i'm a big arsenalfan and i spoke to arsene wenger on the phone, rob brydon, it wasjust arsene wengert all these people that really enjoyed watching me and ijust thought, that really enjoyed watching me and i just thought, i'm that really enjoyed watching me and ijust thought, i'm still a fan of them and to receive those texts is really nice. given everything that has happened over the past year with chris froome, bradley wiggins, do you feel that your win is a massive boost for you and also for the team? i think boost for you and also for the team? ithink so, boost for you and also for the team? i think so, it is nice to talk about something good for a change. a bit of a celebration rather than negativity which seems to follow cycling around quite a lot these days. but yes, it is good for myself obviously but i think the team and i think a different winner is always nice even though it is still team sky. i think it has been great. your relationship with chris broome has been —— has been a big talking point, does that help to have that friendship as well? he was going for his fifth to

not since 1996 have arsenal played a match without arsene wenger in the dugout.e first time. they're taking on atletico madrid in a pre—season friendly — the team that beat them in the semi—finals of the europa league last season. the spaniards have travelled to asia without 9 of their first—team, after they featured at the world cup, but manager diego simeone says it's a chance for others to step up. i would say that resting is the most important thing after world cup. it doesn't mean we would change anything. we always intended to give our maximum and it's a beautiful opportunity of the young players working well to show how well they can play. and in cricket england name their squad for their upcoming test match series against india. the first of 5 test matches begins next wednesday at edgbaston in brimingham, with the hosts desperate for a series win. they didn't win a single match earlier this year on their tours of australia and new zealand and things certainly won't be any easier against the world's number one ranked side. in case you missded it serena wil

and arsene wenger says he might have made a mistake by staying at arsenal for too long. a "prisoner of his own challenge". chris froome and geraint thomas are still right in the mix at the tour de france ahead of the first mountain top finish of this year's race. they finished stage 10 yesterday alongside their main rivals — on what was the first day in the alps. frenchman julien alaphillipe took the stage victory. the action on the road was actually almost upstaged by a biker in the air. this is a mountain biker jumping over the pellet in yesterday. looks impressive from that angle. what a landing! making it look easy. there was a dramatic finish to the women's race — la course. annemiek van vlueten overhauled her dutch compatriot anna van der breggan in the last 25 metres for her second straight win in the race. it looked very exciting. it looked like she had nothing left to give. alljammed like she had nothing left to give. all jammed into one like she had nothing left to give. alljammed into one day. thank you. thank you for getting some gulf in as well. —— golf. som

did you get a phone call from arsene wenger? yeah, the morning we were flying back to london.ll of your comments and messages and all of your questions. we got through a couple of them. if you‘re wondering why we gave him the mug, if you didn‘t see the interview yesterday, he said he was looking forward to getting back to normality, sitting with a cup of coffee watching bbc brea kfast with a cup of coffee watching bbc breakfast in the morning. anyway, moving on, heart write—down. breakfast in the morning. anyway, moving on, heart write-down. 45 beats per minute! how is the weather looking? i haven‘t even got a bbc breakfast mug. lucky! we have heavy and thundery showers across east anglia, eastern england and it will clear into the north sea. for most of us it is going to be dry and sunny. however, the system coming in from the west will bring some more rain and also some thicker cloud across western and northern scotland, and northern ireland. you can see what has been happening over the last few hours. these are the heavy, thundery showers that have been pushing across south