Giro d’Italia 2021: Simon Yates says he ‘wanted to try something but didn’t have the legs’

The British star said he wanted to attack to improve on his podium place but couldn’t match Ineos Grenadiers

Simon Yates remains third overall after stage 20 of the Giro d'Italia
Simon Yates remains third overall after stage 20 of the Giro d'Italia
(Image credit: Stuart Franklin/Getty Images)

Simon Yates said he wanted to attack on the final mountain stage of the 2021 Giro d’Italia, but revealed he didn’t have the legs to stay with Egan Bernal.

The British Grand Tour contender had been on the offensive throughout the final week of the Giro as he tried to move up from third-place overall, hoping to maybe overturn his deficit to race leader Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers).

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