to ride the tour next year. and possibly break the outright record for stage victories. he currently shares the record of 34 with eddie merckx. dutch rider annameek van vleuten has won the women s giro d italia for the fourth time. the final stage was won by chiara consonni of italy. but van vleuten finished safely in the main bunch to confirm overall victory, which means she now holds all three grand tour titles after winning won the first week long tour de france femmes last year, and the vuelta a espana earlier this year. a quick reminder of our top story, beyond that first wimbledon quarterfinal for that novak talk of x is going to going to have to come back on monday to finish his fourth round match against her cats you can get the very latest on the bbc sport website. for me
for the first time in 35 years. pogacar had the advantage, as the race favourites fought it out. 0n the steep slopes leading to the finish line.. but vingegaard hung in there and limited his losses. a strong ride from britain s tom pidcock saw him move up to seventh overall, behind adam and simon yates who are still fifth and sixth. meanwhile mark cavendish has said goodbye to his team mates after a broken collarbone ruled him out of the rest of this year s race. he ll fly home to have surgery. but his team, astana-qazaqstan, have offered him the chance to ride the tour next year and possibly break the outright record for stage victories. even though he d planned to retire at the end of this season. dutch rider annameek van vleuten has won the women s giro d italia for the fourth time, putting herjoint second on the all time list with her fellow countrywoman anna van der breggen. italy s chiara consonni won the sprint finish on the final ninth stage in sardinia. van vleuten finished sa
as the world s finest grand tour rider right now. she won the first week long tour de france femmes last year, and the vuelta a espana earlier this year, so this means she currently holds all three grand tour titles. the final round of the us women s open at pebble beach started with japan s nasa hataoka one shot ahead of the field. while england s charley hull will start seven off the overnight lead. hataoka s 66 yesterday was the lowest score of the week so far leaving her seven under par. she s twice finished runner up in a major, including this event two years ago. she tees off at 20 past nine this evening alongside american allisen corpuz, who has never won, even on the lpga tour. wales women are in california to play usa in a friendly this evening. the match in san francisco will be the first time the two sides have met in a women s international game. wales have failed to qualify for the world cup, which starts in less than two weeks time, so this match is preparation for the