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irn n1 r- tt- 4D Kingsport Times-News Wednesday July 19 1989 LeMond extends overall lead in Tour de France Associated Press ond was caught and Mottet sprinted at the finish to 'gain third just ahead of LeMond and Delgado in a group about five minutes behind Richard Fignon trailed the LeMond group and lost precious seconds in the overall standings had a lot of problems in the hills and I afford to lose anything not even 14 Fignon the 1983 and 1984 champion said Andrew Hampsten of the United States a strong climber expected to make his move in the Alps did well on the first incline but fell back later He finished in 20th place for the day 7:24 behind Richard The disappointing performance dropped Hampsten to 10th place overall 9:35 behind LeMond It effectively ended his hopes for a place in thfr top three at next finish in Paris stage is the most difficult of the 23-day race It has four major climbs including the final one to the peak of more than 5904 feet high most difficult stage of the Tour is going to be LeMond said will really separate a lot of people at the top There are steep enough climbs you think "you make Following that are two more days of lesser difficulties in the Alps then a relatively flat leg on Saturday with a final time trial from Versailles to Paris on Sunday was a good day for LeMond said did my best to stay with Delgado in the Going into the Tour de France LeMond was worried about his ability to compete in the mountain stages where he faltered in the Tour of Italy got my confidence back since the Pyrenees because I saw I was riding as well as the LeMond said Delgado tried to make up distance by breaking away from a group containing LeMond and Fignon after Pascal Richard of Switzerland moved away to take a large lead The 16th leg started from Gap and had two steep climbs before a rapid descent to Briancon The distance was 108 miles Richard far behind in the overall standings won the stage in 4 hours 46 minutes 45 seconds with Bruno Cor-nillet of France second LeMond Fignon Delgado and Charly Mottet of France are waging their own battle Each took turns trying to gain distance on the others up and down the mountain passes But each time the group swallowed up the margin On the final descent just before Briancon with speeds going close to 62 mph LeMond moved out to an20-sec-ond advantage over the other contenders But as they entered into town LeM BRIANCON France Greg LeMond with another strong performance in the mountains extended his overall lead Tuesday as the Tour de France entered its final week LeMond making a comeback after two seasons of injuries and misfortune since winning in 1986 extended his lead by 13 seconds on Laurent Fignon of France Lemond who finished fourth in 16th stage now has a 53-second advantage with five stages left Pedro Delgado of Spain last champion and fast becoming major worry finished alongside LeMond and stayed 2:48 behind IN THE BLEACHERS Search for replacement stymied Associated Press 60 To be elected the new commissioner must get the votes of 19 owners Finks was present Tuesday representing the Saints along with owner Tom Benson for the WLAF meeting He ran a gauntlet of television cameras greeted a few reporters but otherwise said nothing Later during a break he emerged and said smiling: terse no Finks remains the favorite although Jerry Jones the Dallas owner who was one of the three dissidents on the negotiating team said it was possible that the three would recommend new names Jones and Behring both of whom have been in the league less than a year represented the antis along with Patrick Bowlen of Denver The selection committee was represented by Wellington Mara of the New York Giants Dan Rooney of Pittsburgh and Robert Parins of Green Bay Mara said the selection group would turn over to the dissidents any information they wanted about the process that went into recommending Finks as the only possible choice That would include information compiled by Heidrich and Struggles the consulting firm that helped the committee in its search After three hours of meetings Jones emerged to say had some and added: Finks is certainly a strong But there was little indication that anything would be done soon Not only did DeBartolo leave early but Bowlen left at a break in the meetings elsewhere Earlier DeBartolo said he anticipated no break in the impasse at least for a while got training camp to go to and got a game coming up in Japan We have a lot of other business to attend he said The latest developments took place at an NFL owners meeting originally called for a progress report on the new international league now called the World League of American Football But that was overshadowed by the dispute over the job denied two weeks ago to Finks when 11 owners abstained in the voting Though referred to as the the group includes Joe Robbie 73 Hugh Cul-verhouse 70 Robert Irsay and Bud Adams both 66 and Ken Behring SCHAUMBURG 111 The impasse over the election of a new NFL commissioner continued Tuesday with few signs that the man to replace the retiring Pete Rozelle will be selected soon Members of the dissident owners group that two weeks ago blocked the election of New Orleans Saints president Jim Finks met with three members of the screening committee that chose him Meanwhile one of the principal dissidents Edward De Bartolo Jr of San Francisco left tne meeting saying he had business "Atta boy Rip a shot hum babe! Whoa hey ump! That duck has a NMPA to induct Earnhardt Cook into Hall of Fame Associated Press Hall of Fame know this means a lot of my mother and my brother and sisters and I begin to say how much it means to Cook a native of Rome NY won six NASCAR national modified division championships before retiring in 1982 to join the sanctioning body During one year Cook ran 98 races ARRIVA ALL SEASON STEEL BELTED RADIALS rr5 P15580R13 WHITEWALL would have been way over a 100 in a season if several of them been rained Cook said Cook earned his titles in 1971 and 1972 and then won four straight beginning in 1974 The only break in that streak was in 1973 when Richie Evans who was from hometown won the title Evans was posthumously inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1986 DARLINGTON SC Two champions from different eras and different parts of the country have been elected to the National Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame officials said Tuesday Ralph Earnhardt who died in 1973 of a heart attack at the -age of 45t- and- 45-are scheduled to be inducted into the Hall of Fame on Sept 2 at the Florence County Country Club The induction is scheduled for the eve of the 40th annual Southern 500 at nearby Darlington Raceway Earnhardt a Kannapolis NC native was the father of three-time Winston Cup champion Dale Earnhardt He won national sportsman division title in 1956 driving built engineered himself Earnhardt won 32 races on 11 tracks en route to the championship Earnhardt was known for his tough relentless driving style a trait that he passed on to his son who is leading this Winston Cup points standings in the family loved to watch daddy Dale Earnhardt said on learning of his election to the GOOD-YEAR G-METRIC RADIALS FOR SMALL CARS IMPORTS GOOD-YEAR EAGLE ST IV HIGH PERFORMANCE RADIALS 56 GOODfVEAtt S4S STEEL BELTED RADIALS Although a dominant driver and a big winner in the modified New England hotbed Cook never realized the fame enjoyed by present day Winston Cup drivers But he said he was 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try to tear the course to pieces You have to be Faldo who has a history of problems with the British media comes into the event called simply everywhere but in the United States as the favorite a narrow choice over Woosnam and defending champion Seve Ballesteros of Spain In addition to his Masters triumph he had a string of four victories in as many European starts That streak was snapped last week jn the Scottish Open was a great run But you know it has to end sometime Maybe it is just as well it was broken last week That takes away a little of the he said After a strong start on the American tour the powerful Lyle hit a slump that he been able to shake got in a rut in America missing the cut week after week after week It was the after-math of a very busy year the year before' he said Continued from page ID have competed against each other since they were boys All have become wealthy men Faldo and Lyle now live in the London suburbs residence remains in Wales Lyle and Faldo have enjoyed the greater success particularly in the United States Each has won the British Open (Lyle in 1985 Faldo in and each has won the Masters (Lyle in Faldo in Woosnam a former amateur boxer who stands only 5-foot-5 has not yet won a major title In 1987 however he was arguably the best golfer scoring eight victories around the globe and winning more than $15 million After an off-season last year in which he played poorly in infrequent forays on the American Tour he rebounded with a runner-up finish in the US Open last month Woosnam followed that with a victory in the Irish Open and last week was runner-up in the Scottish Open playing at about the same level I was in Woosnam said noting that he will need to rein in his normally STRUT CARTRIDGES Most Cars Each Installed HOURS: DRIVE WITH A FRIEND! 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