Giro d'Italia: Simon Yates podium a long shot but we came to race, says White

Although Mitchelon-Scott are not ruling anything out at this year's Giro d'Italia, the team are focused on winning a stage in the final week, rather than the aim of catapulting Simon Yates onto the final podium in Verona in a week's time.

Daniel Benson

Daniel Benson was the Editor in Chief at Cyclingnews.com between 2008 and 2022. Based in the UK, he joined the Cyclingnews team in 2008 as the site's first UK-based Managing Editor. In that time, he reported on over a dozen editions of the Tour de France, several World Championships, the Tour Down Under, Spring Classics, and the London 2012 Olympic Games. With the help of the excellent editorial team, he ran the coverage on Cyclingnews and has interviewed leading figures in the sport including UCI Presidents and Tour de France winners.