- British rider second behind Van der Poel in overall standings
- ‘I just tried to go as fast as possible. I was never confident’
Great Britain’s Simon Yates raced to victory in the Giro d’Italia stage two time trial around Budapest.
The 29-year-old Team BikeExchange-Jayco rider finished the 5.7-mile course in 11 minutes and 50 seconds, with stage one winner Mathieu van der Poel three seconds behind. The Dutchman Tom Dumoulin was third for Team Jumbo-Visma, five seconds off the pace, with Yates’s teammate Matteo Sobrero in fourth.
