Sports Sunday, July 28, 2019 15 Qatar’s Lian Mansoor fifth in Arab Chess Cup Younousse, Tijan rally to finish 9th in Tokyo Open Qatar’s ace players Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan capped their thrilling comeback with a ninth-place finish in the Tokyo Open, a Four-Star event on the FIVB Beach World Tour, on Friday. With two defeats in Pool E, they were on the verge of an exit. But after beating Brazilians fifth seeds Alison Cerutti and Alvarao Filho in straight sets, they advanced to the Lucky Losers bracket in which they handed a straight-set loss to Chinese Peng Gao and Yang Li. This victory advanced them to the first eliminator against Brazilians world champs and Olympic medallists Evandro Goncalves and Bruno Oscar Schmidt. Both the Qataris battled hard against the second seeds and lost 19-21, 19-21 in a 47-minute thriller. They Lian Mansoor Qasabi secured the fifth place in the Arab Chess Cup, emerging as the best finisher for Qatar in the national claimed 400 ranking team in Amman, Jordan. She collected five points to share the spot with Lebanese’s Mariam Saigh and Jordanian’s Rivana points and split $4,000 Hilal. Her sister Rowdah also took part in the championship. Abdullah al Hameed tallied 3.5 points to land the 23rd place in prize money. the U-14 category. Bernal moves closer to Tour title The Colombian was not troubled in STAGE RESULTS & OVERALL STANDINGS Tour de France stage 20 results after the run from France overall standings after stage 20 from Albertville the 20th stage; 2014 champion Nibali Albertville to Val Thorens: to Val Thorens on Saturday: 1. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/BAH) in 1 h 51:53, 2. Alejandro 1. Egan Bernal (COL/Ineos) 79hr 52min 52sec, 2. Valverde (ESP/MOV) at 10, 3. Mikel Landa (ESP/MOV) Geraint Thomas (GBR/INE) at 1:11, 3. Steven Kruijswijk wins the day’s honours 14, 4. Egan Bernal (COL/INE) 17, 5. Geraint Thomas (NED/JUM) 1:31, 4. Emanuel Buchmann (GER/BOR) (GBR/INE) 17, 6. Rigoberto Uran (COL/EF1) 23, 7. 1:56, 5. Julian Alaphilippe (FRA/DEC) 3:45, 6. Mikel REUTERS ered in a stage that had been Emanuel Buchmann (GER/BOR) 23, 8. Steven Landa (ESP/MOV) 4:23, 7. Rigoberto Uran (COL/EF1) VAL THORENS (FRANCE) Kruijswijk (NED/JUM) 25, 9. Wouter Poels (NED/INE) 5:15, 8. Nairo Quintana (COL/MOV) 5:30, 9. Alejandro shortened due to landslides 30, 10. Nairo Quintana (COL/MOV) 30, 11. Warren Valverde (ESP/MOV) 6:12. 10. Warren Barguil (FRA/ on the initial course. Barguil (FRA/ARK) 46, 12. Gregor Muehlberger (AUT/ ARK) 7:32, 11. Richie Porte (AUS/TRE) 12:05, 12. CLIMBING phenomenon “It’s incredible to think BOR) 1:09, 13. Lennard Kämna (GER/SUN) 1:30, 14. Guillaume Martin (FRA/WGG) 22:08, 13. David Gaudu Egan Bernal was poised to be- that I have won my first Tour,” Marc Soler (ESP/MOV) 1:33, 15. Adam Yates (GBR/ (FRA/FDJ) 23:29, 14. Fabio Aru (ITA/UAE) 27:07, 15. MIT) 1:49, 16. Simon Yates (GBR/MIT) 1:52, 17. Ilnur Romain Bardet (FRA/ALM) 29:54, 16. Roman Kreuziger come the first Colombian to he said. “I just want to get to Zakarin (RUS/KAT) 1:56, 18. Elie Gesbert (FRA/ARK) (CZE/DDT) 35:49, 17. Sebastien Reichenbach (SUI/ win the Tour de France and the finish line in Paris tomor- 2:07, 19. Daniel Martin (IRL/UAE) 2:10, 20. Daryl FDJ) 43:41, 18. Daniel Martin (IRL/UAE) 44:30, 19. the youngest race champion in row and after I’ll be calmer. Impey (RSA/MIT) 2:10. Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ/AST) 48:32, 20. Jose Herrada 110 years when he retained the Colombia is on the verge of Lopez (ESP/COF) 51:16 Selected: overall lead after Saturday’s winning its first Tour - I feel 26. Julian Alaphilippe (FRA/DEC) 3:17, 27. Romain Selected: 20th stage, a 59-km ride from this is not only my triumph Bardet (FRA/ALM) 3:45, 38. Richie Porte (AUS/TRE) 28. Bauke Mollema (NED/TRE) 1.13:16, 29. Adam Albertville. but the triumph of a whole 5:54, 97. Peter Sagan (SVK/BOR) 15:52, 114. Edvald Yates (GBR/MIT) 1.16:09, 36. Greg Van Avermaet The Team Ineos rider, country. Boasson Hagen (NOR/DDT) 17:54, 132. Caleb Ewan (BEL/CCC) 1.27:11, 39. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/BAH) (AUS/LOT) 18:38. 1.36:21, 49. Simon Yates (GBR/MIT) 1.53:03, 60. 22, finished fourth in the “My dad couldn’t talk at Thomas De Gendt (BEL/LOT) 2.10:04, 83. Peter Sagan stage won by 2014 champi- first but when he managed, Overall standings (SVK/BOR) 2.44:24, 155. Sebastian Langeveld (NED/ on Vicenzo Nibali, the only he congratulated me. He was Val Thorens, France, July 27, 2019 (AFP) -Tour de EF1) 4.34:23. man to interrupt the British about to cry. For us, it’s a outfit’s reign on the Tour dream. We used to watch the time champion and team Team Ineos principal since 2012. Tour on TV and we thought it mate Chris Froome, Bernal Dave Brailsford said: “It’s the His teammate and de- was something unreachable. Colombia’s Egan Bernal of Team Ineos celebrates after retaining the overall leader’s yellow jersey in the rose to the challenge after most exciting Tour de France fending champion Geraint As a kid, you think ‘how cool 20th stage of the 106th edition of the Tour de France cycling race over 59.5km between Albertville and Val winning the Paris-Nice and that we’ve taken part in. A Thomas is second overall it would be to be there one Thorens in France on Saturday. (EPA-EFE) Tour de Suisse week long lot of people may have ques- ahead of Dutchman Steven day’, but it looked so far away. races. tioned having two leaders, Kruijswijk after France’s Ju- Here we are and I’m very Thomas, who was always best- riders’ advantage melted. “It was a difficult Tour for He will become the young- were we hedging our bets and lian Alaphilippe cracked in emotional.” ed by the Colombian in the Sensing the main pack me but I never gave up and fi- est rider to win the Tour de whether it was going to work. the final ascent to the ski re- Three Colombians will mountains and never looked breathing down the neck of nally I win again on this race,” France since the end of the It’s worked to perfection and sort of Val Thorens. feature in the top 10 as former in a position to threaten him the breakaway, Nibali, look- said Nibali, who had no huge Second World War and the you can’t get better than sec- Sunday’s final stage from podium finishers Rigoberto on his favourite terrain. ing to salvage a poor cam- expectations after finishing third youngest in its history. ond and first.” Rambouillet to Paris is a Uran and Nairo Quintana lie Kruijswijk is 1:31 off the paign with a stage win, went the Giro d’Italia second over- As he crossed the line Frenchman Romain Bar- largely processional ride with seventh and eighth overall, pace. solo with 12.5km left. all this year. he was congratulated by his det, who dropped out of over- only the final sprint being respectively. First of many He never looked back and Bernal, who will also win team-mate and 2018 cham- all contention early in the contested. Alaphilippe cracked with The Dutchman’s Lotto held off world champion Ale- the white jersey for the best pion Thomas. Asked what race, is set to snatch the polka Bernal, who claimed the 14km to go in the final 33-km Jumbo-Visma team set a high jandro Valverde, who took Under-25 rider in the race, words he used, Thomas re- dot jersey for the mountain yellow jersey when he was climb ending 2,365 metres pace at the foot of the climb to second place 10 seconds be- crossed the line 17 seconds plied: “I said to him, ‘Just en- classification and Peter Sagan the first at top of the Col de above sea level and slipped Val Thorens and Laurens De hind with his Movistar team off the pace to Thomas’s ac- joy it. Soak it all up. And don’t is expected to win a record l’Iseran in Saturday’s truncat- from second to fifth overall. Plus stepped up a gear to trim mate and fellow Spaniard colade. worry about crying, because seventh green jersey for the ed 19th stage, was never both- Bernal is 1:11 ahead of the peloton as the breakaway Mikel Landa finishing third. In the absence of four- all real men cry.’” points classification. England include Abdulla reduces gap on T3 Archer for Bernal’s hometown Ashes opener AFP erupts with pride series leaders in Baja Spain LONDON REUTERS eos rider finished fourth in the TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK hind him in the dust to the UNCAPPED fast bowler Jofra ZIPAQUIRA (COLOMBIA) stage won by 2014 champion DOHA end of the stage. It was worse Archer has been included in Vicenzo Nibali and will be- today. England’s 14-man squad an- EGAN Bernal’s childhood cy- come the youngest Tour win- QATAR’S Adel Abdulla re- “I pushed more on the last nounced Saturday for next cling coach Fabio Rodriguez ner for 110 years once he has mains firmly in contention stage.