Sport in Short: Cycling
COPENHAGEN SIX-DAY RACE Leading standings after five days: 1 J Veggerby and R Sorensen (Den) 361 pts; 2 D Clark (Aus) and T Doyle (GB) 257; 3 Etienne de Wilde (Bel) and P Bincoletto (It) 238; 4 U Freuler and K Betschart (Swit) 237. Two laps behind: 5 P Carrara (Den) and W Stultz (Swit) 150.
ETOILE DE BESSEGES First stage (Nmes-Les Fumades, Fr, 124km): 1 J-P Van Poppel (Neth); 2 F Moncassin (Fr); 3 J Capiot (Bel); 4 J-P Heynderickx (Bel); 5 Eric Vanderaerden (Bel); 6 M De Clerck (Bel) all in 3hr 18min 58sec.
TOUR OF ANDALUSIA Second stage (Algeciras- Torremolinos, 139km): 1 W Nelissen (Bel) 4hr 28min 24sec; 2 U Raab (Ger); 3 O Ludwig (Neth); 4 S Moreels (Neth); 5 A Saitov (Rus); 6 G Bortolami (It); 7 A Gutierrez (Sp); 8 K Garcia (Sp); 9 I Gaston (Sp); 10 Jose Rodriguez (Sp) all same time. Overall standings: 1 J Llaneras (Sp) 4:39:30; 2 J Gorospe (Sp) +3sec; 3 E van Hooydonck (Bel); 4 N Stephens (Aus) both same time; 5 A Garmendia (Sp) +6; 6 T Cordes (Neth) +10.
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