Sport in Short: Cycling

GRAND PRIX OUEST-FRANCE (Plouay, 209km) 1 R Pensec (Fr) 5hr 47min 10sec; 2 S Baguet (Bel) +2sec, 3 T Claveyrolat (Fr), 4 J-C Colotti (Fr), 5 F Maassen (Neth) all same time; 6 U Boelts (Ger) +6, 7 L Dufaux (Swit) s/t; 8 M Madiot (Fr) +14; 9 E Caritoux (Fr) +39, 10 G Duclos-Lassalle (Fr) s/t.

FRENCH TEAM (World Road-Race Championship, Benidorm, 6 Sept): J-F Bernard, E Boyer, T Claveyrolat, J-C Colotti, G Duclos-Lassalle, L Fignon, L Jalabert, L Leblanc, M Madiot, T Marie, C Mottet, G Rue, R Pensec.

WORLD TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS (Valencia): Men: Amateur motor-paced, 1st heat (20km): 1 R Koenigshofer (Aut) paced by K Igl, 19min 51.04sec (60.451kph); 2 R Keller (Ger), Schmadtke; 3 S Harter (Ger), Dippel. Professional 200m sprint (qualifiers): 1 M Huebner (Ger) 10.625sec; 2 F Magne (Fr) 10.687; 3 K Carpenter (US) 10.706; 4 C Golinelli (It) 10.742; 5 F Colas (Fr) 10.755; 6 E Schoefs (Bel) 10.816; 7 K Kaida (Japan) 10.820; 8 B Dandanell (Den) 11.020; 9 V Ceci (It) 11.031; 10 N Vails (US) 11.033; 11 H Matsui (Japan) 11.041; 12 C Hall (Aus) 11.046. Professional 1,000m sprint (winners to quarter-final, losers to repechage): Heat 1: 1 M Huebner (Ger) 10.872sec (over last 200m); 2 V Ceci (It); 3 B Dandanell (Den). Heat 2: 1 F Magne (Fr) 11.164; 2 N Vails (US); 3 K Kaida (Japan). Heat 3: 1 E Schoefs (Bel) 11.410; 2 H Matsui (Japan); 3 K Carpenter (US). Heat 4: 1 F Colas (Fr) 11.071; 2 C Hall (Aus); 3 C Golinelli (It). Repechage (winners to quarter-finals): C Golinelli (It) bt V Ceci (It); K Kaida (Japan) bt K Carpenter (US); H Matsui (Japan) bt N Vails (US); B Dandanell (Den) bt C Hall (Aus). Professional 5,000m pursuit (quarter-finalists): 1 F Moreau (Fr) 5min 44.949sec; 2 A Kasputis (Lith) 5:47.798; 3 S Wallace (GB) 5:48.072; 4 M McCarthy (US) 5:48.278; 5 A de las Cuevas (Fr) 5:50.235; 6 P Pieters (Neth) 5:50.468; 7 B Risi (Swit) 5:53.190; 8 T Duerst (Ger) 5:57.398.

Women: 30km points final: 1 I Haringa (Neth) 38pts (40min 14.70sec); 2 B Eden-Ganz (Swit) 29; 3 J Eickhoff (US) 29; 4 P Rossner (Ger) 22; 5 J Longo (Fr) 22.

SCOTTISH PROVIDENT LEAGUE Final round (Edinburgh, 31.5km): 1 C Walker (Subaru-Montgomery) 49min 29sec; 2 C Lillywhite (Banana- MET) +2sec; 3 G Coltman (Raleigh), 4 J Clay (Banana-MET), 5 M Elliott (SEUR), 6 C King (Bath University CC) all same time. Overall: 1 Lillywhite 237pts; 2 Coltman 205; 3 B Smith (Banana-MET) 163; 4 S Sutton (Banana-MET) 154; 5 N Hoban (PCA) 144. 6 S Wingrave (PCA) 111.