British rider Simon Yates has cruised to overall victory in the Giro d’Italia, finally winning the race that had eluded him so often.

Simon Yates is not one to show much emotion. Both he and his twin brother Adam, a fellow pro rider, are famously, determinedly dour. But as the ticker tape flew in Rome on Sunday evening, and Yates held aloft the distinctive Trofeo Senza Fine awarded to the winner of the Giro d’Italia,

The British rider seized the Maglia Rosa after gaining almost six minutes on Isaac del Toro over the Colle delle Finestre on Saturday.