20 Monday, May 15, 2017 SPORTS Football Quintana doubles Scores as of closing up as Giro English Premier League: rivals suffer blockhaus, Italy minute in arrears. olombia’s Nairo Quintana soared to While Dumoulin (Sunweb) and Bauke Cvictory on a dramatic ninth stage of the Mollema (Trek) moved up to third and Tottenham 2 Man Utd 1 Giro d’Italia Sunday that secured the race fourth overall at 30 and 51secs behind West Ham 0 Liverpool 4 leader’s pink jersey and dented the victory respectively, compatriot Steven Kruijswijk is Crystal Palace 4 Hull 0 hopes of several key rivals. now over three minutes in arrears. Quintana, a two-time runner-up at the Jungels started the 149km stage from Tour de France who won the 2014 Giro, had Montenero di Bisaccia to Blockhaus with Italy’s Serie A: been expected to blow the race apart on a a 10 second lead on Quintana but Inter Milan 1 Sassuolo 2 punishing 13.6 km climb that gave Belgian struggled on a drama-filled stage Bologna 3 Pescara 1 legend Eddy Merckx his maiden Giro win that has almost certainly ended Cagliari 3 Empoli 2 in 1967. the podium hopes of British pair Crotone 1 Udinese 0 And the diminutive Movistar team climber Geraint Thomas and Adam Yates. Palermo 1 Genoa 0 Colombia’s Nairo Quintana of team Movistar Sampdoria 1 Chievo 1 fulfilled predictions by leaving defending They were among several riders celebrates as he crosses the finish line champion Vincenzo Nibali, and several to come down when Sunweb rider Torino 0 Napoli 5 others, in his wake after a series of attacks Wilco Kelderman clipped a police Roma 3 Juventus 1 launched inside the final six kilometres. motorcycle parked at the side of the road. The Spanish outfit was still leading 14 km Quintana soloed over the finish 23secs Despite his shoulder having “popped out”, from the finish when disaster struck, causing Spain’s La Liga: ahead of Frenchman Thibaut Pinot and Thomas got back on his bike to finish, but is a split that allowed a reduced group to race Dutchman Tom Dumoulin to wrest the race now over five minutes in arrears. ahead. lead from Luxembourg’s Bob Jungels. “I don’t know what to say, except it’s Jungels began losing contact with 8.5 km He is now 28 ahead of FDJ rider Pinot in ridiculous,” said Thomas. remaining, and soon after Quintana launched the overall “We were all racing towards the climb, then the first of four attacks that prompted Pinot standings, someone in front of me hits a motorbike. My and Nibali to follow with a series of futile with shoulder popped out.” Injured Kelderman’s counter-attacks. Results two-time race is now over, a setback that angered his Quintana’s final burst from four kilometres Results from the ninth stage champion team leader Dumoulin. out snapped the elastic, the Colombian held over 149km from Nibali “I’m feeling shit because we lost Wilco,” leaving a tiring Nibali to “limit the damage” Montenero di Bisaccia to (Bahrain) said Dumoulin, who bounced back from the after he was overtaken by Dumoulin and Blockhaus: 1min incident in the final kilometres to overtake Bauke Mollema in the final two kilometres. Stage 10secs a tiring Nibali and cross the line with Pinot “It was very steep on the final sections so behind at 24secs behind an unstoppable Quintana. I tried to limit the damage and go up at my Alaves 3 Celta Vigo 1 1. 1. Nairo Quintana (COL/MOV) 3hr after Even before the last remnants of a own pace,” said Nibali. Real Sociedad 2 Malaga 2 44min 51sec, trailing 12-man breakaway were caught with 22km “Quintana was better on the steeper parts Las Palmas 1 Barcelona 4 2. Thibaut Pinot (FRA/FDJ) at 24secs, home remaining, Quintana’s Movistar team had set of the climb, and he weighs 10 kilos less than Real Madrid 4 Sevilla 1 3. Tom Dumoulin (NED/SUN) same time, in fifth their stall out with a furious pace at the front me! Maybe in the time trial we can snatch Villarreal 0 Deportivo 0 4. Bauke Mollema (NED/TRE) 41, place one of the bunch. something back.” Eibar 0 Sporting Gijon 1 5. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/BAH) 1:00, Real Betis 1 Atletico Madrid 1 6. Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA/ALM) 1:18, Athletic Bilbao 1 Leganes 1 7. Tanel Kangert (EST/AST) 2:02. 8. Ilnur Zakarin (RUS/KAT) 2:14, Sanad wins table tennis title French Ligue 1: 9. Sebastien Reichenbach (SUI/FDJ) 2:28, 10. Davide Formolo (ITA/CAN) 2:35. Selected: 12. Steven Kruijswijk (NED/TLJ) 2:43, 15. Bob Jungels (LUX/QST) 3:30, 29. Geraint Thomas (GBR/SKY) 5:08, 165. Mikel Landa (ESP/SKY) 26:56 DNF: Wilco Kelderman (NED/SUN). General classification 11. Nairo Quintana (COL/MOV) 42hr 06min 09sec, 2. Thibaut Pinot (FRA/FDJ) at 28secs, Winners with event organisers and other officials in a photo session at the awarding ceremony 3. Tom Dumoulin (NED/SUN) 30, Manama Applied Sciences and hosts the was crowned champion after a Bastia 2 Lorient 0 4. Bauke Mollema (NED/TRE) 51, ashid Sanad lifted the boys Gulf University competed in 3-1 (14-12, 11-9, 8-11, 11-2) win Bordeaux 1 Marseille 1 5. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/BAH) 1min Rdivision title at the First this first-of-its-kind one-day over Gulf University president Caen 0 Rennes 1 10sec, Kingdom of Bahrain Universities championship. Dr Muhannad Al Mashhadani Dijon 2 Nancy 0 6. Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA/ALM) Table Tennis Championship on The event comprised three in the final. Metz 1 Toulouse 1 1:28, Saturday. categories in total – academic Supreme Council for Youth Monaco 4 Lille 0 Montpellier 1 Lyon 3 7. Ilnur Zakarin (RUS/KAT) 2:28, The Bahrain national staff boys and girls. Kaltham and Sports board member, team star defeated another Elyasi proved the strongest Bahrain Olympic Committee Nantes 4 Guingamp 1 8. Davide Formolo (ITA/CAN) 2:45, international player Loay Jamal among the girls participants (BOC) member, Women’s Nice 0 Angers 2 9. Andrey Amador (CRC/MOV) 2:53, 3-1 (11-7, 11-8, 8-11, 12-10) in a to capture the trophy, beating Sport Committee chairwoman Saint Etienne 0 PSG 5 10. Steven Kruijswijk (NED/TLJ) 3:06 neck-and-neck final at the Gulf national teammate Hessa Al and Bahrain Table Tennis Selected: University hall in Sanad. Zayani 3-0 (11-6, 11-4, 11-5) in Association president Shaikha Russian Premier League: 112. Bob Jungels (LYX/QST) 3:30, More than 45 players from the concluding match of the five- Hayat bint Abdulaziz Al Khalifa Tomsk 1 Terek Grozny 2 17. Geraint Thomas (GBR/SKY) 5:14, nine universities, namely AMA, player round robin competition. presented trophies to the top Ufa 2 Anzhi Makhachkala 1 44. Mikel Landa (ESP/SKY) 27:06. Arab Open, Ahlia, Kingdom, In the academics championship, three players in each category at Rostov 4 Rubin Kazan 2 Talal Abu Gazala, Arabian Gulf, Dr. Islam of the Gulf University the awarding ceremony..