Sporting Digest: Cycling

GIRO D'ITALIA First stage (86km, 53.4 miles, Bologna to Bologna): 1 E Leoni (It) 2hr 10min; 2 G Lombardi (It); 3 A Baffi (It); 4 F Baldato (It); 5 S Schiavina (It); 6 G Fidanza (It); 7 S Zanini (It); 8 U Raab (Ger); 9 J Werner (Ger); 10 D Konychev (Rus) all s/t. (7km time trial): 1 A de las Cuevas (Fr) 7min 52sec; 2 E Berzin (Rus) +2sec; 3 M Indurain (Sp) +5; 4 F Casagrande (It) +12; 5 G Bugno (It) +14; 6 M Argentin (It) +17; 7 R Sorensen (Den) +21; 8 T Marie (Fr) +22; 9 A Chiurato (It) +23; 10 M Lelli (It) s/t. Overall: 1 De las Cuevas 2hr 08min 13sec; 2 Berzin +2sec; 3 Indurain +5; 4 Baffi s/t; 5 Casagrande +12; 6 Bugno +14; 7 M Sciandri (It) +16; 8 Argentin +17; 9 Leoni +20; 10 Sorensen +21.