Briton Simon Yates won the Tour of Alps on Friday to claim his first victory of the season. Former Vuelta a Espana champion Yates, 28, finished 58 seconds ahead of Spaniard Pello Bilbao and Russian Aleksandr Vlasov in third. German Felix Grossschartner won the fifth and final stage between Valle del Chiese and Riva del Garda after a solo attack. fmd/lrb/iwd/nr