A Royal PSG, a Pugacar Glouton, Bayonne and Toulon in the last square of the Top 14 … The Weekend Sport Recap

15 days after their coronation in the Champions League, the Parisians launched their World Cup on clubs perfectly by winning against Atletico Madrid on Sunday.

A high-flying sports weekend. While the Swedish perchist Armand Duplantis flew to 6.28 meters, a new world record on Sunday, Joan-Benjamin Gaba, Sarah Noutcha and Eva Lacheray have, like PSG, brought the colors of France high by being crowned at the Judo Worlds for the first and in the European fencing championship for the other two. In terms of collective sports, the weekend was marked by the rugby playoffs and the first round of the final of the French basketball championship. Franceinfo: Sport takes stock of the news that should not be missed.

PSG shines for its debut at the World Cup clubs

No pity, no tenderness: PSG did not do in detail against Atlético de Madrid, in what was to be the shock of group B, at the Club World Cup. Auréolés from their European champions title, Parisians only made a bite of the teammates of Antoine Griezmann on Sunday in Los Angeles (4-0). And this despite the suffocating heat of the city of the city of angels, while the meeting was played under thirty degrees, for noon.

Fabian Ruiz, Vitinha, Senny Mayuku and Kang-in Lee were the four scorers of the day on the Parisian side, to ideally launch PSG in his world quest, after an endless season. All without forcing their talent, faced with Madrilenians far from their legendary defensive aggressiveness and, it must be said, harmless. Provisionally at the top of its group, Paris now has an appointment with Botafogo on Friday, at 3 a.m.

Dauphiné: Pogacar in demonstration, retired Bardet

The big favorite of the Tour is him. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates XRG) won his first Dauphiné Critérium at the end of the eighth and last stage, Sunday, June 15, on the Mont-Cenis set. Winner of three stages in total, the Slovenian flew over the race to win in the general classification with 59 seconds ahead of the Danish Jonas Vingegaard (Vismae Lease A Bike), three weeks before the start of the Tour de France.

The German Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora Hansgrohe) completes the podium, at 2:38 of Pogacar, in front of the Belgian Remco Evenepoel (Sudal-Quick Step). The last step was won by Lenny Martinez (Bahrain-Victorious), who ends up on an excellent note a dauphiné for the complicated rest. This runner -up was also marked by farewell to Romain Bardet cycling which was celebrated by a hedge of honor at the start and enjoyed the last climb of his career at the back of the peloton. Another Roman also distinguished itself this Sunday. The young Frenchman Romain Grégoire (Groupama FDJ) won, alone, the first stage of the Tour of Switzerland.

Top 14: Bayonne and Toulon in the semi-finals, the USAP maintained

We now know the posters of the semi-finals of the French championship! Under a flood, Bayonnais rowing eliminated Clermont on Friday in its lair of the Jean-Dauger stadium (20-3). A capital letters for the club, which accesses the last square of the Top 14 while he is competing in his first final phase in 33 years, three seasons after his rise in the elite. To play his place in the final, he will be opposed to the Grand Stade Toulousain, when Toulon will travel next week on the field of Bordeaux-Bègles. The Varois defeated Castres on Saturday in Mayol thanks to six trials marked after the break (52-23).

Finally, Perpignan validated his maintenance after finishing 13th in the season. Favorites, the Catalans trembled when Grenoble took the advantage five minutes from the end of the accession match on Saturday, but ended up winning thanks to a saving penalty from the Italian Tommaso Allan (13-11). Yet another CRÈVE-CœUr for the Isérois, first of Pro D2 but beaten in the final by Montauban on past weekend and which therefore remain at the gates of the Top 14. And this, for the third consecutive season in the dam against the USAP.

24 hours of Le Mans: Ferrari is essential for the third time in a row

Auto-Moto side, The victory of George Russell (Mercedes) at the Formula 1 Canada Grand Prix was overshadowed by the legendary 24 hours of Le Mans on the Sarthe circuit. After the departure given Saturday by Roger Federer, Ferrari signed his third consecutive victory on the event thanks to the car n ° 83 Managed by Robert Kubica, Philip Hanson and Yifei Ye. The yellow hypercar of the AF Corsica private team has ahead of Porsche n ° 6 of the French Kévin Estre (with Matt Campbell and Laurens Vanthoor) 14 seconds and another Ferrari, of factory this time, n ° 51 (Alessandro Pier Guidi, James Calado and Antonio Giovinazzi), in the final.

During most of the race, the Scuderia even thought of placing its three representatives on the podium but the n ° 50 (Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina and Nicklas Nielsen), winner in 2024, finally finished fourth just behind her twin, shell, she, two years ago. This is the first time that four machines have finished less than 30 seconds apart from Le Mans in the queen category. On the other hand, only alpine n ° 35 finishes in the top 10 French side.

Handball: Nantes far from the account in the Champions League

There was no match on Saturday in Cologne, when the HBC Nantes hoped to join the second final of the Champions League in its history. Swept away by the Füchse Berlin despite the expulsion of the best player in the world, the Danish right back Mathias Gidsel on the German side, from the 9th minute of play, the Nantes people gave the impression of never having entered the game (34-24). Opposed to Barcelona in the match for 3rd place, they then won to take bronze (30-25). It will still be necessary to wait to see another French team than Montpellier (2003, 2018) write your name at the C1 list.