Sporting Digest: Cycling

TOUR OF ITALY 12th stage (204km, Bibione, It, to Kranj, Slovenia): 1 A Ferrigato (It) ZG Mobili, 4hr 47min 4sec; 2 F Baldato (It) GB MG, same time; 3 D Abdoujaparov (Uzbek) Polti, +2sec; 4 D Konyshev (Rus) Jolly Componibili; 5 S Zanini (It) Navigare; 6 F Bordonali (It) Brescialat; 7 J Heppner (Ger) Telekom; 8 G Bugno (It) Polti; 9 M Bartoli (It) Mercatone; 10 F Casagrande (It) Mercatone same time. Overall: 1 Y Berzin (Rus) Gewiss Ballan, 46hr 25min 42sec; 2 A de las Cuevas (Fr) Castorama, +2min 16sec; 3 Bugno +2:32; 4 M Indurain (Sp) Banesto, +3:39; 5 M Giovannetti (It) Mapei Clas, +4:58; 6 Casagrande +5:02; 7 W Belli (It) Lampre, +5:24; 8 P Tonkov (Rus) Lampre +6:09; 9 M Podenzana (It) Navigare, +6:25; 10 M Argentin (It) Gewiss Ballan, +6:42.

DAUPHINE LIBERE RACE Third stage (38km time-trial, Romans, Fr): 1 C Boardman (GB) 47min 27sec; 2 A Kasputis (Lith) +14sec; 3 L Dufaux (Swit) +1:14; 4 E Magnien (Fr) +1:25; 5 C Mottet (Fr) +1:36. Selected: 81 S Kelly (Irl) +7:37. Overall: 1 Boardman 12hr 21min 53sec; 2 Kasputis +18sec; 3 Dufaux +1:14; 4 Magnien +1:14; 5 D Rous (Fr) +2:02.

Selected: 63 Kelly +8:27.