SPORTS Saturday, June 10, 2017 23 Raikkonen on

Australia’s celebrates his overall leader yel- low jersey on the podium top ahead of Richie Porte in Dauphine yellow La Motte-Servolex and -- on the ustralian Richie Porte of mountain’s punishing climb of Athe BMC team took the 8.7km at more than 10 percent Hamilton race leader’s yellow jersey of gradient. Montreal the Criterium du Dauphine Fuglsang, a silver medallist imi Raikkonen topped after yesterday’s sixth stage in the road race event at last the times ahead of Lewis Canadian GP won by Astana’s Danish rider year’s Rio Olympics, stayed KHamilton as edged in . with the high-profile duo for front in a close scrap with Fulgsang, Porte and overall the technical descent and was champions Mercedes in favourite came adjudged victor at La Motte- yesterday afternoon’s second through the line in a photo- Servolex. Porte now enjoys a free practice for the Canadian finish after the descent of the 39-second lead over Froome Grand Prix. beyond category mountain in the general standings, with The Finn, who finished Mont du Chat at the end of the Fuglsang at 1min 15sec. a disappointed and 147.5km stage. Saturday’s seventh stage is a controversial second in Former teammates Porte challenging 168km ride from Ferrari’s one-two triumph at and Froome built up a healthy Aosta to the epic Alpe d’Huez last month’s Monaco Grand lead on their rivals -- Alberto climb and summit finish via Prix, clocked a best lap in one Contador, the col de Sarenne. (AFP) minute and 12,935 seconds to outpace the Briton, who was fastest in the morning’s opening session, by 0.215 seconds. Championship leader and Kimi Raikkonen of Finland driving the (7) SF70H on track four-time champion German was third said Vettel on the Ferrari lap for McLaren Honda to go Perez were eighth and 10th fastest in the second Ferrari team radio, a charge that seventh. Frenchman Esteban either side of Russian Daniil ahead of Finn , could not be levelled at Ocon and his Kvyat in his Toro Rosso. who was fourth in the second 2007 champion Raikkonen team-mate Mexican Sergio (AFP) Results and standings after the sixth stage of the Criterium du Mercedes. who was in scorching Dauphine a 147km run to La Motte-Servolex: The top four were separated form. 1. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN/Ferrari) 1:12.935 Stage Overall by only 0.375 seconds at the Dutchman Max 2. (GBR/Mercedes) 1:13.150 1. Jakob Fuglsang (DEN/AST) 3hrs 1. Richie Porte (AUS/BMC) 20hrs 52min end of a closely-contested Verstappen was fifth for Red 3. Sebastian Vettel (GER/Ferrari) 1:13.200 41min 48sec 34sec 2. Richie Porte (AUS/BMC) same time 2. Chris Froome (GBR/SKY) at 39 session that ended with Vettel Bull, before he pulled up in the 4. Valtteri Bottas (FIN/Mercedes) 1:13.310 3. Chris Froome (GBR/SKY) s.t. 3. Jakob Fuglsang (DEN/AST) 1:15 complaining that three-time closing stages with gearbox 5. (NED/Red Bull-TAG Heuer) 1:13.388, 4. (ITA/AST) s.t. 4. Alejandro Valverde (ESP/MOV) 1:20 champion Hamilton was problems, ahead of Brazilian 6. (BRA/Williams-Mercedes) 1:14.063 5. Alejandro Valverde (ESP/MOV) at 50 5. Fabio Aru (ITA/AST) 1:24 slowing him down as he Felipe Massa of Williams 7. (ESP/McLaren-Honda) 1:14.245 6. (IRL/QST) 50 6. (ESP/TRE) 1:47 followed him. and two-time champion 8. (FRA/Force India-Mercedes) 1:14.299, 9. 7. Romain Bardet (FRA/ALM) 50 7. Dan Martin (IRL/QST) 2:14 Daniil Kvyat (RUS/Toro Rosso-Renault) 1:14.461 8. Olivier Naesen (BEL/ALM) 1min 06sec 8. (GER/BOR) 2:30 “He keeps making Spaniard Fernando Alonso, 9. Alberto Contador (ESP/TRE) 1:06 9. Romain Bardet (FRA/ALM) 2:49

Results 10. Sergio Pérez (MEX/Force India-Mercedes) 1:14.501 mistakes and backing off,” who posted an excellent late 10. Emanuel Buchmann (GER/BOR) 1:14. 10. Rafael Valls (ESP/LOT) 3:16. Marquez fastest on new Catalan track Montmeló morning session. Ducati’s Jorge third practice session ahead efending world champion Lorenzo was second fastest at of qualifying in the afternoon. Marc Marquez of Honda 0.405sec with German rookie (AFP) Dhit overdrive yesterday, Jonas Folger of Yamaha third dominating free practice at the 0.544sec. Free Practice times redesigned Montmelo track at Winner at Mugello last the Catalunya MotoGP as a raft Sunday and second in the world 1. Marc Marquez (ESP/Honda) 1min 44.295sec of his rivals struggled. standings Andrea Dovizioso 2. Jorge Lorenzo (ESP/Ducati) at 0.405 The Spaniard has won just of Ducati was fourth fastest at 3. Jonas Folger (GER/Yamaha Tech3) 0.544 one of six MotoGPs so far this 0.588. 4. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA/Ducati) 0.588 season but set his fans a pacey Still feeling the pain from 5. Danilo Petrucci (ITA/Ducati Pramac) 0.595 marker following his safely a motorcross crash two weeks 6. Tito Rabat (ESP/Honda Marc VDS) 0.627 played sixth place finish at the ago, Italian superstar Valentino 7. Johann Zarco (FRA/Yamaha Tech3) 0.768 Italian GP last weekend. Rossi was way down in 10th at 8. Dani Pedrosa (ESP/Honda) 0.803 The Montmelo track has 0.823 as his Yamaha teammate been redesigned after the death and championship leader 9. Alvaro Bautista (ESP/Ducati Apsar) 0.821 last year here of Luis Salom in Maverick Vinales was way off 10. Valentino Rossi (ITA/Yamaha) 0.823 the Moto2, and the riders also the pace, 1.5sec down in 16th. Selected: 16. Maverick Vinales (ESP/Yamaha) 1.515 had to deal with rain in the On Saturday there is a Repsol Honda Team’s Spanish rider Marc Marquez takes a chicane