Sports People

Oliverio Rincon of Colombia put on an uphill sprint to win the Alpine stage of the Tour of Italy cycling race at Val Senales, where Tony Rominger of Switzerland finished third to retain his overall lead… . Alessio DeBasco won the fifth stage of the Kmart Cycling Classic at Elkins, W.Va., while Tour DuPont champion Lance Armstrong widened his overall lead to 4 minutes, 31 seconds… . Point guard Troy Brewer and forward Daniel Hicks have been declared academically ineligible to play basketball at New Mexico State.