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McCarthy falls in


by Josh Barr Denny McCarthy, a rising sen-


ior at Georgetown Prep, lost in a sudden-death playoff in the semi- finals of the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship on Friday at Egypt Valley Country Club in Ada, Mich. McCarthy, a three-time All-Met


and The Post’s Player of the Year this past spring, had been on a spectacular run this summer, racking up tournament victories and establishing himself as one of the region’s top juniors. Last month, McCarthy won the


Maryland Junior Amateur. He followed that last week by becom- ing the youngest player by two years ever to win the Maryland Open and recently ascended to No. 1 in the world in Golfweek magazine’s junior rankings. For a while, it seemed like Mc-


Carthy’s roll would continue into Saturday’s U.S. Amateur final. McCarthy won a quarterfinal


match in a playoff on Friday morning, then led Justin Thomas of Goshen, Ky., for much of their semifinal in the afternoon. Thomas pulled even when Mc-


SPENCER PLATT/GETTY IMAGES Riders in the 20-stage Tour de France will be on the move until Sunday, when the race ends in Paris. Among those watching Friday were Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz. Dealing with sprints, Cavendish has a plan


Spain’s Contador holds eight-second lead as Tour winds down


by Naomi Koppel


bordeaux, france — Even without his most important teammate, Mark Cavendish showed yet again that few can touch him when it comes to sprinting. The British rider captured the


18th stage of the Tour de France on Friday while Alberto Conta- dor of Spain drew closer to victo- ry. The defending champion leads Luxembourg’s Andy Schleck by eight seconds enter- ing Saturday’s decisive time trial, a day before the three-week race ends in Paris. Cavendish won a stage for the


fourth time in this Tour and the 14th time in just three years of competing in cycling’s premier event. He surged to the front in the


final couple hundred yards. He gave himself such a lead that he was able to look behind him a couple of times and then cross the line with his fist in the air. Some Hollywood star power was there to greet him. Cameron Diaz and Tom


Cruise, on hand to promote their latest film, joined Contador on the podium to receive his yellow jersey. Cruise raised the Span- iard’s hand and patted him on the back. Cavendish won without his usual leadout man and room- mate. Mark Renshaw was ex- pelled from the race after the 11th stage for head-butting an opponent, and Cavendish dedi- cated his latest victory to Ren- shaw. He says the Australian rid- er made life easy, bringing him to the front. “I’ve missed Mark,” Cavendish said. “I missed him in the Pyre- nees, I missed somebody suf- fering more than me. I missed somebody to laugh about, about how hard it is.”


Second place went to Julian Dean of New Zealand and third to Alessandro Petacchi of Italy. Petacchi took the green jersey given to the leading sprinter from Thor Hushovd of Norway. Hushovd acknowledged that


his fight to retain the sprint title he won last year was over. “It’s a big disappointment, but


I realized step by step during the sprints that I’m suffering,” said Hushovd, speaking after ducking into his team bus to take off the green jersey he had been wearing. “I don’t have the same level as Cavendish and


Petacchi, and today was just an- other sprint that didn’t work out.”


Although Contador holds


what appears a slender lead, he is expected to easily outpace Schleck in the 32-mile time trial from Bordeaux to Pauillac. Last year, he won the time trial held late in the Tour and took 1 min- ute 45 seconds off Schleck. Contador, as the leader, also has the advantage of riding last, allowing him to know how all his rivals have done. Saturday is the last stage in which the positions at the top can change. Sunday’s final stage into Paris is traditionally a sprinters’ stage and a daylong victory procession for the overall winner.


Still, Contador insists his vic-


tory is not certain until the time trial is over. “This is a hard stage that comes after 20 days in the Tour, and this isn’t a race for special- ists. I think tomorrow I will real- ly have to fight a lot to win the stage and to defeat [Schleck],” he said.


Schleck has not given up hope. “I feel good. I have nothing to


lose,” he said. —Associated Press BRYN LENNON/GETTY IMAGES


Associated Press Writer Jamey Keaten contributed to this report.


In three years, Mark Cavendish has won 14 Tour de France stages. He won on Friday despite being without an expelled teammate.


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Tim Clark shot a bogey-free 6- under-par 64 for a share of the second-round lead with Dean Wilson in the Canadian Open on Friday in another low-scoring day at straight-hitter friendly St. George’s in Toronto.


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Corey Pavin shot a second straight 2-under 69 to share the second-round lead with Bern-


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5-under 67 for the second-round lead at the LPGA Tour Evian Mas- ters in Evian-Les-Bains, France. Michelle Wie started the day tied for sixth at 4 under, but slipped down the leader board at 1 over after a sluggish round (77) that included a quintuple bogey on the 10th hole.


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CYCLING Former professional cyclist Ty- ler Hamilton has been subpoe- naed to appear before a grand jury, though his attorney refused to say whether it has anything to do with a federal investigation in- volving Lance Armstrong. Chris Manderson said that Hamilton, a former teammate of


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SOCCER France Coach Laurent Blanc will drop all 23 World Cup players for his first match next month as collective punishment for the team’s embarrassing fiasco in the World Cup in South Africa. France plays a friendly against Norway on Aug. 11 in Oslo.


HOCKEY Vancouver Canucks defense-


man Sami Salo has torn his Achilles’ tendon and is out indefi- nitely. The team said that Salo was


hurt “while training.” But a re- port in his native Finland said Sa- lo, 35, was hurt while playing floor hockey. Salo is expected to be out three months.


SOFTBALL Jennie Finch took a no-hit bid into the fifth inning in one of her final starts for the U.S. national team as the Americans beat top rival Japan, 5-0, at the World Cup of Softball in Oklahoma City. — From news services


Carthy made his lone bogey in regulation on the 464-yard, par-4 15th hole. Then Thomas bogeyed the par-3 16th hole as McCarthy went back in front, before Thom- as birdied the par-5 17th to again tie the match. Both players bird- ied the 18th hole, forcing a playoff to decide the winner as well as the berth in the U.S. Amateur Championship next month that goes to each finalist. On the first playoff hole, Mc-


Carthy’s approach shot landed just over the green in heavy rough. He chipped up, but a sev- en-foot par attempt lipped out and Thomas’s par was good for the victory. “Obviously, it’s a little disap- pointing,” said McCarthy, who has committed to play at Virginia. “But there are a lot of positives to take from this. I’m pleased with the way I played all week.” McCarthy had advanced to the


semifinals by winning a playoff over Canadian Richard Jung in another scintillating match in Friday morning’s quarterfinals. Both McCarthy and Jung shot


6-under par 66, with McCarthy squaring the match on the 16th hole after Jung made his only bo- gey. Both players then birdied the final two holes in regulation. McCarthy nearly holed his 160- yard approach on the first playoff hole and a short putt for his third consecutive birdie won the match.


“I would have liked to have


gone a little farther and I had the opportunity to,” McCarthy said. “But it’s an honor to be in that spot in the first place, so I can’t complain too much.” McCarthy was one of three lo-


cal players to fare well at the U.S. Junior Amateur. Three-time All- Met Ben Warnquist of DeMatha and Battlefield All-Met Andrew Lister each advanced to the round of 16 in match play. barrj@washpost.com


semifinals


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