Sporting Digest: Cycling
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Your support makes all the difference.MARIE PURVIS, the British road race champion from the Isle of Man, beat Beryl Burton's 25-year-old event record to win the women's 25-mile time trial at the Isle of Man international festival yesterday. Purvis covered the course near Kirk Michael in 1hr 0min 7sec, taking two seconds off the 1968 record of the former world champion, Burton.
ISLE OF MAN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL: Open 25-mile TT: 1 G Obree (Leo RC) 51min 10sec; 2 W Moore (Leo RC) 56:02; 3 J Gladwell (Velo RT) 57:14; 4 I Griffiths (Abergavenny RC) 57:42; 5 V Gorman (RAF CC) 58:00; 6 R Brewer (Lincoln Wheelers) 58:45. Team: RAF CC (3 riders) 2hr 58min 26sec. Women's 25-mile TT: 1 M Purvis (Manx Viking Wh) 1hr 0min 7sec (event record); 2 Y McGregor (Bradford Olympic) 1:2.18; 3 L Boardman (Birkenhead North End CC) 1:5.02. Team: Coventry RC 2:27.41. Veterans' 25-mile TT: 1 L Foster (Border City Wh) 57min 16sec; 2 B Pilsworth (Bristol South CC) 59.49; 3 B Sunter (Condor RC) 1:0.25.
TOUR OF SWITZERLAND Eighth stage (201km, Rivera to Arosa): 1 P Richard (Swit) 5hr 49min 36sec; 2 Z Jaskula (Pol) +1min 25sec; 3 P Tonkov (Rus) +1:29; 4 A da Silva (Por) +1:44; 5 G Bontempi (It) same time; 6 V Tebaldi (It) +1:50; 7 M Saligari (It) +2:28; 8 F Escartin (Sp) +2:46; 9 S Sunderland (Aus) 2:59; 10 F Puttini (Swit) 3:02. Overall: 1 M Saligari 35hr 7min 18sec; 2 R Jaermann (Swit) +2:16; 3 E Bouwmans (Neth) +2:25; 4 F Escartin +2:26; 5 P Tonkov +3:06; 6 D Zhdanov (Rus) +3:14; 7 F Puttini (Swit) +3:15; 8 D Rebellin (It) +3:19; 9 B Zberg (Swit) +3:26; 10 H Maier (Aut) +4:38.
TOUR OF SWEDEN Final standings: 1 P Anderson (Aus) 28hr 34min 50sec; 2 F Moreau (Fr) +23sec; 3 L Armstrong (US) 1min 6sec; 4 M Andersson (Swe) +2:09; 5 A Piziks (Lat) +2:15. GB: 9 S Yates +4:22.
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