Simon Yates: I've had bad luck and made some mistakes but I don't have a point to prove at the Giro d'Italia

Simon Yates (Team Bike Exchange)
Simon Yates (Team Bike Exchange) (Image credit: Getty Images)

It’s fair to say that Simon Yates has a complicated relationship with the Giro d’Italia

After all, it’s where he’s enjoyed a huge amount of success with three stages and a highlight reel of maglia rosa moment. But the British climber has also painfully experienced the other side of the coin in the Corsa Rosa

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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.