E Sarah Sjöström ha preso 4 medaglie d'oro:)

L'Italia in nuoto e tuffi ha fatto otto medaglie d'oro, di cui tre di Simona Quadarella, una ragazza di 19 anni di Roma,che ha vinto i 400,800 e 1500 metri stile libero, prendendo cosi' il posto di Federica Pellegrini, 30 anni. Chapeau!
Tullio

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Non sapevo nemmeno che fosse il campionato europeo di Glasgow / Berlino in questo momento.
Non hanno mostrato i campionati europei in bicicletta qui a SVT.
D'altra parte nuoto, ginnastica, canottaggio e triathlon.
E il golf :(
Tobias Ludvigsson (Svezia) è arrivato almeno come numero 45 dopo Matteo Trentin ...

Matteo Trentin vince il Campionato Europeo di Ciclismo a Glasgow e la RAI continua a trasmettere una insulsa gara di Golf in Scozia. Ma non sanno che in Italia il ciclismo e' uno sport nazionale e il golf e' praticato da pochi ricchi?
Tullio

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GP Moto Spielberg Austria
1 Jorge Lorenzo Ducati
2 Marc Marquez Honda
3 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati
Marquez still leads over Rossi 6th

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I have a HP ENVY 4500 printer which is connected by Wifi to a Windows 10 PC and by cable to my main Linux box which has no Wifi capabilities being of 2008 vintage. I was not printing anything and I saw the small screen of the printer lighted. It said it was downloading and warned not to shut it down, like a Windows 10 upgrade. I then read on theregister.co.uk that HP was sending firmware patches to avoid the printer being captured by hackers. Evidently HP knows the address of my printer. Amazing.
tullio

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GP Moto Brno Czech Republic
1 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati
2 Jorge Lorenzo Ducati
3 Marc Marquez Honda
4 Valentino Rossi Yamaha
Marquez leads with 3 more points over Rossi

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Alessio Figalli,34, Italian mathematician wins one of the Fields Medals 44 years after the one assigned to Enrico Bombieri who is now at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton,NJ, USA. Figalli, born in Rome, is professor at the Zurich Polytechnic,the famous ETH where also Einstein was professor. It seems that in order to be appreciated Italian scientists have to go outside Italy where too often you make a career only if you are connected to a leading political party.
Tullio

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Next is Vuelta. Nibali shall be operated next week, I hope he can recover and take part.
Tullio
Paris ends the Tour and the winner is Alexander Kristoff, Norway, Adieu France!

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Great team work by Sky Team.
Now Thomas poses with a Welsh flag alongside compatriot and team manager Dave Brailsford.
The pair embrace and Thomas breaks down in tears.
I had hoped that the Movistar team with riders like Valverde and Quintana would had a place on the podium.
Well Perhaps next year:)

Clock race
1 Tom Dumoulin Nederlands
2 Chris Froome UK
3 Geraint Thomas UK
GC
1 Geraint Thomas
2 Tom Dumoulin
3 Chris Froome
4 Primoz Roglic
Chris regains the podium. Bravo Chris, I hope they cheer you in Paris.

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Looks like we already a winner in Le Tour.
Geraint Thomas unless something goes very bad.

Funny. I share my last name with one of the first who started in the TT race today.
Oh. He is 4 hours behind:)

Tour de France Lourdes-Laruns
1 Primoz Roglic Slovenia
Geraint Thomas always in Yellow jersey
GC
1 Geraint Thomas
2 Thomas Dumoulin
3 Primoz Roglic
4 Chris Froome

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Tour de France Trie Sur Baise-Pau
1 Arnaud Demare France
Geraint Thomas always in Yellow jersey
Tomorrow last mountains, Aspin, Aubisque and Tourmalet

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The Tour will be decided by the clock race of Saturday. Mountains can count little.
Tullio

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Slight changes in the GC
1 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 70:34:11
2 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:01:59
3 Chris Froome (GBr) Team Sky 0:02:31
4 Primoz Roglic (Slo) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:02:47
5 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0:03:30

Tou de France Col de Portet
1 Nairo Quintana Colombia
Froome loses one minute to Geraint Thomas, always leading

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In 1950 with Fiorenzo Magni leader the Italian national team was retired by Gino Bartali (a Just among the Nations) because of the French public behavior towards a foreign team. Sky may retire its team too, depending on what happens now.
Tullio

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Team Sky manager Dave Brailsford has blamed the hostile roadside reaction his team have faced at the Tour de France on a 'French cultural thing' and suggested that the race omit non-French teams if they are not treated with more respect.

“It's like a French cultural thing really, isn't it? That's it. I'm not sure that they would have liked their football players spat at in Russia [at the World Cup -ed]. I'm sure that there would be a word or two about that. But it's okay to spit on us and our staff."
Brailsford then singled out a member of Team Sky's staff and referenced her by name. She is 21 and works as part of the support staff and alongside their media department at the race.
"I've got young staff. She [we have chosen not to name her -ed] is 21. She's a young girl and she's trying to drive around France and it's intimidating for her. To be spat at… personally, I'd have a bit of an issue if that was going on in my country. But there we go. We'll carry on.
"I don't think it's going to stop. I'm not too optimistic on that front. It's challenging, we accept it, and we just have to make a decision as to how to behave. We're trying to remain dignified. We're trying not to react. We're trying to stay in a mindset where we're not distracted by it. Equally, I don't think that spitting has a place in the sport. I'm not sure it has a place in everyday life, really. It seems to be the thing that's done here. It's a shame but we're not going to let it distract us.”

Tour de France Carcassonne- Bagneres de Luchon
1 Julien Alaphilippe France
I don't think that the people who stopped the race were farmers. They were simply searching for their 15 minutes of celebrity. We shall see more of this, also because the Manager of the Sky team has said harsh words about France and Frenchmen.

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