ARAB TIMES, MONDAY, JULY 12, 2021 SPORTS 14 Tupou promoted Kuss wins grueling 15th stage New-look Ireland rout US in Dublin Pogacar retains lead DUBLIN, July 11, (AP): A new-look Ireland passed an audition when it thrashed the United States 71-10 at Lansdowne Road. ANDORRA LA VELLA, An- Towards the twilight is Ireland’s golden gen- dorra, July 11, (AP): American eration marching, notably for the likes of Jona- rider Sepp Kuss won the grueling than Sexton, Conor Murray, Cian Healy, Peter O’Mahony and Keith Earls, and coach Andy 15th stage of the Tour de France Farrell’s succession planning took a big step on Sunday as race leader Tadej when a young but in-form side led by James Pogacar remained on course for Ryan delivered a 10-try pounding of the Eagles. Eight Irish were given their debut, all within his second overall victory. the fi rst hour, and three more were handed their Kuss is the fi rst American to win a stage fi rst test starts. A dozen of the starting 15 were at cycling’s biggest race since Tyler Farrar aged 25 or under and they had an American 10 years ago. side which pushed England last weekend under The 26-year-old Colorado native left it late its spell from the get-go. to make his move in the punishing 191-kil- “I’m delighted for the new caps - to be able ometer (118-mile) ride from Ceret at the to do that as a coach is pretty special,” Farrell foothills of the Pyrenees to the tiny moun- said. “To a man they all did extremely well. tain-bound nation of Andorra. Hooker Ronan Kelleher showed off his prowess close to the tryline with four tries, the fourth coming straight after he’d taken a high shot from fl anker Riekert Hattingh, who was CYCLING sent off. After his second try from a rolling maul for 45-3, Kelleher was also given the rest of the night off. Kuss attacked going up the 1,796-meter He became the fi rst Irishman since Denis Col de Beixalis and maintained his hard- Hickie in 2003 to score four tries in a match. fought advantage over Spanish veteran Ale- Only Brian Robinson and Keith Wood have jandro Valverde, who was 23 seconds be- also achieved the feat. There was still 25 min- hind. Dutch rider Wout Poels fi nished third utes to go, and Ireland didn’t let up with more and took over the polka dot jersey for the tries for Stuart McCloskey, Hugo Keenan and best climber. impressive No. 8 Gavin Coombes. Pogacar was only questioned toward the end of the stage as Jonas Vingegaard fol- lowed Ben O’Connor’s example with two attacks. RUGBY Pogacar answered both without any prob- lems and increased his overall lead to more The outclassed Eagles thought their only try than fi ve minutes over Rigoberto Uran and to replacement scrumhalf Michael Baska in the Vingegaard. Guillaume Martin, who was 78th would be the last say, but Ireland replace- second overall ahead of the stage, dropped ment prop Finlay Bealham found time and the back to ninth. strength to barge over. Nine of the 10 Irish tries were converted, the one miss hitting the post. Stage winner Sepp Kuss of the US celebrates on the podium after the fi fteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 191.3 kilom- On debut, wing Robert Baloucoune scored eters (118.9 miles) with start in Ceret and fi nish in Andorra-la-Vella, Andorra, on July 11. (AP) the opening try, released by Joey Carbery to hare into the corner. After a shaky start, Ireland’s lineout became the launching pad for tries by Kelleher and Rivera takes fi nale stage fl anker Nick Timoney, then Coombes, Keenan and wing Andrew Conway combined to give Kelleher an easy second touchdown. But perhaps Ireland’s best-looking move in the match didn’t produce a point. Keen to score Van der Breggen wins Giro d’Italia Donne before halftime was rung, Ireland thrilled with a charge full of offl oads and great support play. CORMONS, Italy, July 11, (AP): Olym- champion, fi nished 1 minute, 43 seconds on her recovery for Tokyo, where the Tom O’Toole, Craig Casey, Conway and Ryan pic champion Anna van der Breggen clear of South African teammate Ash- Olympic road races are the fi rst two days put fl anker Caelan Doris in sight of the tryline solidifi ed her favorite status ahead of leigh Moolman-Pasio, who won the pre- of competition. Spratt crashed hard dur- but he was swallowed up by Hattingh and Mike the Tokyo Games by winning her fourth vious day’s queen stage to solidify her ing Stage 8 and fought through the ninth Te’o. The future for Ireland looks promising Giro d’Italia Donne on Sunday, fi nishing own Olympic credentials. Demi Voller- stage. but they still have a lot of work to do. safely in the breakaway on the fi nal stage The previous day, Marianne Vos Also: of the prestigious Italian stage race. CYCLING abandoned the Giro to focus on her own MELBOURNE, Australia: Prop Taniela Tu- Coryn Rivera of the U.S. beat British Olympic preparations. The winner of pou has been promoted to the starting side in sprinter Lizzie Deignan to win the 10th the gold medal in London in 2012 won the only change to the Australian team for the stage. Elise Chabbey was third while van ing, van der Breggen’s teammate on the two stages of the Giro and showed some second rugby test against France in Melbourne Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar, wearing the der Breggen crossed the line in fourth Dutch squad for Tokyo, fi nished the race strong form ahead of Tokyo, where her on Tuesday. overall leader’s yellow jersey, crosses the Tupou takes over from Allan Alaalatoa, fi nish line of the fi fteenth stage of the Tour place with her arms raised to celebrate third overall. biggest competition for gold could be who drops to the bench, with coach Dave Ren- de France cycling race over 191.3 kilom- her dominant performance. Australian Amanda Spratt abandoned teammates van der Breggen, Vollering nie picking the same game-day 23 for the fi rst eters (118.9 miles) with start in Ceret and Van der Breggen, the reigning world the race before the fi nal stage to focus and Annemiek van Vleuten. time in consecutive tests since taking charge fi nish in Andorra-la-Vella, Andorra, on July last year. 11. (AP) Danielson wins Donald Ross Classic Ruse wins Hamburg European Open title to claim ‘Symetra Tour’ money lead FRENCH LICK, Ind., July 11, (AP): Casey and lows,” Danielson said. “I definitely learned HAMBURG, Germany, July 11, (AP): Danielson won the Donald Ross Classic at a lot from winning and got a little ahead of Romanian qualifi er Elena-Gabriela Ruse French Lick Resort to take Symetra Tour myself, I hate to admit it. Expectations came in won her fi rst title Sunday with a 7-6 (6), money lead and wrap up an LPGA Tour card. and left my golf game a little bit of a mess 6-4 victory over Andrea Petkovic in the Danielson closed with a 3-under 68 to finish because I wasn’t able to stay mentally present at 10-under 203 on the Donald Ross Course, a Hamburg European Open fi nal. during a round. The 23-year-old Ruse is the lowest- stroke head of Beth Wu and two ahead of Rachel Rohanna. Danielson eagled the short par-4 11th and hit ranked WTA winner at No. 198 since No. 17 greens in regulation. 299 Margarita Gasparyan won in Tashkent “There were definitely some hard times out in 2018. on the course to stay present, especially today Ruse saved two set points in the fi rst set GOLF being in contention, being in the final group,” and came back from trailing 3-0 in the sec- Danielson said. “All the work I have been ond to beat Petkovic in 2 hours, 12 min- Danielson earned $37,500 to push her sea- doing really paid off to combat it.” utes. son total to $77,034, with the final top 10 Wu finished with a 68, and Rohanna shot 71. Germany’s Petkovic reached her fi rst earning LPGA Tour cards. The 26-year-old The Symetra Tour and French Lick Resort fi nal since 2015 with a win over Jule Nie- former Stanford star from Wisconsin also won the Symetra Classic in May in North announced a three-year deal Saturday for the meier in Saturday’s semifi nals. Carolina. French Lick Resort Stroke Play Championship, Ruse had rallied to beat top-seeded She won Saturday after missing the cuts in a 72-hole event on the Pete Due Course that Ireland’s Joey Carbery, (centre), is tackled by USA’s Hanco Germishuys, (left) and Cam Dayana Yastremska 2-6, 6-1, 6-4 in their three of her last four starts. will start in 2022 with a record purse of Dolan, (right), during the Rugby Union International Summer Series match between Ireland semifi nal. “With any golf career, there’s a lot of highs $335,000 and $50,250 winner’s check. and USA, in Dublin, Ireland, on July 10. (AP).