A bloodied chin not enough to dent Adam Yates' Tirreno-Adriatico chances

Orica-GreenEdge's leader at Tirreno-Adriatico, Adam Yates, overcame a stage two crash which left him with a bloodied chin to keep himself in contention

Adam Yates finishes Stage 2 of the 2015 Tirreno-Adriatico (Watson)

(Image credit: Watson)

Adam Yates' overall chances in the Tirreno-Adriatico nearly fell apart on the Tuscan roads near Cascina on Thursday.

The British leader of team Orica-GreenEdge crashed, fell on his face and struggled to rejoin the group racing 40 kilometres an hour.

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Gregor Brown

Gregor Brown is an experienced cycling journalist, based in Florence, Italy. He has covered races all over the world for over a decade - following the Giro, Tour de France, and every major race since 2006. His love of cycling began with freestyle and BMX, before the 1998 Tour de France led him to a deep appreciation of the road racing season.