Sporting Digest: Cycling

TOUR OF SICILY Fifth stage (149km): 1 M Cipollini 3hr 38min 15sec; 2 A Ferrigato (It); 3 E Leoni (It); 4 S Schiavina (It); 5 N Minali (It); 6 F Fontanelli (It) all same time. Overall: 1 G Calcaterra (It) 20hr 4min 32sec; 2 R Massi (It) +31sec; 3 M Coppolillo (It) +38; 4 E Berzin (Rus) +40; 5 F Casagrande (It) +44; 6 D Rebellin (It) +46.

TOUR OF VALENCIA Second stage (203km, Calpe to Almussafes): 1 V Ekimov (Rus) 5hr 24min 32sec; 2 J-P van Poppel (Neth); 3 E Dekker (Neth); 4 M Mauri (Sp); 5 G Fagnigni (It) all same time. Overall: 1 Van Poppel 9hr 20min 44sec; 2 Dekker; 3 K Hundertmark (Ger); 4 C Zamara (Pol); 5 E Anguita (Sp) all same time.