Illness wrecks havoc at Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico for Yates twins

At the start of Tirreno-Adriatico's fifth stage, Adam Yates was sitting second overall, well placed to finish on the overall podium. However, the stomach problems the 24-year-old was suffering from in the morning quickly developed into a fever, and he was forced to abandon.

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