he managed to get it going again to finish second behind team mate sebastien 0gier. the frenchman s championship lead over evans is now eleven points. geraint thomas had to settle for third place on the criterium du dauphine, which is an important warm up race for the tour de france later this month. the welshman crashed around five miles from the finish, but managed to get back up and recover to cross the line just ahead of his ineos grenadiers team mate richie porte who took the overall victory. ukraine s mark padun was the stage winner for the second day in a row. england prop kyle sinckler has been called up to the british and irish lions squad for the tour of south africa to replace andrew porter. sinckler, who toured new zealand with the lions in 2017, willjoin the squad at the end of bristol bears season. ireland s andrew porter suffered a toe injury playing for leinster on friday. just one match in the english premiership this afternoon, with exeter chiefs coming from 18 point