditions in hungary to claim the 77th pole position of his career ahead of tomorrow's grand prix. and the fighting talk is over, as dillian whyte and joseph parker get in the ring tonight at the heavyweight clash in london. hello and welcome to sportsday,

i'm reshmin chowdhury. welcome to the programme. what a day it's been for geraint thomas. he's is set to become the first welshman, and the third brit, to win the tour de france. the team sky rider kept the yellow jersey after today's penultimate stage. the individual time trial ensuring that by the end of tomorrow's largely ceremonial final ride along the champs—elysees, he will he crowned the champion. —— the shanda lisette. —— champs—elysees. our reporter, jo currie is in paris for us now. just how did he do it today? i , says he mention he is more or less a champion in waiting after today's panel but stage. at their one km

time trial. he finished in third and kept his lead more or less intact. one minutes and 51 seconds ahead of his biggest rival. there is one more stasia kahn throbber that is very much a processional stage, traditionally riders do not attack the yellow jersey on traditionally riders do not attack the yellowjersey on the final day. in recent years we have seen the likes of former winners bradley wiggins and chris froome ride along the champs—elysees here in paris with their team sky team—mates chinking champagne. all thomas is due tomorrow is crossed the finish line here in paris and he will be crowned champion. he will be the third briton ever to do so ever. you also become the first watchmen to win the tour. it was a ordinary seeing those scenes at the end of that an ultimate stage today. when you go back to the beginning of this competition, could anyone have seen geraint thomas being crowned the champion at the end? all the talk

was in many days about chris froome. but in terms of geraint thomas he has been around for a long time. he switch between the road and track. he isa switch between the road and track. he is a two—time olympic gold medallist on the track in the team pursuit. this is the first year that tea m pursuit. this is the first year that team sky made them a protected rider with in the sport. but a mental and chris froome couldn't keep up, thomas is able to come into his own. in doing so he becomes the first watchmen to win the tour. on chris froome, he is a four—time shape and looking for is the title this year. he had a good time trialfinishing second today but he will finish third overall in the standings. he will not —— he will get on the podium. thank you for talk -- thanks. geriant thomas will become the first welshman to win the tour de france tomorrow. hugh woozencroft has been at the touch—screen to find out more about the new man in the yellow jersey. a fantastic moment for geraint

thomas who puts himself further into the history books as one of wales's best sportsman. he only expected to place a border to chris froome. now he is said to go back on the card for the yellow jersey he is said to go back on the card for the yellowjersey in hand. but how seconded the 32 euros get to this point? thomas a first started cycling competitively at the flyers clu b cycling competitively at the flyers club in the welsh capital. his coaches there said he only stumbled into the sport having seen his track on the way home from a swimming lesson when he was just nine years old. the club has become a breeding ground for welsh cycling talent. with two others also starting their journey there. the coach is still there today crafting the winner of there today crafting the winner of the yellow jersey will there today crafting the winner of the yellowjersey will be their greatest achievement. he just turned up greatest achievement. he just turned up one day on his track bike or on one of our track bikes and that is where it all started. like so many of these kids once they get on the bikes, it's a passion. it never

leaves you. this year with the tour, the hits to the website, the interested people wanted to come down for the sessions, give it a go, it's going off the wall. there are proud of geraint thomas him. he becomes the first person born in britain to win the tour de france. a little pop quiz back for you there. —— pub quiz fact. he is the first welsh men to win. many came out to see him finish. he did battle for wales at the commonwealth games in glasgow four years ago. —— medal for the. adding to his gold medals in beijing and london. and a special message to his high school that was remarkably also home to former wales and lions rugby union captain sam warburton. and gareth bale saginaw we don't have a special award ——

going on the field. he was tremendous, a wide range of sports. idry tremendous, a wide range of sports. i dry sense of humour, cool character. i would say for his own support, anyone was talking about the three who say what a gentleman. really impressive. really impressive, really classy and incredibly proud to have any kind of connection. my first memory of watching racing was the olympics where he won the gold medal. he was always someone people were talking about an aspiring to be alive. results was also as a writer and a person. he was the go to inspirational person for coaches and for parents at the track and the younger ones to aspire to be i can. quite a journey for thomas to get to this point not just quite a journey for thomas to get to this point notjust in this year's tour but also in his career so far.

is it yellow jersey calves tour but also in his career so far. is it yellowjersey calves off tour but also in his career so far. is it yellow jersey calves off an impressive honours list for him. he's got those titles on the track. three roach every job he's got those titles on the track. three roach everyjob titles. two olympic titles as well as part of britain's pursuit team but now of course his career will always be remembered for his part in tour de france history. geraint thomas, the man from winter church, is 2018's champion. championship leader lewis hamilton will start the hungarian grand prix on pole position after an enthralling wet qualfying session. mercedes took advantage of the rain to gain as hamilton's team—mate valtteri bottas made it a mercedes one two with sebastian vettel fourth on the grid. jenny gow is at the hungaroring for us. lewis hamilton will start in pole position for the foreign hand carrying grand prix something nobody expected this morning when it was bright sunshine but then the rain came down and hamilton, the rain meister, approved his word winning all those £40 million that his

contract is supposedly worth around this ring. he was absolutely blistering hot. nick parikh reports. in formula i, blistering hot. nick parikh reports. in formula 1, it's usually the best car that wins but when it rains, the driver's skills come to the fore. the spray can leave them struggling to see. and general ricardo got lost in the mess. choosing the wrong times but the red bull rider in the world. let's stroll wet —— wallsend to the bears. lewis hamilton likened the conditions to making things more like ballet. requiring a tiptoe approach. he'd failed to top the time sheets in any of the practise oi’ time sheets in any of the practise or qualifying sessions onto the one that mattered. from her redhead dominated until then but sebastian vettel was more than half a second behind the mercedes and forth. we can have expected this. they been equipped as weekend and we were trying to be as close to them as possible. but then the heavens

opened and it is fair game. it's all but given take each time you go around, each corner. i was up and i was down, it was an emotional roller coaster. with his team-mate valtteri bottas was hamilton is hopeful of victory. but it might be better to finish second as the winner of the hungarian grand prix has not gone on to claim the chip to chip in the same year since 2004. chris medlin hasjoined me. chris, we havejust seen the qualifying session. it was a scintillating, was nick? lewis was ina a scintillating, was nick? lewis was in a league of his own in the very end. it's one of those zines —— things of the very end. before the session happened you would not of thought he would have been on paul are definitely on one or two. when the rain started to fall, you said "this is coming towards lewis". and yet such confidence in him in those conditions. uses very best. mercedes will be comfortable because it is so ha rd to will be comfortable because it is so hard to overtake here. if you can get off the line cleanly can dictate

the net. lewis said yes it can be a training race in terms of you pick the pace and look out for tires. now it is great for him that he is able to do that. for robbery would much rather be dictating the pace. they will have a hard time against mercedes. they will park the bus so to speak and get a good footprint analogy. but it is under control, they want this to play into their hands and not get ferrari any chance of getting through the start. the start will be crucial. ferrari had been put off the line. here it is a shorter run. but it is downhill and an opportunity there. the fact you have the two mercedes means they should be able to play nicely and hold ferrari back. he did have both ferraris behind. it will be difficult and it will come down to have both lewis and dietary interact with each other whether one or both ferraris can get in the mix. you expect the mercedes to get out in the league. this is the last raiser

for the summer break. i know lewis hamilton would love to extend his lead at the top of the championship. we will have to wait to see what happens. also coming up in the programme — there's a better end to a tough week for mesut ozil. we'll show you how his arsenal side thrashed psg. and vicky holland wins in canada — we find out latest from the world triathlon series. there's a big bout of boxing in london tonight, with these two heavyweights — dillian whyte and joseph parker — looking to get back on the road towards the top of the division. alex gulrajani joins me now. so alex, what have we got in store tonight? as the song was the less chance paire is this last chance for a shot at the top of either men? not just yet. dillian notjust yet. dillian whyte things he deserves a shot at the top title. tonight will serve as his third. for

joseph parker, he held the wbo world shepherd ship up until march this year. anthonyjoshua shepherd ship up until march this year. anthony joshua beat shepherd ship up until march this year. anthonyjoshua beat him in front of 80,000 people in carter. anthonyjoshua is the common link between both of these guys. both of them have lost a fight and won a fight against them. it's no doubt who was on the rare tonight. and could we see that then? joshua fight either of these two guys in the nearfuture? in simple terms just the way boston should work. that's not the way boxing works. politics always gets in the way he intends a big but that does. anthonyjoshua in the way he intends a big but that does. anthony joshua has in the way he intends a big but that does. anthonyjoshua has a big tough up does. anthonyjoshua has a big tough up in september. he fight a sector —— alexander povetkin it when we say them. they voted book wembley for his second fight. assuming eb does end up in september. he fights out sector —— alexander povetkin it when we say them. therefore the book wembley for his second fight. assuming he beat out sender povetkin, american john assuming he beat out sender povetkin, american joth wilder assuming he beat out sender povetkin, americanjoth wilder is the one they want there. —— deionj wilder. a they're been lax in negotiation for that fight. the winner of parker — why tonight ideally is what they're looking for

a rematch with anthonyjoshua at what we stated in his chair. all the line tonight at the o2. what we stated in his chair. all the line tonight at the 02. i'm sure a lot is swirling. good to talk to. tomorrow england face ireland in the women's hockey world cup. if england lose they will have to rely on other result or face elimation from their home world cup. earlier today south africa were sent home from the tournament, despite an impressive draw against argentina. south africa's goal came from jade mayne just two seconds before half time, leaving the argentinian goalkeeper belen succi on her knees in the net. and it was maria granatto who brought the score to one all for argentina. earlier germany beat spain 3—1 to secure the top spot in their pool. goals came from anne schroder, selin oruz and this final one from viktoria huse. spain finish third in their qualifying group, while argentina take second place. the two teams will head into the crossovers to decide who will reach the quarter finals. it's two weeks until the start

of the premier league season and most of its top clubs are currently touring the world in preseason in the international champions cup. later, manchester united take on liverpool in michigan. this afternoon, new arsenal manager uni emery faced his old employees paris saint—germian in singapore. and he will be happy with the result as arsenal ran out 5—1 winners. mesut ozil opened the scoring at the end of a tough week, in which he retired from international football. psg made it one alljust after half time but alexandre lacazette scored two second half goals to secure a big preseason victory for the gunners. let's have a look at a few of today's other sports stories. durham jets have won today's t20 blast game against notts outlaws by seven wickets. they chased down nott‘s score of 132 with ease and took a comfortable win. they're battling the elements at gullane for the ladies scottish open, with gusts of wind reaching up to 31 miles per hour. south korea's amy yang currently

leads on nine under par. georgia hall is the the top—placed brit. she's tied for 11th on three under. trainer sir michael stoute has secured a record—breaking sixth king george trophy win with poet's word at ascot. stoute, who had his first king george win with shergar in 1981, also claimed second with crystal ocean. britain's olympic bronze medallist vicky holland, has won the edmonton leg, of the world triathlon series. it was an imperious performance from holland — who led out of the water, and the bike, before breaking clear of a number of athletes on the run including australian ashleigh gentle and adding to her win in the city in 2015. a trio of british athletes, followed her in third, fourth and fifth so well done too to georgia taylor—brown, jess learmonth and jodie stimpson. jonnie brownlee finished fifth in the men's race.

i wasn't sure how that was going to play out. we had a big group running together. i know i have been running well but i know that the other british girls are such competitors. i kept the pressure on and i sensed she disappeared from my shoulder with about 700 to go to keep chasing through. i've been fuelled by anger and frustration myself the couple of weeks to deliver that. i'm over the moon with that. is it in the back your mind a chance to win that war title at all? i am trying to think about too much. but she has had such consistent results and she is not dropped a single race so i will be a bit close i think after today. i would say she is still the fair. but i will keep chasing though. —— the favourite. you can watch all the hightlights of the canadian leg of triathlon's world series on bbc two from 12:00 on sunday. australian sailor wendy tuck has become the first female skipper ever to win a round—the—world international yacht race. tuck, from sydney, took the overrall

victory in this year's clipper race, which ended with the sprint finish up the river mersey to the royal albert docks in liverpool. and second place also went to a woman — that was british sailor skipper nikki henderson. the 25—year—old from guildford is the youngest ever clipper race skipper. a reminder of our top story — geraint thomas will become the first welshman to win the tour de france in paris tomorrow after maintaining his overall lead in today's time trail. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more for you at 7:30. good evening. part of the uk have had almost a month rainfall and just a few hours. thunderstorms replace the long summer heat wave. lightning strikes have added to the misery for thousands of travellers with cancelled flights and trains. among the worst affected have been passengers at stansted airport and those using your tunnel. simonjones reports. the holiday getaway from hell, seemingly unending queues at stansted airport as flights were cancelled, blamed

on the thunderstorms that meant planes couldn't fly safely. after waiting for several hours, many had to give up and head home. it's just incredible how unaccountable they are, there is no—one here to deal with it. it's ridiculous. we have been waiting for six hours. then they say that the flight is delayed. then we come back here, another queue for ten hours, just to talk with them. the storms that swept in, heralding the end of the heatwave, were supposed to put a stop to this, too — the chaos at the channel tunnel. for three days, trains had been unable to run at full capacity because it was too hot. the air conditioning couldn't cope. the queue of cars trying to get into your tunnel tells a story. some them haveit your tunnel tells a story. some them have it away for six and a half

hours to get on the train. the company advising people not to travel unless it is unnecessary —— absolutely necessary. but those who have to travel have little choice. lightning strikes have also taken out some rail services. whoa! and members of the rmt union have walked out on strike on southwestern railway and eurostar. even just getting around became difficult and northern ireland. parts of belfast so a whole month rainfall injust one parts of belfast so a whole month rainfall in just one afternoon. simon jones, bbc news. voters have been systematically admitted related by fake news. that is the finding of a group of and peasin is the finding of a group of and peas in a group report. it was the uk is facing a democratic races. roy catherine joneses hill. uk is facing a democratic races. roy catherinejoneses hill. —— air. the mps stood amidst their words was a reminds of the background towards this. the select committee has looked far and wide in its inquiry. it looked at cambridge analytical data and with that online advertising during the eu

referendum. and with that potential russian indifference in the uk. they come out very worried about a threat to democracy. and they have made a number of recommendations to the government. here arejust number of recommendations to the government. here are just a few of them. they want new rules on online campaign. this is about advertising on places like facebook making it much more transparent who is doing it. so that adverse that pop up and are targeted at particular people to be visited by everyone know what happens. they want a social media tax levied on the social media networks which would be used to fund regulation of them and also to fund media literacy campaigns so that children might have a better understanding of what fake news was and they want bigger fines for the electoral commission. at the moment if you break the wet tour rules, the maximum fine is £20,000. they say thatis maximum fine is £20,000. they say that is not enough of a deterrent. the government has to look at this

and decide whether it wants to press ahead with that. worry, thank you. the chief constable one of the largest police forces say budget cuts seriously affect the service he can provide. dave thompson of west midlands police has apologised to the public saying cries has has more rigorously. officer numbers in the forest area have fallen by around a quarter since 2010. a taxi driver doing hisjob, and then attacked. one of the guys came and smashed the windscreen wipers, threw more bricks, and one of the guys, i did not even see from where he came, he threw a pile of bricks on me. and first it hit me, i was like that, in this position, so it hit me on my elbow, and then on this side, then ijust lie down and i saw them running. he says he was repeatedly targeted in a matter of minutes. his arm and waist were severely bruised. but he claims the police response was nil, leaving him feeling afraid and deflated. i don't feel safe.

they're not scared of the police because they feel they will not get caught. that is what they told you to your face. west midlands police admits at times it's struggling to cope and that it simply cannot investigate every crime because of a lack of resources. sometimes that service that we provide in those peak times does not meet what the public expect, i get that. sometimes that service will be a poor service. sometimes, actually, the service is what we can and say we will offer. and sometimes that might not always be what the public want to see. the head of the country's second—largest force goes even further and says sorry. demand on the service is going up because actually local authorities and other services have been reduced. some more vulnerable people are coming to the police and we are absolutely at a point where that is not a sustainable position for policing any more and i'm sorry about that, but that is the reality where policing is now. west midlands police has experienced the biggest budget cut of any other force in the country.

it has 2,000 fewer police officers today than it had in 2010 and over the next few years, it expects to lose hundreds more. new figures show the number of front line police officers in england and wales has reduced by 20,000 over the last eight years. the government says this force will get millions of extra cash over the next year and that it expects the police to investigate every crime thoroughly, but according to the officer who leads the force, that's simply not possible. sima kotecha, bbc news, in the west midlands. a 24—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and sexual activity with a child, following the death of a 13—year—old girl. lucy mchugh's body was discovered in woodland in southampton on thursday. she'd been reported missing the night before. a huge wildfire in

northern california, has killed two people and forced tens of thousands from their homes. offcials say gale force winds are sucking up the flames, creating "fire tornados," which are uprooting trees and overturning cars. more than 3,000 fire fighters are on the scene. the british actor, ed westwick, won't be prosecuted, following accusations of rape and sexual assault made against him in america. investigators say there's "insufficient evidence". after the allegations, the bbc halted recording of a second series of his comedy, white gold. it also cut mr westwick‘s performance from the agatha christie drama, ordeal by innocence. the 30—year—old has always strongly denied he did anything wrong. geraint thomas says it feels "overwhelming," to be heading for his first victory in the tour de france. the welshman was too fast for his closest rivals in today's time—trial, and has an overrall lead of almost two minutes.

tomorrow's final leg into paris is largely ceremonial. the defending champion, chris froome, remains third. here'sjo currie. the maiden tour de france title in his sights. with a lead ofjust over two minutes geraint thomas would never get a better chance to be crowned champion is something no welsh man has ever done. geraint thomas closing in on history. just the time trial stood between him and sporting immortality. chris froome started the day in force. his chance for a title realistically over before today. world time trial champion and the biggest threat to the potential crown took up the challenge. the dutch rider went faster still. the vultures were suckling but the title was still within geraint thomas grasp. not even a small slip—up could deter him. whilst his legs started to show this train, he crossed the line in a time whether you're a winner.

tomorrow, the professionalfinale traditionally dictates that no attacks big yellowjersey, which means all thomas has to do is cross the finish line in paris and he will be crowned champion. a surprise visit waiting from his wife on the finish line. team sky have answered its critics once again and the changing of the guard has begun. the lieutenant has become the captain. after 40,000 miles at sea, history has been made in the clipper around the world yacht race. for the first time, a female skipper, wendy tuck from australia, has led an amateur crew to victory. thousands turned out to watch the teams sail into liverpool, after nearly a year at sea. now we know mary berry is a culinary queen, but it seems she has another talent. the former bake off judgejoined rick astley at camp bestival on the drums. it's not clear how the tv

chef ended up on stage, but the singer of hits including ‘never gonna give you up,‘ tweeted he'd "bumped into" her earlier in the day.