Sporting Digest: Cycling

TOUR OF ITALY Fifth stage (158km, Campobasso to Melfi): 1 E Leoni (It) Jolly Componbili 3hr 41min 39sec; 2 F Baldato (It) GB MG; 3 G Lombardi (It) Lampre; 4 A di Basco (It) Amore & Vita; 5 M Indurain (Sp) Banesto; 6 M Strasser (It) Navigare; 7 U Raab (Ger) Telekom; 8 D Konyshev (Rus) Jolly Componibili; 9 S Schiavina (It) Carrera; 10 M Sciandri (It) GB MG all same time. Overall: 1 E Berzin (Rus) Gewiss-Ballan 22hr 2min 24sec; 2 G Bugno (It) Polti +57sec; 3 A De las Cuevas (Fr) Castorama +1:00; 4 Indurain +1:05; 5 W Belli (It) Lampre +1:26; 6 M Giovannetti (It) Mapei Clas +1:31; 7 S Della Santa (It) Mapei Clas +1:32; 8 O Pellicioli (It) Polti +1:36; 9 M Pantani (It) Carrera +1:43; 10 A Hampsten (US) Motorola +1:53.