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Donald Thomas soars to victory with personal best By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net COMING off his sixth place in the high jump at the Herculis Grand Prix on Friday, Donald Thomas bounced back to pick up a victory with a personal best at the Gyulai Istvan Memorial in Budapest yesterday. Leading a three-man contingent of Steven Gardiner and Jeffery Gibson from the Bahamas, Thomas soared 2.37 metres or 7-feet, 9 1/4-inches to beat out Bohdan Bondarenko from Ukraine, who did 7-8 1/2 for second. Majd Eddin Ghazal from Cyprus got third with 7-7. Thomas’ performance was just off the Bahamas national record of 2.38m (7-9 3/4) that Troy Kemp set on July 12, 1997 in Nice,

France. He dedicated it to his 97-year-old grandfather Ralph Russell from Eight Mile Rock, Grand Bahama, who during his vacation in Orlando, Florida, encouraged him to leave “the bacon” and go for the “whole hog” at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. “I felt good. Training is coming along really nice,” said Thomas in an interview with The Tribune after his performance. “I had a setback in May with a small injury, so I had to work my way back to form.” Thomas, the winner of a medal in all the major international competitions except the Olympics, said the result was significant because it’s the highest he has ever jumped. “The competition was intense with a lot of key jumpers. I be-

lieve in time the national record will come, but I was just chasing it today,” he said. “I really just wanted to be competitive and leave healthy. “I believe if I had pushed it to the max, I would have jumped 2.41m (7-10 3/4) today, but I relaxed after 2.37m (7-9 1/4) with the competition already in hand.” Thomas, 32, will be heading to Panama today where he will resume his training before he makes the trek to Rio with the Olympic team that will be announced by the Bahamas Olympic Committee tomorrow. Also at the meet, national 400m record holder Steven Gardiner clocked 45.28 seconds for third place behind Grenada’s reigning Olympic champion Kirani James, who won in 44.60 with Rio bound American Tony McQuay taking

second in 45.08. Gardiner’s time was off his season’s best of 44.46 and his national record of 44.27 that he set last year. The 21-year-old Gardiner, who has made the transition from the 200m where he was a IAAF World Junior Championship finalist, will be making his Olympic debut as he intends to improve on his second round exit at his first IAAF World Championship appearance in Beijing last year. And Jeffery Gibson, coming off his IAAF World Championship bronze medal last year in Beijing, China, had to settle for fifth place in the men’s 400m hurdles in 50.22. Kelsuke Nozawa of Japan took the tape in 49.26, followed by Republic of South Africa’s LJ Van Zyl in 49.78. Rasmus Magi of Estonia was third in 49.79 and Great

Britain’s Rhys Williams came in fourth in 50.01. Gibson, the 25-year-old national record holder at 48.17, has done a season’s best of 48.96. He will be heading to Rio for his debut at the Olympics as well after winning the NACAC Under-23 title and placing third in the 400m in Irapuato, Mexico, in 2012. While the elite athletes were in action yesterday, the junior athletes will begin competition today at the IAAF World Under-20 Championship at the Zawisza Stadium in Bydgoszcz, Poland. Shaquania Dorsett, 18, will run out of the first of six heats in the women’s 400m. She will be in lane two with a season and personal best of 52.50 seconds. Dorsett, back at the interna-

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NATIONAL BEACH SOCCER TEAM 3RD IN NATION’S CUP

AN ARTIST’S impression of the Andre Rodgers National Baseball Stadium. The Bahamas Government has finally announced that work on the construction of the new stadium will finally commence.

A ‘breath of fresh air’ for baseball in the Bahamas

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

opposite the Government High School at a cost of $21,351,507.55. “On this occasion, I want us to remember our heroes,” Prime Minister Perry Christie said. “I think of Reno Brown, who was a long time executive; I remember the night that Wenty Ford pitched a close game in the Major League and how we hurdled at the home of Allan Jackson, another great contributor to the sport, to watch the game. “I’m a long time associate of Ed Armbrister, who was involved in that controversial batting incident for the Cincinnati Reds. This point has arrived at through the sweat and glorification of baseball by many who have passed on to their enternal reward and others who are still around like Asa Ferguson.” Christie saluted those persons who worked tirelessly to get the stadium off the ground, mentioning Senator Greg Burrows, who started Freedom Farm, as

n October 7, 2014, the Bahamas Baseball Association and the Bahamas Baseball Federation agreed to resolve their lengthy dispute and work together for the common good of the sport. Now two years later, the Bahamas Government has finally announced that work on the construction of the new Andre Rodgers Baseball Stadium will finally commence. The latest occurrence was like a “breath of fresh air” for the sport, which has produced more players in the pipeline of professional baseball from the youth level without a proper stadium since the original Andre Rodgers Baseball Stadium was demolished in 2006. Woslee Construction has been contracted by the Ministry of Works and Urban Development to construct the 4,500-seat stadium

PRIME MINISTER PERRY CHRISTIE

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By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas men’s national team had their first opportunity to compete against elite competition during their European Tour as they continue preparation for the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. The Bahamas finished third at the Beach Soccer Worldwide sanctioned 2016 Nation’s Cup in Linz, Austria. Team Bahamas defeated Slovakia 6-4 in the third place game Sunday night at the event which also featured the host country and the Czech Republic. The Bahamas opened competition with a 3-2 loss to the Czechs, while Austria also defeated Slovakia 3-2 on opening day. The defending champion Czechs, following their advancement to the second leg of the Euro Beach Soccer League, went on to win the Cup with a 2-0 shutout of Austria. The tournament held true to form as the Czech Republic came in as the highest ranked team of the group at 36, Austria second at 51, the Bahamas ranked third at 56 and Slovakia fourth at 70. The Czechs, Germany and Tahiti have all won the competition in Linz recently while Hungary claimed the title in Prague four years ago. The Bahamas left for Switzerland on July 11 and will travel throughout Europe for a six-week training camp. “This camp is obviously very significant in our preparation. In order for the team to compete at the World Cup in the top level of beach soccer, the camp will expose them to several of the top teams in Europe

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Bahamas 7th overall at CUT Track & Field Championships By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net THROUGH no fault of their own, Team Bahamas finished seventh after they were eventually able to compete at the 16th Caribbean Union of Teachers Track and Field Championships. The 40-member team, which was only able to compete on the final day of the two-day meet, finished with a total score of 157 points and won 11 medals at the AO Shirley Recreation Grounds in Tortola, British Virgin Islands. Expecting to leave Nassau a day ahead of the meet, Team Bahamas was left stranded at the Lynden Pindling International Airport when they discovered that they were not booked on their respective flights as they prepared for departure.

The Tribune understands that the travel accommodations were to be handled jointly between the Bahamas Amateur Athletic Association (BAAAs) as well as the Bahamas Union of Teachers (BUT). The female segment of the team finished eighth in their division with 83 points while the males finished seventh with 79 points. The Bahamas was proficient in the field with each of their gold medals won in jumps or throws. In the Under-13 Boys High Jump, Ahmad Evans shared the gold medal and new CUT record of 1.63 metres with Zion Higgins of St Kitts and Nevis. Mateo Smith also won gold in the U-13 Boys Long Jump where he took the lead with his very first jump of 5.19m and maintained for the win. Joseph Daxon won gold in the

U-15 Boys Shot Put with a throw of 13.02m, also recorded on his first attempt in competition. Gabrielle Murphy won gold in the U-13 Girls Shot Put with a throw of 8.08m. Demazvia Dean took silver in the U-15 Girls Long Jump with a leap of 5.11m while Darvinique Dean won silver in the U-9 Girls 150m in a time of 23.37 seconds. Deangelo McKie took silver in the U-13 Boys 200m in a time of 24.80 while Megan Moss was also second in the U15 Girls event in 24.97. Middle distance runners also netted a pair of silver medals for the Bahamas. Indea Cartwright finished second in the girls’ event in 2:21.88 while Kendrick Major was second in the boys’ event in 2:04.57. The U-13 Boys 4x100m relay team was the lone medal winners

for Team Bahamas in the event. The team of Deangelo McKie, Antonio Bethel, Mateo Smith and Otto Laing finished second in 48.09. The meet came down to a thrilling finish, decided in the final race, the U-15 Boys 4x100m. Jamaica and Barbados were tied headed into the event and Jamaica emerged with the win to emerge as champions for the second consecutive meet. Jamaica ended the 2016 CUT Games with a total of 516 points, while Barbados finished second with 512 points. St Kitts was third with 317 points, Antigua and Barbuda was fourth with 299 points and the host country BVI rounded out the top five with 266 points. Other participating countries included Anguilla (235), Bermuda (114), Nevis (108), Grenada (83), St Lucia (64) and Cayman Is-

lands (16). The meet was created as a result of the CUT’s recognition of the need to provide the young athletes with some regional competition. There was also recognition by the CUT that sports has a significant role to play in the regional integration process. The CUT’s biennial championships was first organised in Barbados in 1986. According to its website - www. cutgames.org - the games are a series of events expected to bring together approximately 700 of the best athletes between the ages of 8-15, along with coaches, from 23 countries in the region, in the spirit of Caribbean unity and friendly competition. The mission statement of the CUT suggests it is an organisation devoted to unity and co-operation between both the youth and teachers of the Caribbean.

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YOUNGSTERS participate in the annual Sprite Basketball Tournament. The four-week tournament is being held for the eighth consecutive year. Photos by John Marc Nutt/10th Year Seniors

Sprite Basketball Tournament is on for 8th consecutive year THE annual Sprite Basketball Tournament, which pits the nine Royal Bahamas Police Force summer camps across the various divisions in New Providence in competition, opened on Friday. For the eighth consecutive year Caribbean Bottling Company, the local producers of Coca-Cola, will be working hand-in-hand with the RBPF to host the four-week tournament. “Over the past eight years the Sprite Basketball Tournament has become a highlight of the sum-

mer camp, with the kids excited to compete and get involved in the tournament,” says Inspector Johnson. “This programme not only allows us, as the police body, to pass on valuable team building and basketball skills to young men, but it also helps us to foster relationships with these young men, which is invaluable. “CBC has been such a wonderful partner, working with us every step of the way, and literally none of this would be possible without

their continued support.” Cara Douglas, CBC Marketing Manager, said that the Sprite Basketball Tournament was created as a way to offer support to the neighbourhoods across New Providence that the company serves. “In 2008, each of the individual districts were looking for corporate support for their summer camps, and we saw an opportunity to bring the districts together around a positive event, basketball, and the next year the Sprite

Basketball Tournament was born. CBC rightly believed this would foster a deeper relationship between the young men, their communities, and the police department. This tournament is a safe and supportive environment for young men to participate in each summer, and we are so proud to continue to support it with the Royal Police Force.” CBC supports the tournament through organising every facet, ordering uniforms, putting together the end of tournament

celebration, giveaways, prizes and ensures that at each event the children are fully hydrated with Sprite, Powerade and Dasani. The 2015 Sprite Basketball Tournament champions were the South Central Division with the Southwestern Division second. Renard Bridgewater was named Most Valuable Player and Asher Scabella walked away with the 2015 Sprite Sportsmanship award. The 2016 tournament was officially opened on Friday at the Carmichael Road police station.

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A day for cycling greats, Open champion golfers and baseball landmarks AS THE time slowly winds down until NFL training camps open and while the baseball pennant races heat up along with the temperatures, it’s a hot, sticky, monotonous time for us true sports fans. There’s only so much of the NBA Summer league and WNBA one can watch (no disrespect to the new look young Lakers or the sizzling 19-1 LA Sparks). So it’s time to catch up on the WWE and look back in time to see what great sporting feats happened on this day in sports. Now where is my ‘Bray Wyatt’ lamb’s head mask? GREAT JULY 19 MOMENTS IN SPORTS HISTORY 1877: First Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: Spencer W Gore beats Marshall (6-1, 6-2, 6-4) 1884: Eighth Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: William Renshaw beats H Lawford (6-0, 6-4, 9-7) 1900: Michel Théato wins second Olympics marathon (2hr 59min 45sec) 1902: NY Giants lose their first game under new manager John McGraw 1903: First Tour de France won by Maurice Garin, of France 1908: Feyenoord soccer

team forms in Rotterdam 1909: Cleveland shortstop Neal Ball executes an unassisted triple play 1910: Cy Young records his 500th victory v Washington 5-4 in 11 innings. 1914: Boston Braves begin drive from last to first place in National League 1915: Washington Nationals steal record eight bases v Cleveland Indians in the first inning 1918: Washington catcher Eddie Ainsmith applies for deferment from the draft. Secretary of War Newton D Baker rules baseball players are not draft exempt 1925: 19th Tour de France won by Ottavio Bottecchia, of Italy 1927: Ty Cobb gets his 4,000th hit 1933: First time brothers on opposite teams homer in the same game. Red Sox Rick Ferrell homers off brother pitcher Wes of Cleveland, who also homers 1936: Indians’ Bob Feller makes his major league debut in relief 1952: 15th modern Olympic Games open in Helsinki, Finland 1952: 39th Tour de France won by Fausto Coppi, of Italy 1958: 45th Tour de France won by Charly Gaul, of Luxembourg

DAY IN HISTORY: Stewart Cink shot a 278 to win at Turnberry in the 138th British Golf Open in 2009. 1959: Mickey Wright wins LPGA Championship 1960: Giants Juan Marichal debuts, with a one-hitter against Philadelphia Phillies 1963: Philadelphia Phillies Roy Siever hits 300th home run 1964: 46th PGA Championship: Bobby Nichols shoots 271 at Columbus, Ohio 1964: Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Yankee Women’s Golf Open 1970: Judy Rankin wins

LPGA Springfield Jaycee Golf Open 1970: 57th Tour de France won by Eddy Merckx, of Belgium 1973: Willie Mays named to the All Star team for a record 24th time, tying Stan Musial 1977: 48th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-5 at Yankee Stadium 1980: 22nd modern Olympic Games opens in Moscow with boycott by US and others 1981: 110th British Golf

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“SO IT’S TIME TO CATCH UP ON THE WWE AND LOOK BACK IN TIME TO SEE WHAT GREAT SPORTING FEATS HAPPENED ON THIS DAY IN SPORTS.” Open: Bill Rogers shoots 276 to win at Royal St George’s 1981: 68th Tour de France won by Bernard Hinault, of France 1986: Indians pitcher Phil Niekro wins his 307th game, tying him with Micky Welch 1986: Tim Witherspoon knocks out Frank Bruno in the 11th round to capture the World Heavyweight title 1987: Nick Faldo shoots 279 at Muirfield to win British Open golf 1989: Cleveland Indians Joe Carter has his fourth three home run game 1990: Pete Rose, of the Cincinnati Reds, sentenced to five months for tax evasion 1991: Cal Ripken plays in his 1,500th straight game. 1991: Mike Tyson’s alleged rape of Miss Black America contestant Desiree Washington occurred 1991: With NY Yankee’s

VICTORIOUS DAVIS CUP TENNIS TEAM HEADS HOME

THE VICTORIOUS Bahamas Davis Cup tennis team in Miami International Airport yesterday on their way back from Bolivia having clinched promotion to the regional zone two at the weekend. Kevin Major, Marvin Rolle, Baker and Spencer Newman stopped to have their photo taken with Bahamasair employee Driskell Davis. The Bahamas beat Honduras, Costa Rica, Bermuda, Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica in a successful week.

38 set to be honoured as National Sports Legends THE nation’s newest NBA star Buddy Hield, former Deputy Prime Minister Dr Cynthia “Mother” Pratt, Women’s NBA standout Jonquel Jones, and veterans like Leonard Boston Blackie Miller, Peter Gilcud, swim coach Andy Knowles and sports administrators like Sir Arlington Butler as well as the late Vince Ferguson are joined by the country’s only test cricketer Ivan Johnson in the 38 Sports Legends list as part of the country’s 43rd Independence Anniversary celebrations. Obie Wilchcombe, MP and Minister of Tourism serving in the capacity of chairman of the 43rd Independence Celebrations Secretariat, is pleased to announce on behalf of the Government and People of The Bahamas, 38 honourees as National Sports Legends. “The Christie Government in demonstrative admission of its mantra to put Bahamians first and to believe in Bahamians has set about the task upon coming to office in May 2012 of uplifting, recog-

nising and saluting the stellar conduct, character and performances of Bahamians in every sphere of national life,” Wilchcombe said. “The Government has been encouraged to continue the annual Independence promotion and induction of the College of Cultural Heroes and, indeed, the sports heroes stand on their own formidable platform.” Wilcombe said just as the cultural heroes have engaged the nation in song, dance, the written word and multimedia, hospitality and respective industries, the sports heroes have given the nation and the Bahamian people a sense of pride and place in the world, and made us all feel good about ourselves and our ability to perform at world class levels at home and abroad. “The 38 Sports Legend honourees hail from diverse backgrounds and sports and athletic portfolios. What they all have in common is the thread of appreciation, support and marvel the Bahamian people have professed over the fabulous cadre of

talent,” Wilcombe said. “Each sports honouree still alive with us today and those being honoured posthumously have shown by example worthy of emulation that our younger citizens indeed do have role models to pattern themselves after, and the stories each of the 38 honourees present make us all proud and humbled.” Wilchcombe said the committee cannot single out any one honouree as they all quite rightly belong to the same cavalcade. “The committee encourages the wider community to continue to identify and cause to be remembered the outstanding performances of sports heroes whose careers and acumen elevate them to the prestigious honour during the annual Independence celebrations,” Wilchcombe said. The 38 sports honourees will be installed and presented with their insignia and designations at a Ceremony to Honour Sports Legends 7pm Thursday (July 21) at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium.

THE HONOUREES 1. Eddie Ford 2. Frank ‘Pancho’ Rahming 3. Ed Smith - Football 4. Donnie Martinborough - Sailing 5. Edward Leon ‘Apache’ Knowles - Baseball 6. Wil Culmer - Baseball 7. Keith Parker 8. Bradley Cooper 9. Sterling Quant - Basketball 10.Ray Minus Jr - Boxing 11.Sir Arlington Butler 12.Tom ‘The Bird’ Grant 13.Leonard ‘Boston Blackie’ Miller 14.Cecil Rose - Basketball 15.Cynthia ‘Mother’ Pratt - Volleyball 16.Ivan Johnson - Cricket 17.Della Thomas - Bodybuilding 18.Andy Knowles - Swimming Coach 19.Peter Gilcud 20.Dr. Timothy Barrett - Triple Jump 21.Buddy Hield - Basketball 22.George ‘Tony’ Curry - Baseball 23.Yolett McPhee McCuin – NCAA Women’s Basketball Coach 24.Vince Ferguson 25.Dame Albertha Isaacs 26.Byron Ferguson - Volleyball 27.Richard ‘The Lionheart’ Johnson 28.Gomeo Brennan - Boxing 29.Edmundo Moxey - Baseball 30.Candice DeGregory Culmer - Softball 31.Fred ‘Papa’ Smith 32.Linda Ford- Softball 33.Glen ‘The Master’ Griffin - Softball 34.Charles Thompson - Basketball 35.Randy Rolle Sr. 36.Laverne Eve - Javelin Throw 37.Edney Bethel - Softball 38.Jonquel Jones – Basketball

victory, 10 of 14 American League teams are at .500 or better 1992: 30th Tennis Fed Cup: Germany beats Spain in Frankfurt, Germany (21) 1992: Juli Inkster wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic 1993: Last day of firstclass cricket for Ian Botham 1996: 26th Olympic Games opens in Atlanta, Georgia 1998: 127th British Golf Open: Mark O’Meara shoots 280 to win at Royal Birkdale 2009: 138th British Golf Open: Stewart Cink shoots 278 to win at Turnberry • Naughty presents ‘Mischief and Mayhem in da AM’ from 6am to 10am, Monday to Friday and ‘The Press Box’ sports talk show on Sunday from 10am to 1pm, on KISS FM 96.1. Comments and questions to naughty@ tribunemedia.net

NPSA REGULAR SEASON ACTION CONTINUES THE New Providence Softball Association continued its regular season action in the Archdeacon William Thompson Softball Park at the Southern Recreation Grounds over the weekend. • Here is a summary of the games played: QClub Divers 14, Lone Rebels 4: Ron Demeritte went 3-for-4 with five runs batted in (RBI) and scored twice to lead the Divers to victory. Lester Stuart got the win and Val Munroe was tagged with the loss. Da Boyz 15, KC Construction 8: Dominic Elliott went 2-for-3 with a home run, two RBI and two runs scored in the win for Da Boyz. Vernon Clarke was the winning pitcher and Franklyn ‘Bim’ Martin suffered the loss. Doc Stallions 12, BTC Vibes 7: Ricardo Major went 2-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored in the win for the Stallions. Warren Butler was the winning pitcher and McNeil Albury was the loser. Coors Light 16, The Sharks 15: Bertie Murray went 4-for-5 with four RBI and a run scored to pace Coors to victory. Gay Knowles was the winning pitcher and Nelson Farrington was the loser. Original Crusaders 13, Corner Boys 6: Charles Rolle had a perfect 3-for-3 day with a homer, four RBI and two runs scored in the Crusaders’ win. Greg Gardiner was the winning pitcher and Harold ‘Banker’ Fritzgerald got tagged with the loss. DKS Crusaders 26, AllStar Truckers 12: Andy ‘Smudge’ Ford enjoyed a 4-for-5 day with a homer, five RBI and four runs scored in the slug-fest for the Crusaders. Gregory Thompson was the winning pitcher and Kermit ‘Shift’ Mackey got the loss. Corner Boys 12, Doc’s Stallions 2: Culbert ‘Buster’ Evans was 3-for-4 with three RBI and a pair of runs scored in the win for the Corner Boys. Gregory ‘Rat’ Taylor was the winning pitcher and Ian Graham suffered the loss. The NPOTSA is slated to be back in action over the weekend with games being played on Saturday and Sunday at the Southern Recreation Grounds.

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Several Division I programmes in BBF’s Summer of Thunder By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net MORE teams are committing to the Bahamas Basketball Federation’s Summer of Thunder and the developing list now features several Division I programmes. The 2016 edition of the exhibition series will feature The UNLV Runnin’ Rebels, Wyoming Cowboys, Wake Forest Demon Deacons, Missouri State Bears, Central Michigan Chippewas, Florida Atlantic Owls, Akron Zips and Tarleton State Texans. Games will be staged at the newly refurbished Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium next month. The Deamon Deacons were the most recent to solidify their place in the series and will compete August 15-20.

Wake Forest opens the tour on August 16 with a matchup against a Canadian foe, the University of Toronto. The following two days, the Demon Deacons play against Bahamas clubs CTG Knights on the 17th and Real Deal Shockers on the 18th. Prior to Wake Forest, the Runnin Rebels announced their participation August 14-17. It will be the Rebels’ first foreign preseason trip since going to Canada in 2012. Before that, the team went to Australia in 2008. Teams are allowed such a trip every four years and 10 practices to prepare for it. The Runnin’ Rebel Club is underwriting the expenses for the trip to the Caribbean. The Tarleton Texans are galvanising their fanbase for the early exhibitions.

They will compete August 1519 in addition to practicing and participating in community service activities throughout the trip. “This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for Tarleton fans to travel to the Bahamas and watch our players compete against the top players in their country,” said head coach Lonn Reisman. “The team will also visit an orphanage in Nassau and learn the importance of giving back to local communities. We hope to have a large crowd make the trip and experience this international tour as a Tarleton family.” The Summer of Thunder showcase is designed to expose local talent to an international style of basketball, as well as give Bahamian players a chance to compete against some of the best collegiate basketball players the NCAA has

to offer. The exhibition also allows young Bahamian athletes to familiarise themselves with potential tertiary level institutions in which they could possibly attend. In 2015 there were 14 Division I programmes that participate in the event including: The University of North Florida, Ball State University, Eastern Illinois University, Georgia Tech, Saint Louis University, Southern Utah University, Youngstown State University, University of Central Florida, University of North Dakota, Middle Tennessee St University, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Bethune-Cookman University, West Virginia University and the University of Texas Arlington. Prior to that event, BBF first vice president and event organiser

Mario Bowleg said that the event is growing in recognition and is making a name for itself on the international scene. “The tournament is only getting bigger and expanding and even though we had 14 teams here, there are more that wanted to participate,” he said. Local teams notched four wins against visiting teams in the last series and another six games were decided by a single possession, three points or less. “Bahamian teams have been able to hold their own. Many of the final scores have been close,” Bowleg said during the 2015 edition. “We feel as though the competition is stiff, the foreign teams and the coaches have been pleased that they have been able to face this competition as they prepare for their seasons.”

MEN’S NATIONAL BEACH SOCCER TEAM 3RD IN THE NATION’S CUP FROM PAGE 1

and that will give the guys an idea of what they have to measure themselves against as the rest of the world arrives to the Bahamas. Four of those teams out of Europe will likely be here so it will be an early test,” said Fred Lunn, secretary general of the BFA. “We’re 6-7 months away from the draw, which is going to be significant for us when they name the countries that are coming. We will have a few other events prior to that that will be hosted at a world-class level so I

think the team is starting to become aware of the magnitude of this event. The trip to Europe is a realisation for all of them and for us. The FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup is scheduled to be held in Nassau April 27 to May 7, 2017. The Bahamas got its first taste of what’s in store for them in 2017 in April when they played a friendly match against No. 6-ranked Switzerland in Nassau as part of the Kalik Light Cup. The team finished 13-3 on day one and stepped it up to finish 9-6 on day two. According to officials, the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup will

feature 16 countries that will qualify to field full teams for matches that take place over an extended 10-day period. Each team will bring a complement of 25 persons or more. Because of the length of the competition, economic benefits are being touted as in the multi-millions of dollars. FIFA is known for the positive imprint it leaves on communities and its top officials hinted The Bahamas would continue to benefit as it has with contributions that include the beach soccer field on the harbourfront near the Paradise Island Bridge, the only one of its kind worldwide.

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Thomas soars to victory with personal best FROM PAGE 1

BAHAMAS men’s national beach soccer team, with their first opportunity to compete against elite competition during their European Tour as they continue preparation for the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, finished third at the Beach Soccer Worldwide sanctioned - 2016 Nation’s Cup in Linz, Austria.

tional level after she didn’t advance out of the heats of the IAAF World Junior Championships in Eugene, Oregon in 2014, will need to either finish in the first three in her heat or post one of the next six fastest times in order to advance to the semi-final. On the field, 17-year-old Serena Brown will contest the women’s discus throw.

She will be the 10th of 14 competitors participating in Group B. Another 14 competitors are entered in Group A. The automatic qualifying performance to get into the final is 51.50m or she will have to finish with one of the 12 best performances overall. Brown is coming off an 11th place finish at the 9th IAAF World Youth Championships in Cali, Colombia.

A ‘BREATH OF FRESH AIR’ FOR BASEBALL IN THE BAHAMAS FROM PAGE 1 the BBF and the BBA and all of its members including Craig ‘Salty’ Kemp and the late James ‘Jim’ Wood and Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Dr Daniel Johnson and all of the families who impacted the sport over the years. With the construction of the new baseball stadium at the Queen Elizabeth Sports Centre joining the new Thomas A Robinson National Stadium and the old track and field stadium, the Betty Kelly Kenning Swim Complex and the refurbished Kendal GL Isaacs Gymnasium, Christie said it’s his hope that some attention will be given to facilities in the Family Islands. Dr Johnson took a statement from National Sports Authority chairman Lynden Maycock and extended it from “the greatest sporting complex in the region” to the “greatest sporting complex in the world.” Johnson said not only is it better in the Bahamas, but they can now prove why it is by saying “sports is better in the Bahamas” after wowing the world with the IAAF World Relays, NCAA Battle for Atlantis, NCAA Bowl Football and we’ve landed the Tiger Woods Golf Challenge and five of the top

20 players in the world living here in the Bahamas. “We have something that no one else in the world has,” Johnson said. “We, in the NSA, have a shared interest and I’m only interested in one, I always want to win and I want my country to be number one. I have no other interest at all. “We want to be the best that we can be and I think we can stand up now against any other sports facility anywhere in the world actually and say that what we are doing and what we are continuing to do will be the best you can find anywhere in the world.” The stadium, which had a groundbreaking in November 2014, will be constructed on 24.80 acres of land when the work commences immediately by Woslee Construction, as revealed by Deputy Prime Minister Philip ‘Brave’ Davis. In his address, Davis, who serves as the Minister for Works and Urban Development, said when completed, the stadium will have a 4,500-seat capacity, two auxiliary practice fields to the east of the stadium, locker rooms, meeting rooms, physical therapy/ training rooms, vendor spaces, eight luxury boxes, state-of-theart audio visual scoreboard, parking and offices for the Bahamas Baseball Federation. Michael Foster of Arconcepts Limited designed the facility, in-

dicating that he wanted to keep it in line with what has already been established in the QESC with the new Thomas A Robinson National Stadium, which was constructed by the People’s Republic of China as a gift to the Bahamas. “The design allows for a lot of space, usable space. We were actually able to get office space and locker rooms under the grandstand,” Foster said. “So we have been able to get more out of it than normal. “Whereas persons were discussing it for a long time, they had no idea that the construction started back in October last year. The minister leaked it out that we should see parts of it (stadium) rising up shortly.” Once the actual work commences, Foster said the design calls for the construction to be completed within a 52-week process. Colin Higgs, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Youth and Urban Development, said this is a significant day because the new stadium will meet the international standards and will be able to host Major League baseball teams in spring training camps and will be able to accommodate the national baseball tournaments. “The contractor has been mobilised and he is getting ready to start his work,” Higgs said. “The grandstand is just about 90 per cent complete. So the contrac-

tor will first have to prepare the ground so that the grandstand can be erected. “As soon as he can begin that process, the grandstand will be shipped. We’re hoping to have the grandstand shipped sometime next month.” BBF president Theodore ‘Teddy’ Sweeting said the announcement gave him the opportunity to reflect on the many great baseball players who left their mark on the sport. “I’m very excited,” he said, thanking past presidents Greg Burrows and Craig Kemp for the role they all played in getting the process started. “I say thank you to our government. I don’t know if the Deputy Prime Minister can remember about three years ago at one of our youth parks. He told me, when I served as secretary general, ‘Teddy, I’m going to get you the new stadium that you so desperately need.” With 14 young men now playing professional baseball, Sweeting said the new stadium would only help to push the sport as they take advantage of the future growth and development. Oria Wood, who has assumed the responsibility for the BBA after the death of her father, Jim Wood, the long-time president, said the only thing she could say is “wow.” “I’m really excited. It’s sort of

wow to me. My daddy spent his whole life in baseball, being a mentor to a lot of young men,” she said. “When the baseball field went down, it crippled senior baseball in this country. But to see it coming back is a good time. “We have a lot of young men out there playing baseball in college and in minor league, so hopefully we can get to some college ball and even pro baseball. So it’s an exciting time for baseball right now.” As for her involvement in the sport, the sports director at the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture said she has taken a back seat and has passed her role onto Marvin ‘Tougie’ Wood and she’s hoping that they can put some officers in place to continue the legacy that her father left behind. Terran Rodgers, one of the advocates for baseball in the country, said it’s a great step towards getting baseball back to where it used to be in the 1960s and ‘70s. “My hope is that local baseball is able to take proper use of the facility so that we can get our guys back to the level that we used to be,” he said. “Our college guys when they come home, they don’t have any place to play. Even our high school guys when they come out to train, they don’t have any place to train. So I’m hoping that we can take our rightful place in the stadium when it’s completed.”

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Russia’s participation in Rio uncertain after doping report By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer A SCATHING report outlining a state-sanctioned doping system in Russia prompted immediate calls for the nation’s entire team to be sidelined from the Summer Games, raising the possibility that the Olympics could go on without a sports superpower for the first time since the 1980s. The investigation released yesterday confirmed a scheme run out of the antidoping lab in Moscow that ensnared 28 summer and winter sports, from track to snowboarding to table tennis. It lasted at least four years and involved at least 312 positive tests that went unreported at the behest of higher-ups in the country’s sports ministry. “A mind-blowing level of corruption within both Russian sport and government,” said Travis Tygart, the CEO of the US AntiDoping Agency. The World Anti-Doping Agency swiftly called for the International Olympic Committee to consider a full ban of the Russian team from the Summer Olympics, which start August 5 in Rio de Janiero. IOC president Thomas Bach said the committee wouldn’t hesitate to apply the toughest sanctions available. The IOC executive board will meet today to begin sorting through options. It’s no sure thing the Russians will receive a blanket ban. It’s a decision filled with political ramifications that involve a key Olympic country. It puts the IOC in the position of ruling against against one of its biggest supporters, a nation that spent more than $50 billion hosting the Winter Games in Sochi just two years ago. Not since the back-to-back boycotts by the United States in 1980, then the Soviet Union in 1984, have the Olympics

been contested without one of its biggest players. Bach has frequently spoken about the fine line between “collective responsibility and individual justice.” And for every antidoping agency and athlete group calling for a full ban, there’s seemingly another sports organisation or leader urging restraint. “The right to participate at the games cannot be stolen from an athlete, who has duly qualified and has not been found guilty of doping,” said Bruno Grandi, president of gymnastics’ international federation. “Blanket bans have never been and will never be just.” Gymnastics was not among the sports listed in the report. Wrestling, meanwhile, accounted for 28 of the 312 unreported positives. The head of that international federation, Nenad Lalovic of Serbia, told The Associated Press “we will absolutely follow the decisions of the IOC.” But in making decisions about Russia’s team as a whole, the IOC could put onus on the international sports federations to determine the penalties. In the ongoing case involving Russia’s track team, it was that sport’s federation, the IAAF, that ultimately banned the team from the Olympics. But 68 Russian track-and-field athletes are appealing this week to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to compete in Rio, with a decision due Thursday. In a move that accentuates how complicated the matter can become, the IOC has said there is no contingency for a large group of Russians competing under a neutral flag — that Russians should compete for the Russian team if they’re allowed in. Monday’s report, commissioned by WADA and written by arbitrator Richard McLaren, said allegations made by Moscow’s

BUCKS RE-SIGN CENTRE MILES PLUMLEE By GENARO C ARMAS AP Sports Writer

JOURNALISTS look over a report on allegations of a state-backed doping conspiracy involving the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, yesterday in Toronto. (AP) former anti-doping lab director about sample switching at the Sochi Olympics went much as described in a New York Times story in May. That programme involved dark-of-night bottle tampering in order to switch dirty samples with clean ones; it prevented Russian athletes, including more than a dozen medal winners, from testing positive. But McLaren said the bottle tampering in Sochi was a one-shot deal. Meanwhile, he described tactics he labeled “disappearing positive methodology” that began in 2011, shortly after Russia’s disappointing performance at the Vancouver Olympics. It included the 2013 track world championships in Moscow and was in place as recently as the 2015 swimming world championships in Kazan — when everyone in Russian sports knew they were under the doping microscope. Russia’s deputy minister of sports, Yuri Nagornykh, who was also part of Russia’s Olympic Committee, would direct workers at the Moscow lab of which positive samples to send through to be reported to WADA and which to hold back. Assisting the plan was Russia’s national security

service — the FSB, the current version of the Soviet Union’s KGB. “The Moscow laboratory was effectively caught up in the jaws of a vice,” the report said. “It was a key player in the successful operation of a state imposed and rigorously controlled programme, which was overall managed and dictated by the (Ministry of Sport).” Yes, McLaren wrote, it could be made to seem as though workers at the laboratory were acting alone. But his investigation undercut that theory. “The Moscow Laboratory personnel acted as they did because, as (one) witness expressed, if they did not, they would no longer be employed there,” he concluded. On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said officials named as directly responsible in the doping scheme would be suspended. He asked for more information from WADA so Russia could conduct its own investigation. McLaren said out of 577 positive sample screenings he had access to, 312 positive results were held back — or labeled “Save” by the lab workers. More than 250 of the 312 “Saves”

came from track and field and weightlifting, but other sports involved included swimming, rowing, snowboarding — even table tennis. McLaren suggested the numbers could have been higher, but he had only 57 days for his investigation. Time is crucial because the Olympics begin August 5, and decisions about Russia’s participation in Rio must be made. WADA president Craig Reedie, who is also an IOC member, said WADA is working to establish guidelines that will help the IOC and international sports federations identify exceptions to a potential Russian ban — notably, athletes who trained in other countries that had robust, clean antidoping systems. Those athletes, WADA said, should be allowed to compete in Rio under a neutral flag. McLaren said he was “unwaveringly confident” in his report, and insisted there was no leak, as several sports leaders suggested over the weekend, when draft letters calling for Russia’s ban were leaked to the media. One of the letters’ cosigners was Paul Melia, who heads Canada’s anti-doping organisation and was in To-

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Restricted free agent centre Miles Plumlee is returning to the Milwaukee Bucks on what agent Mark Bartelstein said yesterday is a four-year deal worth $52 million. The 6-foot-11 Plumlee averaged 5.1 points and 3.8 rebounds in 61 games in 2015-16, his fourth season in the league and first full year in Milwaukee. Plumlee received more playing time in the second half, giving the team an athletic spark off the bench. He started 14 games. The return of Plumlee gives the Bucks three big men to rotate in the paint, including Greg Monroe and defensive-minded John Henson. Bartelstein said that Plumlee was “tremendously appreciative” of the efforts of general manager John Hammond, assistant general manager Justin Zanik and coach Jason Kidd to bring the deal to fruition. “We think from a fit standpoint, it will be seamless. It’s a fit to where he finished out the season last year,” Bartelstein said. Plumlee’s offseason workouts have been focused in part on endurance and refining his offensive game, including a left-handed jump hook. ronto for McLaren’s presentation. “I’m shocked and devastated by what’s been going on,” Melia said. “And I can only imagine how betrayed the clean athletes of the world are feeling today in the face of this evidence.”

AL-worst Twins fire general manager Terry Ryan By JON KRAWCZYNSKI AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Twins owner Jim Pohlad’s reverence for Terry Ryan has been evident for almost two decades, steadfastly supporting his general manager with a commitment uncommon in today’s game. As the struggles on the field piled up over the last five years, even that enduring respect wasn’t enough to keep Ryan with the Twins. Ryan was fired yesterday with the team holding the worst record in the American League and on pace to lose 100 games. The Twins entered the day 33-58, 21 games out of first place in the AL Cen-

tral. Only Atlanta had a worse record in the majors. “Sometimes you may have to do things that are hard,” Pohlad said. “I never try to shy away from hard decisions. I own this decision. We like to bring people from within up the organisation. If we have to go outside we go outside. There’s new ways of thinking. They’re not tied into old organisational ways of thinking.” Ryan said he is leaving with “immense pride in being part of the Twins organisation for the better part of three decades.” Rob Antony, in his 29th season with the organisation and ninth as the team’s assistant general manager, will take over on an interim basis. Pohlad said he would be

considered for the permanent job. Pohlad said he informed Ryan about a month ago that he would not be coming back in 2017. After some contemplation, Ryan told Pohlad on Friday after the AllStar break that they should make the move now. “I believe we need to look at the way we’re doing things and we came to the conclusion the best way to do that is through a change in leadership,” Pohlad said. Whoever leads the baseball operations will have the team’s full support to make whatever changes are deemed necessary — except one. Pohlad said manager Paul Molitor will return in 2017, provided he wants to.

“I have faith and confidence in Paul,” he said. “I was all-in on the decision, along with Terry. ... I was all-in with it as was everybody here. I stand by that and he will be the manager in 2017.” Pohlad said the Twins might bring in a search firm to help identify GM candidates outside the organisation as well, with the goal of hiring someone before the season ends. For now, Antony has full power to make trades and moves up through the trade deadline in two weeks. One of the most respected figures in baseball, Ryan spent two stints as general manager of the Twins, taking over in September 1994 and helping the franchise emerge from a decade worth of

futility to become one of the models for small-market success in the early 2000s. He helped build one of baseball’s strongest farm systems and made several shrewd trades that turned the Twins into a team that won four AL Central tiles in five seasons. “I’m grateful for the leadership opportunities provided by the Pohlad family,” he said. “The collaboration and talents of my colleagues in the front office; the hard work and dedication of our manager, coaches and clubhouse personnel; the commitment and professionalism of our players; the passion and attention to detail of our minor league staff and scouts; and most importantly, the incredible support of our fans.”

Nationals’ Strasburg recaptures dominance with 13-0 start By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Watching Stephen Strasburg on the mound in 90-degree heat, Washington Nationals manager Dusty Baker recalled how he heard the right-hander would “wilt” in these situations. Nothing about Strasburg’s outing against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night, or any other opponent this season, has resembled wilting. Strasburg is the first National League starting pitcher to begin a season 13-0 in more than 100 years, a recapturing of the dominance he showed early in his career before Tommy John surgery. Strasburg has won 16 consecutive decisions dating back to September and during that stretch has struck out 182 batters and walked 37. This season his 2.51 ERA is sixth in the majors, and his command of his pitches is reflected in the numbers. “In my opinion this has been the best year I’ve seen him pitch,” catcher Wilson

Ramos said through an interpreter. “He’s been very effective attacking the zone, keeping the ball down. He’s been hitting his spots very well with all his pitches. Usually a starter that attacks the zone like that and doesn’t miss his spots very much will usually has success like he’s been having.” Mixing his overpowering fastball with a cutter, curveball and change-up, Strasburg has thrown an impressive 66.4 per cent of his pitches for strikes this season, and yet batters are hitting .195 against him with only 11 home runs in 17 starts. Perhaps the most impressive number is the zero in the loss column. “He hasn’t lost,” Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. “That’s pretty hard to do up here. It’s in late July and he hasn’t lost a game. Whatever he’s doing, he’s probably going to continue it.” Strasburg’s 13 victories to open a season are tied with teammate Max Scherzer and Ron Guidry as the sixth-longest streak in major league history and mark the longest in the NL for

WASHINGTON Nationals starter Stephen Strasburg pitches against the New York Mets. Strasburg is the first National League starting pitcher to open a season 13-0 in more than 100 years. (AP) a starter since Rube Marquard of the New York Giants went 18-0 in 1912. Asked if this felt like a 13-0 season, the 27-year-old didn’t know how to answer. “The results, I can’t control,” said Strasburg, who signed a $175 million, seven-year contract exten-

sion in May. “I’m trying to go out there and execute pitches and roll with the highs and lows. It’s always going to be that way. You ask any veteran pitcher in the league, there are years where they feel like they really dominated all year and just didn’t have the num-

bers to show for it and there are other years where they feel like they realty didn’t pitch to the level they expected and they had all the numbers to show for it.” There are tangible explanations for Strasburg’s numbers, and Baker said it starts off the field. The veteran baseball man said the Nationals’ staff urged Strasburg to increase his work between starts. After an injury-filled 2015 that included a strained left trapezius muscle, a strained oblique and other tweaks that had little to do with pitching, Strasburg changed his workout approach. He may not work out more, but he does it differently. “As I’ve gotten older it’s not trying to go out there and lift the house in the weight room,” Strasburg said. “I think I’ve just been trying to get back to square one, ready for the next start. Throwing that many pitches, doing that over and over again, it kind of takes a beating on your body, so we’re just trying to work with the training staff and identify what areas I need

to work on to get feeling good for the next one.” Strasburg missed two weeks this season with an upper-back strain, but that didn’t slow him down. Since returning from the disabled list July 3, he has allowed just two earned runs on five hits and struck out 20 in 21 2/3 innings. Some of that dominance is mental, according to Ramos, who said Strasburg had the tendency in previous years to get down when things didn’t go his way or the defence let him down. Ramos has talked to Strasburg extensively about letting his pitches work and the defence take care of things. “We have a great team playing behind him and he’s finally taken to that and he’s pitched extremely well and the team’s helped him out a lot,” Ramos said. “So far he’s having a great year and his attitude is, I think, the biggest difference with the way he’s going out there and just being aggressive — a lot more aggressive than he has been in the last few years and I think that’s made a big difference.”

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‘People are scared of him’: Sagan wins any way he chooses By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer BERN, Switzerland (AP) — Peter Sagan can win practically any way he chooses: Breakaways, sprints, fearless downhill attacks, and now a bike throw at the line. The world champion from Slovakia showed off his all-around qualities by perfectly timing a sprint to win the 16th stage of the Tour de France in a photo finish yesterday. Sagan edged Alexander Kristoff of Norway at the line after the race crossed into Switzerland. Kristoff thought he won and pumped his fist in celebration, only to learn seconds later he hadn’t. “I was lucky I threw my bike,” Sagan said. “I was certain I would finish second. ... Alexander made his jump very late on the line.” Chris Froome held on to the yellow jersey after a relatively calm day for the overall leader before the race’s second and final rest day. Froome got animated when he was asked about

Sagan. “Phenomenal rider,” Froome said of the long-haired rider with the Tinkoff team. “Most people in the peloton are scared of him, just his abilities. He can do everything. He chooses when he wants to go in the breakaway, how he wants to ride the finish.” Froome profited from Sagan’s abilities by following him into a breakaway in Stage 11 to gain time on all of the other overall contenders. “I was just surprised he didn’t attack on that last climb and ride away today but he still managed to win the stage,” Froome added. The rolling 209-kilometre (130-mile) stage from Moirans-en-Montagne to the Swiss capital of Bern resembled the route of a single-day classic, with a section on cobblestones before a slight uphill finish. Sagan is a specialist at stages like this, which exalt his unique blend of characteristics: He’s a punchy rider able to ride strong over short climbs, leave rivals behind on daredevil

IN THIS photo finish image released by A.S.O. yesterday, Peter Sagan, bottom right, pushes his bicycle over the finish line ahead of Norway’s Alexander Kristoff, top right, and fifth placed Australia’s Michael Matthews, left, to win the 16th stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 209 kilometres (129.9 miles) with start in Moirans-en-Montagne and finish in Bern, Switzerland. (AP)

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third title in four years, Froome rejected talk that he had already sealed victory. “Other teams have said they’re going to attack this week in the Alps and I expect they will,” Froome said. “To say the Tour is won and I don’t have any rivals, that’s rubbish. A lot can happen in four days in the mountains. All you need is one bad day in the mountains and you can lose minutes.” There was a minute of

which followed a similar course, in a sprint. And he took the world title with a late breakaway in the US last year. Froome kept his 1-minute, 47-second lead over Dutch rider Bauke Mollema, with Britain’s Adam Yates in third, 2:45 back. The race resumes on Wednesday with four punishing stages of climbing in the Alps before Sunday’s mostly ceremonial finish in Paris. Aiming to secure his

descents, and a top sprinter. It was Sagan’s third stage win in this Tour and the seventh of his career. Sondre Enger, another Norwegian, crossed third. Sagan was greeted at the finish by a large contingent of fans waving Slovakia flags. “For two years I did not win anything at the Tour, and now I’m winning again,” Sagan said. “That’s life.” Sagan also won Stage 2,

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silence at the start of the stage to pay tribute to the 84 victims of the truck attack in Nice. It was the third of three days of national mourning in France following the Bastille Day attack. A big black banner hanging from a bridge leading into Bern read, “Solidarity with Nice.” The peloton crossed into Switzerland midway through the leg, riding through lush, green valleys with views of snow-capped mountains before crossing through the medieval center of Bern, which is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Etixx-Quickstep teammates Julian Alaphilippe and Tony Martin, a threetime time trial world champion, got in an early breakaway and established a lead of more than five minutes on the peloton before being reeled in with slightly more than 20 kilometres to go. Former world champion Rui Costa then launched a solo attack but Sagan preferred to wait until the Portuguese rider was caught, and take his chances in the bunch sprint.

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