Updated: October 11, 2009, 2:24 PM ET
Gilbert retains Paris-Tour title
TOURS, France -- Philippe Gilbert of Belgium has won the Paris-Tours cycling race for a second straight year.
Gilbert took the 143-mile race in a sprint finish Sunday ahead of Tom Boonen of Belgium and Borut Bozic of Slovenia, who came third, after breaking away 300 yards before the line.
The 27-year-old Gilbert said: "It was an ideal sprint for me, with the wind at my back."
Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press
