Sporting Digest: Cycling

GHENT-WEVELGEM RACE (210-km): 1 M Cipollini (It) 5hr 23min 10sec; 2 E Vanderaerden (Bel); 3 D Abdoujaparov (Uzb); 4 F Moncassin (Fr); 5 O Ludwig (Ger).

TOUR OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY Third stage (206km): 1 R Sorensen (Den) 5hr 3min 45sec; 2 J Murguialday (Sp); 3 M Manzoni (It); 4 F Baldato (It); 5 P Anderson (Aus) all s/t. Overall standings: 1 T Rominger (Swit) 13hr 17min 59sec; 2 D Cassani (It) +4sec; 3 A Zulle (Swit) +6; 4 Sorensen s/t; 5 U Ampler (Ger) +9.