Sporting Digest: Cycling
TOUR OF SPAIN 14th stage (197.2km, Tudela to Valdezcaray): 1 T Rominger (Swit) 4hr 46min 45sec; 2 A Zulle (Swit) +37sec; 3 O Rincon (Col) +41; 4 L Cubino (Sp) st; 5 J Montoya (Sp) +59; 6 L Gelfi (It) +1min 25sec; 7 M Zarrabeitia (Sp) st; 8 P Delgado (Sp) st; 9 I Gaston (Sp) +1:36; 10 F Rodriguez (Sp) +1:43. Overall Standings: 1 Rominger 62hr 58min 14sec; 2 Zulle +33; 3 Cubino +3:40; 4 Rincon +6:14; 5 M Alonso (Sp) +6:24; 6 J Montoya (Sp) +6:43; 7 Delgado +6:49; 8 M Mauri (Sp) +7:09; 9 J Bruynell (Bel) +10:21; 10 E Breukink (Neth) +12:00.
TOUR OF ROMANDY Fifth and final stage (186.4km, Vevey to Geneva): 1 G Fidanza (It) 4hr 27min 21sec; 2 P Indurain (Sp); 3 R Sorensen (Den); 4 G Bortolami (It); 5 J Jolidon (Swit); 6 S Moreels (Bel) same time. Final positions: 1 P Richard (Swit) 20:42:53; 2 C Chiappucci (It) +16sec; 3 A Hampsten (US) +1min 37sec; 4 G Furlan (It) +2:47; 5 P Ugromov (Lat) +2:52; 6 L Leblanc (Fr) +2:56. Selected: 15 M Indurain (Sp) +10:18; 20 Sorensen +13:12.
TOUR DuPONT Fourth stage (178.3km, Pen Mar Park, Maryland to Hershey, Pennsylvania): 1 W Veenstra (Neth) 4hr 3min 19sec; 2 D Phinney (US); 3 A Olan (Sp); 4 A Byakov (Rus); 5 M Elliott (GB); 6 F Andreu (US) same time. Overall: 1 J Nijdam (Neth) 12hr 9min 40sec; 2 R Alcala (Mex) +10sec; 3 E Vanderaerden (Bel) +26; 4 D Mann (GB) +28; 5 D Phinney (US) +36; 6 E Dekker (Bel) +40. Selected: 7 S Yates (GB) +44; 10 M Elliott (GB) +49.
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