Sky cycling team set the early pace in the Tour of Britain cycling race, but Mark Cavendish was unable to finish strongly. The document provides brief details on the cycling race, including the team that set the early pace and the cyclist that was unable to finish strongly.

1. Daily Express Tuesday September 11 2012 57CYCLING: TOUR OF BRITAIN
Picture: SIMON ASHTON
LOOKING
GOOD:
Sky set
the pace
yesterday,
but Mark
Cavendish
could not
finish it off
1. Who surpassed Andre Darrigade’s 22 stage wins
in the Tour de France?
2. Which country’s football team walked off
after the wrong flag was shown at an
Olympics women’s match at Hampden Park?
3. Which Sussex batsman smashed a century from
37 balls to put his side through to Twenty20 finals
day at the expense of Gloucestershire?
4. Who scored
Great Britain men’s
goal in their Olympics
opener against
Senegal?
5. Which Olympic event
was originally called the
Militaire?
6. Which American
sprinter won the
women’s 100m and 200m at the 1988
Olympics?
7. Which Australian tennis player beat
Pete Sampras to win the 2001 US Open?
8. Which American golfer won back-to-back
Open Championships in 1971 and 1972?
9. In which event did brothers Raimondo and
Piero D’Inzeo become the first Olympians to
compete in eight Games?
10. Which country won the FIFA World Cups
in 1934 and 1938?
YESTERDAY’S CROSSQUIZ SOLUTION
ACROSS: 1 Rings. 2 Stock. 5 Lyall. 6 Lucic.
10 Yifter. 11 Rose. DOWN: 1 Racquetball. 3 Kim.
4 Milosevic. 5 Littler. 7 Cardiff. 8 Riley. 9 Fyvie.
SPORTSWORD: (Jacques) LAFFITE.
The Express Crossquiz is a two-in-one challenge to test
your sports knowledge. Answer each question and then
arrange the letters that fall in the shaded squares into a
well-known sportsword or the surname of a famous
sporting personality. The last letter of each answer will
be the first letter of the next.
The solution will be published tomorrow, or call
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10TOTACKLEANSWERS:1MarkCavendish.2North
Korea.3ScottStyris.4CraigBellamy.5Three-dayevent.
6FlorenceGriffith-Joyner.7LleytonHewitt.8LeeTrevino.
9Showjumping.10Italy.
RATINGS:0-3poor,4-6average,7-9good,10worldclass.
cr ssquiz
1tackle
to
ACROSS
1. Which Australian golfer won
the 1990 USPGA Championship by
three strokes? (5).
2. Who is the Algeria midfielder that
was loaned to Portsmouth by Benfica
for the 2009/10 season? (5).
5. Name the 1963 Epsom
Derby-winning horse ridden by Yves
Saint-Martin. (5).
6. Which Republic of Ireland defender
was signed by Sunderland from
Manchester United in July, 2011? (5).
10. Name the English golfer who
won the 2007 Open de France
ALSTOM. (5).
11. Which Saracens and former
London Irish, Northampton Saints
and Harlequins centre was born in
Harare in 1983? (5).
DOWN
1. Which Welsh international
defender moved to Reading from
Forest in July? (6).
3. Who moved from Marseille to
Chelsea in August? (11).
4. Which flat racing horse
racecourse is in the Tees Valley? (6).
5. Whose 1972 Scotland Test debut
was at centre against France? (7).
7. Which Reading winger moved
to Sheffield Wednesday in
August? (7).
8. Whose 1986 Ireland Test debut
was at fly-half against England? (5).
9. Who won 1980 Olympic men’s
800m gold? (5).
SPORTSWORD CLUE:
A Liverpool squad member in the
2004/05 season.
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4
5
8
2 3
7
9
6
10 11
Cotswolds: MISSISSIPPI BLUES
(4.10 Worcester)
Lambourn: AMOUR PROPRE
(3.20 Leicester)
Newmarket: MUTHMERA
(3.50 Leicester)
North: BROCTUNE PAPA GIO
(5.30 Redcar)
GOSSIP
FROM THE GALLOPS
2.20 BETFAIR MAIDEN STAKES 2YO
£5,430 (Class 4)7f 9yds (16 declared)
1 (5) L7 ASTRUM (11) B Millman 9 3............................J Millman
2 (8) 230 BOLD PREDICTION (17) R Hannon 9 3........R Hughes
3 (15) 8 CHOCALA (15) A King 9 3................................. D O’Neill
4 (13) 94 ECHO BRAVA (15) J Gallagher 9 3...............T Queally
5 (1) 76 FOIE GRAS (57) W Muir 9 3............................D Holland
6 (10) GREATWOOD L Cumani 9 3.............................P Hills(3)
7 (11) HALF A PERSON P Chapple-Hyam 9 3......P Hanagan
8 (14) HEROD THE GREAT A King 9 3...................D Sweeney
9 (3) 322 ● INTIMIDATE (12) J Noseda 9 3...................W Buick
10 (4) 642 JONTLEMAN (17) M Channon 9 3.............S Hitchcott
11 (9) 6 MIZYEN (25) J Tate 9 3....................................I Mongan
12(16) L5L ROYAL CAPER (25) J Ryan 9 3.........D J O’Donohoe
13 (2) SOARING SPIRITS R Varian 9 3.......................A Atzeni
14 (7) 00 DOWNRIGHT DIZZIE (60) T Keddy 8 12....R Clark(3)
15 (12) 5 PENNY ROSE (41) M Johnston 8 12............J Fanning
16 (6) 5 SAKHEE’S ROSE (26) R Charlton 8 12............J Doyle
W-F: Intimidate (77); Bold Prediction (74); Jontleman (69).
SP FORECAST: 2 Intimidate, 9-2 Bold Prediction, 6 Jontleman,
7 Soaring Spirits, 8 Half A Person, 12 Greatwood, 14 Sakhee’s Rose,
16 Mizyen, Penny Rose, 25 Others.
2.50 BETFAIR MOBILE SELLING STKS2YO
£1,940 (6) 7f 9yds (16)
1 (15) 348 AGE OF BRONZE (11) R Hannon 8 12...........R Hughes
2 (6) L63 GOWERTONIAN (4) R Harris 8 12.............D E Egan(5)
3 (1) LL0 KARL MARX (11) M Usher 8 12......................D Probert
4 (3) 77 KUBERA (15) J S Moore 8 12............................L Keniry
5 (10) 367 LUCKY SUIT (11) R Harris 8 12.........................L Morris
6 (2) 8 SAD BUT TRUE (16) A McCabe 8 12................S Levey
7 (16) LLL TYSON THE BYSON (53) Mrs K Burke 8 12
M Metcalfe(3)
8 (5) 6 ANNABELLA MILBANKE (25) J Holt 8 7..R Kennemore
9 (13) 0L9 CROMWELL ROSE (11) J Weymes 8 7...............M Lane
10 (12) 254 JUANA BELEN (25) T D Barron 8 7............G Gibbons
11 (4) 259 KIMVARA (11) J Tuite 8 7........................... R Powell(3)
12(14) LAUGHING ROCK R Eddery 8 7........................A Atzeni
13 (11) 8L7 RIO CATO (32) E Dunlop 8 7.............................C Catlin
14 (9) 652 ● SOJOUM (15) (F) M Channon 8 7 .......S Hitchcott
15 (8) 833 STRAWBERRY DUCK (56) (F) Miss A Weaver 8 7
I Burns(7)
16 (7) 80L SYNPHONIC AIR (27) J Weymes 8 7..............L Jones
BLINKERS: No. 9 VISOR: Nos. 6, 13 CHEEK PIECES: Nos. 3, 16.
W-Factor: Sojoum (65); Lucky Suit (61); Kimvara (60).
SP FORECAST: 4 Sojoum, 5 Juana Belen, 11-2 Strawberry Duck,
6 Age Of Bronze, 8 Lucky Suit, 10 Kimvara, 12 Gowertonian, Rio
Cato, 14 Others.
LEICESTER ATR
Commentaries - 090 7181 1013
Results - 090 7181 1021
Calls cost 77p per minute from a BT Landline
TRACK FACTS: GOING: Good to Firm. Right Handed. TOP TRACK
JOCKEYS (2007-12):TDurcan18Coursewinners,17%Strikerate,0
Winnersthisseason;RHughes13,25%,1;DO’Neill13,11%,0;TQueally
12, 11%, 2; C Catlin 9, 7%, 3. TOP TRACK TRAINERS (2007-12): M
Johnston 29 Course winners, 21% Strike rate, 0 Winners this season;
R Hannon 28, 17%, 6; M Channon 17, 14%, 0; K Ryan 14, 16%, 0; L
Cumani 12, 23%, 1. BLINKERS FIRST TIME: 2.50 Sad But True (visor),
Rio Cato (visor), Cromwell Rose (blinkers), Synphonic Air (cheek
pieces), 3.50 Tessarini (hood), 4.20 Toughness Danon (tongue strap),
Chapelle Du Roi (cheek pieces). BEATEN FAVOURITES: 2.20
Intimidate. 2.50 Juana Belen. 3.50 Valley Of Queens. 4.20 Finity
Run(hcp), Grand Gold, Villa Royale(hcp). 5.20 Mighty Clarets(hcp).
COMPUTERMAN
2.20 INTIMIDATE (nap)
2.50 Sojoum
3.20 La Fortunata
3.50 CENTRED (nb)
THE SCOUT: 2.20 Bold Prediction 3.20 Amour Propre 3.50
Valley Of Queens 4.20 Seeking The Buck 4.50 Head Of
Steam
SCOTIA: 2.50 Strawberry Duck (nb) 3.50 CENTRED (nap)
ROTTWEILER: 2.20 Intimidate 2.50 Sojoum 3.20 Amour
Propre 3.50 CENTRED (nap) 4.20 Cosmic Halo 4.50 Head
Of Steam 5.20 Mighty Clarets
2.20 INTIMIDATE (nap)
3.20 BETFAIR CONDITIONS STAKES
£8,320 (3) 5f 2yds (9)
1 (2) 316 UBETTERBEGOOD (177) (D,F) R Cowell 4 9 1.P Dobbs
2 (3) 4L0 AMOUR PROPRE (39) (D,S) H Candy 6 9 0..D O’Neill
3 (8) 171 BALLISTA (10) (D) T Dascombe 4 8 12. R Kingscote
4 (7) 104 LA FORTUNATA (23) (D) Eve J-Houghton 5 8 12
A Atzeni
5 (9) 074 SWISS CROSS (15) P McEntee 5 8 9...........D Probert
6 (4) 1L/0 TEMPLE MEADS (129) (D) E McMahon 4 8 9.R Mullen
7 (5) L30 SUGAR BEET (2) (D) R Harris 4 8 7..............L Morris
8 (1) 651 EL MCGLYNN (36) (D) P Salmon 3 8 6
Hannah Nunn(7)
9 (6) 43L ● SHOSHONI WIND (104) (D) K Ryan 4 8 4.P Hanagan
TONGUE STRAP: No. 5.
W-F: La Fortunata (102); Shoshoni Wind (101); Ballista (100).
SP FORECAST: 11-4 Amour Propre, 3 Temple Meads, 9-2 Ballista,
7 Shoshoni Wind, 8 Swiss Cross, 10 La Fortunata, 14 Ubetterbegood,
16 Sugar Beet, 25 El Mcglynn.
3.50 MAIDEN FILLIES’ STAKES (RND)2YO
£5,430 (4) 1m 60yds (14)
1 (2) 5 BOUNTIFUL BESS (22) Mrs P Sly 9 0.........M Fenton
2 (4) BOWLAND PRINCESS E Dunlop 9 0.................J Doyle
3 (7) 3 ● CENTRED (25) Sir M Stoute 9 0 ................W Buick
4 (3) CHITTENDEN M Al Zarooni 9 0........................R Mullen
5 (10) DALAWAY M Channon 9 0...........................S Hitchcott
6 (1) 6 DIVERGENCE (18) M Bell 9 0...............Hayley Turner
7 (11) 7 FUNKY COLD MEDINA (18) P Chapple-Hyam 9 0
T Queally
8 (8) 0 HERMOSA VAQUERA (40) P Chapple-Hyam 9 0
R Havlin
9 (12) 03 KIKONGA (18) L Cumani 9 0 ...........Kirsty Milczarek
10(13) MUTHMERA (S) R Varian 9 0.......................P Hanagan
11 (6) NASIJAH J Tate 9 0...........................................I Mongan
12 (9) 4 PERFECT POSE (7) R Hannon 9 0................R Hughes
13 (5) TESSARINI M Al Zarooni 9 0..............................A Ajtebi
14(14) L2 VALLEY OF QUEENS (18) M Al Zarooni 9 0
Doubtful
W-F: Valley Of Queens (84); Centred (+65); Kikonga (64).
SP FORECAST: 3-1 Centred, 5 Muthmera, 7 Kikonga, 10 Perfect
Pose, 12 Tessarini, 14 Chittenden, 16 Others.
4.20 BETFAIR HANDICAP
£3,110 (5) 1m 3f 183yds (10)
1 (6) 093 SEEKING THE BUCK (47) Miss A Weaver 8 9 12
T Queally
2 (9) L3L MOOSE MORAN (17) Miss O Maylam 5 9 10
Kirsty Milczarek
3 (5) 543 ● TOUGHNESS DANON (7) B Powell 6 9 8R Hughes
4 (2) 634 GRAND GOLD (J81) S Durack 3 9 3................G Baker
5 (1) 3L2 FINITY RUN (12) M Johnston 3 9 3.............J Fanning
6 (4) 598 CHAPELLE DU ROI (25) D Lanigan 3 9 2....T Durcan
7 (8) L2L VILLA ROYALE (56) H Dunlop 3 9 1.................J Doyle
8 (3) 514 SCARLET BELLE (21) M Tregoning 3 9 0 Hayley Turner
9 (7) 153 COSMIC HALO (60) R Fahey 3 8 12............P Hanagan
10(10) 110 KINGAROO (33) (D) G Woodward 6 8 12....L Morris
VISOR: No. 2 TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 3, 4 CHEEK PIECES: No. 6.
W-Factor: Toughness Danon (62); Scarlet Belle (60);
Seeking The Buck (58).
SP FORECAST: 11-4 Seeking The Buck, 4 Finity Run, 6 Toughness
Danon, 8 Grand Gold, Cosmic Halo, 10 Scarlet Belle, 12 Chapelle Du
Roi, Villa Royale, 14 Others.
4.50 BETFAIR AT LEICESTER HANDICAP
£8,000 (3) 7f 9yds (10)
1 (9) 0L0 BRONZE PRINCE (17) (D) M Attwater 5 9 10
J-P Guillambert
2 (2) 8-L4 ● HEAD OF STEAM (24) Mrs A Perrett 5 9 10E Ahern
3 (7) 507 ALBAQAA (13) (D) P O’Gorman 7 9 9..........D Holland
4 (1) 290 WHITE FROST (17) (D) C Hills 4 9 9................. M Hills
5 (8) 036 DUCAL (17) (D) Mike Murphy 4 9 8.................P Dobbs
6 (6) 701 COMMON TOUCH (26) (D) R Fahey 4 9 6P Hanagan
7 (10) 38-7 SEA SOLDIER (134) (D) A Balding 4 9 2.......W Buick
8 (4) 29L KINGSCROFT (85) (D) M Johnston 4 9 2.J Fanning
9 (5) 807 DEMOCRETES (31) R Hannon 3 9 0.............R Hughes
10 (3) 374 AMAZING AMORAY (7) (C) T D Barron 4 8 10
G Gibbons
CHEEK PIECES: No. 6.
W-F: Head Of Steam (85); Albaqaa (84); Common Touch (84).
SP FORECAST: 4 Common Touch, 9-2 Head Of Steam,
6 Democretes, Amazing Amoray, 7 Ducal, 8 Albaqaa, 10 Others.
5.20 BETFAIR APPRENTICE HANDICAP
£1,940 (6) 1m 1f 218yds (11)
1 (9) 215 HIGHLIFE DANCER (4) (D) M Channon 4 9 12(6ex)
R Tart(5)
2 (1) 412 KING’S MASQUE (6) (C&D) B J Llewellyn 6 9 7
Rob Williams
3 (11) 817 BOLD CROSS (15) (C,D) E G Bevan 9 9 7
Thomas Brown
4 (3) 166 OSTENTATION (11) (D) Miss G Kelleway 5 9 7
Natasha Eaton
5 (6) 253 HONOURED (24) (D) M Appleby 5 9 5D Muscutt(3)
6 (8) 343 MIGHTY CLARETS (19) (C&D) B Leavy 5 9 5
G Chaloner
7 (7) L48 CANE CAT (25) (C&D) A Carroll 5 9 5A Blakemore(7)
8 (10) 765 ● SCAMPERDALE (22) (C&D) B Baugh 10 9 5
Laura Barry
9 (5) 328 ISHIKAWA (19) A King 4 9 5......... W Twiston-Davies
10 (2) L75 GALLEGO (11) (D) R J Price 10 8 9..................J Duern
11 (4) 7-L9 MISTRESS SHY (29) M Appleby 5 8 7......N Garbutt
BLINKERS: No. 4 VISOR: No. 1 TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 5, 7, 11
CHEEK PIECES: No. 8.
W-Factor: Scamperdale (61); Honoured (58); Gallego (58).
SP FORECAST: 7-2 Honoured, 4 Mighty Clarets, 5 Highlife Dancer,
6 King’s Masque, 7 Ostentation, 12 Bold Cross, Ishikawa, 14 Others.
DRAW DATA: Low numbers best on the straight course. Stalls Today:
Straight Stands Side; Round Inside. LONGEST TRAVELLER: Astrum
(2.20) 181 miles. STABLE SWITCH: 2.20 Downright Dizzie from A J
LidderdaletoTKeddy.2.50Tyson The BysonfromDCGriffithstoMrs
K Burke. 3.20 Ubetterbegood from Guillermo Santillan to R Cowell.
4.20 Toughness
Danon
4.50 Head Of Steam
5.20 Scamperdale
CLOCKWISE
DOUBLE
Sojoum (2.50 Leicester)
and Eeny Mac (5.30 Redcar)
MARK CAVENDISH
endured a second day of
misery in the Tour of
Britain as he found himself
boxed in during the final
sprint and missed out to
Australia’s Leigh Howard.
Cavendish crashed near the
finish of the first stage on
Sunday and was unable to
overhaul his former team-mate
Howard, who rides for Orica-
GreenEDGE, in the sprint into
Knowsley Safari Park yesterday.
Cavendish was led out by
Bradley Wiggins and stage-one
winnerLukeRoweonthe180.7km
trek from Nottingham on
what was to be a bad day for
Team Sky.
As well as Cavendish missing
out, Rowe lost the yellow jersey
to Unitedhealthcare’s Boy van
Poppel after the Dutchman
finished third.
Sky dictated the pace,
closing down a six-man break,
and as the stage neared its
finish it was Tour de France
winner Wiggins in front and
seemingly poised to tee up
sprint expert Cavendish. Rowe
took over lead-out duties but
when it came to Cavendish’s
moment to strike, the Manxman
appeared to get boxed in and
Howard was able to escape.
“With 600m to go I led into it
with Cav in my wheel,” said Rowe.
“He said he wanted to try and let
me go and slip a few wheels back.
We knew there was a bit of a dip
and he’d use the run.
“Unfortunately on that dip the
riders switched from right to left
and he got a bit chopped up. It’s
frustrating but you
could see how fast he
was coming up near the
finish line.”
Sky’s sports director
Servais Knaven revealed his
frustration, saying: “Cav wanted
to let Luke go and leave the gap.
A few others came through and
he was still in a good position.
“He had to brake in the sprint
as a rider moved to the left. He
had to check up and start
sprinting again. That’s part of
the job, but it was a pity
as he was fast enough to
takethewin.Wecontrolled
the whole stage and then
we got help from Endura at
the finish. It was a hard day.
The team put together a really
good lead-out at the end and
will look to do the same in the
next stage.”
The eight-stage Tour moves
to Scotland today, with the
third stage from Jedburgh to
Dumfries.
Wiggins, gold medallist in the
time-trial, missed yesterday’s
Olympic parade in London but
brushed aside feelings of regret
at not being in the capital.
“We’ve got our own parade to
do this week so, you know, this is
our day job,” he said. “We don’t
have the beauty of having a
year off now because the cycling
calendar is still going on.”
By Simon Yeend
TRAINERS (last 10 days) S Curran 80% (1
wins and 3 places from 5 runners), Mrs S
Leech 75% (1/2/4), B J Llewellyn 73%
(3/5/11), P Kirby 67% (1/3/6), J Ryan 60%
(2/1/5), J Scott 60% (1/2/5), Mrs L Hill
60% (1/2/5), N Twiston-Davies 60%
(1/2/5), A Balding 54% (2/13/28), Mrs L
Stubbs 50% (2/0/4), N Richards 50%
(1/1/4), R J Price 50% (3/2/10), P Bowen
44% (3/5/18)
JOCKEYS J Duern 80% (2 wins and 2
places from 5 runners), A Coleman 67%
(4/2/9), P Brennan 67% (3/1/6), M
Demuro 62% (5/3/13), D Devereux 60%
(1/2/5), M Lane 58% (4/7/19), J Maguire
55% (5/1/11), A Ajtebi 50% (1/1/4), I Burns
50% (1/1/4), Miss Alice Mills 50% (1/1/4),
P Hills 50% (1/1/4), R Thornton 50%
(2/0/4)
Best Races for Favourites: RED 3.00:
60%, LES 2.20: 50%, RED 4.00: 45%, LES
3.50: 40%, RED 5.00: 35%, LES 3.20: 30%.
Best Races for Outsiders: No qualifiers.
Best Races for Trainers: No qualifiers.
Best Races for Jockeys: No qualifiers.
Biggest ratings drop: LES 5.20: Gallego
(won off 62, now 53); LES 5.20: Highlife
Dancer (73/64); RED 5.30: Mujaadel (75/65);
RED 5.00: Media Stars (56/47); RED 5.30:
Ryedane (69/60).
VITAL STATISTICS
Sky falls
in once
more
for Cav