Giro d’Italia: stage 21 updates as race concludes in Rome – live

Simon Yates set to claim title after thrilling fightback

Email Luke with your thoughts on this year’s race

It doesn’t matter where Saturday’s Stage 20 ranks in the pantheon of historic grand tour drama. Comparison being the thief of joy and all that. All we need worry about is that Simon Yates, of Team Visma–Lease A Bike, is about to win the Giro d’Italia after his astonishing climbing performance yesterday. All Yates needs to worry about, meanwhile, is crossing the finish line in one piece, in his shiny new maglia rosa, with his Visma-Lease A Bike teammates in tow.

Yates has been on the road in this gruelling race for 79 hours, 18 minutes and 42 seconds. Personally I have watched a grand total of zero seconds of that time, so I’m coming to this distinctly freddo. Feel free to email me with a concise summary of what’s happened up to this point, so I can subsquently pretend to know what I’m talking about.

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