Simon Yates (cyclist)

Simon Yates

Yates in the King of the Mountains jersey of the 2014 Tour of Alberta
Personal information
Full name Simon Yates
Born (1992-08-07) 7 August 1992[1]
Bury, Greater Manchester, England, UK
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Weight 58 kg (128 lb; 9.1 st)[1]
Team information
Current team Orica–BikeExchange
Discipline Track and road
Role Rider
Rider type All-rounder (road)[2]
Endurance (track)
Amateur team(s)
2013 100% Me
Professional team(s)
2014– Orica–GreenEDGE
Major wins

Grand Tours

Vuelta a España
1 individual stage (2016)
Infobox last updated on
8 November 2016

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–BikeExchange team.[3]

Career

Early career

Yates in 2012

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,[4] 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.[5]

He won the gold medal in the points race at the 2013 Track World Championships.[6]

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.[7] Simon added another stage victory the following day,[8] 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.[9][10] Yates finished third overall in the Tour of Britain, and was the best rider in the under-23 classification.[11]

The brothers are not related to retired British cyclist Sean Yates.

Orica–GreenEDGE (2014–present)

Yates at the 2014 Tour de France

Yates along with his brother joined the Australian UCI World Tour team Orica–GreenEDGE in 2014.[3] 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.[12] 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.[13] Yates featured in two breakaways during his Grand Tour debut, before being withdrawn by his team on the second rest day.[14]

In April 2015 Yates finished fifth overall in the Tour of the Basque Country.[15] Later that month he rode the Tour de Romandie and placed sixth overall. In June 2015 Yates finished fifth overall in the Critérium du Dauphiné after finishing second behind Chris Froome on the final stage, a summit finish at Modane. By doing so Yates also won the White Jersey as best young rider.[16]

He was again selected for the 2015 Tour de France, this time alongside his brother Adam.[17] Simon placed eighth on Stage 3, which finished on the Mur de Huy, and eleventh on Stage 20, the queen stage of the race finishing on Alpe d'Huez.[18]

In April 2016 it emerged that Yates had tested positive for the banned substance terbutaline in an in-competition test during Paris–Nice the previous month,[19] where he finished seventh overall.[20] In a statement Orica-GreenEDGE took full responsibility for the test result, saying that the team's doctor had failed to apply for a therapeutic use exemption for an asthma inhaler used by Yates which triggered the positive test.[19] Subsequently, the UCI issued a statement indicating that Yates would not be provisionally suspended from competition due to the substance he had tested positive for.[21] On 17 June, the UCI decided to issue a four-month ban for "non intentional doping", backdated from 12 March (the date the positive sample was collected), preventing Yates from competing at the 2016 Tour de France.[22] He was named in the startlist for the 2016 Vuelta a España.[23] In stage 6 Yates, seeing an opportunity, escaped from a breakaway group to win a solo stage victory - the first of the Yates brothers to take a Grand Tour stage victory.

Career achievements

Major results

Track
2010
UCI Junior World Championships
1st Madison (with Daniel McLay)
2nd Team pursuit
National Championships
2nd Points race
2nd Scratch
2011
1st Six Days of Ghent Future Stars (with Owain Doull)
2nd National Omnium Championships
2012
1st National Madison Championships (with Mark Christian)
2013
1st UCI World Points Race Championships
Road
2011
1st Pro-Am Classic
1st Stage 6 Tour de l'Avenir
9th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
2013
1st National Under-23 Road Race Championships
3rd Overall Tour of Britain
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 Flèche du Sud
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
2015
5th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
5th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
1st Young rider classification
6th Overall Tour de Romandie
2016
1st Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
2nd Circuito de Getxo
4th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
6th Overall Vuelta a España
1st Stage 6
7th Clásica de San Sebastián

Grand Tour General Classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2014 2015 2016
Giro d'Italia — — —
Tour de France WD 89 —
Vuelta a España — — 6

Major stage race general classification results timeline

Race 2014 2015 2016
Paris–Nice 44 29 DSQ
Tirreno–Adriatico — — —
Volta a Catalunya — — —
Tour of the Basque Country 11 5 DNF
Tour de Romandie — 6 —
Critérium du Dauphiné — 5 —
Tour de Suisse — — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
DSQ Disqualified
WD Withdrew
IP In Progress

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Simon Yates". Eurosport Australia. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
  2. ↑ Bridgewood, Oliver (6 August 2015). "Simon Yates's Scott Addict". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Yates Brothers Confirm Move To Orica-GreenEdge". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 3 October 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "Home - Bury Clarion Cycling Club". Bury Clarion Cycling Club.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "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.
  9. ↑ "Tour of Britain – Yates wins stage six, Wiggins maintains overall lead". Yahoo Eurosport. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  10. ↑ "Tour of Britain: Simon Yates wins stage six, Bradley Wiggins leads". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  11. ↑ "Tour of Britain 2013, stage eight: Sir Bradley Wiggins triumphs after Mark Cavendish sprints to London victory". Telegraph Online. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  12. ↑ Cycling News. "Simon Yates crashes out of the Tour of Turkey". Cyclingnews.com.
  13. ↑ "BBC Sport - Tour de France: Britain's Simon Yates handed unexpected berth". BBC Sport.
  14. ↑ "Simon Yates withdraws from Tour de France". Cycling Weekly. 21 July 2014.
  15. ↑ "Yates clinches fifth-placed finish". BT.com.
  16. ↑ "Criterium du Dauphine: Chris Froome wins second title". BBC.
  17. ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/jun/27/tour-de-france-2015-yates-twins-orica
  18. ↑ http://www.velon.cc/teamnews/yates-brothers-show-strength-on-alpe-dhuez/
  19. 1 2 "Simon Yates: British cyclist fails drug test 'due to asthma inhaler'". bbc.co.uk. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  20. ↑ Cary, Tom (13 March 2016). "Geraint Thomas wins Paris-Nice to claim biggest title of career". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  21. ↑ "Simon Yates: UCI not suspending cyclist despite failed drugs test". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  22. ↑ "Simon Yates handed four-month 'non-intentional' doping ban". Cycling News. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  23. ↑ "71st Vuelta a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
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