Giro d'Italia: Froome goes clear as Yates falls out of contention on stage 19 – live!

Yates has Giro lead halved by Dumoulin’s late burstSign up and get The Recap, our weekly email of editors’ picksEmail Barry or tweet @bglendenning to get in touch 2.59pm BST Froome forced to take evasive action: Anyone who has ever attended one of Sir David Brailsford’s press conferences or seen him appear in front of a government select committee will know that Team Sky are masters of evasion and for once it proves very beneficial, as Chris Froome is forced to swerve around a crashed race motorcycle while cycling through a dark tunnel. Luckily, the driver of the motorbike appears to be OK. That’s the second close, motorcycle-related shave Froome has had today – on the descent of the Finestre, a motorcycle bearing a cameraman had to brake suddenly to avoid knocking him off his bike. 2.54pm BST An email from Christopher Lawton: “Exciting as this is surely there are going to be a lot of questions now around whether Froome should be competing,” he says. “While we are not yet in Armstrong territory the image of cycling does not necessarily benefit from Froome’s ride.” Related: Team Sky accused of deceiving Giro d’Italia organisers over Froome’s status Continue reading…
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