From PWALTERS@delphi.com Sun Jul 9 21:13:22 1995 Return-Path: Received: from mx4.u.washington.edu by lists.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.05/UW-NDC Revision: 2.33 ) id AA27548; Sun, 9 Jul 95 21:13:21 -0700 Received: from bos1h.delphi.com by mx4.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.05/UW-NDC Revision: 2.31 ) id AA11207; Sun, 9 Jul 95 21:13:21 -0700 Received: from delphi.com by delphi.com (PMDF V4.3-9 #10880) id <01HSOOLABEH29GZB6C@delphi.com>; Mon, 10 Jul 1995 00:13:19 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 10 Jul 1995 00:13:19 -0400 (EDT) From: "Patrick D. Walters" Subject: Indurain . . . Aw Yeah! To: uwracing@u.washington.edu Message-Id: <01HSOOLABEH49GZB6C@delphi.com> X-Vms-To: INTERNET"uwracing@u.washington.edu" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT 37 8-JUL-1995 11:43 Cycling-Indurain poised to strike LIEGE, Belgium (Reuter) - Belgian Johan Bruyneel delighted his home fans by winning the seventh stage of the Tour de France Saturday as Spaniard Miguel Indurain underlined his claim for a fifth consecutive triumph in the world's foremost cycling competition. Bruyneel took over from Dane Bjarne Riis as the new race leader by winning the bumpy 126 mile run from Charleroi. But the man of the day was mighty Indurain, who filled second spot to move up eight places to second overall. Indurain, often blamed for his lack of panache, silenced his critics in style by breaking away with Bruyneel after the day's last climb some 13.6 miles from the finish. Nobody could follow the pair as they rushed to Liege with Indurain doing all the hard work before letting Bruyneel give the huge Belgian crowd something to celebrate. Dane Jesper Skibby won a mass sprint for third place as a helpless pack featuring Indurain's most dangerous opponents arrived 50 seconds later. Indurain, now 31 seconds behind Bruyneel and comfortably ahead of Swiss Tony Rominger and Russian Yevgeny Berzin, looks set to take control in Sunday's crucial individual time trial over 33.5 miles from Huy to Seraing. Bruyneel, who has little chance against the clock, timed his effort perfectly on the second of three stages in Belgium to please a country that has experienced lean times since dominating cycling in the days of the great Eddy Merckx. "I felt strong, especially in the closing stages and I did my best to follow Indurain," said an elated Bruyneel. "For me, it's a child's dream come true. To have the yellow (winner's) jersey, especially here, in Belgium, is simply incredible." .