In Southern France, the Tour de France continues today withthe Stage 20 Individual Time Trial. Thismoveable feast of cycling has been played out across the hills, plains andvalleys of France, since its start in Normandy on July 7th. Chris Froome finally yielded, on Friday, tohis teammate Geraint Thomas, who has been race leader, without Froome'ssupport. Welshman Thomas took the yellowjersey last week, and sits in good position heading into today's Time Trial. Saturday's race is a time trial, and nochallenging is permitted on Sunday's celebratory procession into Paris, soFroome's last minute "support" of his teammate could be consideredtoo little, too late. Thomas, of Team Sky,currently has 79:49:31 in overall time for the entire Tour, while second placeTeam Sunweb's Tom Dumoulin, of the Netherlands, trails him by two minutes, fiveseconds. In Third Place in the generalclassification, is LottoNL-Jumbo's Primoz Roglic, of Slovenia, 2 minutes, 24 seconds behind Thomas. Roglic is well known to readers of this spaceas a former ski jumper, who has adapted well to cycling. In fourth place is Chris Froome, riding for Team Sky, at 2:37 behind, and fifth placeDutchman Steven Kruijswijk, also of LottoNL-Jumbo, at 4:37. Dumolin and Roglic are both known as beingfantastic time trialists, and both are expected to gain time on Thomas, it isdoubtful, though, that either can overcome the more than two minutes differencein the only 30 km (20 miles) of riding. This should provide great and suspenseful viewing, so tune into watch this momentous stage. In Singapore, in international soccer, English PremierLeague's Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain face off at the Singapore NationalStadium, with both teams seeking their first win of the 2018 InternationalChampions Cup. The Gunners lost 3-1 in apenalty shootout against Atletico Madrid after drawing 1-1 over 90 minutes onThursday, while PSG fell 3-1 to Bayern Munich in Klagenfurt, Austria, lastweekend. Arsenal manager Unai Emery faces a showdown against hisprevious club, who are now led by Thomas Tuchel and searching for some momentumafter losing their last two pre-season friendlies. Both teams have had some of their biggernames missing after the conclusion of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, but the twomanagers may start stepping up their preparations on Saturday with the 2018-19campaign just around the corner. The International Champions Cup fun continues in theafternoon from the University of Michigan Stadium, when Manchester United takeson Liverpool at the Ann Arbor stadium. Later, Hard Rock Stadium in Miami hosts the contest between BayernMunich and Manchester City. Thecompetitions follow the time zones west, as an evening game features acompetition between FC Barcelona and Tottenham, from the venerable Rose Bowl inPasadena, California. The USA National Swim Championships continue today, too, withcoverage of Day 4 from Irvine, California. Included today in coverage will be men's 440 m freestyle, 100 m breaststroke, and 100 m backstroke. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "omnisport" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/omnisport. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
