Sporting Digest: Cycling
TOUR OF SWITZERLAND Tenth and final stage (141 miles, Lausanne to Zurich): 1 G Lombardi (It) 5hr 57min 25sec; 2 W Nelissen (Bel) same time; 3 A Kappes (Ger) same time. Selected: 83 G LeMond (US) same time. Final standings: 1 P Richard (Swit), 41hr 32min 28sec; 2 V Poulnikov (Ukr) +1min 02sec; 3 G Pierobon (It) +1:04. Selected: 41 LeMond +34:26.
ISLE OF MAN INTERNATIONAL WEEK Open 10-mile TT: 1 G Obree (PCA) 22min 39sec; 2 C Harrison (Manx Viking Wh) 24:00; 3 C Roper (Rugby Velo) 24:32. Team: RAF (D Kirby, G Lawton, N McAllister) 1hr 15min 48sec. Juniors: 1 M Bottrill (Coalville Wh) 24:33; 2 D MacDonald (Clachnacuddin CC) 24:35; 3 P West (Cleveland Wh) 24:37. Team: Manx RC (A Aspell, C Shimell, O Last) 1:22:31. Women: 1 A Von Klopp (Penicuik RT) 24:23; 2 C Greenwood (Cardiff Byways RCC) 24:24; 3 J Hewson (Team Caledonia) 24:27. Team: JPM Racing (J Roberts, S Powley) 53:30. Veterans: 1 N Portess (Melton Olympic) 22:48; 2 L Foster (Border City Wh) 22:58; 3 P Guy (Mid-Shropshire Wh) 22:59. Age standard: F Evans (Coldra RC) (24:10) +5:52. Team: Border City Wh (L Foster, T Johnston) +7:34.
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