Miscommunication mixed with heavy rain turned out to be a winning combination for Scott Dixon. Told to follow race leader Tony Kanaan, Dixon instead stayed on the track at the Nashville Superspeedway and grabbed the lead on lap 149. Dixon stretched his fuel until rain ended the Firestone Indy 200 with 29 laps left, giving him his third consecutive victory at this track and his fourth this season.
With two laps left in a 400-mile race, Kyle Busch made sure he stayed close on a restart even if victory seemed doubtful. And in a remarkable season for the 23-year-old driver, it turned out to be splendid strategy. Busch maneuvered by two-time defending series champ Jimmie Johnson, passing him high on the next-to-last lap after the restart Saturday night to win the Lifelock.com 400. It was Busch’s seventh Sprint Cup Series win of the season, none more impressive.
A brilliant late try by Ricky Januarie saw the world champion Springboks break through a psychological barrier to beat the All Blacks 30-28 in the second Tri-nations rugby Test Saturday. n a nail-biting finish, the winning points came with less than five minutes remaining and the Springboks down to 14 men after captain Victor Matfield was sinbinned for a high tackle. Januarie, one of the smallest players on the field, chipped over All Blacks fullback Leon MacDonald, gathered the ball and sprinted 20 metres to go over the line. Francois Steyn coolly landed the winning conversion for the Springboks to end a 10-year run of defeats, securing their first win on Dunedin’s notorious House of Pain ground at Carisbrook and regain the number one world ranking. It also ended a world record 30-match home winning streak by the All Blacks.
Britain’s Mark Cavendish seized his second Tour de France stage win in four days, sprinting to glory in rainy Toulouse on Sunday. Team-mate Gerald Ciolek took second place, while Kim Kirchen, also of Team Columbia, retained his leader’s yellow jersey ahead of the Pyrenees.
L’inglese del Team Columbia Cavendish, con una potentissima rimonta, brucia Ciolek, Casper e Freire allo sprint dell’ottava tappa del Tour conquistando la seconda vittoria in tre giorni. Brutta caduta per Riccò.
