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Simon Yates makes substantial GC move to close gap to maglia rosa at Giro d'Italia with help from Wout van Aert

SAN VALENTINO ITALY MAY 27 Simon Yates of Great Britain and Team Visma Lease a Bike competes climbing to the Passo di San Valentino 1316m during the 108th Giro dItalia 2025 Stage 16 a 203km stage from Piazzola sul Brenta to San Valentino Brentonico 1316m UCIWT on May 27 2025 in San Valentino Italy Photo by Dario BelingheriGetty Images.

Simon Yates (Visma-Lease a Bike) came to the fore on the hardest day of racing so far at the Giro d'Italia and made a substantial dent in his time deficit to the maglia rosa, gaining 54 seconds on Isaac del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) to close within 26 seconds.

Yates made a late attack on the final climb to the San Valentino summit finish to make his mark. Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) was already ahead after his own blazing attack but Yates was almost equally as powerful as he cracked Del Toro. 

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