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Cycling

Russia's Pavel Brutt of the Tinkoff team won the fifth stage of the Giro d'Italia race from Belvedere Marittimo to Contursi Terme yesterday. Brutt beat Johannes Froehlinger and Luis Laverde Jimenez on the uphill finish. Italy's Franco Pellizotti of Liquigas retained the overall race lead. Today's sixth stage is from Potenza to Peschici.

Basket, NBA

The Detroit Pistons beat the Orlando Magic 91-86 yesterday to clinch their best-of-seven series 4-1 and advance to the Eastern Conference finals for the sixth successive season. Detroit will play the winners of the Boston-Cleveland series for the Eastern Conference championship and a place in the NBA finals.

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