australian caleb ewan won a bunch sprint to take stage 16 on tuesday while britain's defending champion geraint thomas crashed when his gears jammed with 130km to go. the defending champion sustained grazes to his left—hand side but finished safely in the peleton to remain 95 seconds behind frenchman alaphilippe. juventus take on inter in a pre—season match in china in the coming hours but had an interesting last training session when a local fan tried to get up close and personal. security were on hand to stop the starstruck supporter and cristiano ronaldo even thought he'd help out — although it wasn't what the men in charge thought they'd see from the portuguese superstar. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me — tulsen tollett — and the rest of the team that is your wednesday sport briefing. right. let's find out the latest again from downing street. sally is still there. one pages, i assume, dominated by one story, sally? yeah. absolutely. i'm going to be here for a while, i have to say, ben. a p pa re ntly a while, i h

ewan won the 11th stage to toulouse. today's racing enters the pyrenees for the first time. the 209.5 kilometre stage to bagneres—de—bigorre could prove pivotal in deciding this year's overall winner. it includes tough climbs at the col de peyresourde and la hourquette d'ancizan before a downhill finish. britain's geraint thomas, the defending champion, is second in the general classification. the only women's test of the ashes series starts at taunton later on thursday. anything other than an england win means australian retain the trophy, despite there still being three t20 matches to play. australia made a clean sweep of the three one—day internationals played already, and their captain is confident her side won't slack off. we've got ourselves into a good position in this series, i think we improved with bat and ball as the odi series went on. we are still going out there to win, as obviously england will be, so i think it sets the scene for a great test match, andi the scene for a great test match, and i think

australia's caleb ewan claimed his second stage win of the year's first grand tour though when he sprinted to victory on wednesday and rather enjoyed the celebrations the golden state warriors are still waiting to find out who they'll face in the nba finals — game 5 of the eastern conference finals is later on thursday. the toronto raptors had been two down against the milwaukee bucks but after back to back wins it's now all—square. kawhi leonard scored 19 of their points in game 4 but the bucks will have home court advantage later. they did what they were supposed to do on their home floor and we do what we are supposed to do on our home floor. we need to continue to go out there and do what we do and put it into game five. we know they are ready to go but there are some things we can get better at, transitioning to defence for example. this weekend will mark 21 years since mika hakkinen won the monaco grand prix, and he couldn't resist reposting a video of himself taking a trip down memory lane. these days he drives at a slower pace and has swapped an f1 car for his trusty scooter. 1