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I forgot today's stage Well yeah there's no doubt he's the main favourite for the green as always, you don't need to be the best pure sprinter for that anymore since a long time

So the #4 ByKolles is already retired, just like the #88 Porsche (Am) and the #26 G-Drive (P2). The last two because of this:

GTE Pro is looking very promising indeed! Aston Martin, Corvette, Ferrari, Ford and even Porsche all were very competitive so far. Personally I think GTE Pro and LMP2 will have the best fights with the highest number of competitive cars.

Race day

Helmut Kohl, one of the great political leaders of the post-WW2 world, has passed away aged 87.

Spilak in fantastic shape in Switzerland, grass is green, water is wet etc

Wow, that's 'awesome'. Also, damn....look at the pictures on the DN website, that hits quite hard.

Today it's the hell of the Tiefenbachferner above Sölden, now that's going to be interesting, the highest finish in pro cycling in Europe this year

I'm confused, do teams nowadays only play two matches in a group of 4 teams? In The Hague it most definitely seems like the play-offs in the women's tournament are starting, even though every team only played 2 group matches yet.. Surely that can't be right?

That 3:56 mile by 16-year old Jakob Ingebrigtsen, holy everything

Well someone hasn't learned yet how to deal with the responsibility of his own bets

3:14.7 for Kobayashi in the #7 Toyota, jesus That's 2 seconds faster than the previous fastest ever lap at Le Mans

LMP1 is looking slightly faster than last year, but LMP2 is a whole lot faster The problem in the new LMP2 cars is 100% the reliability, the speed is more than alright in general. Not for all of them, like Jeroen Bleekemolen (in the Keating #43) who said they're 15-20 km/h behind on top speed compared with the Rebellion LMP2's, which is just impossible to fix in qualifying and practice.

3:26 for Thomas Laurent in the #38 LMP2, that's nearly as fast as the ByKolles LMP1

Qualifying session 2 of 3 is about to start, live on Eurosport. First it's two hours, then a one hour break and then two more hours until midnight, after which the starting grid is known. Last night was session 1 and the Toyota's were fast in LMP1. The biggest fights are expected in LMP2 though: they're bloody fast, only about 10 seconds behind LMP1, and there is a ton of competitive cars (whereas in LMP1 there are only 5 competitive cars). LMP2 just has one big problem: the cars are all pretty new and untested and they are expecting a whole lot of electronical problems. If that stays out and with some luck, an LMP2 might even get on the overall podium. Live timing can be found here: http://www.fiawec.com/en/live

52.28 for Sjöström in the 100 free yesterday, 4th fastest ever, a few minutes after being lightning quick on the 50 fly 52.06 Cate Campbell, WR, 2016 52.07 Britta Steffen, 2009 52.22 Britta Steffen, 2009 52.28, Sarah Sjostrom, 2017 52.33, Cate Campbell, 2013 Swimming, the sport where the need for recovery does not exist

[hide] Preliminary Round June 17th - June 25th, 2017 8 Nations, 2 Groups, 1st and 2nd Nations from each Group will qualify for Semifinals Group A Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 June 17th 2017, h. 18:00, Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg Russia 1 1 New Zealand June 18th 2017, h. 18:00, Kazan Arena, Kazan Portugal 2 1 Mexico June 21st 2017, h. 18:00, Otkrytiye Arena, Moscow Russia 0 1 Portugal June 21st 2017, h. 21:00, Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi Mexico 2 0 New Zealand June 24th 2017, h. 18:00, Kazan Arena, Kazan Mexico 1 1 Russia June 24th 2017, h. 18:00, Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg New Zealand 0 2 Portugal Group B Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 June 18th 2017, h. 21:00, Otkrytiye Arena, Moscow Cameroon 0 2 Chile June 19th 2017, h. 18:00, Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi Australia 0 2 Germany June 22nd 2017, h. 18:00, Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg Cameroon 1 1 Australia June 22nd 2017, h. 21:00, Kazan Arena, Kazan Germany 2 0 Chile June 25th 2017, h. 18:00, Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi Germany 3 0 Cameroon June 25th 2017, h. 18:00, Otkrytiye Arena, Moscow Chile 1 1 Australia [/hide]

Picture of yesterday's prologue in the ZLM Tour, it looks as though two time Ronde van Vlaanderen winner Strong Stijn (Devolder) has had some pretty decent dinners, dear Lord

What a surprise

And Sjöström going under 24 seconds on 50 free again followed by a 56.27 on the 100 fly (or fly followed by free, not sure, but you get the point )

[hide] Preliminary Round June 16th - June 19th, 2017 16 Nations, 4 Groups, 1st Nation, from each Group will qualify for Quarterfinals 2nd and 3rd Nations from each Group will qualify for Play-off Round Group A Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 June 16th 2017, h. 18:00, Zimní stadion Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové Ukraine 5 Czech Republic June 16th 2017, h. 20:30, Zimní stadion Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové Hungary 15 Spain June 17th 2017, h. 15:00, Zimní stadion Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové Spain 8 Ukraine June 17th 2017, h. 18:00, Zimní stadion Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové Czech Republic 10 Hungary June 19th 2017, h. 12:30, Zimní stadion Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové Hungary 10 Ukraine June 19th 2017, h. 18:00, Zimní stadion Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové Czech Republic 5 Spain Group B Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 June 16th 2017, h. 12:30, Zimní stadion Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové Belarus 5 Italy June 16th 2017, h. 15:00, Zimní stadion Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové Turkey 10 Slovakia June 17th 2017, h. 12:30, Zimní stadion Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové Slovakia 2 Belarus June 17th 2017, h. 20:30, Zimní stadion Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové Italy 5 Turkey June 19th 2017, h. 15:00, Zimní stadion Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové Belarus 5 Turkey June 19th 2017, h. 20:30, Zimní stadion Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové Slovakia 2 Italy Group C Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 June 16th 2017, h. 18:00, Kralovka Arena, Prague Serbia 10 Greece June 16th 2017, h. 20:30, Kralovka Arena, Prague Slovenia 10 France June 17th 2017, h. 18:00, Kralovka Arena, Prague Greece 5 Slovenia June 17th 2017, h. 20:30, Kralovka Arena, Prague France 2 Serbia June 19th 2017, h. 15:00, Kralovka Arena, Prague Serbia 10 Slovenia June 19th 2017, h. 20:30, Kralovka Arena, Prague France 10 Greece Group D Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 June 19th 2017, h. 12:30, Kralovka Arena, Prague Belgium 5 Montenegro June 19th 2017, h. 15:00, Kralovka Arena, Prague Latvia 10 Russia June 19th 2017, h. 12:30, Kralovka Arena, Prague Montenegro 5 Latvia June 19th 2017, h. 15:00, Kralovka Arena, Prague Russia 10 Belgium June 19th 2017, h. 12:30, Kralovka Arena, Prague Latvia 5 Belgium June 19th 2017, h. 18:00, Kralovka Arena, Prague Montenegro 10 Russia [/hide]

Pouille saving a matchpoint and then going on to win the match....but look at this save, damn

You do know it was a downhill? Even I managed 75km/h in a slight downhill in GBR some years ago, on a horribly bad bike (that was not meant for racing and that started shaking at that speed) with a big backpack.....not hard to imagine pro's can reach these speeds on racing bikes, big descents and with aerodynamic positions

The Simplon Pass descent we had today is a pretty wide one, with good roads, good curves etc, meaning: high speeds! 110km/h for Lars Boom, 126km/h for Marcus Burghardt and so far, the winner is...........Kevin Reza with 135km/h

Did anyone already see the 2nd place rider of today finish?