Cycling: Australia's Robbie McEwen showed he will be a contender in the Tour de France sprints in July by winning the fifth stage of the Tour of Switzerland yesterday.
The 35-year-old Predictor rider made it over the 1,940-metre Lukmanierpass midway through the 192.8-km stage from Vaduz in Liechtenstein to Giubiasco then beat Italy's Daniele Bennati and German Erik Zabel with a late acceleration to the line.
Luxembourg's Fraenk Schleck of the CSC team finished in the same time as McEwen and so retained the overall lead. Russia's Vladimir Efimkin is second and Kim Kirchen of Luxembourg third, both 49 seconds behind.
It was McEwen's fifth win in 2007 and the 155th of his 12-year career. McEwen won three stages and the prestigious points competition in the 2006 Tour de France.
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