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Yates won the title by three minutes 56 seconds over Mexico’s Isaac del Toro, with Ecuador’s Richard Carapaz 47 seconds further back in third.<\/p>\n
Del Toro, 21, won the white jersey for best young rider, Denmark’s Mads Pedersen claimed the mauve points classification jersey and Italy’s Lorenzo Fortunato took the blue mountains classification jersey.<\/p>\n
It is Yates’ second Grand Tour title following his victory in the 2018 Vuelta a Espana.<\/p>\n
He is only the second British men’s cyclist to win multiple Grand Tours after Chris Froome, who won seven.<\/p>\n
Yates is the third British rider to win the Giro, after Froome (2018) and Tao Geoghegan Hart (2020).<\/p>\n
His victory comes seven years after a dramatic collapse in the 2018 Giro when he led the race for 13 days only to crack when Froome seized the lead with an astonishing long-range attack two days from Rome.<\/p>\n
Yates returned to the Giro in search of victory over the next four consecutive years but fell short, his best finish third place in 2021.<\/p>\n
After a two-year break from the race, during which he finished a career-high fourth in the 2023 Tour de France, Yates has finally won the Giro at his sixth attempt.<\/p>\n
He is set to ride this year’s Tour in support of team-mate Jonas Vingegaard, who is targeting a third Tour title.<\/p>\n
This is Yates’ first season riding for Visma, having previously spent all of his professional career with Australian team Jayco\u2013AlUla.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n