Adam Yates times attack to perfection to win Stage 5 of Tirreno-Adriatico

Yates' surge was too much for the chasing peloton to handle, with Geraint Thomas losing his wheel and nobody able to reel in the British rider on the short closing climb into Filottrano.

"I've been feeling really good on the climbs, especially the steeper sections and with the situation on the general classification we knew that we needed to race intelligently to get a stage win and try to move back up the overall," Yates said after his impressive win.

"The guys were absolutely brilliant today and we went in with a plan that was executed perfectly, they really ramped the pace up on the closing circuit and dropped me off in a great position on the climb.

"All I had to do was attack I've been feeling really good and I knew if I could get a gap that I had as good chance of holding it. After starting the race so well and then getting some bad luck it is great that we could turn it around and get the result today."

1. Adam Yates (Mitchelton-SCOTT) 4:16:35
2. Peter Sagan (BORA – Hansgrohe) +0:07
3. Michal Kwiatowski (Team Sky) +0:07

1. Michal Kwiatowski (Team Sky) 21:31:28
2. Damiano Caruso (BMC Racing) +0:03
3. Mikel Landa (Movistar Team) +0:23
6. Adam Yates (Mitchelton-SCOTT) +0:36