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MIRADOR DE EZARO, Spain -- Alexandre Geniez of France held off an attack by the title favorites on a brutal final climb to win the third stage of the Spanish Vuelta on Monday.Geniez completed the hilly 176.4-kilometer (109.6-mile) ride along the Atlantic coast finishing at the Mirador de Ezaro summit in 4 hours, 28 minutes, 36 seconds. The FDJ rider collapsed to the ground after recording his second career win on the Spanish grand tour, needing several minutes to rest before stepping onto the podium.Geniez compared the short, but very steep ascent to a little Alpe dHuez, one of the classic mountain climbs of the Tour de France.I worked very hard to arrive to the Vuelta in good shape, he said. The group didnt increase its pace until late, and by then they couldnt do anything.Ruben Fernandez crossed 21 seconds later and took the overall lead. He claimed the red jersey after leading a late charge by Movistar that shook up the times among the contenders, and dropped Alberto Contador even further off the lead.Alejandro Valverde was third, just ahead of Tour champion Chris Froome and fellow race rivals Esteban Chaves and Nairo Quintana.Valverde, the 2009 Vuelta winner, moved into second overall at seven seconds behind Fernandez. Froome is 11 seconds back, followed by Chaves and Quintana at 17.Three-time Vuelta winner Alberto Contador couldnt stay with that bunch on the last ascent, which had a gradient that reached 30 percent.After losing more ground, Contador will start Tuesdays stage 1 minute, 31 seconds off the lead.It wasnt a good day, but like I have said before, the Vuelta is far from over, Contador said. I am not satisfied, but I feel that my conditioning will improve over the coming days.Fernandez looked like he had the legs to catch Geniez, but the Spaniard let up momentarily when it appeared Quintana and Valverde couldnt keep up. When Movistar released him from pulling his leaders up the ascent, it was too late to catch Geniez.The idea was to work for Nairo and Alejandro, but at the end they told me to go for it, Fernandez said.Warren Barguil became the first rider to withdraw from the race, quitting because of a sinus infection.Astanas Miguel Angel Lopez crashed near the end of the stage. Lopez was named the team leader after 2015 Vuelta winner Fabio Aru didnt return for this edition.Tuesdays stage remains in the hilly northwestern coast, with a 163.5-kilometer (101.5-mile) ride from Betanzos to a summit finish at San Andres de Teixido.The 21-stage grand tour ends in Madrid on Sept. 11. 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Born and raised in Toronto, Bradwell is entering his sixth CFL season, with all six played for his hometown Argonauts.JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Egypt and Ethiopia went through to the final World Cup playoffs on Sunday and Libya is almost there, creating a group of unlikely contenders for Africas five places at the world showpiece. Egypt and Libya have defied major political unrest to challenge for a spot in Brazil next year. Ethiopia followed on from its first appearance at the African Cup in 30 years by reaching the decisive World Cup playoff games as one of 10 group winners, eliminating 2010 host South Africa on the way. Libya and Ethiopia have never been to the World Cup, while Egypt hasnt qualified for more than 20 years. Tunisia and Algeria also made the playoffs, with North African football fighting back after one of its worst periods culminated with the region having no teams in the last eight of this years African Cup. The continents top-ranked team, Ivory Coast, was among the first five countries into the playoff ties in October and November. The remaining five will be decided in the final group games in early September. A founding member of the African Cup of Nations -- and African champion back in 1962 -- Ethiopia reached a long-awaited high with a come-from-behind 2-1 win over South Africa in front of 25,000 roaring fans in Addis Ababa. Bernard Parkers 70th minute own goal for the South Africans sealed Ethiopias place as Group A winner, sending the supporters inside the National Stadium wild. Thousands who didnt get tickets crowded outside the walls of the stadium in the capital within minutes of full time, waving flags, bouncing up and down, and hailing Ethiopias resurgence. "There are many talented players here in Ethiopia. This will be a turning point for Ethiopian football," coach Sewnet Bishaw said, adding "our crowd" made the victory possible. Parker misdirected a header from a set-piece and it rocketed into the top right corner of his own net for Ethiopias winner. Playing for its survival, South Africa had led through Parkers left--footed volley in the 33rd minute, but Getaneh Kebede equalized in the 42nd in a game fizzing with passion from the home fans.dddddddddddd Ranked 106th by FIFA, Ethiopia is now a two-legged tie away from being among the top 32 teams in the world in Brazil. Ivory Coast earlier won 4-2 in Tanzania after being 1-0 and 2-1 down, helped by a double from Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure. Five goals came in the first half before Africas top team prevailed and took the playoff place as Group C winner. Egypt, under former U.S. coach Bob Bradley, is also headed for the playoffs and has a chance at a first World Cup appearance since 1990 after winning 1-0 in Mozambique to dominate Group G with a perfect five wins from five so far. Mohamed Salah scored the 40th-minute winner in Maputo, adding to the hat trick he scored in Egypts win over Zimbabwe in the last round. A place at Brazil 2014 would be a remarkable turnaround for Bradleys team after it failed to qualify for the 2012 and 2013 African Cups amid violence and disorder back home. Tunisia secured a 1-1 draw and a point in Equatorial Guinea with Oussama Darragis second-half penalty to win Group B. Algeria won 1-0 in Rwanda and claimed Group H when Mali drew 2-2 with Benin in the weekends last game. A 2010 World Cup quarterfinalist, Ghana won 2-0 in Lesotho after goals by Christian Atsu and Asamoah Gyan to go top of Group D by a point from former African champion Zambia. That will go down to a tense decider when Ghana hosts Zambia in the final round of group games. Cameroon could only draw 0-0 in Congo, leaving Libya two points clear in Group I and needing a draw in Cameroon when they meet in the groups final round to be in the last 10. Best placed to take the remaining three spots in the playoffs are African champion Nigeria, Senegal and surprise package Republic of Congo. Senegal beat Liberia 2-0 after a double from Papiss Cisse to lead Uganda by a point in Group J following five of six games. ' ' '