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Mafia bosses in Italy secretly voiced 'great respect' for Toronto man now fighting to stay in Canada
A man who police called Toronto's top Mafia boss was highly respected by Mafia bosses in Italy, a senior police officer from Italy told an immigration hearing for the man Canada has been trying — and failing — to deport for more than 40 years. Vincenzo (Jimmy) DeMaria, 71, is facing another deportation attempt over allegations he has secretly been a powerful boss helping oversee a shadowy global criminal cabal called the 'Ndrangheta. An immigration tribunal heard this week that accused Mafia bosses in Italy were caught on covert police recordings praising DeMaria, saying they 'consider him a person worthy of respect,' and he 'could carry a lot of weight within their organization,' the Italian police witness said. The hearing will decide if DeMaria should be deported to Italy. DeMaria was born in Siderno, Italy, and came to Canada in 1955 with his parents when he was nine months old and has lived here since, but he didn't become a Canadian citizen. His eligibility for citizenship ended in 1981 when he shot dead a man who owed him money. DeMaria was convicted of second-degree murder in 1982 and given a life sentence without parole for 10 years. He was first ordered out of Canada in 1984 because of his murder conviction. From that moment, DeMaria has mounted stubborn, well-resourced and remarkably successful challenges — in courts, at immigration tribunals, and at parole hearings — to rebut allegations of involvement in organized crime. In disputing, denying, and delaying, he has remained with his wife and children in Canada while periodically being yanked back into prison for alleged parole violations before fighting his way back out. The federal government is trying once again to deport him. All week, an Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) tribunal has been hearing the government's appeal of a prior decision that allowed DeMaria to remain in Canada. The adjudicator at that hearing ruled evidence of DeMaria's membership in the Mafia was 'circumstantial.' In pressing its case this time, the Canada Border Services Agency is trying to bolster allegations with evidence captured by Italian police in a probe against alleged members of 'Ndrangheta who, while under investigation, visited Canada in 2019. The wiretaps are contentious because, as first reported by National Post, the sneaky wiretaps were secretly recorded through the Italian visitors' own mobile phones that were turned into constant microphones, and these interceptions on Canadian soil were not authorized by a Canadian court. DeMaria's lawyers referred to them as 'foreign interference.' Called as the government's first witness was a senior officer who led several Italian probes that linked mobsters in Italy's Calabria region, which is the birthplace of the 'Ndrangheta, to affiliates in Canada, including the probe involving the Italian visitors who came to Toronto. Chief Commissioner Giampiero Muroni headed the Polizia di Stato's Central Anti-Crime Directorate from 2008 to 2019. He spoke in Italian, through an interpreter. Muroni said Italian operations showed that the 'Ndrangheta was based on individual family clans rooted in a geographic region that were linked by a centralized hierarchy in Italy with international branches in Canada, Germany, and Australia. He said information in police files, which included information from informers in Canada, disclosed the presence of nine 'Ndrangheta clans in Ontario, each based on a family originally from Calabria, mostly from the town of Siderno, where DeMaria was born. He said there was a powerful 'Camera di Controllo' — literally meaning 'control room,' which acts as a board of control for the 'Ndrangheta — in Canada that mirrored the structure in Italy. 'This is the highest and most important structure of 'Ndrangheta in Canada,' Muroni said. DeMaria was named in Italian court documents as one of the men allegedly sitting on the board. Under questioning by government lawyer Daniel Morse, Muroni said secretly recorded conversations heard that the 'Ndrangheta in Italy, including its top boss at the time, knew of DeMaria and spoke of him warmly. This is the highest and most important structure of 'Ndrangheta in Canada In another probe, in 2019, an alleged mobster named Vicenza Muià was coming to Canada to try to learn who within 'Ndrangheta had murdered his brother so he could avenge his death. Muià needed to be 100 per cent certain before seeking retribution and wanted to check in with DeMaria as well as other alleged 'Ndrangheta bosses in Canada. Muroni was asked why. 'Vincenza Muià, but also other persons, have great respect for Vincenza DeMaria. They consider him a person worthy of respect. They think he could carry a lot of weight within their organization,' Muroni said. Muià also thought DeMaria could have information on his brother's murder, Muroni said. Muià allegedly also said he hopes DeMaria remains free in Canada because 'they think that he alone could fix the situation that 'Ndrangheta has undergone in that city.' The men in Italy discussed several violent incidents in the Toronto area involving alleged 'Ndrangheta families, including a murder and an arson attack on DeMaria's family bakery. Under cross examination, Jessica Zita, one of DeMaria's three lawyers, questioned the legitimacy and accuracy of the police wiretaps and Muroni's explanations of what the men were talking about. She also suggested the officer misidentified the man they were speaking about as DeMaria. Zita also said the wiretap evidence would not be acceptable as evidence in criminal court because they were illegally obtained in Canada under Canadian law. The IRB, however, has different rules of evidence than a criminal court and a lower standard of proof. Earlier, Benjamin Dolin, the IRB member deciding the case, denied DeMaria's motion to exclude the wiretaps. DeMaria sat each day watching the testimony on a video screen at his lawyers' office, dressed in a shirt and tie underneath a suit jacket, with heavy-framed glasses attached to a loop of cord around his neck. He occasionally scribbled notes, typed on his phone and a laptop, and sometimes leaned to speak with a lawyer in a gravelly whisper. Documentation filed in the case is so voluminous — more than 20,000 pages — that the computer system the IRB used crashed when more than one of the huge files was opened at same time. Also called to testify this week was Mark Grenon, a federal government forensic accountant who does analysis for investigations into money laundering and other financial crimes. Grenon told the IRB his number crunching, requested by the Canada Border Services Agency, suggested several red flags for potential money laundering in the various financial accounts of members of the DeMaria family and their businesses. He studied transactions reported to Fintrac, Canada's anti-money-laundering agency, from 2006 to 2013, that included DeMaria's property management and investing companies, and those of Cash House, a money services business run at the time by DeMaria's son, Carlo DeMaria. Grenon said he found several red flags of potential money laundering after tracing about $143 million sent by Cash House to accounts in about 50 different countries, most of it in 2013. The top 10 destination countries were, in order: Barbados, China, Israel, United States, Mexico, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Italy, Switzerland, and Greece. The Cash House business was sold in 2015 for about $1 million, the IRB was told. That seemed a low price for a company doing that volume of business, Grenon said. In her cross examination of Grenon, Zita highlighted rebuttal evidence explaining some of the transactions he found unusual, and noted potential flaws in the data and missing information. Grenon agreed that in all the financial transactions he studied, most involved DeMaria's family and family businesses; he found only two that were directly tied to DeMaria himself. Stephen Schneider, a criminology professor at Saint Mary's University in Halifax also testified to give expert opinion evidence on money laundering and organized crime. He described the 'Ndrangheta as a globally powerful, extraordinarily wealthy, and extensively active organization involved in a variety of crimes around the world. He said money services businesses were popular among money launderers. 'They are really the perfect money laundering vehicle,' Schneider said. The hearing continues. • Email: ahumphreys@ | X: AD_Humphreys When cops can't convict a 'top Mafia boss,' they turn to desperate measures Ottawa tries yet again to kick an alleged top Mafia boss out of Canada Our website is the place for the latest breaking news, exclusive scoops, longreads and provocative commentary. Please bookmark and sign up for our newsletters here.
RTÉ News
15-07-2025
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Rory McIlroy set for afternoon start in Open Championship first round
Rory McIlroy will have to wait for his shot at redemption at Royal Portrush after being given a mid-afternoon tee time for Thursday's first day of The Open. The Northern Irishman, who shot 61 as a 16-year-old on this course, has been paired with Ryder Cup team-mate Tommy Fleetwood and American rival Justin Thomas. On his last appearance here in 2019, McIlroy hit his opening tee shot out of bounds, made a quadruple-bogey eight, shot an eight-over 79 and went on to miss the cut by one. However, he has been given the reverse draw this time around and will go off at 3.10pm on Thursday and 10.09am on Friday. Shane Lowry is on the opposite sid of the draw, playing alongside world number one and US PGA champion Scottie Scheffler and Collin Morikawa. Xander Schauffele begins his defence of the Claret Jug in the 9.58am group with Jon Rahm and US Open champion JJ Spaun. Two-time Open champion Padraig Harrington will hit the opening tee shot at 6.35am, alongside Northern Irishman Tom McKibbin and Denmark's Nicolai Hojgaard. Darren Clarke will tee off at 7.52am on day one. Tee-off times in the first round of the 153rd Open Championship, Royal Portrush, County Antrim (a) denotes amateurs Starting at hole 1 06:35 Padraig Harrington, Nicolai Hoejgaard (Den), Tom McKibbin 06:46 K. J. Choi (Kor), Guido Migliozzi (Ita), Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 06:57 (a) Justin Hastings (Cay), Marco Penge, Cameron Smith (Aus) 07:08 Jason Day (Aus), Jacob Skov Olesen (Den), Taylor Pendrith (Can) 07:19 Phil Mickelson (USA), Ryan Peake (Aus), Daniel van Tonder (Rsa) 07:30 Byeong-Hun An (Kor), Max Greyserman (USA), Niklas Noergaard (Den) 07:41 Dustin Johnson (USA), Haotong Li (Chn), Jordan Smith 07:52 Darren Clarke, Lucas Herbert (Aus), Davis Riley (USA) 08:03 Mikiya Akutsu (Jpn), Julien Guerrier (Fra), Chun-An Yu (Tai) 08:14 Thomas Detry (Bel), Chris Gotterup (USA), Lee Westwood 08:25 Patrick Cantlay (USA), Mackenzie Hughes (Can), Cameron Young (USA) 08:36 (a) Filip Jakubcik (Cze), Matthew Jordan, Thorbjoern Olesen (Den) 08:47 Stephan Jaeger (Ger), Sebastian Soederberg (Swe), Henrik Stenson (Swe) 09:03 Martin Couvra (Fra), Kristoffer Reitan (Nor), Adrien Saddier (Fra) 09:14 Takumi Kanaya (Jpn), (a) Bryan Newman (Rsa), Justin Walters (Rsa) 09:25 Matthew Fitzpatrick, Ryan Fox (Nzl), Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn) 09:36 Akshay Bhatia (USA), Ben Griffin (USA), Sepp Straka (Aut) 09:47 Sam Burns (USA), Brooks Koepka (USA), Aldrich Potgieter (Rsa) 09:58 Jon Rahm (Spa), Xander Schauffele (USA), J. J. Spaun (USA) 10:09 Shane Lowry, Collin Morikawa (USA), Scottie Scheffler (USA) 10:20 Wyndham Clark (USA), Corey Conners (Can), Tom Hoge (USA) 10:31 Nicolas Echavarria (Col), Denny McCarthy (USA), Patrick Reed (USA) 10:42 Ryggs Johnston (USA), Matthias Schmid (Ger), (a) Richard Teder (Est) 10:53 John Axelsen (Den), Darren Fichardt (Rsa), Dylan Naidoo (Rsa) 11:04 Oliver Lindell (Fin), Jesper Sandborg (Swe), Justin Suh (USA) 11:15 Sadom Kaewkanjana (Tha), Riki Kawamoto (Jpn), Sampson Zheng (Chn) 11:26 Stewart Cink (USA), Marc Leishman (Aus), Matteo Manassero (Ita) 11:47 (a) Connor Graham, Francesco Molinari (Ita), Jesper Svensson (Swe) 11:58 Daniel Brown, Daniel Hillier (Nzl), Zach Johnson (USA) 12:09 (a) Ethan Fang (USA), Rickie Fowler (USA), Adam Scott (Aus) 12:20 Laurie Canter, Sergio Garcia (Spa), Elvis Smylie (Aus) 12:31 Andrew Novak (USA), Matthieu Pavon (Fra), Matt Wallace 12:42 Dean Burmester (Rsa), Rikuya Hoshino (Jpn), Davis Thompson (USA) 12:53 (a) Sebastian Cave, Shugo Imahira (Jpn), Si-Woo Kim (Kor) 13:04 Bud Cauley (USA), Michael Kim (USA), John Parry 13:15 Angel Hidalgo (Spa), Matt McCarty (USA), Shaun Norris (Rsa) 13:26 Daniel Berger (USA), Keegan Bradley (USA), Sung-Jae Im (Kor) 13:37 Christiaan Bezuidenhout (Rsa), Rasmus Hoejgaard (Den), Romain Langasque (Fra) 13:48 Harry Hall, Aaron Rai, Sahith Theegala (USA) 14:04 Thriston Lawrence (Rsa), Justin Leonard (USA), Antoine Rozner (Fra) 14:15 Chris Kirk (USA), Carlos Ortiz (Mex), J. T. Poston (USA) 14:26 Brian Harman (USA), Maverick McNealy (USA), Joaquin Niemann (Chi) 14:37 Tyrrell Hatton, Russell Henley (USA), Min-Woo Lee (Aus) 14:48 Bryson DeChambeau (USA), Robert MacIntyre, Justin Rose 14:59 Ludvig Aaberg (Swe), Viktor Hovland (Nor), Jordan Spieth (USA) 15:10 Tommy Fleetwood, Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas (USA) 15:21 Harris English (USA), Tony Finau (USA), Nick Taylor (Can) 15:32 Lucas Glover (USA), Joo-Hyung Kim (Kor), Jhonattan Vegas (Ven) 15:43 Brian Campbell (USA), John Catlin (USA), (a) Frazer Jones 15:54 (a) Cameron Adam, Nathan Kimsey, Jason Kokrak (USA) 16:05 Curtis Knipes, Curtis Luck (Aus), Daniel Young 16:16 George Bloor, OJ Farrell, Young-Han Song (Kor) Second round: Starting at hole 1 06:35 Stewart Cink (USA), Marc Leishman (Aus), Matteo Manassero (Ita) 06:46 (a) Connor Graham, Francesco Molinari (Ita), Jesper Svensson (Swe) 06:57 Daniel Brown, Daniel Hillier (Nzl), Zach Johnson (USA) 07:08 (a) Ethan Fang (USA), Rickie Fowler (USA), Adam Scott (Aus) 07:19 Laurie Canter, Sergio Garcia (Spa), Elvis Smylie (Aus) 07:30 Andrew Novak (USA), Matthieu Pavon (Fra), Matt Wallace 07:41 Dean Burmester (Rsa), Rikuya Hoshino (Jpn), Davis Thompson (USA) 07:52 (a) Sebastian Cave, Shugo Imahira (Jpn), Si-Woo Kim (Kor) 08:03 Bud Cauley (USA), Michael Kim (USA), John Parry 08:14 Angel Hidalgo (Spa), Matt McCarty (USA), Shaun Norris (Rsa) 08:25 Daniel Berger (USA), Keegan Bradley (USA), Sung-Jae Im (Kor) 08:36 Christiaan Bezuidenhout (Rsa), Rasmus Hoejgaard (Den), Romain Langasque (Fra) 08:47 Harry Hall, Aaron Rai, Sahith Theegala (USA) 09:03 Thriston Lawrence (Rsa), Justin Leonard (USA), Antoine Rozner (Fra) 09:14 Chris Kirk (USA), Carlos Ortiz (Mex), J. T. Poston (USA) 09:25 Brian Harman (USA), Maverick McNealy (USA), Joaquin Niemann (Chi) 09:36 Tyrrell Hatton, Russell Henley (USA), Min-Woo Lee (Aus) 09:47 Bryson DeChambeau (USA), Robert MacIntyre, Justin Rose 09:58 Ludvig Aaberg (Swe), Viktor Hovland (Nor), Jordan Spieth (USA) 10:09 Tommy Fleetwood, Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas (USA) 10:20 Harris English (USA), Tony Finau (USA), Nick Taylor (Can) 10:31 Lucas Glover (USA), Joo-Hyung Kim (Kor), Jhonattan Vegas (Ven) 10:42 Brian Campbell (USA), John Catlin (USA), (a) Frazer Jones 10:53 (a) Cameron Adam, Nathan Kimsey, Jason Kokrak (USA) 11:04 Curtis Knipes, Curtis Luck (Aus), Daniel Young 11:15 George Bloor, OJ Farrell, Young-Han Song (Kor) 11:26 Padraig Harrington, Nicolai Hoejgaard (Den), Tom McKibbin 11:47 K. J. Choi (Kor), Guido Migliozzi (Ita), Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 11:58 (a) Justin Hastings (Cay), Marco Penge, Cameron Smith (Aus) 12:09 Jason Day (Aus), Jacob Skov Olesen (Den), Taylor Pendrith (Can) 12:20 Phil Mickelson (USA), Ryan Peake (Aus), Daniel van Tonder (Rsa) 12:31 Byeong-Hun An (Kor), Max Greyserman (USA), Niklas Noergaard (Den) 12:42 Dustin Johnson (USA), Haotong Li (Chn), Jordan Smith 12:53 Darren Clarke, Lucas Herbert (Aus), Davis Riley (USA) 13:04 Mikiya Akutsu (Jpn), Julien Guerrier (Fra), Chun-An Yu (Tai) 13:15 Thomas Detry (Bel), Chris Gotterup (USA), Lee Westwood 13:26 Patrick Cantlay (USA), Mackenzie Hughes (Can), Cameron Young (USA) 13:37 (a) Filip Jakubcik (Cze), Matthew Jordan, Thorbjoern Olesen (Den) 13:48 Stephan Jaeger (Ger), Sebastian Soederberg (Swe), Henrik Stenson (Swe) 14:04 Martin Couvra (Fra), Kristoffer Reitan (Nor), Adrien Saddier (Fra) 14:15 Takumi Kanaya (Jpn), (a) Bryan Newman (Rsa), Justin Walters (Rsa) 14:26 Matthew Fitzpatrick, Ryan Fox (Nzl), Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn) 14:37 Akshay Bhatia (USA), Ben Griffin (USA), Sepp Straka (Aut) 14:48 Sam Burns (USA), Brooks Koepka (USA), Aldrich Potgieter (Rsa) 14:59 Jon Rahm (Spa), Xander Schauffele (USA), J. J. Spaun (USA) 15:10 Shane Lowry, Collin Morikawa (USA), Scottie Scheffler (USA) 15:21 Wyndham Clark (USA), Corey Conners (Can), Tom Hoge (USA) 15:32 Nicolas Echavarria (Col), Denny McCarthy (USA), Patrick Reed (USA) 15:43 Ryggs Johnston (USA), Matthias Schmid (Ger), (a) Richard Teder (Est) 15:54 John Axelsen (Den), Darren Fichardt (Rsa), Dylan Naidoo (Rsa) 16:05 Oliver Lindell (Fin), Jesper Sandborg (Swe), Justin Suh (USA) 16:16 Sadom Kaewkanjana (Tha), Riki Kawamoto (Jpn), Sampson Zheng (Chn)
United News of India
09-07-2025
- Sport
- United News of India
Indonesia gears up to host 2025 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships
Jakarta, July 9 (UNI) Indonesia is set to host the 2025 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, which will take place in Senayan, Jakarta, from October 19 to 25, chair of the Indonesian Gymnastics Federation Ita Yuliati announced on Tuesday. So far, 86 countries and regions have registered for the 53rd edition of the championships, which is a new record, according to Ita. "Usually, this world championship is attended by around 70 countries [and regions], and this time there are already 86 countries [and regions] that have registered. This is a record in itself," she stated. The event will bring together over 600 athletes from across the globe to compete at this major international tournament. As the host nation, Indonesia is continuing to refine all aspects of its preparations, including arena readiness, technical arrangements, budgeting, and training camps for the national team, Ita added. UNI XINHUA GNK
Yahoo
14-06-2025
- Sport
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US Open 2025: Second-round tee times
Rory McIlroy had a horrible feeling of deja vu after his US Open hopes were dented on the opening day at Oakmont yesterday, where most of the big names suffered. The Masters champion, trying to shake off the hangover of his Augusta National win in April, came to the Pittsburgh course last week on a scouting mission and carded an 81. Advertisement While he fared slightly better in yesterday's first round, his four-over-par 74 leaves him needing to produce something special if he is to win the third major of the year. He is eight shots off first-round leader JJ Spaun, who tamed the brutal Oakmont course widely described as the hardest in the game, with a blemish-free 66. The American sits one shot clear of Thriston Lawrence. Sungjae Im, Brooks Koepka and Si Woo Kim are a shot further back on two-under-par. World No 1 Scottie Scheffler, the overwhelming pre-tournament favourite, also struggled in posting a 73, along with defending champion Bryson DeChambeau. Today's selected UK start times US unless stated; (a) denotes amateur Second round From first tee 11.45am: Will Chandler, Andrea Pavan (Ita), Takumi Kanaya (Jap) 11.56am: Bryan Lee (a), Guido Migliozzi (Ita), Preston Summerhays 12.07pm: Erik van Rooyen (SA), Max Greyserman, Matt Wallace (Eng) 12.18pm: Russell Henley, Christiaan Bezuidenhout (SA), Nick Taylor (Can) 12.29pm: Jordan Spieth, Jon Rahm (Spa), Dustin Johnson 12.40pm: Tyrrell Hatton (Eng), Im Sung-jae (KR), Sepp Straka (Aut) 12.51pm: Cameron Young, Tom Hoge, JT Poston 1.02pm: Jhonattan Vegas (Ven), Michael Kim, Matthieu Pavon (Fra) 1.13pm: Marc Leishman (Aus), Aaron Rai (Eng), Nick Dunlap 1.24pm: Matthew Jordan (Eng), Yuta Sugiura (Jap), Carlos Ortiz (Mex) 1.35pm: Ryan McCormick, Trevor Cone, Zach Pollo (a) 1.46pm: James Nicholas, Tyler Weaver (a), Riki Kawamoto (Jap) 1.57pm: Austen Truslow, Harrison Ott, George Duangmanee 5.30pm: Zac Blair, Scott Vincent, Alistair Docherty 5.41pm: Jacques Kruyswijk (SA), Jordan Smith (Eng), Eric Cole 5.52pm: Tom Kim (KR), JJ Spaun, Taylor Pendrith (Can) 6.03pm: Ludvig Aberg (Swe), Adam Scott (Aus), Hideki Matsuyama (Jap) 6.14pm: Ben Griffin, Andrew Novak, Maverick McNealy 6.25pm: Shane Lowry (Ire), Justin Rose (Eng), Rory McIlroy (NI) 6.36pm: Patrick Cantlay, Si Woo Kim (KR), Lucas Glover 6.47pm: Cameron Smith (Aus), Brian Harman, Phil Mickelson 6.58pm: Niklas Norgaard (Den), Brian Campbell, Justin Lower 7.09pm: Davis Riley, Jackson Koivun (a), Johnny Keefer 7.20pm: James Hahn, Mark Hubbard, Michael La Sasso (a) 7.31pm: Joakim Lagergren (Swe), Mason Howell (a), Chris Gotterup 7.42pm: Zach Bauchou, Jackson Buchanan, Lance Simpson (a) Advertisement From 10th tee 11.45am: Frederic Lacroix (Fra), Emiliano Grillo (Arg), Sam Bairstow (Eng) 11.56am: An Byeong-hun (KR), Joe Highsmith, Ryan Fox (NZ) 12.07pm: Victor Perez (Fra), Jacob Bridgeman, Adam Schenk 12.18pm: Min Woo Lee (Aus), Justin Thomas, Brooks Koepka 12.29pm: Sam Burns, Nico Echavarria (Col), Denny McCarthy 12.40pm: Viktor Hovland (Nor), Collin Morikawa, Scottie Scheffler 12.51pm: Corey Conners (Can), Jason Day (Aus), Patrick Reed 1.02pm: Joaquin Niemann (Chi), Bud Cauley, Daniel Berger 1.13pm: Mackenzie Hughes (Can), Tony Finau, Chris Kirk 1.24pm: Benjamin James (a), Rasmus Hojgaard (Den), Stephan Jager (Ger) 1.35pm: Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (Den), Justin Hastings (Cay), Laurie Canter (Eng) 1.46pm: Frankie Harris (a), Emilio Gonzalez (Mex), Roberto Díaz (Mex) 1.57pm: Grant Haefner, Joey Herrera, George Kneiser 5.30pm: Matt Vogt (a), Kevin Velo, Trent Phillips 5.41pm: Chandler Blanchet, Alvaro Ortiz (Mex), Doug Ghim 5.52pm: Evan Beck (a), Maxwell Moldovan, Justin Hicks 6.03pm: Harris English, Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Keegan Bradley 6.14pm: Xander Schauffele, Jose Luis Ballester (Spa), Bryson DeChambeau 6.25pm: Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng), Wyndham Clark, Gary Woodland 6.36pm: Akshay Bhatia, Matt McCarty, Robert MacIntyre (Sco) 6.47pm: Cam Davis, Davis Thompson, Thomas Detry (Bel) 6.58pm: Richard Bland (Eng), Trevor Gutschewski (a), Lanto Griffin 7.09pm: Edoardo Molinari (Ita), Sam Stevens, Ryan Gerard 7.20pm: Thriston Lawrence (SA), Noah Kent, Thorbjorn Olesen (Den) 7.31pm: Jinichiro Kozuma (Jap), Cameron Tankersley (a), Chase Johnson 7.42pm: Philip Barbaree Jnr, Riley Lewis, Brady Calkins Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
Gulf Today
07-06-2025
- Sport
- Gulf Today
Pogacar to lead Team Emirates-XRG charge at Criterium du Dauphine
UAE Team Emirates-XRG have announced their rider selection for the upcoming Criterium du Dauphine, taking place from June 9–15. The race will serve as a crucial test ahead of the Tour de France, with Tadej Pogacar set to lead a strong and versatile squad through the week-long race in the French Alps. Pogacar returns to competition after a high-altitude training camp with his teammates and a commanding spring campaign, which included seven victories. The Dauphine will mark a key step in his build-up to July. Pogacar said: 'We've just come off a really solid block of altitude training with the team and I'm feeling good. The legs are there, and the motivation is high. It's been a few years since I've been to the Dauphine, and we're excited to be there and racing again after many weeks of training all together. 'We have a very good ambience in the group, and we're ready to pin on race numbers and show what we can do.' The seven-man squad will be guided by Sports Directors Andrej Hauptman (Slo), Marco Marcato (Ita) and Marco Marzano (Ita). The team brings a balanced line-up of climbing specialists, experienced domestiques, and all-rounders to support Pogacar across the race's demanding terrain. Meanwhile, on stage 3 of the Tour of Slovenia, Sebastian Molano sprinted to second place for UAE Team Emirates-XRG, narrowly missing out on the day's victory to Dylan Groenewegen of Jayco AlUla. The Colombian launched his sprint with 300m to go, but ultimately came up just short in the uphill kick to the line. Earlier in the stage, Antanio Morgado and Rune Herregodts had kept their leaders safe and out of trouble, as the sun lashed the peloton with a searing heat. With bottles of water aplenty, the peloton went about its business from Majsperk to Ormoz, showing little concern for the threat that came from out front. Initially numbering six riders, the day's breakaway was best represented by Nejc Komac (Factory Racing) in the finale. The Slovene youngster made a daring bid to ride alone to the finish, but was ultimately caught inside the final 3km. It was a fine effort from Komac, who came close to pulling off an unlikely victory. With the breakaway mopped up, UAE Team Emirates-XRG's Rui and Ivo Oliveira piloted Molano towards the front of the bunch, and it was the 30-year-old who opened up his sprint first. Hitting the front with a little over 300m to ride, Molano delivered a great turn of speed and initially looked to have enough to hang on. However, it was Groenewegen who benefited from a slightly later launch, riding his way to a second stage victory of the week. Behind the fireworks, Felix Großschartner remained out of danger and cruised over the line, putting himself into a handy position heading into Saturday's summit finish. The Austrian sits in fifth place overall and will hope to stretch his legs over the weekend. Molano: 'It was really close today. In the end, I did not see Ivo preparing his lead-out on the right-hand side of the road, and this is why I launched a little early. The finish was a bit uphill and with such a long kick, it was hard to hold on. 'It's a shame not to get the victory because I know how close I am. Groenewegen is strong but today I had the legs. With some better luck, it was ours. Anyway, we have two more opportunities to chase the victory, so we will give it everything,' he added. Tour of Slovenia has been become a happy hunting ground for UAE Team Emirates-XRG in recent years, showcasing their strength and consistency on the international stage. The team's impressive run began in 2019, when the experienced Italian rider Diego Ulissi powered to victory with a tactically brilliant performance. Building on that success, the spotlight then shifted to Slovenian superstar Pogacar, who thrilled fans by winning his home race in both 2021 and 2022.
