it seemed to inspire gregg van avermaet as he finished almost two minutes ahead of the likes of chrisbritish pair finish in contention but no one could come close to the stage winner today, frenchman julien alaphillipe who dominated on an emotional entry date into the alps. meanwhile the netherlands annemiek van vleuten won la course. that's the women's single stage—race, which is run during the men's tour and over the same course. britain's lizzie diegnan wasn't running this year as she's expecting her first child in september. van vleuten defended her title in dramatic fashion, by stealing the win in the last 25 metres. she was a long way behind going into the last kilometre, but timed her finish to perfection to pip her compatriot anna van der breggen. last year was super nice but also it was a race, it was unbelievable. i thought i've got second, then i saw her dying. to win like this, i didn't know that i'm in good shape but anna van der breggen is also a very good cyclist so it was a really tough ride. football now and rangers are currently in action in the europa league — tryin

belgium's gregg van avermaet retained the leaders yellow jersey after a great ride, and extended hisn rivals for the title finished alongside them in the peleton. but no—one could come close to the stage winner — julian alaphilippe. annemiek van vleuten won the women's race — la course. wayne rooney is settling into life with his new side dc united in america. he watched the world cup from afar as england made it to the semi finals. with the youngest squad in the tournament, the former england captain believes the country's youngsters must get more game time domestically this season. first of all, they had a fantastic tournament and was great to watch. 0bviously disappointed we didn't get to the final because once you get that close, you do start thinking about the final and winning it and staff, but they had a great tournament and it is a young team. hopefully the club managers continue to play some of them, they get more game time. you can see the quality is there and some of the players probably don't play as much as they would like to. for england especially, that's important tha

belgium's gregg van avermaet retained the leaders yellow jersey after a great ride, and extended hisle this year finished alongside them in the peleton. thomas remains second the stage was won by frenchman julien alaphillippe. the netherlands annemiek van vleuten has stolen victory in la course — the one day event that runs beside the tour de france. she was a long way behind going into the last kilometre, but produced an amazing finish to pip her compatriot anna van der breggen. van vleuten who won the most prestigious women's stage race, italy's giro rosa, on sunday, retained the la course title. justin rose says he can repel the host of young americans who hold all the majors to claim the open title at carnoustie this week. his best finish in this, his home major still remains that astonishing fourth place, 20 years ago, back in 1998 when he was still an amateur. but form is on his side this year. he has had 17 top 10 finishes — including four wins — since the us pga championship last august. it has been a barren run for sure but i do not believe in superstition, i just feel but i

but they're still behind race leader gregg van avermaet, who's almost two and a half minutes ahead... police dog finn pursued a suspect with a knife. during the attempted arrest, the suspect turned on them with a ten inch knife. he stabbed finn, both through his chest, via his armpit and then, with the knife bound for dave, through the top of his head. despite the injuries, finn continued to protect dave, clinging onto the man until reinforcements arrived. afterwards, the arrested man was charged with abh for stabbing pc wardell in the hand, but the only options over the injuries to finn were causing unnecessary suffering to an animal or criminal damage. last year, dave and finn won a mirror animal hero award for their extraordinary story and dave used his increased profile to push through a change in the law that will now see both police dogs and horses given the same status as serving police officers. i met this police partnership earlier and dave told me just how close and unique his relationship with finn is. it's like no other relationship i've got. nobody understands me as much

race leader gregg van avermaet, added nearly two minutes to his lead though.had the women's version of that going on yesterday too. still no women's version yet. when are we going into full open golf mode as well? if you have it your way we would have been talking about it this time last week ‘s topic i have had a fortnight ‘s buildup to this. let's have a look at some front pages of. the front page of the telegraph, talking about a tricky day for theresa may. four labour mps say that her premiership is in labour mps say that her premiership isina labour mps say that her premiership is in a crunch vote. the front page of the daily mail. a picture here are of elle macpherson, the supermodel dating is disgraced mmr doctor and his wife is shocked. front page of the financial times, this is what the wit ‘s were telling mps yesterday and this is a tragic story about a family who were on holiday in greece and one of their young sons was killed after falling off a speedboat in greece. the daily express has criminal on its front page. they are asking questions. and pi