Simon Yates (cyclist)

Simon Yates
Yates in the King of the Mountains jersey of the 2014 Tour of Alberta
Personal information
Full nameSimon Philip Yates
Born (1992-08-07) 7 August 1992 (age 32)[1]
Bury, Greater Manchester, England
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)[1]
Weight59 kg (130 lb; 9 st 4 lb)[1]
Team information
Current teamTeam Jayco–AlUla
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
All-rounder (road)[2]
Endurance (track)
Amateur team
2013100% 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
Gold medal – first place 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]

  1. ^ a b c "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. ^ "100% me". UK Anti-Doping. United Kingdom Anti-Doping Limited. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Mitchelton-Scott finalise 25-rider roster for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Wins from January to October: Mitchelton-Scott men confirm roster and goals for 2020". Mitchelton–Scott. New Global Cycling Services. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  6. ^ "GreenEDGE Cycling". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Bio". Simon-Yates.com. Retrieved 20 March 2024.