Sporting Digest: Cycling

STAN BUTLER, the last surviving member of Britain's 1932 Olympic team and the national 24-hour champion in 1950 with a then British record of 458 miles, has died at the age of 83.

TOUR OF ITALY Third stage (157km, Rieti to Scanno): 1 P Ugrumov (Lat) 4hr 5sec 47sec; 2 E Zaina (It) +2sec; 3 L Leblanc (Fr) +5; 4 S Roche (Irl) +7; 5 C Hernandez (Sp) s/t; 6 R Conti (It) 10; 7 F Chioccioli (It) +14; 8 G Bugno (It) 19; 9 M Lelli (It); 10 M Fondriest (It); 11 C Chiappucci (It); 12 M Argentin (It); 13 M Piccoli (It); 14 M Indurain (Sp); 15 G Furlan (It); 16 M Saligari (It); 17 F Casagrande (It); 18 A Shefer (Kaz); 19 J van Aert (Neth); 20 M Pantani (It) all s/t. Overall: 1 Argentin 12hr 12min 24sec; 2 Ugrumov +26sec; 3 Fondriest +36; 4 Indurain +38; 5 Saligari +41; 6 Leblanc +42; 7 Bugno +44; 8 Zaina s/t; 9 Chiappucci +47; 10 L Gelfi (It) +50; 13 Roche +55.