Simon Yates (cyclist)
Yates in the King of the Mountains jersey of the 2014 Tour of Alberta | |||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||
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Full name | Simon Yates | ||||||||||||
Born |
[1] Bury, United Kingdom | 7 August 1992||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||||||||||||
Weight | 58 kg (128 lb; 9.1 st)[1] | ||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||
Current team | Orica-GreenEDGE | ||||||||||||
Discipline | Track and road | ||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||
Rider type | Climber (road), Endurance (track) | ||||||||||||
Amateur team(s) | |||||||||||||
2013 |
100% Me | ||||||||||||
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2014– | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Infobox last updated on 3 January 2014 |
Simon Yates (born 7 August 1992) is a British road and track racing cyclist and twin brother of Adam Yates. He currently competes for the Orica-GreenEDGE team.[2]
Career
Early career
Simon and Adam took up cycling after their father John was injured in a collision with a car while riding - during his recovery he took the twins to Manchester Velodrome to track sessions run by his cycling club, Bury Clarion, to keep in touch with the other members. Both brothers soon started riding on the road for Bury Clarion and on the track for Eastlands Velo. At the age of 18 Simon was selected by British Cycling for its Olympic Academy programme. He was also selected for the England team for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, where his room-mate was Chris Froome.[3]
He won the gold medal in the points race at the 2013 Track World Championships.[4]
Simon made his breakthrough on the road in 2013 riding for the British national team. Along with brother Adam, he competed at the 2013 Tour de l'Avenir for the Great Britain national team, where Simon won the race's fifth stage, ahead of Adam.[5] Simon added another stage victory the following day,[6] and finished the race tenth overall.
He was then selected as part of the British national team to take part in the Tour of Britain. He competed well throughout the race and on stage six he took his biggest win to date, sprinting clear of a nine-man group at the finish, which included Bradley Wiggins and Nairo Quintana.[7][8] Yates finished third overall in the Tour of Britain, and was the best rider in the under-23 classification.[9]
The brothers are not related to former cyclist Sean Yates.
Orica Greenedge (2014-)
Yates along with his brother joined the Australian UCI World Tour team Orica-GreenEDGE in 2014.[2] He finished 12th Overall in one of his first World Tour races, the Tour of the Basque Country. Yates suffered a broken collarbone on Stage 3 of the Tour of Turkey.[10] He recovered to take seventh overall and the Young Riders Classification in the Tour of Slovenia in June. He was a surprise selection for the Orica Greenedge team for the 2014 Tour de France, with only 5 days notice, and was one of only 4 British riders to take to the Grand Depart startline in Leeds.[11] Yates featured in two breakaways during his Grand Tour debut, before being withdrawn by his team on the second rest day.[12]
In April 2015 Yates took his most impressive result to date by finishing fith overall in the Tour of the Basque Country.[13]
Palmarès
- 2010
- Junior Track World Championships
- 1st Madison (with Daniel McLay)
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 2011
- 1st Overall Twinings Pro-Am Tour
- 1st Stage 6 Tour de l'Avenir
- 9th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
- 2013
- 1st Points race, Track World Championships
- 3rd Overall Tour of Britain
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stage 6
- 3rd La Côte Picarde
- 9th Overall An Post Rás
- 1st Young rider classification
- 10th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
- 1st Stages 5 & 6
- 10th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
- 10th Overall Czech Cycling Tour
- 2014
- 1st Mountains classification Tour of Alberta
- 3rd National Road Race Championships
- 7th Overall Tour of Slovenia
- 1st Young rider classification[14]
- 2015
- 5th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
Grand Tour General Classification results timeline
Grand Tour | 2014 | 2015 |
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Giro | — | |
Tour | DNF | |
Vuelta | — |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Simon Yates". Eurosport Australia. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Yates Brothers Confirm Move To Orica-GreenEdge". Cyclingnews.com (Future plc). 3 October 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
- ↑ Slater, Matt (27 September 2014). "Simon and Adam Yates: Bury boys on a twin track to the top". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- ↑ Bevan, Chris (22 February 2013). "Jason Kenny and Simon Yates win World cycling golds for Britain". BBC Sport. Minsk, Belarus: BBC. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
- ↑ "Simon Yates and brother Adam finish first and second on stage five of Tour de l'Avenir". Sky Sports (BSkyB). 29 August 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
- ↑ "Simon Yates claims second successive Tour de l'Avenir win with victory on stage six". Sky Sports (BSkyB). 30 August 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
- ↑ "Tour of Britain - Yates wins stage six, Wiggins maintains overall lead". Yahoo Eurosport. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
- ↑ "Tour of Britain: Simon Yates wins stage six, Bradley Wiggins leads". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- ↑ "Tour of Britain 2013, stage eight: Sir Bradley Wiggins triumphs after Mark Cavendish sprints to London victory". Telegraph Online. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- ↑ http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/simon-yates-crashes-out-of-the-tour-of-turkey
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/28111981
- ↑ http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/tour-de-france/simon-yates-withdraws-tour-de-france-130712
- ↑ http://sport.bt.com/more-sport-hub/more-sport/yates-clinches-fifth-placed-finish-S11363975112013
- ↑ Wynn, Nigel (23 June 2014). "Simon Yates claims best young rider jersey in Tour of Slovenia". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
External links
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- Simon Yates profile at Cycling Archives
- Simon Yates on Blogger