Giro d'Italia: Simon Yates keeps lead as Elia Viviani wins sprint finish
- From the section Cycling
Britain's Simon Yates retained his lead at the Giro d'Italia after a wet sprint finish on stage 17 in Iseo.
Italy's Elia Viviani took his fourth stage victory of the 2018 tour from Ireland's Sam Bennett in a chaotic final push as the rain lashed down.
Yates had begun the day with a 56-second lead over reigning champion Tom Dumoulin after Tuesday's time trial.
And the 25-year-old finished the 155km course from Riva da Garda safely in the main pack to maintain his title bid.
Yates is bidding to become the first ever Briton to win the Giro, with three mountain stages to come on Thursday, Friday and Saturday before the race finishes in Rome on Sunday.
Italian Domenico Pozzovivo of Bahrain-Merida is third, three minutes and 11 seconds down, 39 seconds ahead of Team Sky's Chris Froome in fourth place.
More to follow.
