Sporting Digest: Cycling
NATIONAL 25-MILE CHAMPIONSHIP (Cornwall): 1 C Boardman (N Wirral Velo) 48min 45sec (course and championship record); 2 G Obree (Leo RC) 48:55; 3 P Jennings (N Wirral Velo) 52:00. Team: N Wirral Velo 2:34:51.
SCOTTISH 25-MILE CHAMPIONSHIP (Ayr): 1 D Hannah (Denny RC) 53min 45sec; 2 D Gibson (GS Modena) 53:58; 3 J Coia (Regent CC) 54:02. Team: GS Modena 2:45:29.
TOUR OF ASTURIAS Sixth and final stage (163km, Cangas de Narcea to Oviedo, Sp): 1 R Mulders (Neth) 4hr 30min 52sec; 2 J Unzaga (Sp) +3min 26sec; 3 J Rodriguez (Sp) same time; 4 J Planckaert (Bel) +3:41; 5 M Hermans (Neth) s/t. Overall: 1 E Breukink (Neth) 24:30:08; 2 P Meinert (Den) +50sec; 3 P Delgado (Sp) 55; 7 R Millar (GB) +2:33.
DAUPHINE LIBERE Sixth stage (200.5km, Grenoble to Bourg-Saint-Maurice, Fr): 1 O Rincon (Col) 6hr 20min 38sec; 2 J-P Dojwa (Fr) +38sec; 3 L Dufaux (Swit) same time; 4 E Boyer (Fr) +1:38; 5 R Gonzalez-Arrieta (Sp) +6:15; 6 R Virenque (Fr) +10:00. Overall: 1 Dufaux 28hr 30min 02sec; 2 Rincon +3min; 3 Boyer +5:25; 4 Dojwa +6:19.
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