Yates is still top of pile

SIMON Yates stretched his lead of the Giro d’Italia as he won stage 11 of the race in Osimo.

The Mitchelton-Scott cyclist took his second stage win but fellow Brit Chris Froome continues to struggle. He is now trailing 40 seconds behind Yates.

Yates pushed on late in stage 11, a 158km run between Assisi and Osimo, pulling away from the pack and keeping Tom Dumoulin at bay to extend his lead over the Sunweb rider, who sits second, to move 47 seconds clear at the summit.