Adam Yates

For the English footballer, see Adam Yates (footballer).

Adam Yates
Yates at the 2015 Tour of Alberta
Personal information
Full nameAdam Richard Yates
NicknameThe Shadow[1]
Born (1992-08-07) 7 August 1992 (age 32)[2]
Bury, England
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb; 9 st 2 lb)
Team information
Current teamUAE Team Emirates
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Amateur teams
2011–2012UVCA Troyes
2013CC Etupes
Professional teams
2014–2020Orica–GreenEDGE[3][4]
2021–2022Ineos Grenadiers[5]
2023–UAE Team Emirates
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
Young rider classification (2016)
1 individual stage (2023)
Vuelta a España
1 individual stage (2024)

Stage races

Tour de Romandie (2023)
Tour de Suisse (2024)
Volta a Catalunya (2021)
UAE Tour (2020)
Tour of Oman (2024)
Deutschland Tour (2022)
Tour of Turkey (2014)

One-day races and Classics

Clásica de San Sebastián (2015)
GP de Montréal (2023)
GP Industria & Artigianato (2014, 2017)

Adam Richard Yates (born 7 August 1992) is a British professional road and track racing cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates.[6] Yates placed fourth overall at the 2016 Tour de France and became the first British rider to win the young rider classification, one year ahead of his twin brother Simon Yates.[7]

Yates has taken more than twenty wins during his professional career, including overall victories at the 2021 Volta a Catalunya, the 2023 Tour de Romandie and the 2024 Tour de Suisse. He has also won a stage at the Tour de France, in 2023, and the one-day races Clásica de San Sebastián (2015) and the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal (2023).

  1. ^ Fotheringham, William (6 September 2020). "Adam Yates joins exalted company at Tour de France after years of toil". theguardian.com. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Adam Yates". Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Mitchelton-Scott finalise 25-rider roster for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Wins from January to October: Mitchelton-Scott men confirm roster and goals for 2020". Mitchelton–Scott. New Global Cycling Services. 11 December 2019. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Ineos Grenadiers". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Team - UAE Team Emirates". UAE Team Emirates. Archived from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  7. ^ Cycling Weekly, Double vision of the future, 5 September 2013