A season marked by cannibalism. SATURDAY, Tadej Pogacar established himself solo and with disconcerting ease on the Tour of Lombardylast Monument of the season. Remco Evenepoel once again had to settle for second place, while Giulio Ciccone finished third. This is the Slovenian’s fourth consecutive victory in the Dead Leaves Classic.
Tour of Lombardy: Tadej Pogacar wins the last Monument of the season ahead of Remco Evenepoel (video) “This 2nd place is for you, you saved my life four years ago”: Remco Evenepoel very emotional after the Tour of Lombardy (video)
Even diminished, Lotte Kopecky remains amazing. On Sunday, the Belgian finished at the top of the general classification of the Simac Ladies Tour after winning the sixth and final stage. Victim of a fall the day before, the world champion won in the sprint, pocketing ten seconds of bonus which allowed her to compensate for the eight seconds of delay that she counted on the German Franziska Koch, runner-up in the general.
Simac Ladies Tour: Lotte Kopecky wins the last stage and the general classification (video)
The world No.1 lived up to his status. Sunday, Jannik Sinner won the ATP Masters 1,000 tennis tournament in Shanghai, a hard-court event with $8,955,555. The Italian beat in the final Novak Djokovic (ATP 4) 7-6 (7/4), 6-3 in 1 hour and 37 minutes. Although he is still embroiled in doping accusations, the 23-year-old won his seventh title of the season.
Shanghai Masters: world number one Jannik Sinner beats Novak Djokovic to claim a 7th title in 2024 Under pressure from Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic loses to Jannik Sinner at the Masters 1000 in Shanghai: “Too strong, too fast…”
Among women, the hegemony ofAryna Sabalenka continues. The Belarusian won the WTA 1,000 tournament in Wuhan on Sunday, played on hard court and worth $3,221,715. The world No.2 defeated the Chinese Zheng Qinwen (WTA 7/N.5) 6-3, 5-7, 6-0 after 2 hours and 40 minutes of play.
WTA Wuhan: Aryna Sabalenka wins a 17th title and puts pressure on world No.1 Iga Swiatek
Monday, the Red Devils will face the France in League of Nations. In the meantime, other matches were played in the other groups and leagues of the competition.
Thus, the Croatia and the Portugal respectively disposed of Scotland (2-1) and Poland (1-3) in group 1 of League A, the same forSpain against Denmark (1-0) and the Serbia against Switzerland (2-0) in group 4. Beaten by Greece three days ago, theEnglande for her part reassured herself by winning in Finland (1-3) in group 2 of League B.
Nations League: Croatia turns things around against Scotland, Spain wins against Denmark League of Nations: England revives against Finland, Alexander-Arnold author of a magnificent free kick (video) League of Nations: Austria humiliates Erling Haaland’s Norway, Greece remains ahead of England
Red Devils news:
+ Domenico Tedesco returns to his tactical plan against Italy: “I’m not completely crazy”
+ Wout Faes wants to see the Red Devils “defend more compactly” against France
+ Didier Deschamps expects a warm reception: “The Belgian public will not sing La Marseillaise”
A world record broken… by almost two minutes! This is the historic performance achieved by Ruth Chepngetich on the Chicago Marathon. The Kenyan erased the record of the Ethiopian Tigist Assefa (2h11:53) with a time of 2h09:57. The thirty-year-old becomes the first woman to go under the 2h10 mark. Earlier today, the Kenyan John Korir won the men’s race in 2:02:44.
Kenyan Ruth Chepngetich smashes marathon world record by two minutes (video)
Sunday, Juliette Thomas became Belgian champion by finishing second in the Eindhoven marathon. The young woman clocked 2h27:20, becoming the fourth fastest Belgian woman in the history of the discipline. In men, it is Thomas DeBock, ninth in 2h10:43, who was crowned Belgian champion. Both events were won by Kenyans Viviane Jerotich and Enock Kinyamal.
Juliette Thomas, Belgian champion and 4th Belgian performer in marathon history
By taking fourth place in the last GT World Sprint race of the year at the Barcelona circuit, Lucas Auer et Maro Angel (Mercedes) have definitively validated their first place in the final general classification. The drivers of Mann-Filter Team Winward finished ahead of Belgians Dries Vanthoor and Charles Weerts of WRT, seventh on Sunday with their BMW. The last race went to Sven Müller and Patric Neiderhauser (Porsche).
GTWC Barcelona: First podium in Sprint for Comtoyou, Maro Engel and Lucas Auer champions GT Sprint: Beaten by Mercedes, Vanthoor and Weerts could not do better
