Simon Yates shrugs off knee injury, looks ahead to Giro d'Italia and Olympics

Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott)
Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Simon Yates' southern hemisphere adventure was in danger of being over as early as his second day of racing in Australia when he injured his knee in a crash on stage 2 of the Tour Down Under last month. However, the British climber rallied to finish the race, and then took part in the Race Torquay and the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race last weekend, and is now at the Herald Sun Tour, where he's the big favourite to take the overall title on Sunday.

Not only did Yates finish the Tour Down Under, but he also took third place on the stage the day after his crash and finished seventh overall in Adelaide, before taking 10th place at the one-day Cadel race in Geelong.