geraint thomas remains 1 minute 39 seconds ahead of his teamate chris froome while phillipe gilbert whoshed on tuesday has abandoned the race due to a broken kneecap he suffered from the fall. barcelona have signed brazilian winger malcom on a 48 million dollar 5—year contract. the announcement comes just a day after roma announced they were on the verge of signing him from bordeaux. at the last minute the 21 year old opted to play for the spanish champions and will have a medical on wednesday. he's yet to be capped at senior level by brazil, but scored 20 goals in 84 ligue un games. emre can has told the bbc that he's excited about the project atjuventus as he gets ready to start his first season with the italian champions. the german international left liverpool, after four years and along with another new signing in cristiano ronaldo is not only trying to make it eight consecutive serie a titles, but also wants to win the champions league for the turin club for the first time since 1996 as he told simon stone. i think ithinki i think i have a lot of options to join, many teams are th

we talk to phillip gilbert in the car yesterday. i said how are you doing? he said i was flying. i'm exhausted now. they have one more big day to come tomorrow and then they'll be done. >> further behind than he thought he would be. that's how you could describe dan martin. he won two stages ago. he was involved in a crash at the 17 kilometer mark. he lost 1:14 today. >> your tour de france can turn in the blink of an eye. touch of wheels, poo pile up da martin perhaps this close to the finish line. it's been a bit of a hallmark. it goss over the bars, with obvious damage to his left elbow. and his then team called back from the field. now it is all hands on deck. but they're doing the lead out for the stage win at the front. how are you going to close that gap against the whole peloton? >> you're not. and he didn't. and they just actually lost time and, really, i have to be critical to dan. i love you, dan, but, you know, when i was a teammate with him, he did the same kind of thing. and he would always sit back as far as possible, try to recover as much energy as possible. but