Sporting Digest: Cycling

TOUR OF ITALY 11th stage (184km, between Senigallia and Dozza) (It unless stated): 1 F Fontanelli 4hr 17min 42sec; 2 D Bottaro +1sec; 3 V Tebaldi +4; 4 M Manzoni +6; 5 L Pillon (Fr) s/t; 6 F Casartelli +8. Overall: 1 B Leali 46hr 37min 57sec; 2 M Indurain (Sp) +6sec; 3 M Giovannetti +13; 4 M Argentin +35; 5 P Ugrumov (Lat) +1min 6sec; 6 M Fondriest +1:7.

DAUPHINE LIBERE Third stage (43.5km individual time-trial, Saint-Etienne): 1 R Alcala (Mex) 58min 14.13sec; 2 L Dufaux (Swit) +35sec; 3 F Simon (Fr) +1min 27sec; 4 P Louviot (Fr) +1:39; 5 B Boscardin (It) +1:41; 6 J Durand (Fr) +1:46. Overall: 1 Alcala 10hr 46min 34sec; 2 Dufaux +45sec; 3 Simon +1min 39sec; 4 Boscardin +1:47; 5 Peron +2:01; 6 Fignon +2:08.

TOUR OF THE ASTURIAS Third stage: (181km, Llanes and Aviles): 1 L Jalabert (Fr) 4hr 40min 17sec; 2 J Planckaert (Bel); 3 J Koerts (Neth); 4 W Nelissen (Bel), 5 J Nijdam (Neth) all same time. Overall: 1 A Zulle (Swit) 9hr 57min 30sec; 2 E Breukink (Neth) s/t; 3 L Jalabert (Fr) +23sec; 4 M Mauri (Sp) +29; 5 Pr Meinert (Denmark) +31