Australia has retained the Ashes after the final day of the fourth Test was rained out. We had still been chasing England’s dominant first-innings tally of 592, so the rain might have been Australia’s soggy saving grace… taking the match to a draw and keeping the series at 2-1. The fifth Test begins on Thursday and is Australia’s chance to win the Ashes outright. And over in France, Danish cyclist Jonas Vingegaard has rolled to a back-to-back Tour de France victory. He led the processional stage into Paris overnight (Sunday local time) and said he was “very happy” to win his 2nd Tour. “Probably, I will try to win it again next year,” he said. Third time’s a charm…