CCYCLINGYCLING | Page 2 RUGBY | Page 4 Geoghegan All Blacks Hart claims blow away stage 15 in Giro Wallabies to d’Italia silence critics Monday, October 19, 2020 MOTOGP Rabia I 2, 1442 AH Rins wins Aragon GULF TIMES MotoGP as Mir takes championship lead SPORT Page 6 MOTORSPORTS Al-Attiyah wins Cyprus Rally for seventh time It was the Qatari star’s second straight victory at the MERC event By Sports Reporter Doha atari star Nasser Saleh al-Attiyah won the Cy- prus Rally for the sev- enth time in his career Qand for the second consecutive year yesterday. Al-Attiyah, along with his French co-driver Matthieu Baumel, romped to victory in the second race of the Middle East Rally Championship (MERC) in a Volkswagen Polo GTI R5. Al-Attiyah had won the Oman Rally in February. The third and fi nal round of the truncated MERC series is the Rally of Leba- non in November, where al-At- tiyah could extend his regional record with a 16th title. At the Cyprus Rally, al-At- tiyah’s seven wins are a record, three more than that of Sebastian Loeb. Yiangou Panagiotis-Kyriakou fi nished second in a Hyundai i20, while the podium was completed by Christos Demosthenous-Cos- tas Pavlou in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX. The duo had clawed their Qatar’s Nasser Saleh al-Attiyah and French co-driver Matthieu Baumel way back up from 12th after SS2 celebrate with the winners’ trophies on the podium for the Cyprus to start the fi nal day in fourth po- Rally yesterday. (Facebook/CyprusRally) sition. Two other Cypriot teams fol- a broken right axle in the fourth Polo 2:46:25.1 lowed — Savva Savvas-Andrea stage cost him dearly in the battle 2. Yiangou Panagiotis (CYP)/Kyri- Papandreou in fourth and Sofi - and he retired on the next stage. akou Panagiotis (CYP) Hyundai anos Rousos and Andreas Gian- The 2018 winner Simos Gala- i20 +17:10.4 nakou in fi fth. Qatar’s Nasser Saleh al-Attiyah and French co-driver Matthieu Baumel in action during the Cyprus Rally yesterday. (Facebook/CyprusRally) tariotis was also very fast yester- 3. Christos Demosthenous (CYP)/ The 2WD category was won day winning a special stage and Costas Pavlou (CYP) Mitsubishi by Chrysostomos Panteli-Tho- to fi nish the fi rst day. Under the not held after the government’s gotten the job done with ease in Tsouloftas, after tying for the fi nishing in the top three in three Lancer +19:03.2 mas Theofanous in a Ford Fiesta rally regulations, six of those who decision to ban the presence of the past. exact same time, a rarity in rally more. 4. Savva Savvas (CYP)/Andrea ahead of Constantinos Televan- left, returned yesterday. The race spectators at all sport events in This year, the Qatari was happy racing. Papandreou (CYP) Mitsubishi tos-Takis Stavrou in a Peugeot covered a total of 510km of which Cyprus. to drive with consistency without The Cypriot, who also raced OVERALL CLASSIFICATION Lancer +20:29.4 208. 178km were the 10 special stages. While it has never been enough “hurting” his vehicle. He won with a Volkswagen Polo, won the (TOP 5) 5. Sofianos Rousos (CYP)/ An- As many as 21 crews started T he last one, which was the to just be the fastest to win the only three stages, while sharing fi rst two stages, before tying with 1. Nasser al-Attiyah (QAT)/Mat- dreas Giannakou (CYP) Mitsubishi the race, 13 of whom managed Eneos Super Special Stage, was Cyprus Rally, al-Attiyah has a stage win with local driver Alex al-Attiyah on the third. However, thieu Baumel (FRA) Volkswagen Lancer +22:03.6 FOOTBALL / PREMIER LEAGUE Spurs rocked on Bale’s return, Mitrovic suff ers penalty misery AFP that found Son, who cut into the commit the unwanted penalty London, United Kingdom West Ham area and curled his double in the same Premier League shot into the far corner. game since Mikel Arteta for Arse- It was Kane’s turn to get on the nal against Fulham in 2012. est Ham ruined Ga- scoresheet in the eighth minute Alexis Mac Allister’s fi rst Pre- reth Bale’s Totten- as he nutmegged Declan Rice and mier League goal gave Brighton a ham return with a fi red into the bottom corner from dramatic 1-1 draw at rivals Crys- stunning late fi ght- the edge of the area. tal Palace. Wback from three goals down to Tottenham’s sizzling start Palace took the lead in the 19th rescue a thrilling 3-3 draw, while featured a third goal in the 16th minute when Tariq Lamptey was Fulham’s Aleksandar Mitrovic minute, with England captain harshly adjudged to have pulled endured a penalty nightmare in a Kane heading in from Sergio down Michy Batshuayi in the 1-1 draw at Sheffi eld United yes- Reguilon’s pin-point cross for his penalty area. terday. 10th goal of the season. Ivory Coast forward Wilfried Tottenham were leading 3-0 Having crushed Manchester Zaha sent Brighton keeper Mat when Bale came on as a 72nd United 6-1 in their last game be- Ryan the wrong way from the spot minute substitute for his fi rst ap- fore the international break, Jose for his fourth goal of the season. pearance since joining on a sea- Mourinho’s side looked odds on But, after a poor clearance son-long loan from Real Madrid. for another emphatic victory. from Palace defender Joel Ward, But Bale suff ered a debut to Back at Tottenham seven years Argentine substitute Mac Allister forget as Tottenham capitulated after leaving for Real in a then fi red home via a slight defl ection in astonishing fashion. world record deal, Bale hopes to from the edge of the area in the The Wales star was one of the prove he is still a world-class talent 90th minute. main Tottenham culprits as he despite a long spell out of favour Brighton had defender Lewis missed a golden opportunity to with Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane. West Ham’s Manuel Lanzini (right) celebrates after equalising the EPL match against Tottenham in London yesterday. (AFP) Dunk sent off for a two-footed wrap up the points before West But it was West Ham who were lunge on Gary Cahill in stoppage- Ham’s Manuel Lanzini snatched the dominant force after Bale’s Bale should have scored in stop- “The game was under control. but maybe we deserved that.” solo eff ort, beating two men before time. a stoppage-time equaliser. introduction to replace Steven page-time, but he shot wide after We had Harry Kane to score the fi ring into the roof of the net. Tottenham took the lead with Bergwijn. bursting into the area and Lanzini fourth when he hit the post, then MITROVIC MISERY But Serbia international RESULTS just 45 seconds gone when Son Fabian Balbuena nodded in made him pay with a brilliant 25- Gareth Bale to kill the game. This At Bramall Lane, Fulham’s Mitro- Mitrovic was penalised for a Crystal Palace 1 (Zaha 19-pen) Heung-min and Harry Kane from Aaron Cresswell’s cross yard blast into the top corner. is a game that was in the pocket vic fi red over with his second half high foot on Robinson in the 85th Brighton 1 (Mac Allister 90) combined to create a goal for the after 82 minutes and Davinson West Ham are the fi rst team in and we lost two points,” Mour- penalty after Jack Robinson han- minute following a VAR check Sheff ield United 1 (Sharp 85- seventh time this season. Sanchez’s headed own goal from Premier League history to avoid inho said. dled. and Billy Sharp made him pay as pen) Fulham 1 (Lookman 77) Kane was the catalyst, drop- Vladimir Coufal’s delivery three defeat in a game having trailed by “We should be stronger. They On-loan Leipzig winger Ad- he drove his penalty down the Tottenham 3 (Son 1, Kane 8, ping deep into midfi eld before minutes later left Tottenham three or more goals as late as the were lucky but maybe they de- emola Lookman put Fulham ahead middle. 16) West Ham 3 (Balbuena 82, unfurling a majestic long pass panicking. 81st minute. served that luck. We were unlucky in the 77th minute with a superb Mitrovic is the fi rst player to Sanchez 85-og, Lanzini 90+4) Gulf Times 2 Monday, October 19, 2020 SPORT TENNIS Zverev dominates Auger-Aliassime to win Cologne title AFP came second seed Roberto Djere captures Sardinia crown Cologne Bautista Agut in the semi-fi nal but failed to repeat his perform- Serbia’s Laslo Djere beat Italy’s Marco Cecchinato ance against Zverev. 7-6(3) 7-5 yesterday to win his second career ATP title S Open runner-up His run of losses stretches at the Sardinia Open, the final claycourt tournament of Alexander Zverev back to his maiden ATP fi nal in the year. Djere capitalised on Cecchinato’s poor second clinched the Cologne February 2019 at the Rio Open. serve to convert four break points in the match while ATP title yesterday “I just played bad from start to the Italian also made a slew of errors in the tiebreak to Ubeating Felix Auger-Aliassime fi nish,” Auger-Aliassime said. hand his opponent the advantage. 6-3, 6-3. Zverev will also be top seed The Serb started the second set on the front foot The German world number for next week’s Cologne Cham- and nearly took a 3-0 lead before the home favourite seven claimed his third ATP Tour pionships tournament where he mounted a comeback.