Sporting Digest: Cycling

TOUR DE L'AVENIR 10th stage, first section (103.5km, Saumur to Le Puy-du-Faou, Fr): 1 T Steels (Bel); 2 E Zabel (Ger); 3 S Teutenberg (Ger); 4 N Jalabert (Fr); 5 R McEwen (Aus) all 2hr 28min 35sec. Overall: 1 M Den Bakker (Neth) 37hr 6min 43sec; 2 A Casero (Sp) +2sec; 3 B Ziegler (Fr) +30; 4 B Thibout (Fr) +35; 5 F Bouyer (Fr) +37.