Simon Yates raced his 2018 Giro in the aggressive way Del Toro began his stint in pink, before cracking spectacularly with the finish line in sight, losing 38 minutes on the Finestre as he watched ...

Simon Yates ridesclear of Isaac del Toro and Richard Carapaz on the Colle delle Finestre (AP) Yates celebrates on the podium after his stage 20 triumph (EPA) A jubilant Yates in Rome (AP) ...

Later, Del Toro said he could have followed Yates but was in a tight spot with Carapaz. Zonneveld pinpoints problem in Del Toro's lost Giro: "UAE is, for the most part, simply not a team" ...

This time around, Yates made his move on the early slopes of the Finestre and had about 45 seconds on Del Toro and Carapaz when he hit the white gravel roads. The duo didn't collaborate behind him.

Yates, who rides for Team Visma Lease a Bike, finished 3 minutes, 56 seconds ahead of Del Toro and 4:43 ahead of Richard Carapaz, the 2019 champion from Ecuador.

Yates and his twin brother, Adam, have long been among the peloton’s elite. Adam Yates rode this Giro for UAE Team Emirates as a support rider for Del Toro — so was competing against his brother.

Britain's Simon Yates, winner of the Giro d'Italia cycling race, celebrates on the podium with second-placed Mexico's Isaac Del Toro, left, and third-placed Ecuador's Richard Carapaz, in Rome ...