British rider Simon Yates has cruised to overall victory in the Giro d’Italia, finally winning the race that had eluded him so often.

The Mexican phenom emerged as the sport’s future, but the romantic race provided a throwback to reward both patience and experience in a thrilling final weekend to the grand tour

Simon Yates is not one to show much emotion. Both he and his twin brother Adam, a fellow pro rider, are famously, determinedly dour. But as the ticker tape flew in Rome on Sunday evening, and Yates held aloft the distinctive Trofeo Senza Fine awarded to the winner of the Giro d’Italia,