Simon Yates second at the Tour de Romandie
ByPA Sport
Updated 30/04/2017 at 14:43 GMT
Simon Yates had to settle for second place overall in the Tour de Romandie after the closing time trial on Sunday.
New overall leader Britain's Simon Yates of team Orica-Scott pulls on the yellow jersey after winning the fourth stage of the Tour de Romandie UCI protour cycling race, a 163,5 km ride from Domdidier to Leysin on April 29, 2017 in Leysin. / AFP PHOTO / Fa
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The Bury-born rider went in to the final stage leading by 19 seconds from BMC's Richie Porte after victory on Saturday.
But the Orica-Scott rider could not hold it as Porte took 40 seconds out of him in the 18.3km battle against the clock around Lausanne to clinch the win.
Porte's time of 25:06 was good enough for a second on the stage, with LottoNL-Jumbo's Primo Roglic winning in a time of 24:58.
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Simon Yates
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Yates, 24, readily admits time trialling is a major weakness in his armoury as he aims to mature into a Grand Tour contender, and his time here was only good enough for 12th place.
Team Sky's Chris Froome, who fell out of overall contention on Saturday, finished ninth on the stage with a time of 25:44.
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