Yates moves into Giro GC top ten after first mountain stage

Many riders aimed to get into the day’s breakaway, but a few teams kept things tightly controlled. A group of seven escapees was never allowed more than a few minutes advantage.

Team Visma | Lease a Bike focused entirely on supporting Yates. Edoardo Affini, Dylan van Baarle, Olav Kooij, and Wout van Aert all worked for their leader in the early part of the stage, while Wilco Kelderman and Bart Lemmen delivered him to the base of the final steep section. There, Yates rode strongly to finish just a few seconds behind stage winner Juan Ayuso.

“We can be satisfied with what we saw today”

Marc Reef

“There was quite a battle to get into the break at the start of the stage”, said sports director Marc Reef. “Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe quickly took control, so the breakaway never got much room. From then on, the race was mostly controlled. Our main goal was to protect Simon and position him well for the final climb. Bart and Wilco in particular played a key role in that. Simon looked solid. You never know exactly how the first real mountain stage will unfold, but we can be satisfied with what we saw today.”

Giro d’Italia
Stage 7

Result

Rankings

Result

1

Juan Ayuso

UAE Team Emirates – XRG

04:20:25

2

Isaac del Toro

UAE Team Emirates – XRG

+00:00:04

3

Egan Bernal

INEOS Grenadiers

+00:00:04

11

Simon Yates

Team Visma | Lease a Bike

+00:00:08

33

Bart Lemmen

Team Visma | Lease a Bike

+00:01:29

40

Wilco Kelderman

Team Visma | Lease a Bike

+00:02:29

88

Dylan van Baarle

Team Visma | Lease a Bike

+00:10:05

96

Steven Kruijswijk

Team Visma | Lease a Bike

+00:12:25

117

Wout van Aert

Team Visma | Lease a Bike

+00:14:34

128

Edoardo Affini

Team Visma | Lease a Bike

+00:14:34

147

Olav Kooij

Team Visma | Lease a Bike

+00:15:13

Rankings

1

Primož Roglič

Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe

24:32:30

2

Juan Ayuso

UAE Team Emirates – XRG

+00:00:04

3

Isaac del Toro

UAE Team Emirates – XRG

+00:00:09

9

Simon Yates

Team Visma | Lease a Bike

+00:00:39

44

Wilco Kelderman

Team Visma | Lease a Bike

+00:08:06

80

Bart Lemmen

Team Visma | Lease a Bike

+00:22:46

93

Steven Kruijswijk

Team Visma | Lease a Bike

+00:28:18

100

Wout van Aert

Team Visma | Lease a Bike

+00:34:43

109

Dylan van Baarle

Team Visma | Lease a Bike

+00:39:05

143

Edoardo Affini

Team Visma | Lease a Bike

+00:57:46

155

Olav Kooij

Team Visma | Lease a Bike

+01:00:57

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Giro d’Italia