Simon Yates on stage four of the 2018 Vuelta a España (Sunada)
Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) "got carried away" attacking on the finishing climb of Vuelta a España stage four near Granada, but doing so took precious time on his overall rivals early into the three-week race.
The Brit gained 27 seconds on race leader, Sky's Michal Kwiatkowski (Sky). He moved from ninth to third overall at 10 seconds from Kwiatkowski. Emanuel Buchmann (Bora-Hansgrohe) is second overall at seven seconds.
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