From PWALTERS@delphi.com Tue Jul 11 22:40:34 1995 Return-Path: Received: from mx5.u.washington.edu by lists.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.05/UW-NDC Revision: 2.33 ) id AA09505; Tue, 11 Jul 95 22:40:33 -0700 Received: from bos1g.delphi.com by mx5.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.05/UW-NDC Revision: 2.31 ) id AA15349; Tue, 11 Jul 95 22:40:32 -0700 Received: from delphi.com by delphi.com (PMDF V4.3-9 #10880) id <01HSRK8243709FQQJ5@delphi.com>; Wed, 12 Jul 1995 01:40:31 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1995 01:40:31 -0400 (EDT) From: "Patrick D. Walters" Subject: Old TDF Stages from UPI To: uwracing@u.washington.edu Message-Id: <01HSRK8243729FQQJ5@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 8 8-JUL-1995 12:42 Bruyneel wins home stage LIEGE, Belgium, July 8 (UPI) -- Belgian Johan Bruyneel delighted his home fans by winning the seventh stage of the Tour de France on Saturday as Spaniard Miguel Indurain stepped up his challenge for a fifth consecutive triumph. Bruyneel took over from Denmark's Bjarne Riis as the new race leader by winning the bumpy 202 km (126-mile) run from Charleroi. But the man of the day was the 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 13.75 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. Denmark's 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 33.75 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 which 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 Bruyneel. "For me, it's a child's dream come true. To have the yellow jersey, especially here in Belgium, is simply incredible." .