- CASTELRAIMONDO, Italy: Belgian standout Philippe Gilbert won the hilly fifth stage of the weeklong Tirreno-Adriatico race Sunday and Cadel Evans of Australia took the overall lead.
Gilbert covered the 240-kilometer (149-mile) leg from Chieti to Castelraimondo in 6 hours, 43 minutes, 23 seconds, beating Wouter Poels of the Netherlands and Damiano Cunego in a sprint.
Gilbert is a specialist in lengthy single-day races, having won the Giro di Lombardia the past two seasons, as well as Paris-Tours twice.
Evans took a two-second lead over Giro d'Italia winner Ivan Basso, while Cunego is now three seconds back in third, with previous leader Robert Gesink trailing by five seconds.
Stage six on Monday is a 182-kilometer (114-mile) leg from Ussita to Macerata.