Simon Yates moves up to second in Giro d'Italia GC as strong Visma-Lease a Bike profit from crash and splits

Simon Yates and Wout Van Aert on stage 14 at the Giro d'Italia.

After a late crash and subsequent splits had a big impact on the GC, stage 14 of the Giro d'Italia was a day of winners and losers, and Visma-Lease a Bike's Simon Yates emerged as one of the winners.

Having made it into the right side of the splits after the crash at 23km, Yates finished in a group 48 seconds ahead of GC rivals, including Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) and Primož Roglič (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), with other riders even further back.