Mikel Landa clarifies Simon Yates comment after Giro d'Italia stage four crash

The Basque rider make comments about Yates that were reported in the media on Tuesday night

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The Giro d'Italia's fourth stage ran under rain but the tempers were hot when it finished in Frascati, so much so that Mikel Landa's flash comment on Simon Yates made headlines.

Spanish site AS reported that Movistar's Basque captain cursed Yates and called him "an idiot" for "going crazy" into a roundabout and then crashing. Landa apologised hours later via his Twitter account.

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