the fist day it‘s the first day of the women‘s tour in northamptonshire today. in northamptonshire todayge was there to watch it all. stage one belongs to the polish national champion. it was a ride full of conviction. she broke way from the peloton with 50 kilometres to go. it was a risky strategy. as she came through keterring she was delighted with the performance after the victory and it sent out a message to the rest of the competition. it was a hard race because of the distance and the wind and a lot of the other things, the stage was supposed to be flat, but here it is never flat. stage was supposed to be flat, but here it is neverflat. after this you can feel it in your legs. it was a long time in the breakaway. so i‘m happy that i could make it. ? in second her team mate marian vos and in seventh the leading british rider, alice barnes. it is one of five days, the rest will be tough. we have some tough races. but yes, i can look forward to it. from here in kettering, the northamptonshire leg is over. the tour finishes in kettering, the northamptonshire leg is over. the tourfinis

from here in kettering, the northamptonshire leg is over. the tour finishes in kettering, the northamptonshire leg is over. the tourfinishes in london at the end of the week. and high winds have postponed the two races in today's americas cup. wind speeds of more than 2a knots have stopped racing in bermuda. and we finish with football tonight and some strange goings—on in the bulgarian league play—off between fc vereya and levski sofia. a fan threw a beer can onto the field only for one of the players ivan bandalovski to take a swig. apparantly it did the trick for the defender who promptly went upfield and scored a stoppage—time equaliser which took the match into extra—time. perhaps vereya needed a few more cans as they lost 9—8 on penalties, handing levski a place in next season's europa league. to recap, andy murray is into the semi—finals, but defeat for the british and irish lions in new zealand. more later on tonight. now back to birmingham where theresa may has made herfinal speech now back to birmingham where theresa may has made h