Sporting Digest: Cycling

LEEDS INTERNATIONAL CLASSIC (144 miles): 1 G Bortolami (It) Mapei-Clas 6hr 3min 29sec; 2 V Ekimov (Rus) Wordperfect s/t; 3 B Hamburger (Den) TVM +11sec; 4 F Andreu (US) Motorola; 5 L Dufaux (Swi) ONCE; 6 M Ghirotto (It) ZG Mobili; 7 M Sciandri (It) GB-MG Maglifico; 8 G Faresin (It) Lampre-Panaria; 9 S Swart (NZ) Motorola s/t; 10 F Vanzella (It) GB-MG Maglifico at 13sec. GB and Irl placings: 13 S Yates (Motorola) +2:21, 39 R Millar (TVM) +4:52, 54 B Smith (Motorola) +25:36; 68 M Earley (Raleigh) s/t; 73 G Coltman (Raleigh) +37:25. Team positions: 1 Motorola 26pts; 2 GB-MG Maglifico 35; 3 Telekom 39. Overall team standings: 1 GB-MG Maglifico 69; 2 Motorola 41; 3 Mapei-Clas 33. World Cup overall standings: 1 A Tchmil (Mold) Lotto 115pts; 2 J Museeuw (Bel) GB-MG Maglifico 90; 3 G Furlan (It) Gewiss 75; 4 Armstrong (US) Motorola 70; 5 F Baldato (It) GB-MG Maglifico 67; 6 G Bortolami 66; 7 G Bugno (It) Polti 58; 8 F Ballerini (It) Mapei-Clas 50; 9 E Berzin (Rus) Gewiss 50; 10 A De Las Cuevas (Fr) Castorama 50.