Cyclist Rogers Climbs to 34th

Thurlow Rogers of Van Nuys continued his steady climb up the Tour de Trump overall standings Thursday, recording his best stage performance for the second consecutive day.

Rogers finished 25th in the rain-plagued 120.5-mile Stroudsburg, Pa., to New Paltz, N.Y., road race, covering the distance in 5 hours 22 minutes 25 seconds. Michael Zanoli of the Netherlands won the stage in 5:18.11. Rogers’ previous best finish was 26th in Wednesday’s Lehigh Valley, Pa., circuit race.

Rogers, 126th after the first day, is currently in 34th place overall. He is 21 minutes 26 seconds behind leader Viatcheslav Bobrik of the Soviet Union. The 11-day, 1,107-mile race continues today with a 49.7-mile circuit race through New York City’s Central Park.