Adam Yates started the 2017 Giro d'Italia with the ambition of finishing top-ten in the general classification and winning the best young rider classification. Starting stage 21 in the white jersey, Yates held a 28-second advantage over Bob Jungels knowing he'd need a top class time trial to hold off the Luxembourger.
At the conclusion of the 29.3km stage, Jungels was the quickest of the two and claimed the classification by 1:06 minutes. While Yates missed the jersey, he won the white jersey at the 2016 Tour de France, the 24-year-old achieved his aim of a top-ten result on his Giro debut.
"In general it's been a good experience for the whole three weeks. We had a bit of bad luck in the beginning and if it wasn't for that maybe things would have been different but we gave 100% every day and that's all you can do," said Yates. "We came out with a top ten in the general classification, which was one of two objectives for me, so I'm not completely disappointed about losing white."
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While Yates finished in fourth place at last year's Tour, the Giro was the first Grand Tour he started with the outright ambition of racing for GC. Sitting in third place on the morning of the mountain stage to Blockhaus, Yates was involved in the 'moto accident' and as a result he slipped to 16th overall. He steadily improved his GC position and sat eighth on the morning of the final stage with ninth his final result. Considering the Blockhaus incident and that it was his first attempt at riding GC for the full three weeks, Yates explained he can only take confidence from the result.
"It was the first time we have started a Grand Tour with the aim of riding for the general classification, we really only switched to that half way through the Tour de France last year," said Yates.
"Having guys work day-in and day-out for me is not something I am used to, I haven't had it all my career, but they have done a great job these few weeks and I am sure as a team we will continue to do a good job in the future."
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