Simon Yates: I'm very disappointed for Esteban

Simon Yates recognised that after losing his Mitchelton-Scott teammate Esteban Chaves for the GC battle in the Giro d'Italia on stage 10, he would face a more difficult challenge for victory himself.

Alasdair Fotheringham

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.