Sporting Digest: Cycling

TOUR OF SPAIN 19th stage (153km, Gijon to Oviedo): 1 T Rominger (Swit) 3hr 59min 41sec; 2 L Cubino (Sp) +35sec; 3 A Zulle (Swit) +44; 4 O Rincon (Colom); 5 J Montoya (Sp) +54; 6 P Delgado (Sp) +59; 7 E Zaina (It) +2min 02sec 8 J Bruyneel (Bel); 9 E Breukink (Neth); 10 J L de Santos (Sp) +2:11. Leading overall standings: 1 Rominger 87hr 46min 10sec; 2 Zulle +1min 17sec; 3 Cubino (Sp) +4:15; 4 Rincon +5:47; 5 Montoya (Sp) +6:34; 6 Delgado +8:21; 7 Bruyneel +15:00 8 Breukink 15:37; 9 M Mauri (Sp) +15:44; 10 F Escartin (Sp) +18:07.

TOUR DUPONT Eighth stage (182km, Lynchburg to The Homestead, Va): 1 D Rayner (GB) 4hr 57min 15sec; 2 E Dekker (Neth); 3 M Elliott (GB); 4 B Dennis (Aus); 5 F Boden (Ger); 6 S Bauer (Can); 7 L Armstrong (US); 8 J Coello (Sp); 9 U Preissler (Ger); 10 A Olano (Sp). Overall: 1 Alcala 31hr 36min 6sec; 2 Armstrong +3sec; 3 B Bowen (US) +1 min 02sec; 4 M Engleman (US) +1:07; 5 Elliott +1:11; 6 A Mierzejewski (Pol) +1:12; 7 A Kvalsvoll (Nor) +1:14; 8 A Byakov (Rus) +1:26; 9 Dekker +1:41; 10= D McDonald (Aus), E Van Lancker (Bel) +1:44.