romain bardet romain bardet romain bardet second.playing again in the first round of the us women's open at trump national in newjersey, after a lengthy delay for heavy rain and thunder earlier. feng shanshan of china leads the way after an opening round of 66. she's one shot clear of south korea's amy yang, who's in the clubhouse on 5—under—par. mexico's gaby lopez is also 5—under with 7 holes to play, so she could challenge the lead. lydia ko's in a group of players a further shot back on 4—under. the defending champion brittany lang finished level par after shooting a 72. while the women's pga champion danielle kang has moved bacjk to level par — with three to play. the day so far, though, belongs to feng shanshan. i think everything was great to day. i think everything was great to day. i think out a mean, i think i left some out there for maybe the weekend. i really love the course. i just had a really good round. it suits my game because it really requires aggressive... especially for the second shot into the greens and that is

coming into the stadium, just with romain bardet ahead of me.d the last two corners correctly, that would be it for this year's tour de france. that is all. there have been ups and downs over the last three weeks but i think it's been very much a grand tour in the sense. it has been about the three weeks and during those, in the most conservative but efficient manner, it wasn't about a single stage. that is what grant hall racing is. we set out to be one of the best pro cycling teams in the world, to inspire bike riding and grow the sport, really contributing to sports not only in britain but globally. we would like to continue to do that. it is nice to win but equally you cannot rest on your laurels, you think, where do we go next? what do we do next year? but it's all about tomorrow and enjoying the moment. it wasn'tjust the men's race that was decided today... the women's race came to a conclusion as well, in marseille. anna van vleuten, triumphing in the end, she had a horrendous crash in rio but much happier scenes for her today, triumphing

saturday's course will not be good for romain bardet.rren barguil, beat them all on the date, climbing to an impressive second stage win, but it will not affect chris froome for the race lead. but romain bardet and rigoberto uran hung on in there. a slight dent in chris froome's league, but the man in the yellow jersey will be confident he can keep it. jersey will be confident he can keep it. in the women's race britain's lizzie dignan finished second on stage one of the two—day la course. dignan ended up finishing second overall behind anne—miek van vleuten, the dutch rider who suffered serious injuries in the road race at last year's rio 0lympics. the two—stage race finishes in marseille on saturday. brian cookson, the president of cycling's governing body, the uci, say his leadership is being criticised by the man the uci, says his leadership is being criticised by the man who wants to replace him. david lapartient of france says cookson has been "poor" in his role and he wants to implement a new clear vision for cycling if elected in

romain bardet slip into third place and in danger of losing that.ardet was one second away from losing his place on the podium. chris froome missed the stage by six seconds but satisfied taking his place on the top step, knowing that he be wearing yellow in paris. will earlier in the day, britain's lizzie deignan came second in la course, the women's race organized by the tour de france. it's been expanded from one stage to two, but come in for some criticism over the format. annemiek van vlueten from the netherlands won it by nearly two minutes — a major success for her, after crashing in the road race at the rio 0lympics last year. the fastest 19 riders from thursday's first stage on the col d'izo—ard on thursday took part — deignan was second, just ahead of italy's elisa longo borghini. much better weather at royal birkdale has seen some low scoring at the open. the final groups have started their third rounds. south african branden greace has finished his. south african branden grace has finished his. an astonishing nine under 62, a record for a

they hope to romain bardet could make up the seconds and claim a victory for france but chris froomewo olympic time trial bronze medals to his name and he was flying. poland set the fastest time on the stage but the defending champion just needed to stay ahead of his rivals. rigoberto uran wrote himself into second place but any hopes he had a challenging chris froome forfirst ended near the finish. romain bardet struggled, coming within a whisker of losing third place, hanging onto his spot on the podium byjust one second. the fourth tour de france was chris froome‘s for the taking, he missed out on a stage win by six seconds but was satisfied taking his place on the top step, knowing that he will be wearing yellow in paris. drew savage, bbc news. as is traditional, that will be a procession on the streets up the champs—elysees, a slightly different dynamic li—team sky this year as they have had troubles since chris froome last won ed, have they given a reaction as to what the win will mean this year? there is quite a contrast, on the streets, in the build—up, they will be sipping c

froome and his rivals for second place — froome now leads colombia's rigoberto uran and frenchman romain bardetverall. that's all from sportsday on the night england thrashed scotland 6—0 in stunning fashion in their opening game at the women's euro 2017 championship. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the broadcaster lynn faulds wood and the deputy political editor of the daily telegraph, ben riley—smith. the metro leads with the publishing of the wages of the bbc‘s top earners, with chris evans allegedly admitting that the disparity in pay between employees is unfair. bbc pay also dominates the front page of the sun, which reports friction between colleagues following the publication of star salaries. on the same story, the express claims differences in pay along lines of gender has caused anger among some bbc employees. and has led to criticism from theresa may, who has called on the bbc to do more to ensure parity in pay between men and women, according to the ft. the telegraph claims that

it was france's raomin bardet -- romain bardet taking the victory.roome finished 22 seconds back, enough to see him lose the yellow jersey to aru, the italian leads by six seconds with more tough mountain stages to come. brent: and here's a reminder of the tab story we're following for you, u.s. president donald trump has praised the relationship between france and the u.s. as unbreakable. trump is in paris for talks with french president emmanuel macron. the two announced joint efforts on counterterrorism, trade, and syria, but trump danced around the question of whether he would reverse the u.s. withdrawal from the paris climate accord. after a short break, i will be back to take you through the day. stick around for that. we will be right back, everybody. ♪

pace with him over the 14 mile time trial course. 0ne nearly crashed out and french favourite romain bardets said and done, froome extended his overall lead to 54 seconds, reasserting his dominance

but crucially froome extended his race lead to sa seconds over rigoberto uran, with romain bardet nowe being crowned champion on the champs—elysees. coming into the stadium with romain just ahead of me, knowing if i had navigated the last two corners correctly, that would be it for this year's tour de france battle. there have been ups and downs over the past three weeks but i think it has been very much a grand tour, in the sense it has been really about the three weeks, and doing this three weeks, in the most conservative but efficient manner. it wasn't about one single stage. that's what grand tour racing is. on to football, where france are taking on austria at the women's european championship in the netherlands. we're into the second round of group games. an impressive low drive from lisa makas gave austria the lead. but france equalised through armandine henry after the break. so 1—1 the latest score, with 15 minutes left to play. earlier, switzerland beat iceland 2—i. monaco say they've agreed a fee with manchester city for benjamin mendy — which would take their spending on t

pace with him over the 1a mile time trial course. 0ne nearly crashed out and french favourite romain bardetas nearly caught by the team sky rider at the finish line. when all was said and done, froome extended his overall lead to sa seconds, reasserting his dominance and the right to wear the famous yellow jersey. there have been ups and downs over the last three weeks but it has been very much a grand tour in the sense that it has been really about the three weeks, and doing those three weeks in the most conservative but efficient manner. it wasn't about one single stage. that's what grand tour racing is. having flown overnight from marseille, chris froome and the rest of the riders will have to complete nine laps of the champs—elysees, all that will be left then is for chris froome to stand tall on top of the podium and be crowned race winner once more. with three tour victories already secured, chris froome will today add a fourth title to his illustrious cv. and at the age of 32, there is time yet for him to add to that total in the future. richard conway, bbc news, paris. the final rou

rigoberto uran was second, 54 seconds behind, with romain bardet third.eviously, it doesn't diminish it at all. still all the same emotions are here. it is just incredible, absolutely incredible. england have won a dramatic final at lord's in the women's cricket world cup, beating india by just nine runs. anya shrubsole was the england hero, sparking an indian collapse with six wickets, including the match—winning moment. india seemed to be cruising towards a first world cup win before they lost their final seven wickets forjust 28 runs to spark those english celebrations as they won the title for the first time since 2009. pure appellation, i think. i think it is better when you are out there in the field because you have your teammates around you and this world cup really has been a team effort, people have chipped in along the way we have fought our way through some games that haven't necessarily on at times but on a cricket is all about winning, not necessarily about how you win but getting over the line. indian team was playing this after two long ye

he heads to a camp site in the final lap -- romain bardet takes the lead over leader fabio aru -- then holds on to win stage 12 aru's lead in stage 12 -- was enough for him to hold on to the yellow jacket and remain as the overall leader (pam) ahead at 11.. brand new video of a ferrarri engulfed in flames at a gas station... we'll show you where - next... keep it right here for kron 4 news at 11... all the day's big stories and your forecast, in half the time(steve) but first...the 54th annual cable car bell ringing contest was held today...we'll show you how our stanley roberts faired in the competition.. (( pam )) the annual cable car ringing competition is famous aroundthe world. and this year, organizers decided to spice things up by lettingcertain judges play along.(( steve )) you'd think this might be a setup for stanley roberts, something like a bell ringer performing badly, but in the end it turned intoa story about someone leaving their heart in san francisco. your 2017 world bell ringing champion is mrwait . too soon, we can't announce the winner nope not yet welcome to the

froome and his rivals for second place — froome now leads colombia's rigoberto uran and frenchman romain bardetoyal birkdale tomorrow morning — and one man who has flown under the radar in the build—up is former world number one jason day. the australian has dropped to number six in the rankings after a slump in form — perhaps understandable after his mum was diagnosed with lung cancer at the end of last year. day admitted that golf has taken a back seat recently. i needed to take some time off, because i thought i was losing my mum. ididn't because i thought i was losing my mum. i didn't think she was going to be around any more so i needed to make sure i spent all the time the pair that i could, because leading up pair that i could, because leading up to that i would see her once every year. it was nowhere near enough time to be able to spend with your mum. so... saying that, everything seems like it's kind of coming back into balance for me and iam able coming back into balance for me and i am able to focus on just really going after and working hard. that's all sport for now. i'll have more

romain bardet finished just ahead of froome to claim four bonus seconds.gs. it's the longest stage of the tour today — more than 138 miles — followed by a time trial tomorrow. imagine what that will do to his legs! so it is going to be interesting. see you later at 9:30 a:m.. thank you very much, see you later. people sexually abused as children by church of england clergy are criticising the close links between the company dealing with their compensation claims and the church. the insurer, ecclesiastical, which has advised the church to settle many compensation claims — has had a string of senior members of the clergy on its board of directors. it isa it is a miserable milestone in the history of child sexual abuse and the church. we are talking about the church of england today. on wednesday, the german church published a report into abuse of choirboys at a school. next week, the catholic church's most senior official will appear in court proceedings in melbourne. so, a tough week. this particular story concerns the way an individual was treated after he

pace with him over the 14 mile time trial course. 0ne nearly crashed out and french favourite romain bardety the team sky rider at the finish line. when all was said and done, froome extended his overall lead to sa seconds, reasserting his dominance on the —— and the right to wear the famous yellow jersey. having flown overnight from marseille, chris froome and the rest of the riders will have to complete nine laps of the champs—elysees, all that will be left then is for chris froome to stand tall on top of the podium and be crowned race winner once more. with three tour victories already secured, chris froome will today add a fourth title to his illustrious cv. and at the age of 32, there is time yet for him to add to that total in the future. richard conway, bbc news, paris. former great british bake 0ff hosts mel and sue are to host the return of bbc classic show the generation game. # life is the name of the game # life is the name of the game # and # life is the name of the game #and| # life is the name of the game # and i want to play the game with you #. it's been commissioned for an

he‘s now 27 seconds ahead of both colombia‘s rigoberto uran, and the french rider romain bardet, with with us throughout the morning — use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. in the next hour we will talk about ways in which you can help yourself to prevent dementia. things like completing your secondary school education can help you getting dementia in later life. but we will have more on that. the new leader of kensington and chelsea council has been heckled by furious residents of g re nfell tower, at the authority‘s first full meeting since the fire. at least eighty people died in the disaster last month. the council has been accused of being slow to react —and indeed has accepted that and apologised for ‘not doing more to help the people when they needed most‘. at last night‘s meeting the newly—elected leader elizabeth campbell tried to directly address the residents. heckling elizabeth campbell, would you like to address the chamber?” elizabeth campbell, would you like to address the chamber? i would normally address a spe

he's now 27 seconds ahead of both colombia's rigoberto uran, and the french rider romain bardet, withirkdale it is the 10th time this of course has held the open championship. i am delighted to say i am joined by andrew murray. good morning. you'll twin six open. i have played a bit but this is exciting. it is one of the great golf courses in the world. a blustery horrible day to start with and it is clearing up now exactly as the bbc weather forecast said it would. this is great for spectators, but what about the players? not one of them under par. a brutal start. the first hole it is the opposite wind to what they practised win yesterday. abounds on the right—hand sides of the first hole, possibly one of the most intimidating tee shots i have ever faced. the wind blowing the ball towards out of bounds which is where, of course, former champion went. it was coming in sideways with rain at that point as well so it was horrid, certainly not pleasant. the most open of opens for many a year. how do we start trying to choose a winner? i don't think you do. are just as we see it already a

romain bardet finished just ahead of froome to claim four bonus seconds.he expected on stage one of the two—day la course. she'd planned to ride to support her team leader but deignan ended up finishing second overall behind anne—miek van vleuten, the dutch rider who suffered serious injuries at last year's rio olympics. the race concludes in marseille on saturday. manchester united have beaten manchester city 2—0 in a friendly in the united states. a crowd of 67,000 turned out to see the pair meet in houston. new £75 million signing romelu lukaku got the first, and the second came just two minutes later through england striker marcus rashford. it was the first manchester derby to be played since may's terrorist attack in the city and both teams wore shirts with the distinctive worker bee logo, which will be auctioned off to raise money for the victims. aberdeen are through to the third qualifying round of the europa league. they drew 1—1 after the first leg with siroki brijeg. greg stewart put them ahead in bosnia. and it was 2—0 when gary mackay steven s