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2B – Daily News – Tuesday, July 20, 2010 TOUR (Continued from page 1B) After more than two weeks and 1,800 miles of racing, the two-time cham- pion from Spain leads Schleck by merely 8 sec- onds. Spain’s Samuel Sanchez is third, 2:00 back. With Schleck only 31 seconds ahead going into Monday’s stage and big Pyrenean climbs ahead promising a shakeout, ten- sions were certain to esca- late. The two self-avowed friends had spent one calmer day in this Tour discussing a recent vacation getaway they had had together. The friendship is now apparently on hold. ‘‘We’re only here in a bike race, so let’s leave it that way,’’ Schleck said after a long pause, when asked if he and Contador were still friends. ‘‘I think everybody can make his opinion about the race today.’’ Schleck hit the accelera- tor in an attack about 2.5 miles from the top of the Port de Bales, but his chain came unfurled. For a few seconds he pedaled on in disbelief before stopping to fumble with his chain as Contador and other top rid- ers sped by. At the finish, Schleck swatted back reporters and gritted his teeth in anger. Contador said such woes are part of the sport, and insisted he didn’t know about his rival’s troubles right away. ‘‘Those are the circum- stances of the race,’’ he said. ‘‘I knew there would be a debate after that, but I attacked before I knew he had a problem with his chain, and I was already ahead when I knew it.’’ ‘‘I understand he’s disap- pointed.’’ He wasn’t alone. Conta- dor heard nearly as many boos as cheers when he donned the coveted yellow shirt for the first time this year at the awards ceremony after the stage. ‘‘I’m not going to cry over the yellow jersey,’’ Schleck said. Lance Armstrong knows about the unwritten race rules — and two instances in the Pyrenees stand out dur- ing his seven-year reign of domination at the Tour. In 2001, he slowed down after top rival Jan Ullrich crashed on a fast descent from the Peyresourde pass. Two years later, the German and other riders waited for Armstrong after a fan’s out- stretched handbag snagged his handlebars — hurtling him to the asphalt on the ascent to Luz-Ardiden. Armstrong went on to win both of those stages. Another difference with Monday’s outcome was that both of those instances involved crashes, where the Tour’s unwritten code is somewhat clearer about not taking advantage of the yel- low jersey’s struggles. Schleck himself benefit- ed from Contador’s sense of fair play earlier this Tour. In Stage 2 into Spa on July 5, the Spaniard waited when Schleck went down in one of an array of crashes on rain- slickened roads. Scoreboard MLB West Division Texas American League WL Pct GB Angels 50 45 .526 5 A’s 54 39 .576 — 46 46 .500 7.5 Seattle 36 56 .391 17.5 East Division WL Pct GB New York 58 33 .637 — Tampa Bay 56 36 .609 2.5 Boston 52 40 .565 6.5 Toronto 47 46 .505 12 Baltimore 29 63 .315 29.5 Central Division Chicago 50 41 .549 — Detroit WL Pct GB 48 43 .527 2 Minnesota 49 44 .527 2 Kansas City 40 52 .435 10.5 Cleveland 39 54 .419 12 ——— Monday’s results Boston at Oakland, late Cleveland 10, Minnesota 4 Kansas City 5, Toronto 4, 10 innings Tampa Bay 8, Baltimore 1 Texas 8, Detroit 6, 14 innings Chicago at Seattle, late Today’s games Boston (Wakefield 3-8) at Oakland (Braden 4-7),10:05 p.m.,CSNC Los Angeles (Kazmir 7-9) at New York (P.Hughes 11-2), 4:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Garza 10-5) at Baltimore (Arrieta 3-2), 4:05 p.m. Texas (Tom.Hunter 6-0) at Detroit (Galarraga 3-2), 4:05 p.m. Cleveland (Masterson 3-8) at Minnesota (Slowey 8-5), 5:10 p.m. Toronto (Litsch 0-4) at Kansas City (Lerew 1-3), 5:10 p.m. Chicago (Danks 9-7) at Seattle (Fister 3-5), 7:10 p.m., WGN West Division National League WL Pct GB Padres 54 37 .593 — Colorado 50 41 .549 4 GIANTS WL Pct. GB 50 42 .543 4.5 Dodgers 49 43 .533 5.5 Arizona 34 58 .370 20.5 East Division WL Pct GB Atlanta 54 38 .587 — New York 49 43 .533 5 Philadelphia 48 44 .522 6 Florida 45 47 .489 9 Washington 40 53 .430 14.5 Central Division WL Pct GB St. Louis 52 41 .559 — Cincinnati 52 42 .553 .5 Milwaukee 43 51 .457 9.5 Chicago 42 52 .447 10.5 Houston 38 55 .409 14 Pittsburgh 32 60 .348 19.5 ——— Monday’s results San Francisco at Los Angeles, late Cincinnati 7, Washington 2 Florida 9, Colorado 8 Houston 11, Chicago 5 Milwaukee 3, Pittsburgh 1 St. Louis 8, Philadelphia 4 New York at Arizona, late Today’s games San Francisco (Lincecum 10-4) at L.A. (Kershaw 9-5),7:10 p.m.,CSNB Milwaukee (Bush 4-7) at Pittsburgh (B.Lincoln 1-3), 4:05 p.m. Colorado (Francis 2-3) at Florida (N.Robertson 6-7), 4:10 p.m. San Diego (LeBlanc 4-7) at Atlanta (Jurrjens 2-3), 4:10 p.m. Washington (Atilano 6-6) at Cincinnati (Leake 6-1), 4:10 p.m. Houston (W.Wright 0-0) at Chicago (Dempster 8-7), 5:05 p.m. Philadelphia (Moyer 9-9) at St. Louis (Carpenter 10-3), 5:15 p.m. New York (Dickey 6-3) at Arizona (Enright 1-2), 6:40 p.m. GOLDEN Golden League North Division EASTERN CONFERENCE WL Pct GB Indiana 13 7 .650 — Atlanta 14 8 .636 — Washington 12 7 .632 .5 Connecticut 12 8 .600 1 Chicago 11 11 .500 3 New York 9 10 .474 3.5 WESTERN CONFERENCE WL Pct GB Seattle 18 2 .900 — Phoenix 8 12 .400 10 Minnesota 7 12 .368 10.5 San Antonio 7 12 .368 10.5 Sparks Tulsa 5 15 .250 13 4 16 .200 14 ——— Sunday’s results Chicago 61, Washington 59 Indiana 84, New York 81, OT San Antonio 83, Los Angeles 73 PAID ADVERTISEMENT Calgary 4 0 1.000 — Edmonton 3 1 .750 1 Victoria 2 1 .667 1.5 OUTLAWS 22 .500 2 St. George 1 3 .250 3 South Division Maui Tucson WL Pct. GB 3 0 1.000 — Orange Co. 3 2 .600 1 Yuma 1 3 .250 2.5 0 3 .000 3 Tijuana 0 4 .000 3.5 ——— Monday’s results Chico at Orange County, late Tijuana at Edmonton, late Victoria at St. George, late Yuma at Calgary, ppd., rain Today’s games Chico at Orange County, 7:05 p.m. Tijuana at Edmonton, 10:30 a.m. Yuma at Calgary, 5:05 p.m., 1st game Victoria at St. George, 6:05 p.m. Yuma at Calgary, 7:35 p.m., 2nd game Tucson at Maui, 9:35 p.m. WNBA Today’s games Seattle at San Antonio, 9:30 a.m. Tulsa at Los Angeles, Noon New York at Connecticut, 5 p.m., ESPN2 GOLF World Golf Ranking 1.Tiger Woods 2. Phil Mickelson USA 10.14 USA 9.38 3.Lee Westwood ENG 9.15 4. Steve Stricker 5. Jim Furyk 6. Ernie Els 7. Rory McIlroy 8.Paul Casey 9. Luke Donald 10. Ian Poulter USA 7.47 USA 6.61 SAF 5.79 NIR 11. Graeme McDowell NIR WL T Pts GF GA FC Gold Pride10 3 1 31 24 12 Philadelphia 6 5 3 21 21 19 Sky Blue FC 5 6 3 18 12 16 Washington 4 5 5 17 20 19 Chicago 4 5 5 17 11 11 Boston Atlanta x-Arizona 9 5 0 .643 849 767 Utah 1 13 0 .071 627 931 AMERICAN CONFERENCE 4 5 4 16 14 15 2 7 4 10 8 19 NOTE:Three points for victory, one point for tie. ——— Saturday’s result FC Gold Pride 2, Philadelphia 0 Sunday’s results Atlanta 1, Sky Blue FC 0 Boston 2, Washington 1 5.72 ENG 5.69 ENG 5.55 ENG 5.38 4.95 12. Martin Kaymer GER 4.94 13. Anthony Kim USA 4.83 14. Robert Allenby AUS 4.37 15. Louis Oosthuizen SAF 4.12 16. Retief Goosen SAF 4.10 17.Padraig Harrington IRL 18. Justin Rose 19. Sean O’Hair ENG 3.99 USA 3.87 20. Zach Johnson USA 3.87 21. Camilo Villegas COL 3.87 22. Henrik Stenson SWE 3.84 23. Edoardo Molinari 24.Tim Clark 25. Matt Kuchar MLS WESTERN CONFERENCE WL T Pts GF GA Galaxy 12 2 3 39 27 8 Salt Lake 9 4 3 30 28 13 FC Dallas 6 2 7 25 19 13 Colorado 6 4 5 23 17 14 QUAKES 64 4 22 18 16 Houston 5 7 4 19 21 22 Seattle Chivas USA 4 9 2 14 17 21 EASTERN CONFERENCE WL T Pts GF GA Columbus 9 3 4 31 22 13 New York 8 6 2 26 18 19 Toronto FC 6 5 4 22 18 17 Chicago 4 5 5 17 18 19 Kansas City 4 8 4 16 13 20 Philadelphia 4 8 2 14 18 26 New England 4 9 2 14 15 26 D.C. ITA 3.81 SAF 3.75 USA 3.68 4.01 CYCLING Tour de France Overall after 15 stages 1.Alberto Contador, Spain, Astana, 72 hours, 50 minutes, 42 seconds. 2. Andy Schleck, Luxembourg, Team Saxo Bank, 8 seconds behind. 3.Samuel Sanchez, Spain, Euskaltel-Euska- di, 2:00. 4. Denis Menchov, Russia, Rabobank, 2:13. 5. Jurgen Van Den Broeck, Belgium, Omega Pharma-Lotto, 3:39. 6. Robert Gesink, Netherlands, Rabobank, 5:01. 7. Levi Leipheimer, United States, Team RadioShack, 5:25. TENNIS 1. Rafael Nadal 2.Roger Federer 3. Robin Soderling 4.Tomas Berdych 5. Andy Murray 6.Novak Djokovic 7. Andy Roddick 5 8 4 19 18 24 10. Jurgen Melzer 1. Serena Williams 2.Venus Williams ATP Money Leaders $5,506,278 8.Fernando Verdasco 9.David Ferrer $2,887,135 $1,920,028 $1,709,841 $1,696,422 $1,507,962 $1,393,333 $1,333,544 $1,247,432 $1,105,847 WTAMoney Leaders $4,266,011 3 11 3 12 12 28 NOTE:Three points for victory, one point for tie. ——— Saturday’s results Colorado 1, Kansas City 1, tie Columbus 2, New York 0 FC Dallas 2, Real Salt Lake 0 Philadelphia 2, Toronto FC 1 Sunday’s result Los Angeles 2, D.C. United 1 WPS Women’s Professional Soccer 3.Francesca Schiavone $1,830,946 4. Jelena Jankovic 5. Sam Stosur 6. Justine Henin 7.Vera Zvonareva 8. Aravane Rezai 9. Kim Clijsters 10. Caroline Wozniacki $957,977 ARENA NATIONALCONFERENCE Midwest Division WL T Pct PF PA x-Chicago 10 5 0 .667 857 810 Milwaukee 9 5 0 .643 914 795 Cleveland 7 8 0 .467 891 852 Iowa West Division 6 8 0 .429 695 711 WL T Pct PF PA y-Spokane 12 2 0 .857 876 730 It’s a little hot to jog outside! We’ve got a solution! Enjoy your cardio at Tehama Family Fitness Center Over fifty pieces of cardio equipment 8 new 42” flat screens in our cardio area 5[[X [RR after your workout! Take a dip in the pool at Wilcox Oaks Golf Course, TFFC members now get a Wilcox social membership for free! *Bring in this ad and receive a 3 day pass Tehama Family Fitness Center 2498 South Main St • Red Bluff 528-8656 • www.tehamafamilyfitness.com $2,223,556 $1,587,133 $1,504,745 $1,401,960 $1,248,558 $1,160,086 $1,032,348 Southwest Division WL T Pct PF PA 9 5 0 .643 869 777 Tulsa Okla. City 6 8 0 .429 751 747 Bossier-Shre. 3 11 0 .214 723 920 Dallas South Division 2 12 0 .143 697 813 WL T Pct PF PA x-Jacksonville 10 4 0 .714 781 737 x-Tampa Bay 10 4 0 .714 813 708 Orlando 6 8 0 .429 747 764 Alabama 6 8 0 .429 715 743 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division ——— Friday’s results Arizona 48, Utah 20 Spokane 48, Iowa 42 Saturday’s results Cleveland 44, Oklahoma City 39 Dallas 65, Chicago 52, OT Jacksonville 49, Tampa Bay 47 Milwaukee 57, Orlando 47 Tulsa 61, Alabama 48 DEALS Major League Baseball MLB—Suspended Atlanta LHP Jonny Ven- ters four games and fined him an undisclosed amount for throwing two consecutive pitches at Milwaukee 1B Prince Fielder during Satur- day’s game. Suspended Atlanta manager Bobby Cox one game for Venters’ actions. American League OAKLAND—Placed OF Ryan Sweeney on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Henry Rodriguez from Sacramento (PCL). BALTIMORE—Activated OF Luke Scott from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Frank Mata to Norfolk (IL). CLEVELAND—Recalled RHP Jess Todd from Columbus (IL). Optioned RHP Jeanmar Gomez to Columbus. DETROT—Recalled RHP Armando Galarra- ga from Toledo (IL).Optioned LHP Andy Oliv- er to Toledo. SEATTLE—Agreed to terms with RHP Jose Torres, RHP Rigoberto Garcia, LHP Luis Pena, LHP Erick Gomez, OF Phillips Castillo and 3B Jose Calderon. TAMPA BAY—Agreed to terms with OF Rocco Baldelli on a minor league contract and assigned him to Charlotte (FSL). National League NEW YORK—Activated INF Luis Castillo from the 15-day DL. Optioned INF Ruben Tejada to Buffalo (IL). SAN DIEGO—Signed manager Bud Black to a contract extension through the 2013 sea- son. ST. LOUIS—Recalled RHP Fernando Salas from Memphis (PCL). Optioned LHP Evan MacLane to Memphis. National Football League OAKLAND—Signed WR Jacoby Ford. BUFFALO—Signed DE Alex Carrington to a four-year contract. CINCINNATI—Released G Jason Shirley. CLEVELAND—Signed TE Joel Gamble. KANSAS CITY—Signed WR Eddie Kenni- son. NEW ORLEANS—Signed QB Sean Can- field to a four-year contract. National Basketball Association BOSTON—Re-signed G Nate Robinson. CHICAGO—Signed G Ronnie Brewer. DALLAS—Signed F Dirk Nowitzki. MIAMI—Re-signed C Jamaal Magloire and F James Jones. MILWAUKEE—Signed G Keyon Dooling. NEW JERSEY—Named Sam Mitchell, Larry Krystkowiak, Popeye Jones, John Loyer and Tom Barrise assistant coaches. PORTLAND—Named Rich Cho general manager. UTAH—Signed G Raja Bell to a three-year contract. National Hockey League CAROLINA—Signed C Riley Nash to a three-year contract. NEW JERSEY—Agreed to terms with F Ilya Kovalchuk. N.Y.RANGERS—Traded F Tomas Zaborsky to Anaheim for D Matt McCue. ST. LOUIS—Re-signed F Ryan Reaves to a one-year contract. TAMPA BAY—Acquired LW Simon Gagne from Philadelphia for D Matt Walker and a 2011 fourth-round draft pick. Gymnastics U.S. MEN’S TEAM—Named Vitaly Marinitch coach for the 2010 World Championships. College NCAA—Named Connecticut athletic director Jeff Hathaway chairman of the Division I men’s basketball committee. ARKANSAS—Named Richard Ownes grad- uate assistant tight ends coach. CALIFORNIA—Named Will Thomas assis- tant track and field coach. SAN FRANCISCO—Named Michael Lee men’s assistant basketball coach. UCLA—Named Kelli Stein women’s assis- tant swimming coach. ‘‘Alberto was one of the guys who waited for me in Spa, so that was really ’cha- peau’ (hat’s off),’’ said Schleck. ‘‘Today was a dif- ferent story, a different sce- nario.’’ As the July 25 finish on the Champs-Elysees in Paris looms, the competition and nerves in the pack are heat- ing up — but sportsmanship should still take precedence, Schleck said. ‘‘Today, you know, everybody is in panic, they see already the Eiffel Tower. I would not have taken advantage of the situation,’’ he said. ‘‘It’s not up to me ... but for sure these guys don’t get the fair-play prize today.’’ ‘‘I wouldn’t want to take the jersey like that.’’ Armstrong said Mon- day’s case wasn’t so clear cut. ‘‘It’s better to wait, but this is different because this was the last climb of the race, and the race was really on,’’ said Armstrong, who is 31st overall, 40:31 behind Contador. There was also some question about whether Schleck might have caused the chain to come off by shifting gears during a rapid acceleration. Voeckler captured his second Tour stage in as many years — he also won solo in Perpignan last year — and gave France its fifth stage victory at this year’s race. The BBox Bouygues Telecom rider held the yel- low jersey for nine days in 2004, until Armstrong took it off him.