nick parrott reports.the mountains of the tour de france promised another day of intense battles. after losing time to alaphillippe yesterday, defending champion garrett thomas couldn't afford to lose sight of him again. one man who was allowed to get away was a briton's simon yates, the reigning spaniard champion wasn't a threat to their ambitions as his searing pace saw him shoot up the final climb to stage victory. behind him, the attacks came thick and fast, for a moment it looked like thomas had let allaphillipe get away, but the increase in pace proved too much for the frenchman. back on level terms, and with just over a mile to go, thomas went for it. yesterday, he said he felt quite weak, but now he showed strength, as he pulled away, cutting the time deficits between them with every pedal stroke. it was a serious statement of intent, but not enough to take the yellow jersey off of allaphillipe. after all that effort, tomorrow's rest they will be needed. nick parrott, bbc news. so here's how the st

nick parrott, bbc news. against australia at taunton if they're to have any chance of winning the women's ashes, but it's not looking good, australia declared on 420—8 and then took the important wicket of tammy beaumont for a duck. england captain heather knight helped the recovery but she went lbw for 28. amyjones made a terrific half—century for england, eventually going for 64. nat sciver followed with fifty of her own but england are currently 191—6 and the ashes appear to be slipping away. that's all the sport for now. we will have a full round up at 7:30pm with sportsday. good evening. the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, has expressed his "extreme disappointment" in a phone call to his iranian counterpart over the seizure of a british—registered tanker in the gulf yesterday. he said iran had failed to honour a pledge to reduce tensions in the area. germany, france, the netherlands and the eu have all called for the immediate release of the stena impero. iran has released a video which appears to show

nick parrott, bbc news. but he's now more than two minutes behind ala—philippe. egan bernal has moved up a place to fourth, but is three minutes behind. britain's adam yates has dropped out of the top ten. she says she's in the best form of her life and it was certainly a convincing win from laura muir who romped to victory in the 1500 metres on the first day of the anniversary games. the european champion was the outstanding favourite, after kenya's faith kip—yay—gon withdrew before the race. a determined—looking muir outsprinted german konstanze klosterhalfen on the final bend — to win by quite a margin in three minutes 58.25 seconds. conditions were a bit breezy today, sol conditions were a bit breezy today, so i thought you know what? i am just going to sit and use my strength and the cat, i know a lot of other girls strength and the cat, i know a lot of othergirls and strength and the cat, i know a lot of other girls and there have run fa st of other girls and there have run fast times over longer dista

but the frenchman had other ideas in pau, and nick parrott reports.the tour de france hundred years ago today. then, as knowledge angels on the shoulder ofjulian. defending champion thomas was expected to get closer to claiming it on the time travel stop and sometimes on the tour, the unexpected can happen. they were tipped to win the stage, but failed to make it to the finish. with tough mounting claims to come, some would take it easy, but thomas did not hold back. the briton expels a —— excels at time trials. behind him though he is being urged on by fa ns him though he is being urged on by fans who have not witnessed a french winner of the race and 34 years. helping power into the finish, extending his lead in showing thomas he has a realfight extending his lead in showing thomas he has a real fight on extending his lead in showing thomas he has a realfight on his hands. england's world cup winning cricket captain, eoin morgan, says he's not sure if he'll still be in the role by the time the next tournament comes around in four years. he's been en

nick parrott has more.rance, winning in six of the last seven years. but they have never won the team time trial and they were keen to change that. and presumably to avoid any mistakes, the numbers corresponded to the order in the line. the names have changed, the approach to marginal gains has not as they set the time to beat. the team leader might have challenged had he not crashed on the opening stage. they ended up 21 seconds off the pace. britain's adam yates is another favourite for overall victory but his scott team—mate scott taymor came 11th on what he described as a stressful day. the nerves were jangling as the ineos challengers closed. the quickstep missing out by less than one second and victory hinged on what yumbo—visma could do. and having tony martin in the squad helped them beat ineos by 20 seconds to increase the overall lead on the dutchman, mike teunissen. britain's cal crutchlow finished third at the german grand prix, just four days after breaking his leg. the honda riderfractured his

nick parrott reports.yesterday, defending champion garrett thomas couldn't afford to lose sight of him again. one man who was allowed to get away was a briton's simon yates, the spaniard champion wasn't a threat to their ambitions as his searing pace saw him shoot up the final climb to stage victory. behind him, the attacks came thick and fast, for a moment it looked like thomas had let allaphillipe get away, but the increase in pace proved too much for the frenchman. back on level terms, and with just over a mile to go, thomas went for it. yesterday, he said he felt quite weak, but now he showed strength, as he pulled away, cutting the time deficits between them with every pedal stroke. it was a serious statement of intent, but not enough to ta ke statement of intent, but not enough to take the yellow jersey off of allaphillipe. after all that effort, tomorrow's rest they will be needed. nick parrott, bbc news. so here's how the standings look now. thomas has cut alaphilippe's lead by almost half a minute

nick parrott, bbc news.lace to fourth, but is three minutes behind. britain's adam yates has dropped out of the top ten. elsewhere, it's a must—win match for england against australia at taunton if they're to have any chance of winning the women's ashes. but it's not looking good, australia declared on 420—8 and then took the important wicket of tammy beaumont for a duck. england captain heather knight helped the recovery but she went lbw for 28. amyjones made a terrific half—century for england, kind of studying the ship, eventually going for 64. they are currently 178—5 and the ashes appear to be slipping away. britain's laura muir has won the women's 1500 metres on day one of the anniversary games. the european champion eased to victory at the london stadium this afternoon. jeanette kwakye was watching alongside paul ratcliffe. day one of the london anniversary games is done and dusted here. the weather held out, and i am here with paula radcliffe, paula, iam going to stick it right on you and ask you wha

nick parrott reports. 50 yea rs 50 years ago, eddie was on his way to the first of five tour de francespiration from his compatriot, the olympic champion breaking away to claim valuable points. with his mission accomplished, he eased up and came to the fore, chasing a record seventh jersey and opened the account winning intermediate sprint. for those with their eyes on the main prize keeping out of trouble as priority in the early stages, denmark couldn't, they say he need stitches but will be able to continue. the defending champion wasn't immune from danger either, getting caught up in the bear is on the right by escaping unharmed. it is came down to a fight between the still, with a dutch writer victorious by the finest of margins. we'll know the line ups for the cricket world cup later. india could well end up top of the group table — after a convincing seven wicket win over sri lanka at headingley. sri lanka batted first — angelo mathews scoring a century, as they scored 264 for seven from their 50 overs. india ran riot in their innings — rohit sharma became the first man to hit f

nick parrott has more. in the line. the names changed, the approach to marginal gains has not asa approach to marginal gains has not as a set the time to beat. the team leader might have challenged had he not crashed on the opening stage. they ended up 21 seconds off the pace. adam yates from britain is another favourite for overall victory but his chiltern scott taymor 11th victory but his chiltern scott taymor11th on what he described as a stressful day. the nerves were jangling as a challenge close. the quickstep messing —— messing up a less tha n quickstep messing —— messing up a less than one second and regularly hinged on what your movies i could do and having tony martin in the squad help them beat ineos by 20 seconds. to increase the overall lead of the dutchman. britain‘s cal crutchlow finished third at the german grand prix, just four days after breaking his leg. the honda riderfractured his tibia and damaged knee ligaments in an incident on wednesday but still managed to make the podium, crossing

nick parrott reports. 50 yea rs 50 years ago, abby was on his way to the first of five tour de francepic inspiration from the compatriot, olympic champion breaking away to claim valuable points to the polka—dot jersey, with his claim valuable points to the polka—dotjersey, with his mission accomplished, he eased up and beat and came second to the far, chasing and came second to the far, chasing a seventh green jersey in the opening account by wending —— winning intermediate sprint, for their eye on the main prize keeping out of trouble as priority during the early stages. denmark could not, his team says they he would need stitches but can continue. the defending champion was not immune from danger either getting caught up in barriers on the right, but escaping unharmed. the finish came down to a fight between these two men, with the dutch writer victorious by the finest of margins. that's all the sport for now. now on bbc news, it's time for the travel programme. hello, and welcome to the travel show with me, christa larwood, coming to you this week from dublin, capital city of irela