Britain's Yates wins first Giro d'Italia after superb penultimate stage

Britain's Simon Yates rode a stunning final stage of the Giro d'Italia to snatch the pink jersey from Isaac Del Toro and secure his second Grand Tour title.

Yates - who won the Vuelta a Espana seven years ago - finished third in Saturday's stage, behind Chris Harper and Alessandro Verre, but erased Del Toro's overall lead with a clinical solo attack.

Del Toro's advantage was 81 seconds ahead of the 205km ride from Verres to Sestriere, where riders gained 4,500 metres in altitude, but Yates stormed ahead on the climb.

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The Briton's lead over Del Toro at the end of the stage was close to four minutes and he will now be crowned champion at the end of Sunday's processional ride in Rome.

Yates' hopes of winning the 2018 Giro were shattered on the same mountain pass he clinched victory on this year - the Colle delle Finestre - following a breakaway from Chris Froome.

The 32-year-old has now put those demons to bed, denying Mexican rider Del Toro, 21, the title in his maiden Giro.

Yates is the third Brit to won the Giro, after Froome and Tao Geoghegan Hart.