Sporting Digest: Cycling

Niki Aebersold, the Swiss rider, won the seventh stage of the Tour of Switzerland yesterday after launching his second successful attack of the day. Stefano Garzelli finished 44th, in a group 16 seconds behind Aebersold but retained his overall lead of 1 minute 23 seconds. The race moves to Ittigen today for a time trial and finishes in the capital, Bern, tomorrow.

TOUR OF SWITZERLAND Seventh stage (182.1km, from Brunnen to Huttwil): 1 N Aebersold (Swit) Post Swiss 4hr 1min 40sec; 2 R McEwen (Aus) Radobank +16sec; 3 E Zabel (Ger) Deutsche Telekom; 4 C Mengin (Fr) La Francaise De Jeux; 5 D Rebellin (It) Polti; 6 C Gasperoni (It) Amore Vita; 7 M Fondriest (It) Cofidis; 8 D Moncoutie (Fr) Cofidis; 9 F Casagrande (It) Cofidis; 10 V Duma (Ukr) Scrigno; all same time. Overall standings: 1 S Garzelli (It) Mercatone 32hr 2min 10sec; 2 L Piepoli (It) Saeco +1min 23sec; 3 B Zberg (Swit) Radobank +1:30; 4 W Belli (It) Festina +1:37; 5 Casagrande +1:39; 6 Rebellin +2:53; 7 B Riis (Den) Deutsche Telekom +3:19; 8 R Meier (Swit) Cofidis +3:20; 9 A Sheffr (Kaz) Asics +3:25; 10 P Luttenberger (Aut) Radobank +3:26.