Sporting Digest: Cycling

ISLE OF MAN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL: Curwen Clague Memorial Handicap (48 miles): 1 F Laurance (Fr) 1hr 47min 39sec; 2 S McDonald (Irl); 3 W Geijs (Neth); 4 S Colloby (Wal); 5 C Power (Irl) same time; 6 J Evans (Wal) +7sec. Two-man 10- mile TT: 1 G Obree (Leo RC) and M Ives (Saracen Cycles) 23min 13sec; 2 K Silvester and P Guy (Mid- Shropshire) +23:24; 3 W Moore (Leo RC) and Miss C Greenwood (Cardiff Byways RCC) +23:39.

TOUR OF SWITZERLAND Ninth stage (180km, Coire to Bad Ragtaz): 1 R Soerensen (Den) 4hr 29min 46sec; 2 V Ekimov (Rus) +4sec; 3 S Sunderland (Aus); 4 M Saligari (It); 5 Z Jaskula (Pol); 6 R Alcala (Mex); 7 P Tonkov (Rus); 8 R Jarmann (Swit); 9 F Escartin (Sp) all s/t; 10 D Rebellin (It) +21. Overall: 1 Saligari 39hr 37min 08sec; 2 Jarmann +2min 17sec; 3 Escartin +2:24; 4 E Bouwmans (Neth) +2:59; 5 Tonkov +3:06; 6 F Puttini (Swit) +3:31; 7 D Zhdanov (Rus) +3:35; 8 Rebellin +3:36; 9 B Zberg (Swit) +4:02; 10 S Sunderland (Aus) +4:45.

TOUR OF THE MINING VALLEYS Second stage (147km, Oviedo, Sp): 1 M Indurain (Sp) 4hr 0min 55sec; 2 F Rodriguez (Col) +3sec; 3 R Millar (GB) +14; 4 J van der Laer (Bel) +25; 5 F Settembrini (It) +39. Third stage (165km, Oviedo to Tineo): 1 van der Laer 4hr 27min 37sec; 2 Millar st; 3 Rodriguez +4sec; 4 J M Uria (Sp) +7; 5 F Munoz (Sp) +9. Overall: 1 Rodriguez 12hr 13min 00sec; 2 Millar +7sec; 3 B Hamburger (Den) +50; 4 J Mauleon (Sp) +1:01; 5 V Klimov (Rus) +1:12.