Sporting Digest: Cycling

ISLE OF MAN WEEK Mountain time trial (37.75 miles): 1 M Postle (Wal) 1hr 30min 35sec; 2 S Dangerfield (N Wirral Velo) 1:31:12; 3= Z Carr (Leo RC), A Roche (Ellan Vannin CC) 1:31:28. Team: 1 Wales (Postle, Wright, R Wooles) 4:36:03.

TOUR OF SWITZERLAND Sixth stage (30km time trial): 1 C Boardman (GB) 34min 26.82sec; 2 G Pierobon (It) +45.1sec; 3 P Richard (Swit) +55.14sec; 4 V Poulnikov (Ukr) +1:40:16; 5 T Rominger (Swit) +1:05.52. Selected: 17 S Yates (GB) +2:32.09. Overall: 1 Richard 19hr 17min 46sec; 2 Pierobon +27sec; 3 Poulnikov +57sec; 4 H Imboden (Swit) +1:33; 5 L Armstrong (US) +1:40. Selected: 10 Yates +3:47; 38 Boardman +14:14.

BASQUE TOUR Final stage (137km, Eibar): 1 E Berzin (Rus) 3hr 27min 37sec; 2 S della Santa (It) s/t; 3 D Rebellin (It) +1min 12sec; 4 G Totschnig (Aut) s/t; 5 M Podenzana (It) +1:34; 6 F Vona (It) +1:56; 7 G Bugno (It) + 2:06; 8 A Triana (Col) s/t; 9 M Sciandri (It) +2:43; 10 B Rijs (Swit) +5:45. Overall: 1 Della Santa 22:22:12; 2 Berzin s/t; 3 Rebellin +37sec; 4 Totschnig +42; 5 Podenzana +1min 34sec; 6 Bugno +2:06; 7 Sciandri +5:10; 8 Triana +6:44; 9 Vona +7:24; 10 R Sorensen (Den) +10.05.