Sporting Digest: Cycling

TOUR OF ITALY 17th stage (200km, Santa Maria della Versa to Lavagna): 1 J Svorada (Slov) Lampre 5hr 26min 4sec; 2 G Lombardi (It) Lampre +2sec; 3 D Abdoujaparov (Uzb) Polti; 4 R Pagnin (It) Navigare; 5 G Perini (It) ZG Mobili all same time; 6 Z Spruch (Pol) Lampre +56; 7 F Baldato (It) GB MG; 8 F Fontanelli (It) ZG Mobili; 9 D Konyshev (Rus) Jolly Componibili; 10 F Roscioli (It) Brescialat all same time. Overall: 1 E Berzin (Rus) Gewiss Ballan 79hr 11min 26sec; 2 M Pantani (It) Carrera +1:18; 3 M Indurain (Sp) Banesto +3:03; 4 G Bugno (It) Polti +4:08; 5 W Belli (Italy) Lampre +4:41; 6 A de las Cuevas (Fr) Castorama +5:12; 7 P Tonkov (Rus) Lampre +7:53; 8 C Chiappucci (It) Carrera +9:13; 9 N Rodriguez (Col) ZG Mobili +10:15; 10 A Hampsten (US) Motorola +12:00.