ADELAIDE, Australia — Italy's Diego Ulissi beat Australian Simon Gerrans in a sprint finish to Wednesday's second stage of cycling's Tour Down Under, though Gerrans retained the tour lead on general classification. The 24-year-old Ulissi, a two-time winner of the world junior road race title, emerged in a bunch sprint to beat Gerrans and 2011 Tour de France winner Cadel Evans on the 150-kilometer stage from Prospect to Stirling. Gerrans won Tuesday's opening stage, in which Ulissi was fifth, and now leads the season-opening ProTour event by seven seconds from Ulissi with Andre Greipel third and Evans fourth. Greipel punctured 6km from the finish Wednesday. — AP