Sporting Digest: Cycling

TOUR OF SPAIN 16th stage (173km, Santander to Alto Campoo): 1 J Montoya (Sp) 5hr 1min 22sec; 2 T Rominger (Swit) +1min 06sec; 3 A Zulle (Swit); 4 L Cubino (Sp) both same time; 5 O Rincon (Col) +1:12; 6 F Escartin (Sp) +1:22; 7 J Bruyneel (Bel) +1:30; 8 P Delgado (Sp) s/t; 9 M Farfan (Col) +1:34; 10 M Mauri (Sp) +2:18. Selected: 12 R Millar (GB) same time. Abandoned: M Earley (Irl). Overall: 1 Rominger 73hr 49min 59sec; 2 Zulle +33sec; 3 Cubino +3:40; 4 Montoya +5:37; 5 Rincon +6:20; 6 Delgado +7:13; 7 Mauri +8:21; 8 Bruyneel +10:45; 9 E Breukink (Neth) +13:20; 10 H Buenahora (Col) +13:55. Selected: 15 Millar +18:00.

TOUR DUPONT Sixth stage (193.2km, Massanutten to Richmond, Va): 1 M Elliott (GB) 4hr 44min 40sec; 2 J-P Heynderickx (Bel); 3 W Veenstra (Neth); 4 E Vanderaerden (Bel); 5 U Preissler (Ger); 6 M McCormack (US); 7 T Steels (Bel); 8 S Bauer (Can); 9 G Hincapie (US); 10 D Phinney (US) all same time. Overall: 1 R Alcala (Mex) 21hr 13min 07sec; 2 L Armstrong (US) +22sec; 3 B Bowen (US) +1min 1sec; 4 M Engleman (US) +1:06; 5 A Mierzejewski (Pol) +1:11; 6 A Kvalsvoll (Nor) +1:13; 7 Elliott +1:18; 8 A Byakov (Rus) +1:25; 9= D McDonald (Aus) and E van Lancker (Bel) +1:43.