Sporting Digest: Cycling

WOMEN'S TOUR DE FRANCE 3rd stage (125km, Richelieu to Niort): 1 L van Moorsel (Neth) 3hr 35min 9sec; 2 M Clignet (Fr); 3 O Sokolova (Rus)s/t. Overall: 1 S Bubenkova (Rus) 9:25:43; 2 C Hughes (Can) +1sec; 3 van Moorsel +4.

BCF NATIONAL TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS (Leicester) Men: Omnium, one-lap flying start TT: 1 A Stirrat (City of Edinburgh RC) 19.455sec; 2 M Osman (CC Eclipse) 19.799; 3 G Coltman (Raleigh) 19.968. Omnium series (final placings): 1 Coltman 7pts; 2 Stirrat 10; 3 R Williams (G Butler Cycles) 18. Junior 3,000m pursuit final: R Prince (VC St Raphael) 3:38.201 bt A Russell (CC Cardiff) 3:44.043. Bronze medal: A Mummery (VC St Raphael). Women: Sprint semi-finals: S Boyden (Askern CC) bt S Timmis (Raleigh) 2-0; G Danson (Ratae RC) bt I Rowntree (Black Country Wh) 2-1. Bronze medal: Rowntree bt Timmis 2-0. Sprint final: Boyden CC) bt Danson RC) 2-0.