dutch rider lorena wiebes has won the first stage of the inaugural women s tour de france. wiebes timed her sprint to perfection to beat her compatriot marianne vos and belgian lotte kopecky of italy, who were second and third on the champs elysees. for the first time in 33 years tour de france organisers have granted the top female professionals an official multi stage race. there are seven more stages to go. the final round of the penultimate women s major of the year, the evian championship is underway in france. brooke henderson held a two shot lead overnight in france but that s disappeared. she s one shot behind new leader sophia schubert. the canadian is looking for her second major title, six years after winning her first. england s charley hull could make a charge she was two shots off the lead a few moments ago. it s the final day at the world atheltics championships in oregon. great britain are up to five medals after the 100 metre sprint relays in the early hours of this
ground saw marcus smith spin for australia and england turn it around. they had been behind in the series and bided matched to come to when both, changing the mood. back then england were at a low point when england had lost to wales in italy. another had a chance to break new ground in south africa but the world champions break resistance. in this series they had too much at the end, but wells came close. there are now 1a months to the rugby world cup. this day of deciders has set the tone. joe lynsky, bbc news. day two of the world atheltics championships in oregon as dina asher smith sets out her mission of intent in the women s 100 metres. it was a case ofjob done for laura muir too who eased
tomorrow and try to play a good round of golf and hopefully that is enough. but i certainly appreciate all the support out there and i feel it, you know, and hopefully, you know, i can get cheered on down that back nine. day two of the world atheltics championships in oregan, as dina asher smith sets out her mission of intent in the women s 100 metres. it was a case ofjob done for laura muir, too, who eased through to the 1,500 metre final, and the usa s fred kerley is officially the world s fastest man. andy swiss rounds up the action. for the home fans and fred kerley, it was a golden night, a new world champion, and a new 100 metres final to remember. kerley set off the favourite, but this was no victory procession. his us team mates breathing down his neck, but kerley clung on, just.
at the world atheltics championships in oregon. tamirat tola is the new champion. he finished over a minute ahead of his compatriot mosinet geremew. his time of 2 hours 5 minutes and 37 seconds is a championship record. belgium s bashir abdi took bronze, just as he did at last year s olympics. belgium s yasper philipsen won an incident packed stage 15 at the tour de france. in the final 60 kilometeres, jonas vingegaard crashed in the middle of the peloton, the overall leader was able to catch up to the rest of the pack and maintain his lead over tadej pogacar to keep hold of the yellow jersey. phillipson claimed victory in a manic finish ahead of wout van aert and mads pedersen. the finest of margins splitting the three. that s all the sport for now.