Adam Yates: 'There's no reason to change from a Giro d'Italia GC strategy'

The young British rider lost significant time in the crash on Blockhaus, but believes there's still gains to be had in the coming Giro d'Italia mountain stages

Adam Yates at the 2017 Giro d'Italia (Sunada)

(Image credit: Yuzuru SUNADA)

As the Giro d'Italia's next big mountain test approaches, Adam Yates says that he is continuing to try to race up the overall classification despite crashing and losing time.

Team Orica-Scott's Brit crashed in the Blockhaus stage on Sunday with Team Sky's Mikel Landa, Geraint Thomas (Sky) and Wilco Kelderman (Sunweb). The latter two already abandoned the race due to injuries.

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