alan yates after third and a third place finished for gareth thomas moving him up to second. each other. no one really went, the last two k everyone was a bit apprehensive but i felt good and it was nice to win the sprint for third and get a couple of seconds as well. even without chris froome team sky are in a good position and yet another grand tour. after the mountain surroundings today we moved to flatter terrain tomorrow for stage five but as thomas and all the big contenders keep saying, 2i gruelling stages in total and it is very early days. jamie roberts will captain wales in next month's tests against tonga and samoa. roberts missed out on a third tour with the lions and started every six nations match on the bench. capped 91 times by wales, he'll lead a 32—man squad, which includes 13 uncapped players. they take on tonga in auckland onjune the 16th and samoa a week later in the capital apia. meanwhile the lions of rugby league are being resurrected. the first tour of the british and irish team in more than a decade will take place to new zealand in 2019. the team wa