Why Simon Yates should quit Giro d’Italia and target Tour de France after Blockhaus nightmare
When Simon Yates announced shortly before starting his fifth consecutive Giro d’Italia that this would probably be his last appearance before he turned his attentions to trying to win the Tour de France, no one expected that shift from pink to yellow to happen as soon as this very summer. But that is exactly what must happen now. “I was hopeful of still being able to try and do something, but I’ve been in a lot of [knee] pain since Etna.