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Manama inistry of the MInterior defeated Batelco 6-2 in the second round of matches in the Bahrain Industrial Emad Al Jahromi Bowling League at the Fun Land Bowling Centre in Manama. Top scoring for the Ministry of the Interior was Ahmed Al Malki (236) high Porte game and (623) high series and for Batelco pedals to victory it was Mohammed Sultan (299) for the high game of the week and (641) series. there,” Porte said. climb of Willunga Hill. Stage Five In another match, GPIC beat Tatweer “But I’m happy with where I’m Clarke soon dropped off 1. (AUS/BMC Racing) 3hr 40min 13sec 6-2 with GPIC guest player Ahmed Fareed at at the moment, I put some good the pace but the other three 2. (AUS/Dimension Data) at 20 seconds (244) series and (613) series top scoring time into the other guys and I made it over the top two 3. (COL/Orica-Scott) same time and for Tatweer it was Medel Villanueva think it’ll make tomorrow a little minutes clear, allowing 4. (ITA/UAE Abu Dhabi) s.t. (254) and (669) series. bit more relaxed.” De Gendt to pick up the Other results (bowler, game, series): 5. Jay McCarthy (AUS/Bora-hansgrohe) s.t. Porte conceded his eyes were on King of the Mountain Banagas (Raed Ahmad, 243, 619) bt BMC Racing rider Richie the Tour de France later this year. points. General Classification Electricity and Water Authority (Emad Al Porte of Australia pulls The 151.5-kilometre fifth stage The peloton began to Jahromi, 254, 689 high series of week) 6-2. ahead of the competi- began in the wine-growing town reel in the leaders and with 1. Richie Porte (AUS/BMC Racing) 18hr 0min 21sec Pioneers (Mohammed Falah, 222, tion during stage five of McLaren Vale and took in three seven kilometres to go they 2. Esteban Chaves (COL/Orica-Scott) at 48 seconds Hussain Al Qaseer, 568) bt Bapco (Ali Al laps through the vineyards and were caught, signalling the 3. Nathan Haas (AUS/Dimension Data) +51 Helo, 268, 640) 6-2. around Aldinga Beach before a start of the attacks as a 4. Jay McCarthy (AUS/Bora-Hansgrohe) +54 Third round schedule: circuit that took in two climbs of number of teams tried to 5. Diego Ulissi (ITA/UAE Abu Dhabi) +59 Batelco vs Pioneers, Banagas vs Gulf Willunga Hill. bring their climbers to the Air, Ministry of the Interior vs GPIC, New Zealand’s , front. King of the Mountain Electricity and Water Authority vs Bapco. asmania’s Richie Porte won who made a brave bid for glory Henao, Chaves and 1. Richie Porte (AUS/BMC Racing) 32pts Bye: Tatweer. the iconic Willunga Hill stage on stage four and was only Porte joined a small group 2. (BEL/Lotto Soudal) 32pts ofT the for the caught with three kilometres to of seven who broke clear 3. Esteban Chaves (COL/Orica-Scott) 22pts fourth year in a row yesterday go, was again part of an early of the peloton but with Sprint with a superb attack from two breakaway with Frenchman two kilometres to go Porte 1. (AUS/Orica-Scott) 45pts kilometres out. Jeremy Maison, Australia’s Will attacked and neither of the 2. Nathan Haas (AUS/Team Dimension Data) 39pts Porte’s bold move two-thirds Clarke and King of the Mountain Colombians could keep up of the way up the second climb of contender Thomas De Gendt of with him. 3. (NED/Team Sky) 39pts Willunga Hill left the more fancied Belgium. Australian Nathan Colombian climbers The four got their lead out to Haas, who was dropped early in Visconti after the race. itans CC recorded a comfortable 50-run and Esteban Chaves in his the climb, battled back and Continue the day before, it was Twin over LuLu CC in the latest matches wake. Cink and Visconti, BAHRAIN stole second place with another strong performance for of the Sprite sponsored BCL Diamond The Australian, whose MERIDA Chaves third. the 26-year-old Czech Republic ex Knockout League at the Busaiteen Grounds BMC Racing team believes MTB rider. in Muharraq. Batting first, Titans scored 171 he is a real contender Merida in top 20 “I tried to be always in the for seven in 20 overs with the main scorers for the Tour de France, Bahraini duo of Giovanni front, and thank you for our team being opener Saleem (45), Ibrar (34 off 17 crossed the finish line 20 Visconti and Ondrej Cink because everybody pushed before deliveries) and Wasim (25) with Jithesh (two seconds ahead of fellow fared well in the Hill stage the first climb, and me and Visco for 38) the best of the bowlers and in reply, countryman Nathan Haas finishing in 17th and 18th we were in the front. Visco tried LuLu CC were restricted to 121 for seven in and Chaves. spots, respectively at the with the break, I controlled behind 20 overs with Pradeep (36) and Suneer (29) He now leads the TDU stage 5. BMC, then I was all the time in top scoring, while Mohan (two for 17) was General Classification by “I tried to do the race the front. the best of the bowlers. In another match, 48 seconds from Orica- a little bit harder, because “But the last climb was very Bassali Focus Tiger edged out BMMI by 18 Scott’s Chaves and is I know if I arrive in the hard. We started around 30 or runs in a low scoring encounter, as Bassali virtually assured of winning final with the big group, I 25. We passed some riders, I keep were dismissed for 94 with Bilal (24) the the season-opening UCI cannot compete now. So I the tempo for Visconti all climb. I main scorer and Noman (three for nine) and World Tour race on tried to my legs condition. was happy for my performance in Khalil (three for 10) the best of the bowlers, the streets of Adelaide I’m happy. I worked very the end.” while BMMI were dismissed for 76 with the today. just over three minutes on the well. I’m not ready to win now, Sunday’s final stage is a only resistance from Tayyab (12) and Waleed “That street circuit in Adelaide early circuits but that was cut by for sure, but I’m near for the first 90-kilometre race through an (three for eight) the pick of the bowlers. is not easy, anything can happen a minute at the bottom of the first stand, it makes me happy,” said Adelaide street circuit. Other results: Africa Cup of Nations Ghana 1 Mali 0 Leipzig down Ten-man Frankfurt Egypt 1 Uganda 0 Berlin German Bundesliga results: RB’s win leaves them three points Italian Serie A: oalkeeper Lukas Hradecky was behind leaders Bayern, who had Chievo v Fiorentina (1700) Schalke 1 Ingolstadt 0 sent off just 125 seconds into Robert Lewandowski’s 91st-minute AC Milan v Napoli (1945) G Wolfsburg 1 Hamburg 0 Eintracht Frankfurt’s 3-0 defeat Augsburg 0 Hoffenheim 2 strike to thank for their 2-1 French Ligue 1 results: yesterday as second-placed RB Werder Bremen 1 Borussia Dortmund 2 comeback win at Freiburg on Friday Nantes 0 Paris Saint-Germain 2 Leipzig trimmed Bayern Munich’s Darmstadt 0 Borussia 0 when the league returned from the Bordeaux 1 Toulouse 0 RB Leipzig 3 Eintracht Frankfurt 0 Eintracht Frankfurt’s Austrian lead in the Bundesliga. winter break. Dijon 0 Lille 0 Playing Sunday goalkeeper Heinz Lindner can The match at Leipzig’s Red Bull Despite his lightning dismissal Guingamp 1 Rennes, Metz v Montpellier 1 Bayer Leverkusen v Hertha Berlin (1430), not keep the shoot by Leipzig´s Arena had barely begun when Hradecky did not break the Caen v Nancy - postponed due to frozen pitch Hradecky dropped to the turf to Mainz v Cologne (1630) striker Timo Werner (Unseen) Bundesliga record, set by defender gather a loose ball just outside his Youssef Mohamad, who was sent off Today area and was shown a straight red men for the next 87 minutes as Timo Werner before Frankfurt 92 seconds into the 2010/11 season Monaco v Lorient (1400) card for handling the ball. Leipzig netted through defender defender Jesus Vallejo’s second-half in Cologne’s 3-1 defeat at home to Saint-Etienne v Angers (1600) It left visitors Frankfurt with 10 Marvin Compper and top-scorer own goal. Kaiserslautern. (AFP) Lyon v Marseille (2000)