France jump into the lead

France, winners of the world show jumping championships in 1982 and 1990, go into today's team competition at the World Equestrian Games in Spain in the lead after yesterday's speed competition.

Eric Levallois, riding Diamant de Semilly Ecolit, is second in the individual standings behind the 2001 World Cup winners, Switzerland's Markus Fuchs on the stallion Tinka's Boy.

Tim Stockdale, making his championship debut, is 27th and the best of the 12th-placed British team on Fresh Direct Parcival. Mark Armstrong, who put up a solid, forward-going performance on Elise, and Di Lampard with Abbervail Dream are 43rd and 52nd respectively but Scott Smith's Cabri d'Elle was too fast and flat and booted out four fences to languish in 65th.

The United States lead after the first part of the dressage phase in the carriage driving with the former dual world champion, the Netherlands' Isbrand Chardon, in the individual lead. Britain lie seventh.

· Zara Phillips will ride as an individual for the British team at the European Young Rider three-day event championships in Austria this weekend.