drew savage reports on stage 17, won by ireland's dan martin.alian alps and the first of three mountain stages to test them he looked pretty secure in pink with an overall lead in more than two minutes. but there may yet be a twist in the plot. stage 17 provided two separate spectacles. first, a breakaway, from riders who were no threat to bernal or the overall leaders. ireland's dan martin squeezed out the competition and rode away for an impressive stage win — he's now taken grand tour victories in france, spain and italy. behind him, britian�*s simon yates, who'd slipped to fifth place, forced the pace on the final climb. and we saw something that hadn't happened on the first 16 stages — egan bernal struggling to keep up and losing time. hugh carthy, too — the englishman dropped from third overall to fifth. yates was the big winner on the day, gaining almost a minute on bernal and third place with it. still three minutes 23 seconds behind the colombian, who's two minutes 21 ahead of damiano caruso. but maybe, just maybe, there's something sti

ireland's dan martin broke away impressively to win stage 17 — he's now won stages at the tour de francetill in the lead, by 2 minutes 23 seconds, but there are still 2 mountain stages to go. away from football, surrey wicketkeeper ben foakes has been ruled out of england's upcomming test series with new zeland, after tearing his hamstring. he was set to make his home test debut but now looks like he'll be out for three months. it means that gloucestershire wicketkeeperjames bracey is now set to make his england debut in his place. meanwhile nottinghamshire batsman haseeb hameed has been brought back into the squad, as cover, for the first time since 2016. and wicketkeeper batsman sam billings of kent, who's an established member of the white ball side, has also been called up. a penalty has just been missed, a penalty hasjust been missed, and i think villareal have actually won the europa league. we can go to olly foster now. there has been a winner. laughing would you believe it? it was 10—10. you know what that means? you go to the goalkeepers. for villareal, means? you go to the goal

ireland's dan martin took the honours on wednesday for his first ever stage win on the giro.yates. he's now up to third in the overall standings. damiana caruso is second and now two minutes, 21 seconds behind bernal, with four stages to go. and in golf the world number one kojin—young was among the winners on the opening day of the lpga world match play event in las vegas. she beat natalie gulbis of the usa four and two in her opening match of the round robin stage, which features 16 groups of four. after three matches over three days, the 16 group winners go into the knockout stage of the tournament. wednesday's winners also included danielle kang. the number six from the usa enjoyed a comfortable seven and six victory over switzerland's albane valenzuela. and you can get all the latest sports news at our website — bbc.com/sport. but from me, gavin ramjaun, and the rest of the sport team — we'll see you next time. we will indeed. thanks to gavin and the team. it's the one we've all been waiting for! friends fans around the world are gearing up for the reunion episode of the

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ireland's dan martin broke away impressively to win stage 17 — he's now won stages at the tour de france bernal on the final climb. the colombian is still in the lead, by two minutes 23 seconds, but there are still two mountain stages to go. and royal ascot will have 60 thousand spectators, over the five days of the festival in june. 12 thousand will be allowed in each day, after the meet was selected to be a dedicated test event. precise details of what will be trialled, and what the requirements from visitors to the racecourse are, is yet to be confirmed. ascot says 2020 bookings can now be accommodated — with some tickets on sale this friday. and there's much more on all of those stories, including plenty more build—up to manchester united's europa league final tonight, on the bbc sport website. but rita, that's all your sport for now. thank you, austin. back to our top story. let's return to our top story and dominic cummings' explosive appearance in front of mps. the prime minister's former top adviser has given a damning account of the way the government handled the early stages of

ireland's dan martin won stage 16 — that gives him stage wins at all three grand tours. and added "we're asked questions, that bring doubt into our minds and i'm just not going to subject myself, to people that doubt me." she said she expected to receive a considerable fine, which she hopes will go to a mental health charity. that's all the sport for now. doing a press conference after a match is part of the guidelines the sign up to. that's all the sport for now. time for comments about dominic cummings. this message says that the cummings. this message says that the cummings man is a disc disgruntled employee and he was annoyed at their professional civil service and their role to deliver an effective public service. this message says everybody makes mistakes, someone has to take responsibility and not pass it on and that is how we learn about trust. another message said how do we ever get to the position to decide which person from the government is more trustworthy? another message said brits and east asia have seen closed borders to keep the virus out and there was

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of the beholder and sometimes in the eye of the party line, let's go to dan geltrude, the cpa and market analyst, daniel de martin o, former dallas advisor, and adam lashinsky, fox news contributor. so, danielle, if i could begin with you. do we need all of this spending when it looks like americans have plenty of impetus to spend, and are, as we speak? >> well, neil, that's a good question. the bigger issue, i think, is how the countries going to compete on the global stage, with china, where fiscal spending there really has gone into things like building out airports, bridges, tunnels, highways, and it was interesting to hear president biden say that the reason the economy is doing so well right now is because of investment. you mentioned personal income, it rose 21% if you adjust that for inflation it rose 27%, twice what it was in april 2020, with the cares act, 95% of that was government transfer payments , so we're paying people to consume, right now, but as far as investing in the future of america we haven't done a whole lot and the same exact politicians in washington that crafted obama's shovel- ready i

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