Sporting Digest: Cycling

TOUR OF ANDALUSIA Sixth stage (124km, Torredonjimeno to Grenada): 1 A Baffi (It) 3hr 6min 55sec; 2 J Planckaert (Bel); 3 A Edo (Sp); 4 J Salvador (Sp); 5 V Ekimov (Rus) all same time. Final overall: 1 S D Santa (It) 24hr 31min 14sec; 2 L Roosen (Bel) +1min 7sec; 3 F Cabello (Sp) +1.17; 4 B Hamburger (Den) +1.43; 5 Ekimov +1.50.

TOUR OF THE MEDITERRANEAN Eighth stage (77km): 1 F Vandenbroucke (Bel) 1hr 42min 42sec; 2 Z Spruch (Pol) +3sec; 3 D Cassani (It) +6; 4 L Brochard (Fr) +8; 5 A Bertolini (It) +10. Selected: 19 G Bugno (It) +18; 67 T Rominger (Swit) same time; 72 C Boardman (GB) s/t. Final overall: 1 Cassani 17hr 33min 47sec; 2 E Berzin (Rus) +53sec; 3 Brochard +1min 28sec; 4 A Noe (It) +1:39; 5 C Mottet (Fr) +1:50. Selected: 8 Bugno +2:04; 54 Rominger +8:11; 65 Boardman +13:04.