Just a few metres away from where EF Education-Easy Post were celebrating their summit finish stage victory in the Tour de France with Richard Carapaz on Wednesday, second-placed Simon Yates (Jayco-AIUIa) wheeled his bike wearily to a halt in front of a small cluster of reporters at the finish line at Superdévoluy.
The one subject matter to discuss was, obviously enough, his defeat by Carapaz just a few minutes before, with Yates crossing the line 37 seconds down on the Ecuadorian star. It was hard to imagine he had much appetite for talking after such a relatively narrow loss.
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