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China Daily | Updated: 2007-07-13 07:25

CYCLING Tour de France

Joigny, France: Standings from the 4th stage of the Tour de France, a 193km ride from Villers-Cotterts to Joigny on Wednesday:

1. Thor Hushovd (NOR/C.A) 4h37min 47sec

(average: 41,687 km/h)

2. Robert Hunter (RSA/BAR) at 0:00.

3. Oscar Freire (ESP/RAB) 0:00.

4. Erik Zabel (GER/MIL) 0:00.

5. Danilo Napolitano (ITA/LAM) 0:00.

6. Gert Steegmans (BEL/QST) 0:00.

7. Robert Forster (GER/GRL) 0:00.

8. Tom Boonen (BEL/QST) 0:00.

9. Sebastien Chavanel (FRA/FDJ) 0:00.

10. Mark Cavendish (GBR/MOB) 0:00.

11. Marcus Burghardt (GER/MOB) 0:00.

12. Ruben Perez (ESP/EUS) 0:00.

13. Martin Elmiger (SUI/A2R) 0:00.

14. Sven Krauss (GER/GRL) 0:00.

15. Murilo Fischer (BRA/LIQ) 0:00.

16. Robbie McEwen (AUS/PRE) 0:00.

Overall standings

1. Fabian Cancellara (SUI/CSC) 19h49min 55sec

2. Thor Hushovd (NOR/C.A) at 0:29.

3. Andreas Kloden (GER/AST) 0:33.

4. David Millar (GBR/SDU) 0:41.

5. George Hincapie (USA/DIS) 0:43.

6. Bradley Wiggins (GBR/COF) 0:43.

7. Sylvain Chavanel (FRA/COF) 0:44.

8. Vladimir Gusev (RUS/DIS) 0:45.

9. Tom Boonen (BEL/QST) 0:46.

10. Vladimir Karpets (RUS/CEP) 0:46.

11. Mikel Astarloza (ESP/EUS) 0:49.

12. Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ/AST) 0:50.

13. Thomas Dekker (NED/RAB) 0:51.

14. Manuel Quinziato (ITA/LIQ) 0:52.

15. Beno?t Vaugrenard (FRA/FDJ) 0:52.

Points:

1. Tom Boonen (BEL/QST) 98 pts

2. Erik Zabel (GER/MIL) 86

3. Robbie McEwen (AUS/PRE) 84

4. Robert Hunter (RSA/BAR) 81

5. Thor Hushovd (NOR/C.A) 79

6. Sbastien Chavanel (FRA/FDJ) 70

7. Gert Steegmans (BEL/QST) 66

8. Oscar Freire (ESP/RAB) 62

9. Robert F?rster (GER/GRL) 59

10. Romain Feillu (FRA/AGT) 57

King Of Mountains

1. Stphane Aug (FRA/COF) 9 pts

2. David Millar (GBR/SDU) 7

3. Sylvain Chavanel (FRA/COF) 7

4. Christian Knees (GER/MIL) 5

5. Aliaksandr Kuschynski (BLR/LIQ) 5

6. Juan Antonio Flecha (ESP/RAB) 3

7. Freddy Bichot (FRA/AGT) 3

8. Andriy Grivko (UKR/MIL) 2

9. Mathieu Sprick (FRA/BOU) 2

10. Matthieu Ladagnous (FRA/FDJ) 2

Team overall:

1. Astana 59h32:03.

2. CSC at 0:02.

3. Discovery Channel 0:05.

4. Caisse d'Epargne 0:18.

5. Cofidis 0:20.

6. T-Mobile 0:45.

7. Rabobank 0:47.

8. Fran?aise des Jeux 0:48.

9. Liquigas 0:52.

10. Quick Step 0:54.

11. Gerolsteiner 0:54.

12. Crdit Agricole 0:54.

13. Euskaltel 0:57.

14. Predictor 1:01.

15. Milram 1:01.

16. Bouygues Telecom 1:03.

17. Lampre 1:10.

18. Saunier Duval 1:10.

19. Barloworld 1:23.

20. Agritubel 1:25.

21. AG2R 1:25.

Best young riders (overall):

1. Vladimir Gusev (RUS/DIS) 19h50:40.

2. Thomas Dekker (NED/RAB) at 0:06.

3. Beno?t Vaugrenard (FRA/FDJ) 0:07.

4. Andriy Grivko (UKR/MIL) 0:08.

5. Alberto Contador (ESP/DIS) 0:10.

6. William Bonnet (FRA/C.A) 0:11.

7. Linus Gerdemann (GER/MOB) 0:13.

8. Bernhard Kohl (AUT/GRL) 0:19.

9. Philippe Gilbert (BEL/FDJ) 0:21.

10. Geraint Thomas (GBR/BAR) 0:22.

SOCCER

Copa America

PUERTO ORDAZ, Venezuela: Copa America semi-final result:

Argentina 3 Mexico 0

Scorer: Gabriel Heinze 45, Lionel Messi 61, Juan Roman Riquelme 66pen

Halftime: 1-0; Attendance: 40,000

Argentina - 1-Roberto Abbondanzieri; 8-Javier Zanetti, 2-Roberto Ayala, 15-Gabriel Milito, 6-Gabriel Heinze; 5-Javier Mascherano, 8-Juan Sebastian Veron (5-Fernando Gago 79), 15-Esteban Cambiasso, 10-Juan Roman Riquelme (16-Pablo Aimar 87); 11-Carlos Tevez (7-Rodrigo Palacio 79), 18-Lionel Messi

Mexico: 1-Oswaldo Sanchez; 5-Israel Castro, 4-Rafael Marquez, 2-Jonny Magallon, 3-Fausto Pinto; 6-Gerrado Torrado (9-Omar Bravo 46), 8-Jaime Correa (14-Gonzalo Pineda 83), 20-Fernando Arce, 18-Andres Guardado; 21-Nery Castillo, 12-Juan Carlos Cacho (7-Alberto Medina 46)

Referee: Carlos Chandia

Under 20 World Cup

OTTAWA: Results from the Under 20 World Cup in Canada on Wednesday.

Last 16

Japan 2-2 Czech Republic

Czech Republic win 4-3 on penalties.

Spain 4-2 Brazil

(halftime: 1-2, 90 mins: 2-2) AET

Austria 2-1 Gambia

United States 2-1 Uruguay

(halftime: 0-0, 90 mins: 1-1) AET

Fixtures:

Last 16

Thursday, July 12 (GMT)

Argentina v Poland (2045)

Zambia v Nigeria (2045)

Chile v Portugal (2345)

Mexico v Congo (2345)

Quarterfinal

Saturday, July 14 (GMT)

Austria v United States (1815)

Spain v Czech Republic (2345)

Tennis

Tennis Hall of Fame

NEWPORT, Rhode Island: Results of the third day of the Tennis Hall of Fame tournament here on Wednesday (x denotes seeding):

1st rd

Fabrice Santoro (FRA x4) bt Alexander Peya (AUT) 6-4, 6-1

2nd rd

Vince Spadea (USA x2) bt Paul Capdeville (CHI) 6-3, 7-5; Dick Normal (BEL) bt Michael Berrer (GER x8) 6-2, 6-7 (4/7), 7-6, (8/6); Wesley Moodie (RSA) bt Roko Karanusic (CRO) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2; Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Nathan Healey (AUS) 7-6 (7/2), 5-7, 6-4.

Gstaad ATP

GSTAAD, Switzerland: Results from the third day of the Swiss Open here on Wednesday (x denotes seeding):

1st rd

Gael Monfils (FRA) bt Nikolay Davydenko (RUS x1) 3-6, 6-4, 7-5; Stefan Koubek (AUT) bt Mikhail Youzhny (RUS x2) 6-4, 6-3; Richard Gasquet (FRA x3) bt Rueben Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP) 6-3, 6-4; Igor Andreev (RUS) bt Albert Montanes (ESP) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4; Marcelo Vassallo Arguello (ARG) bt Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI x7) 7-5, 1-6, 6-4; Andreas Seppi (ITA) bt Bartolome Salva-Vidal (ESP) 6-4, 6-0; Jiri Vanek (CZE) bt Florent Serra (FRA) 6-4, 6-1; Nicolas Lapentti (ECU) bt Jose Acasuso (ARG) 7-5, 6-1

2nd rd

Radek Stepanek (CZE) bt Philip Kohlschreiber (GER x4) 7-5, 6-3; Marc Gicquel (FRA x6) bt Werner Eschauer (AUT) 6-2, 7-6 (7/4)

Swedish Open

STOCKHOLM: Results from the Swedish Open ATP event on Wednesday (x denotes seeding):2nd rd: Olivier Rochus (BEL) bt Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) 6-4, 7-5; Filippo Volandri (ITA) bt Yuri Schukin (RUS) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3; Nicolas Almagro (ESP) bt Jonas Bj?rkman (SWE) 6-4, 6-2; Luis Horna (Per) bt Carlos Berlocq (Arg) 6-3, 7-6(5).

(China Daily 07/13/2007 page22)