Sporting Digest: Cycling

TOUR OF BASQUE COUNTRY Second stage (185km, Arrasate to Vitoria) Leading positions: 1 L Jalabert (Fr) 4hr 42min 45sec; 2 G Matteo Fagnini (It); 3 R Verdonck (Bel); 4 V Ekimov (Rus); 5 R Aldag (Ger); 6 E Berzin (Rus); 7 A Olano (Sp); 8 M Saligari (It); 9 S Baguet (Bel); 10 P Anderson (Aus) all s/t. Leading standings: 1 Jalabert 7hr 24min 47sec; 2 Fagnini; 3 E Dekker (Neth); 4 Anderson; 5 Verdonck; 6 Olano; 7 B Hamburger (Den); 8 S Larsen (US); 9 P Lino (Fr); 10 C Chiapucci (It) all s/t.

PARIS-CAMEMBERT EVENT (200km): 1 A de Las Cuevas (Fr) 6hr 12min 40sec; 2 C Mottet (Fr) s/t; 3 L Brochard (Fr) +56sec; 4 C Le Roscouet (Fr); 5 E Thijs (Bel) both s/t.