Simon Yates (cyclist)

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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 (age 32)[1] Bury, Greater Manchester, England
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)[1]
Weight	59 kg (130 lb; 9 st 4 lb)[1]
Team information
Current team	Team Jayco–AlUla
Disciplines	Road Track
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climber All-rounder (road)[2] Endurance (track)
Amateur team
2013	100% me[3]
Professional team
2014–	Orica–GreenEDGE[4][5]
Major wins
Road Grand Tours Tour de France Young rider classification (2017) 2 individual stages (2019) Giro d'Italia 6 individual stages (2018, 2021, 2022) Vuelta a España General classification (2018) Combination classification (2018) 2 individual stages (2016, 2018) Stage races Tirreno–Adriatico (2020) Tour of the Alps (2021) Track Points race, World Championships (2013) Other UCI World Tour (2018)
Medal record Men's track cycling Representing  Great Britain World Championships 2013 Minsk Points race

Simon Philip Yates (born 7 August 1992) is a British professional road and track racing cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Jayco–AlUla.^[6] His twin brother is Adam Yates, who is also a professional cyclist. 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. Yates has taken more than thirty professional victories, including ten Grand Tour stage victories – six at the Giro d'Italia and two each at the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España. Simon has been a resident of Andorra since 2015.^[7]