Sport in Short: Cycling
TOUR OF ANDALUSIA Third stage (139km, Torremolinos to Jaen): 1 J Planckaert (Bel) 5hr 1min 45sec; 2 W Nelissen (Bel); 3 S Moreels (Neth); 4 N Verhoeven (Neth); 5 A Gutierrez (Sp) st. Overall: 1 J Llaneras (Sp) 9hr 41min 15sec; 2 J Gorospe (Sp) +3 sec; 3 E van Hooydonck (Bel) +4; 4 N Stephens (Aus) st; 5 A Garmendia (Sp) +6.
ETOILE DE BESSEGES RACE Second stage (145km, Le Vigan, Fr): 1 A De las Cuevas (Fr) 3hr 31min 4sec; 2 J-P Heynderickx (Bel) +11sec; 3 C Mottet (Fr) same time; 4 H Frison (Bel) +22sec; 5 D Daelman (Bel) st. Overall: 1 De las Cuevas 6hr 49min 54sec; 2 Heynderickx +11sec; 3 Mottet st; 4 Frison +22; 5 Daelman st.
COPENHAGEN SIX-DAY RACE Final standings: 1 J Veggerby and R Sorensen (Den) 400pts; 2 D Clark (Aus) and T Doyle (GB) 314. +1 lap: 3 E de Wilde (Bel) and P Bincoletto (It) 286; 4 U Freuler and K Betschart (Swit) 252. +2 laps: 5 P Carrara (Den) and W Stutz (Swit) 160.
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