In the absence of Tadej Pogačar and Isaac del Toro and João Almeida, Adam Yates will lead UAE Team Emirates-XRG at the Giro d'Italia, with a mix of other experienced and talented other riders chasing stage victories. Pogačar and del Toro will lead UAE at the Tour de France, while Almeida is out of action due to a lingering virus that disrupted his spring. 33-year-old Yates made his Giro debut back in 2017 and has seven top-ten Grand Tour finishes on his palmares, and UAE will be hoping he can give the team at least another podium finish after Pogačar’s victory in 2024, Almeida’s third-place finish in 2023 and Isaac del Toro’s runner-up spot last year. Article continues below Yates will have the support of Australia's Jay Vine, Igor Arrieta, Mikkel Bjerg, Jhonatan Narváez, Marc Soler and talented Grand Tour debutants Jan Christen and António Morgado. Yates has won stages at the Tour de France and Vuelta a España in recent seasons with UAE, with only a stage win in Italy missing from his palmares.…