Simon Yates backtracks after Vincenzo Nibali says he should 'show some respect'

Nibali questioned a remark Yates made in the pre-race press conference on Friday that his rivals should be scared

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Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) should show more respect to his rivals, says Giro d'Italia star Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) as the 2019 edition began on Saturday in Bologna.

Yates began the Giro full of confidence and responded to an earlier interview, when he said that if he were his rivals, "I would be scared, I'd be sh**ting myself."

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