It's hard to think of a worse time for a cycling team to lose a key rider than just seven days into a new year and season, but that's the situation which Visma-Lease a Bike found them in after Simon ...

Simon Yates loves the Giro d'Italia but he could have been forgiven for hating it. Even in a sport synonymous with suffering, this Grand Tour has inflicted unusual punishment on Yates over the years.