Simon Yates: "Today has given me a lot of moral and maybe I can fight for some more stages now"

Simon Yates has shown his best legs again today in Torino, has he struck gold in Torino's explosive stage, to take a strong stage win that propelled him back into the spotlight.

Yates overcame his heat issues that saw him out of GC contention at Blockhaus to have a peak performance this afternoon in Torino. “It was a very hot race but of course I am very happy with the stage. It’s another stage victory to add to my TT win which already feels like a decade ago," he said. "I feel like I am finally arriving to back where I wanted to be so there is a little bit of frustration that I cannot fight for the overall, but that’s how it goes, you have to be good over three-weeks."

Yates is no longer within the chance of winning the Giro d'Italia, however in the need of UCI points, Yates is likely to still hope for a place in the Top10 which is possible taking into account the Briton's current form. He tried to get in the day's breakaway in the first climb of the day, however he ended up staying in the peloton and in contention for the stage win as BORA - hansgrohe split the peloton early on.

He rode conservatively in the group, waiting for the right time to make a move. That came in the Colle della Maddalena as he bridged across to the trio of Richard Carapaz, Jai Hindley and Vincenzo Nibali. As the trio worked together to take time on their GC rivals, Yates had the opportunity to wait for a sprint finish, however he launched an attack in the final hilltop in the final kilometers, which ended up having no response. Yates soared to his second stage win, a motivating and needed triumph after the Appennines' disappointment.

"The days after Blockhaus, I was still having problems with my knee, the mental aspect, I wasn’t really there, I came here to fight for the overall and I was just doing nothing at the back, so today has given me a lot of moral and maybe I can fight for some more stages now," he concluded.