What. A. Race.
Seven years after leading the Giro d’Italia for 13 days before collapsing on Stage 19 and finishing 21st, Simon Yates finally found redemption. Despite calling the Giro “unfinished business,” his next four attempts yielded just a third-place finish and two DNFs. But on Saturday, the 32-year-old attacked on the Finestre climb and soared into the pink jersey, vaulting from third to first. Now riding for Visma | Lease a Bike, Yates is set to win his second Grand Tour after the 2018 Vuelta. Isaac Del Toro takes the white jersey, while Derek Gee eyes Canada’s 10th Grand Tour top-10 finish.
Richard Carapaz has attacked so often this Giro it’s hard to keep count, but he couldn’t shake Isaac Del Toro on the…