Cycling
Four-time IHBC champion Abbott wins Tour of the Gila
Four-time Iron Horse Bicycle Classic road race champion Mara Abbott won Stage 5 of the Tour of the Gila and secured the womens general classification title in the process Sunday in Silver City, N.M.
Abbott finished with a lead of 1 minute, 32 seconds on second-place Alison Powers. Abbotts ExergyTWENTY16 teammate and Durango native Kristin McGrath finished fifth.
Francisco Mancebo won the fifth stage on the mens side, and Philip Denigan finished third to lock up the mens general classification title. Durangos Ian Burnett was 17th overall.
Durango Herald
Wiggins powers Sky squad to time trial win at Giro
ISCHIA, Italy Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins powered Sky to victory in the team time trial in the second stage of the Giro dItalia on Sunday and moved into second place overall, while Italian teammate Salvatore Puccio took the leaders pink jersey.
Sky finished in 22 minutes, 5 seconds along the picturesque 10.8-mile route on the island of Ischia. Movistar was second, 9 seconds behind, and Astana with Wiggins expected rival for the title, Vincenzo Nibali of Italy was third, 14 seconds back.
Italys Dario Cataldo was the first Sky rider to cross the line, but Puccio took the pink jersey because of his better placement in Saturdays opening stage.
Its a bit unexpected, but Im happy to have it, Puccio said.
The Omega Pharma-Quick Step team featuring stage 1 winner Mark Cavendish finished 17th, 48 seconds behind Sky.
Omega sorely missed time trial specialist Tony Martin, who is not riding the Giro.
Golf
Surprise: Ernsts late birdie leads to playoff victory
CHARLOTTE, N.C. A week like no other at Quail Hollow held one final surprise Sunday when 22-year-old rookie Derek Ernst birdied the 18th hole to force a playoff, and then won the Wells Fargo Championship on the first extra hole against David Lynn of England.
Ernst was playing only his ninth PGA Tour event. He was the fourth alternate at the start of the week. He was No. 1,207 in the world ranking. None of that mattered when he choked up on a 6-iron from 192 yards and drilled his shot into 4 feet. He made one of only four birdies on the 18th in the final round, and this was the most important. It gave him a 2-under 70 and put him in a playoff with Lynn, who also shot 70.
Kerrs playoff par pushes her past Pettersen at Kingsmill
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. Cristie Kerr made a short par putt on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff with Suzann Pettersen to win the Kingsmill Championship for the third time.
The victory was the 16th of Kerrs career and her third in five career playoffs. She also won at the River Course in 2005 and 2009.
Kerr shot a 2-under 69, and Pettersen had a 67 to finish at 12-under 272 on the River Course.
Auto Racing
Hinchcliffe wins second career IndyCar race
SÃO PAULO James Hinchcliffe overtook Takuma Sato of Japan on the last turn to win IndyCars Sao Paulo 300 for his second career victory on Sunday.
The Canadian moved from third to second with three laps to go and, after the long back straight, moved inside Sato to take the lead just a few yards from the finish line at the Anhembi street track.
American Marco Andretti was third.
Sato, coming off his first career victory two weeks ago in Long Beach, drove in too hard for the final turn and gave space for Hinchcliffe to get past.
Sato had successfully defended the lead from Hinchcliffe on two other occasions in the final laps but couldnt hang on at the end.
Sato leaves Brazil with the lead in the drivers standings.
Associated Press
