Auto Racing
Points leader wins another IndyCar pole in Sonoma
SONOMA, Calif. – Will Power won the IndyCar pole at Sonoma Raceway on Saturday, putting the overall points leader in prime position for his championship chase.
Power turned a lap in 1 minute, 17.4126 seconds on the winding course at the base of wine country. He’ll start in front Sunday when he attempts to win the race for the fourth time in five years.
The Australian broke his own track record in the first qualifying heat, finishing in 1:17.2393.
Josef Newgarden finished second, with Scott Dixon third and James Hinchcliffe fourth.
Cycling
Team Movistar stars in Stage 1 team time trial win at Vuelta
JEREZ, Spain – Movistar won the team time trial to start the Spanish Vuelta on Saturday, giving Nairo Quintana an early edge over the other candidates to win the three-week grand tour.
Movistar was the last team to start on the 7.8-mile course in the southern city of Jerez but beat the leading time by six seconds to finish in 14 minutes, 13 seconds.
Cannondale was second, and Orica GreenEdge was seven seconds back in third.
Alberto Contador’s Tinkoff-Saxo was 19 seconds off Movistar’s pace.
Movistar’s Jonathan Castroviejo will wear the red leader’s jersey during Sunday’s second stage, a flat 108.3-mile ride from Algeciras to San Fernando along Spain’s southern coast.
Mountain bike rider dies at UCI World Cup event in France
MERIBEL, France – The International Cycling Union says a Dutch mountain bike rider has died from injuries she sustained from a fall during the qualifying rounds of the UCI World Cup, which are being held in the French Alps.
The UCI said in a statement that 20-year-old Annefleur Kalvenhaar died on Saturday morning after being admitted to the intensive care unit at a nearby Grenoble hospital.
She crashed Friday during the elimination rounds for the cross-country event in the ski resort of Meribel. No details about the nature of her injuries were disclosed.
UCI president Brian Cookson said “I’m devastated to hear that the cycling family has lost one of its members at such a young age. Our deepest thoughts are with her family and friends.”
Golf
Day, Furyk share The Barclays lead heading into Sunday
PARAMUS, N.J. – Jim Furyk was steady. Jason Day was wild. Both wound up with a share of the lead going into the final round of The Barclays.
Day lost his golf ball in a mound of high grass and took a double bogey on the par-5 13th. He also took four shots to get down from a bunker on the par-5 17th for a bogey. But the Australian made enough birdies for a 3-under 68.
Furyk played bogey-free Saturday at Ridgewood for a 69 and joined Day in the lead.
Associated Press
