Adam Yates on stage seven of the Critérium du Dauphiné 2019 (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images)
Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) has abandoned the Critérium du Dauphiné 2019.
The Brit climbed off with less than 50km of the final stage remaining, and was in second place in the overall classification, only eight seconds behind the race leader Jakob Fuglsang (Astana).
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