CYCLING
France at a glance
PARIS — A brief look at Sunday’s 20th stage of the 99th Tour de France:
Stage: The 20th and final stage took the peloton from Rambouillet to Paris on a largely ceremonial 74-mile trek. Attacks only started when the peloton hit the streets of Paris.
Fast rider: Mark Cavendish benefited from the work of his Sky teammates in the final mile before opening a big gap on his rivals with his trademark acceleration. He racked up his fourth consecutive win on the Champs Elysees, ahead of Peter Sagan of Slovakia and Matt Goss of Australia.
Yellow Jersey: Wiggins kept his overall lead over teammate Christopher Froome at 3:21 to become the first British Tour champion. Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali finished a distant third, 6:19 behind.
Stat of the day: 28. The number of years since two riders from the same nation finished first and second in the Tour. The last time was in 1984, when French rider Laurent Fignon defeated Bernard Hinault.
Quote of the day: “Cheers, have a safe journey home — don’t get too drunk,” Wiggins, to the Parisian crowd, on top of the Tour podium.
Sunday’s Sports Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Optioned LHP Donnie Veal to Charlotte (IL).
SEATTLE MARINERS — Optioned RHP Stephen Pryor to Tacoma (PCL).
TAMPA BAY RAYS — Recalled RHP Brandon Gomes from Durham (IL). Optioned LHP Cesar Ramos to Charlotte.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Assigned OF Kipp Schutz to Lansing (MWL) and OF Josh Almonte to the Gulf Coast Blue Jays.
National League
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Optioned RHP Bryan Shaw to Reno (PCL). Added RHP Brad Bergesen to the 25-man roster.
ATLANTA BRAVES — Optioned RHP Ramon Delgado to Gwinnett (IL).
CHICAGO CUBS — Recalled LHP Jeff Beliveau from Iowa (PCL). Optioned RHP Rafael Dolis to Iowa.
CINCINNATI REDS — Agreed to terms with LHP Will Ohman on a minor league contract.
HOUSTON ASTROS — Assigned RHP Gera Sanchez to the Gulf Coast Astros. Claimed RHP Mark Hamburger off waivers from San Diego and assigned him to Oklahoma City (PCL). Recalled LHP Dallas Keuchel from Oklahoma City. Traded RHP Brett Myers to the Chicago White Sox for RHP Matthew Heidenreich and LHP Blair Walters.
NEW YORK METS — Recalled RHP Elvin Ramirez from Buffalo (IL). Designated RHP Miguel Batista for assignment.
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Reinstated OF Laynce Nix from the 15-day DL. Designated OF Jason Pridie for assignment.
SAN DIEGO PADRES — Reinstated LHP Eric Stults from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Nick Vincent to Tucson (PCL). Agreed to terms with OF Carlos Quentin on a three-year contract through 2015.
FOOTBALL
Canadian Football League
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Released RB Bloi-Dei Dorzon from the practice roster. Signed DL J.T. Gilmore to the practice roster.
MLS
Major League Soccer
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
New York 11 5 5 38 37 29
Sporting KC 11 6 4 37 26 19
Houston 9 5 7 34 31 25
D.C. 10 7 3 33 34 27
Chicago 9 7 4 31 22 22
Columbus 7 7 4 25 18 19
Montreal 7 13 3 24 30 42
New England 6 9 5 23 25 25
Philadelphia 6 10 2 20 20 21
Toronto FC 5 11 4 19 24 36
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
San Jose 13 5 4 43 44 27
Real Salt Lake 12 7 3 39 33 26
Vancouver 9 6 7 34 25 26
Seattle 8 5 7 31 25 21
Los Angeles 9 10 3 30 38 35
Chivas USA 6 8 5 23 13 21
Colorado 7 13 1 22 27 30
FC Dallas 5 10 7 22 25 30
Portland 5 11 4 19 19 35
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Sunday’s Game
Vancouver 2, San Jose 1
Wednesday’s Game
Chelsea at MLS All-Stars, 2:30 p.m.
Golf
British Open Par Scores
Sunday
At Royal Lytham & St. Annes
Lytham St. Annes, England
Purse: $7.75 million
Yardage: 7,086; Par: 70
Final (Top scores)
Ernie Els, $1,405,890 67-70-68-68—273-7
Adam Scott, $812,292 64-67-68-75—274-6
B. Snedeker, $464,725 66-64-73-74—277-3
Tiger Woods, $464,725 67-67-70-73—277-3
Luke Donald, $304,610 70-68-71-69—278-2
G.McDowell, $304,610 67-69-67-75—278-2
T.Aiken, $222,599 68-68-71-72—279-1
N. Colsaerts, $222,599 65-77-72-65—279-1
M. Calcavecchia, $124,343 71-68-69-72—280E
M. A. Jimenez, $124,343 71-69-73-67—280E
Dustin Johnson, $124,343 73-68-68-71—280E
Zach Johnson, $124,343 65-74-66-75—280E
Matt Kuchar, $124,343 69-67-72-72—280E
A.Noren, $124,343 71-71-69-69—280E
Geoff Ogilvy, $124,343 72-68-73-67—280E
T. Olesen, $124,343 69-66-71-74—280E
Ian Poulter, $124,343 71-69-73-67—280E
Vijay Singh, $124,343 70-72-68-70—280E
Steven Alker, $79,277 69-69-72-71—281+1
Bill Haas, $79,277 71-68-68-74—281+1
Hunter Mahan, $79,277 70-71-70-70—281+1
Louis Oosthuizen,$79,277 72-68-68-73—281+1
Others
Carl Pettersson, $60,044 71-68-73-70—282+2
Steve Stricker, $60,044 67-71-73-71—282+2
Nick Watney, $60,044 71-70-69-72—282+2
Bubba Watson, $60,044 67-73-68-74—282+2
Jason Dufner, $47,124 70-66-73-74—283+3
Jim Furyk, $40,615 72-70-71-71—284+4
Paul Lawrie, $40,615 65-71-76-72—284+4
K.J. Choi, $32,023 70-73-71-71—285+5
Pad. Harrington, $32,023 70-72-70-73—285+5
Lee Westwood, $23,180 73-70-71-72—286+6
Rory McIlroy, $19,292 67-75-73-73—288+8
Tom Watson, $16,636 71-72-76-73—292+12
True South Classic Top Scores
Sunday
At Annandale Golf CLub
Madison, Miss.
Purse: $3 million
Yardage: 7,202; Par: 72
Final
Scott Stallings, $540,000 68-64-64-68—264
Jason Bohn, $324,000 64-67-68-67—266
Billy Horschel, $204,000 68-63-66-71—268
Bud Cauley, $144,000 67-66-70-66—269
Scott Brown, $109,500 72-66-67-65—270
Will Claxton, $109,500 67-67-68-68—270
William McGirt, $109,500 70-69-64-67—270
J.J. Killeen, $93,000 66-68-69-68—271
Josh Teater, $87,000 73-64-71-64—272
Hunter Hamrick, $75,000 68-68-69-68—273
Ryuji Imada, $75,000 66-71-67-69—273
Chris Kirk, $75,000 67-68-69-69—273
TENNIS
WTA Mercury Insurance Open
A U.S. Open Series event
Sunday
At La Costa Resort and Spa
Carlsbad, Calif.
Purse: $740,000 (Premier)
Surface: Hard-Outdoor
Singles
Championship
Dominika Cibulkova (2), Slovakia, def. Marion Bartoli (1), France, 6-1, 7-5.
Doubles
Championship
Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears (3), United States, def. Vania King, United States, and Nadia Petrova (2), Russia, 6-2, 6-4.
ATP World Tour BB&T
Atlanta Open Results
A U.S. Open Series event
Sunday
At The Atlanta Athletic Club
Norcross, Ga.
Purse: $546,900 (WT250)
Surface: Hard-Outdoor
Singles
Championship
Andy Roddick (4), United States, def. Gilles Muller, Luxembourg, 1-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2.
ATP World Tour bet-at-home Cup
Kitzbuehel Results
Sunday
At Mercedes-Benz
Sportpark Kitzbuehel
Kitzbuehel, Austria
Purse: $498,500 (WT250)
Surface: Clay-Outdoor Singles
First Round
Lukas Rosol, Czech Republic, def. Teymuraz Gabashvili, Russia, 7-6 (4), 6-1.
Wayne Odesnik, United States, def. Joao Souza, Brazil, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3.
WTA Sony Swedish Open
Sunday
At Bastad Tennis Stadiun
Bastad, Sweden
Purse: $220,000 (Intl.)
Surface: Clay-Outdoor
Singles
Championship
Polona Hercog, Slovenia, def. Mathilde Johansson, Sweden, 0-6, 6-4, 7-5.
Doubles
Championship
Catalina Castano and Mariana Duque-Marino, Colombia, def. Eva Hrdinova, Czech Republic, and Mervana Jugic-Salkic, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 4-6, 7-5, 10-5 tiebreak.
AUTO RACING
NASCAR Nationwide-STP 300
Sunday
At Chicagoland Speedway
Joliet, Ill.
Lap length: 1.5 miles
(Start position in parentheses)
1. (15) Elliott Sadler, Chevrolet, 201 laps, 122.8 rating, 47 points, $88,468.
2. (1) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 201, 144.8, 44, $75,593.
3. (16) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 201, 108, 42, $43,468.
4. (11) Kenny Wallace, Toyota, 201, 95, 40, $26,950.
5. (14) Michael Annett, Ford, 201, 96, 40, $31,043.
6. (2) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 201, 113.9, 39, $30,343.
7. (5) Parker Kligerman, Dodge, 201, 113.9, 0, $27,203.
8. (3) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 201, 119.7, 37, $26,713.
9. (8) Cole Whitt, Chevrolet, 201, 98.7, 36, $24,618.
10. (9) Ryan Truex, Toyota, 201, 95.1, 34, $24,943.
11. (6) Brian Scott, Toyota, 201, 101.6, 33, $23,368.
12. (7) Mike Bliss, Toyota, 201, 86.4, 33, $23,018.
13. (22) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 201, 80.1, 31, $22,293.
14. (13) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 201, 84.5, 30, $21,768.
15. (18) James Buescher, Chevrolet, 200, 81.5, 0, $22,093.
16. (24) Mike Wallace, Chevrolet, 200, 68.9, 28, $21,893.
17. (32) Travis Pastrana, Toyota, 200, 68, 27, $23,768.
18. (25) Timmy Hill, Ford, 200, 68.9, 26, $21,043.
19. (21) Brad Sweet, Chevrolet, 200, 74.8, 25, $20,918.
20. (28) Josh Richards, Ford, 199, 56.7, 24, $15,000.
21. (12) Johanna Long, Chevrolet, 199, 72.2, 23, $20,668.
22. (27) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 199, 68.6, 22, $20,518.
23. (17) Jason Bowles, Toyota, 198, 65, 21, $20,368.
24. (19) Eric McClure, Toyota, 198, 51.5, 20, $20,243.
25. (30) Tayler Malsam, Toyota, 197, 53.6, 19, $20,578.
26. (35) Tanner Berryhill, Toyota, 194, 44.6, 18, $13,500.
27. (4) Kyle Busch, Toyota, accident, 193, 87.9, 0, $14,100.
28. (10) Brendan Gaughan, Chevrolet, accident, 192, 76.5, 0, $19,643.
29. (20) Jamie Dick, Chevrolet, 192, 51.4, 15, $13,050.
30. (26) Erik Darnell, Chevrolet, 179, 48.1, 14, $19,668.
31. (36) Benny Gordon, Chevrolet, transmission, 60, 44.9, 13, $12,770.
32. (33) Danny Efland, Chevrolet, engine, 47, 40.6, 12, $12,635.
33. (37) Tim Schendel, Chevrolet, engine, 28, 39.1, 11, $12,525.
34. (41) Morgan Shepherd, Chevrolet, handling, 19, 43.7, 10, $12,415.
35. (40) Matt Carter, Chevrolet, handling, 18, 38, 9, $12,310.
36. (29) Blake Koch, Chevrolet, ignition, 14, 41.9, 8, $12,275.
37. (39) Tim Andrews, Ford, rear gear, 13, 39.7, 7, $12,240.
38. (38) T.J. Bell, Chevrolet, vibration, 13, 35.4, 6, $12,186.
39. (42) Mike Harmon, Chevrolet, overheating, 12, 33.5, 5, $12,070.
40. (34) Chase Miller, Chevrolet, vibration, 11, 37, 4, $12,030.
41. (31) Stephen Leicht, Chevrolet, clutch, 6, 35.3, 0, $11,965.
42. (43) Carl Long, Chevrolet, overheating, 4, 33.9, 2, $11,935.
43. (23) Jeff Green, Toyota, vibration, 4, 31.3, 1, $11,887.
Race Statistics
Average Speed of Race Winner: 130.929 mph.
Time of Race: 2 hours, 18 minutes, 10 seconds.
Margin of Victory: 0.331 seconds.
Caution Flags: 5 for 25 laps.
Lead Changes: 13 among 8 drivers.
Lap Leaders: S.Hornish Jr. 1-6; R.Stenhouse Jr. 7-48; A.Dillon 49; C.Whitt 50-51; M.Bliss 52-55; R.Stenhouse Jr. 56-59; S.Hornish Jr. 60-75; R.Stenhouse Jr. 76-107; M.Annett 108; R.Stenhouse Jr. 109-165; E.Sadler 166-168; J.Allgaier 169; E.Sadler 170-201.
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): R.Stenhouse Jr., 4 times for 135 laps; E.Sadler, 2 times for 35 laps; S.Hornish Jr., 2 times for 22 laps; M.Bliss, 1 time for 4 laps; C.Whitt, 1 time for 2 laps; J.Allgaier, 1 time for 1 lap; M.Annett, 1 time for 1 lap; A.Dillon, 1 time for 1 lap.
Top 10 in Points: 1. E.Sadler, 675; 2. A.Dillon, 664; 3. R.Stenhouse Jr., 656; 4. S.Hornish Jr., 633; 5. J.Allgaier, 597; 6. M.Annett, 569; 7. C.Whitt, 550; 8. M.Bliss, 491; 9. D.Patrick, 443; 10. B.Scott, 430.
