Mikel Landa apologises after blasting Simon Yates over Giro d'Italia crash

Landa lost over 44 seconds on stage four of the Giro d'Italia

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Mikel Landa (Movistar Team) took aim at Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) after the Giro d'Italia riders arrived scraped and bruised. The Spaniard later apologised for remarks made against Yates.

Several crashes marred the fourth stage to Frascati, south of Rome. Yates fell and lost time, and Movistar team leader Mikel Landa broke his bike in half in his crash.

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