Vuelta: Simon Yates forced to withdraw as Evenepoel increases lead

Yates has withdrawn from the Vuelta a España after testing positive for Covid. His team said he suffered mild symptoms overnight and returned a positive test on Wednesday morning

COVID: Simon Yates of Team BikeExchange - Jayco during Stage 10 of the Vuelta. Pic: Tim de Waele/Getty Images

Britain’s Simon Yates has withdrawn from the Vuelta a España after testing positive for Covid-19.

Yates’s Team BikeExchange-Jayco said that he suffered mild symptoms overnight and returned a positive test on Wednesday morning. “In accordance with strict team policy, Yates will not continue in La Vuelta,” his team said, before stage 11.