Baseball

Results of MLB games on Wednesday (home team in CAPS):

Milwaukee 4 WASHINGTON 1

Detroit 6 TORONTO 2

BOSTON 2 San Diego 1

Baltimore 4 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 2

Miami 6 ATLANTA 3

NY Yankees 3 MINNESOTA 2

HOUSTON 4 Tampa Bay 1

PITTSBURGH 6 Philadelphia 5

CINCINNATI 3 San Francisco 2 (11 innings)

Arizona 5 NY METS 3

Seattle 4 TEXAS 2 (10 innings)

LA Dodgers 10 COLORADO 8

KANSAS CITY 6 Cleveland 5

St. Louis 12 LA ANGELS 2

Chicago Cubs 3 OAKLAND 1

Cycling

Tour de France

Results of the Tour de France fifth stage, a 228.5km ride from Cagnes-sur-Mer to Marseille on Wednesday:

1. Mark Cavendish (GBR/OPQ) 5 hr 31 min 51 sec

2. Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR/SKY) at 0:00.

3. Peter Sagan (SVK/CAN) 0:00.

4. Andr Greipel (GER/LTB) 0:00.

5. Roberto Ferrari (ITA/LAM) 0:00.

6. Alexander Kristoff (NOR/KAT) 0:00.

7. Juan Jos Lobato (ESP/EUS) 0:00.

8. Ramunas Navardauskas (LTU/GRM) 0:00.

9. Cyril Lemoine (FRA/SOJ) 0:00.

10. Jos Joaquin Rojas (ESP/MOV) 0:00.

11. Samuel Dumoulin (FRA/ALM) 0:00.

12. John Degenkolb (GER/ARG) 0:00.

13. Daryl Impey (RSA/ORI) 0:00.

14. Danny van Poppel (NED/VAC) 0:00.

15. Simon Gerrans (AUS/ORI) 0:00.

16. Egoitz Garca (ESP/COF) 0:00.

17. Fabio Sabatini (ITA/CAN) 0:00.

18. Gert Steegmans (BEL/OPQ) 0:00.

19. Wout Poels (NED/VAC) 0:00.

20. Julien El Fars (FRA/SOJ) 0:00.

Overall standings

1. Simon Gerrans (AUS/ORI) 18 h19 min 15 sec

2. Daryl Impey (RSA/ORI) at 0:00.

3. Michael Albasini (SUI/ORI) 0:00.

4. Michal Kwiatkowski (POL/OPQ) 0:01.

5. Sylvain Chavanel (FRA/OPQ) 0:01.

6. Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR/SKY) 0:03.

7. Chris Froome (GBR/SKY) 0:03.

8. Richie Porte (AUS/SKY) 0:03.

9. Nicolas Roche (IRL/SAX) 0:09.

10. Roman Kreuziger (CZE/SAX) 0:09.

11. Alberto Contador (ESP/SAX) 0:09.

12. Michael Rogers (AUS/SAX) 0:09.

13. Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL/LTB) 0:17.

14. Ryder Hesjedal (CAN/GRM) 0:17.

15. Adam Hansen (AUS/LTB) 0:17.

16. Andrew Talansky (USA/GRM) 0:17.

17. Daniel Martin (IRL/GRM) 0:17.

18. Tom Danielson (USA/GRM) 0:17.

19. Alejandro Valverde (ESP/MOV) 0:20.

20. Rui Costa (POR/MOV) 0:20.

Class standings

Points:

1. Peter Sagan (SVK/CAN) 111 pts

2. Mark Cavendish (GBR/OPQ) 76

3. Alexander Kristoff (NOR/KAT) 76

4. Andr Greipel (GER/LTB) 65

5. Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR/SKY) 58

King of Mountains:

1. Pierre Rolland (FRA/EUC) 10 pts

2. Simon Clarke (AUS/ORI) 5

3. Blel Kadri (FRA/ALM) 5

4. Thomas De Gendt (BEL/VAC) 4

5. Mikel Nieve (ESP/EUS) 3

Team stage:

1. Omega Pharma 16h35:33.

2. Orica - GreenEdge at 0:00.

3. Vacansoleil 0:00.

4. Cannondale 0:00.

5. Argos 0:00.

Team overall:

1. Orica - GreenEdge 54h05:53.

2. Sky at 0:03.

3. Saxo Bank 0:09.

4. Garmin 0:17.

5. Movistar 0:20.

6. Lampre 0:25; 7. BMC 0:26; 8. RadioShack 0:28; 9. Katusha 0:28; 10. Vacansoleil 0:33; 11. Belkin 0:37; 12. FDJ.fr 0:42; 13. Astana 0:56; 14. AG2R La Mondiale 1:04; 15. Sojasun 1:10; 16. Europcar 1:13; 17. Cofidis 1:20; 18. Euskaltel 1:24; 19. Cannondale 1:57; 20. Lotto 13:00; 21. Omega Pharma 17:35; 22. Argos 53:30.

Best young riders (stage):

1. Peter Sagan (SVK/CAN) 5h31:51.

2. Juan Jos Lobato (ESP/EUS) at 0:00.

3. Ramunas Navardauskas (LTU/GRM) 0:00.

4. John Degenkolb (GER/ARG) 0:00.

5. Danny van Poppel (NED/VAC) 0:00.

Best young riders (overall):

1. Michal Kwiatkowski (POL/OPQ) 18h19:16.

2. Andrew Talansky (USA/GRM) at 0:16.

3. Nairo Quintana (COL/MOV) 0:19.

4. Tejay Van Garderen (USA/BMC) 0:25.

5. Peter Sagan (SVK/CAN) 0:33.

Aggressivity (stage):

Thomas De Gendt (BEL/VAC)

Tennis

Wimbledon

Results on Wednesday (x-denotes seedings):

Men's singles' quarterfinals

Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) bt Tomas Berdych (CZE x7) 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-3; Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG x8) bt David Ferrer (ESP x4) 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (5); Jerzy Janowicz (POL x24) bt Lukasz Kubot (POL) 7-5, 6-4, 6-4; Andy Murray (GBR x2) bt Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 4-6, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 7-5.

Men's doubles quarterfinals

Ivan Dodig/Marcelo Melo (CRO/BRA x12) bt James Blake/Jurgen Melzer (USA/AUT) 7-5, 6-0, 6-7 (0), 6-4

Women's doubles quarterfinals

Shuko Aoyama/Chanelle Scheepers (JPN/RSA) bt Julia Goerges/Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (GER/CZE x16) 7-6 (6), 5-7, 6-4; Hsieh Su-wei/Peng Shuai (TPE/CHN x8) bt Jelena Jankovic/Mirjana Lucic (SRB/CRO) 6-4, 7-5; Anna-Lena Groenefeld/Kveta Peschke (GER/CZE x7) bt Nadia Petrova/Katarina Srebotnik (RUS/SLO x3) 7-6 (2), 6-3; Ashleigh Barty/Casey Dellacqua (AUS/AUS x12) bt Andrea Hlavackova/Lucie Hradecka (CZE/CZE x2) 2-6, 6-2, 6-4.

China Daily

(China Daily 07/05/2013 page23)