Sport in Short: Cycling
GREG LEMOND will miss the Tour Du Pont, in the United States in May, to prepare for the Tour of Italy and Tour de France which he will be trying to win for the fourth time.
BREMEN SIX-DAY RACE Leading standings after fifth race: 1 B Risi and K Betschart (Swit) 327 pts. One lap behind: 2 D Clark (Aus) and R Stumpf (Ger) 445; 3 U Freuler (Swit) and P Pieters (Neth) 444; 4 A Kappes (Ger) and E de Wilde (Bel) 326. Three laps behind: 5 R Gunther (Ger) and J Veggerby (Den) 305; 6 K Khrabchov and M Ganeyev (Rus) 256. Nine laps behind: 7 P Bincoletto and G Bontempi (It) 229; 8 M Hess and G Dorich (Ger) 201; 9 S Tourne and R von Slijcke (Bel) 163.
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