In track & field, Clark competed in events ranging from sprints, hurdles and jumps. In athletics and track and field, sprints (or dashes) are races over short distances. Bahamians have a strong tradition in the sprints and jumps. Therefore, one rider often sprints towards the finish line to tow the teammates. They are able to reach speeds up to for short sprints. The car sprints from in 3.9 seconds with a top speed of over . Menchov was consistently quicker than Di Luca in these sprints. Kittel won the following two stages which ended in bunch sprints. In 1981, Wells was both the IAAF Golden Sprints and IAAF World Cup gold medallist. It involves 30-day cycles of plan, build and monitor sprints. Intermediate sprints were also given points. It was thought that Degenkolb would be used by for the more challenging sprints. The fifth individual classification was the intermediate sprints classification. The points classification was won by Rudy Pevenage, who also won the intermediate sprints classification. The sixth individual classification was the intermediate sprints classification.