CYCLING:Irish road race champion Siobhan Dervan showed her continuing progress on the international circuit when she finished a fine 21st in the 1.1-ranked Novilon Internationale Damesronde van Drenthe in the Netherlands on Sunday. Dervan was classified in the same time as winner Giorgia Bronzini. Current world champion Marianne Vos was second ahead of Ina Teutenberg.

"I felt great in the race," said a happy Dervan yesterday. "I was riding strongly but unfortunately got boxed in at the end. I was happy enough all the same."