
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, May 8, 1990                   TAG: 9005080659
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: EVENING 
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Pascal Poisson of France surged three times in the final five miles before outsprinting amateur Paul McCormack of Ireland to win the 125-mile Charlottesville to Winchester Road Race, the sixth stage of the Tour de Trump bicycle race. Soviet amateur Viatcheslav Bobrik finished 39th, 5 hours, 1 second behind the winner and maintained his 2:43 overall lead.

A University of Pennsylvania study shows that Lasix improves a race horse's performance but does not always have the desired effect. The study, commissioned and funded by the Jockey Club in New York, was the first to test the effect of the medication called furosemide, used to control bleeding in horses.

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