Simon Yates (cyclist)

Simon Yates
Yates in the King of the Mountains jersey of the 2014 Tour of Alberta
Personal information
Full name Simon Philip Yates
Born (1992-08-07) 7 August 1992[1]
Bury, Greater Manchester, England
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Weight 58 kg (128 lb; 9.1 st)[1]
Team information
Current team Mitchelton–Scott
Discipline Track and road
Role Rider
Rider type Climber
All-rounder (road)[2]
Endurance (track)
Amateur team(s)
2013 100% me[3]
Professional team(s)
2014– Mitchelton–Scott
Major wins

Grand Tours

Tour de France
Young rider classification (2017)
Giro d'Italia
3 individual stages (2018)
Vuelta a España
General classification (2018)
Combination classification (2018)
2 individual stages (2016, 2018)

One-day races and Classics

GP Miguel Indurain (2017)

Simon Philip Yates (born 7 August 1992) is a British road and track racing cyclist. He currently competes for the Mitchelton–Scott team.[4] His twin brother is Adam Yates, who is also a cyclist for the same team. He won the gold medal in the points race at the 2013 Track Cycling World Championships. Following a doping ban in 2016, he won the young rider classification in the 2017 Tour de France and the general classification in the 2018 Vuelta a España.

Career

Early career

Yates in 2012

The brothers took up cycling after their father John was injured in a collision with a car while riding. During John's recovery he took the twins to Manchester Velodrome to track sessions run by his cycling club, Bury Clarion,[5] 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.[6]

He won the gold medal in the points race at the 2013 Track World Championships.[7]

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.[8] Simon added another stage victory the following day,[9] 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 on the summit finish at Haytor, sprinting clear of a nine-man group, which included Bradley Wiggins and Nairo Quintana.[10][11] Yates finished third overall in the Tour of Britain, and was the best rider in the under-23 classification.[12]

Orica–GreenEDGE (2014–present)

2014

Yates at the 2014 Tour de France

Yates along with his brother joined the Australian UCI World Tour team Orica–GreenEDGE in 2014.[4] 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.[13] 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.[14] Yates featured in two breakaways during his Grand Tour debut, before being withdrawn by his team on the second rest day.[15]

2015

In April 2015 Yates finished fifth overall in the Tour of the Basque Country.[16] 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.[17]

He was again selected for the 2015 Tour de France, this time alongside his brother Adam.[18] 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.[19]

2016

Yates at the 2016 Paris-Nice

In March 2016, Yates finished seventh overall at Paris–Nice, however, in April it emerged that Yates had tested positive for the banned substance terbutaline in an in-competition test during the race [20] Yates was disqualified from the race and served a four-month doping ban during 2016; his team took full responsibility for this blaming an "administrative error". The ban meant Yates missed the 2016 Tour de France, where his brother Adam finished fourth overall and won the Young rider classification.

Following the expiry of his doping suspension, he was named in the startlist for the 2016 Vuelta a España.[21] 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.

2017

Yates wearing the White Jersey at the 2017 Tour de France

2017 saw Yates collect stage wins at two prestigious stage races, Paris-Nice and the Tour de Romandie. He placed second at the latter, his highest finish in a World Tour stage-race at the time.[22] He finished 7th overall at the Tour de France and won the young rider classification, matching the feat achieved by his twin brother a year prior.

2018

Simon Yates has confirmed his and the team's plans for him participating in the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España.[23]

In March, Yates won Stage 7 of the 2018 Paris–Nice, a mountain top finish to Valdeblore La Colmiane, to take the overall race lead going into the final stage. However, on Stage 8 Marc Soler of Movistar Team, who started the final stage 37 seconds down on Yates in sixth place overall, attacked around halfway into the stage along with compatriot David de la Cruz (Team Sky); the duo joined Omar Fraile (Astana) at the head of the race, and the trio managed to stay clear of the rest of the field by the time they reached Nice. As de la Cruz and Fraile contested stage honours, Soler finished third – acquiring four bonus seconds on the finish in addition to three gained at an earlier intermediate sprint – and with a 35-second gap to Yates and the remaining general classification contenders, it was enough to give Soler victory over Yates by four seconds.

Later that month, Yates won stage 7 of the Volta a Catalunya after attacking multiple times on the 6.6-kilometre laps of the hilly final circuit through the Montjuic Park. By doing so he finished fourth overall in the race.[24]

Yates wearing the Maglia rosa at the 2018 Giro d'Italia

Yates entered the Giro d'Italia as joint leader of Mitchelton Scott with Esteban Chaves, supported by a strong climbing focused team including Roman Kreuziger, Mikel Nieve and Jack Haig.[25] Yates placed seventh in the opening 9.7km individual time trial in Jerusalem, 20 seconds down on the defending champion and world time trial champion Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb).[26] On Stage 6 to Mount Etna, Yates took the race lead after finishing second behind teammate Chaves. Yates attacked from the group of favourites 1.5km from the summit and caught Chaves, who had been part of the day's breakaway, in sight of the line, but waved Chaves through to claim the stage honours.The result meant Yates held the Maglia rosa over Dumoulin in second, and over Chaves in third place. Yates won stage 9 after accelerating away with 100m to go on the summit finish to Gran Sasso d'Italia, extending his lead over Chaves, and Dumoulin.[27] Yates extended his lead further on Stage 10, but teammate Chaves dropped out of contention after finishing 25 minutes down after being dropped on the first climb.[28] Yates claimed his second stage victory on Stage 11, attacking with 1.5km to go and holding off the pursuit of Dumoulin to win on hill top finish in Osimo. Yates increased his lead over Dumoulin.[29] On Stage 14, Yates finished second behind Chris Froome (Team Sky) on Monte Zoncolan. With six bonus seconds for finishing second, Yates extended his overall advantage over Dumoulin, whilst his gap over Froome was 3 minutes 10 seconds.[30] Yates pedaled to a sensational solo win on stage 15 to Sappada, attacking with 18km remaining. This victory saw his lead over Dumoulin increase.[31] On Stage 17, a 34.2km individual time trial m Trento to Rovereto, Yates held on to his overall lead over Dumoulin.[32] On stage 18 to Prato Nevoso Yates displayed the initial signs of weakness, cracking on the final slopes of the summit finishes and losing 28 second to all of his other general classification rivals.[33] Stage 19 of the race had been classified as the 'queen stage' of the race, with three focussed climbs in the latter half of the stage. These included the half paved-half gravel climb of the Colle delle Finestre, followed by the climb to Sestriere and the final uphill finish too Bardonecchia. Yates cracked on the lower slopes of the Finestre, before Froome launched a solo attack with 80km left of the stage. Froome's advantage grew throughout the second half of the stage, culminating in him taking a stage victory of more than three minutes and thereby also taking the overall race lead, 40 seconds ahead of Tom Domoulin.[34] Yates lost over 38 minutes to Froome and dropped to 17th overall.[35] He eventually finished the race 21st overall, 1 hour and 15 minutes behind the winner Froome.[36]

After the Giro, Yates made his return to racing at the Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia, where he finished second behind team-mate Robert Power. He subsequently returned to WorldTour competition at the Tour de Pologne in August, where he won the race's closing stage with a solo attack and finished second overall behind Michał Kwiatkowski.[37]

Yates was Mitchelton-Scott's team leader for the Vuelta a España, with support from his brother.[37] Yates moved into third place on the general classification after stage 4, the first mountain stage, ten seconds behind leader Kwiatkowski. On the ninth stage, Yates took the leader's red jersey from Rudy Molard going into the first rest day.[38] However he lost the lead on stage 12, when Mitchelton-Scott elected not to close down a large breakaway, with the red jersey being taken by Jesús Herrada with Yates in second and Valverde in third.[39] However the following day Yates cut nearly two minutes from Herrada's lead,[40] and he then took victory on the fourteenth stage, reclaiming the overall lead. He extended his lead during stage 16 (an individual time trial) and stage 19.[38] On the last mountain stage the following day, Yates attacked his rivals on the penultimate climb, joining Miguel Angel Lopez and Nairo Quintana alongside Enric Mas at the head of the race, and eventually finishing third on the stage behind Mas and Lopez, who moved up into second and third overall after Valverde and Steven Kruijswijk lost significant time.[41] He went on to safely cross the finish line on the last stage in Madrid to secure his overall victory.[42]

Doping ban

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,[43] where he finished seventh overall.[44] Orica-GreenEDGE's owner Gerry Ryan accused the British governing body of leaking the news of Yates's failed drug test to the press, and criticised the organisation for doing so.[45] In a statement Orica-GreenEDGE claimed 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.[43] Subsequently, the international governing body UCI issued a statement indicating that Yates would not be provisionally suspended from competition due to the substance he had tested positive for.[46]

On 17 June, the UCI decided to issue a four-month ban for the "presence and use of the specified prohibited substance terbutaline" [47] backdated from 12 March (the date the positive sample was collected), preventing Yates from competing at the 2016 Tour de France.[48]

Career achievements

Major results

2010
UCI Junior Track World Championships
1st Madison (with Dan McLay)
2nd Team pursuit
National Track Championships
2nd Points race
2nd Scratch race
1st Madison (with Adam Yates), National Junior Track Championships
2011
1st Stage 6 Tour de l'Avenir
1st Six Days of Ghent Future Stars (with Owain Doull)
1st Pro-Am Classic
2nd Omnium, National Track Championships
3rd Team pursuit – Beijing, UCI Track World Cup
9th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
2012
National Track Championships
1st Madison (with Mark Christian)
1st Team pursuit
2013
1st Points race, UCI Track World Championships
1st Road race, National Under–23 Road Championships
1st Overall Arden Challenge
1st Stage 4
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 Road race, National Road Championships
7th Overall Tour of Slovenia
1st Young rider classification
2015
5th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
1st Young rider classification
5th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
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
2017
1st GP Miguel Indurain
2nd Overall Tour de Romandie
1st Stage 4
7th Overall Tour de France
1st Young rider classification
9th Overall Paris–Nice
1st Stage 6
2018
1st Overall Vuelta a España
1st Combination classification
1st Stage 14
Giro d'Italia
1st Stages 9, 11 & 15
Held after Stages 6–18
Held after Stages 9–18
2nd Overall Paris–Nice
1st Stage 7
2nd Overall Tour de Pologne
1st Stage 7
2nd Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
4th Overall Volta a Catalunya
1st Stage 7

General classification results timeline

Grand Tour general classification results
Grand Tour 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Giro d'Italia — — — — 21
Tour de France DNF 89 — 7 —
Vuelta a España — — 6 44 1
Major stage race general classification results
Race 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Paris–Nice 44 29 DSQ 9 2
Tirreno–Adriatico — — — — —
Volta a Catalunya — — — — 4
Tour of the Basque Country 11 5 DNF 22 —
Tour de Romandie — 6 — 2 —
Critérium du Dauphiné — 5 — 13 —
Tour de Suisse — — — — —

Classics results timeline

Monument 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Milan–San Remo — 37 95 — —
Tour of Flanders — — — — —
Paris–Roubaix — — — — —
Liège–Bastogne–Liège — 39 — 153 —
Giro di Lombardia DNF 18 — —
Classic 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Amstel Gold Race — — — — —
La Flèche Wallonne 78 62 — — —
Clásica de San Sebastián DNF 14 7 18 —
Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec 22 82 — — —
Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal 36 16 — — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
DSQ Disqualified

See also

References

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  3. ↑ https://www.ukad.org.uk/education/athletes/100percentme/
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