Adam Yates (cyclist)
Yates at the 2015 Tour of Alberta
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Adam Yates |
| Nickname | The Shadow |
| Born |
7 August 1992 Bury, United Kingdom |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb; 9.1 st) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Orica–Scott |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climber |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| 2011–2012 | UVCA Troyes |
| 2013 | CC Etupes |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2014– | Orica–GreenEDGE |
| Major wins | |
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Adam Yates (born 7 August 1992) is a British road and track racing cyclist and twin brother of Simon Yates. He currently competes for the Orica–Scott team. At the 2016 Tour de France he placed fourth overall and won the young rider classification, becoming the first British rider to win that classification.
Adam and Simon 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, 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. Whilst Simon was selected for the British Cycling Olympic Academy programme, Adam pursued his road racing career in France with financial help from the Dave Rayner Fund.
Yates finished second by just 55 seconds to Spanish rider Ruben Fernandez in the general classification of the 2013 Tour de l'Avenir whilst representing the British national team.
Having spent a successful season with French amateur team CC Etupes, he joined the Australian UCI World Tour team Orica–GreenEDGE along with his brother in 2014. In his first professional race, the Tour de San Luis in Argentina, Yates finished eleventh overall and first in the young rider classification.
Yates' breakthrough results came at the Tour of Turkey in late April and early May 2014. He had been one of the team's protected riders for the general classification, along with his brother. On the third stage, he became the team's de facto team leader, after Simon crashed out of the race, resulting in a suspected broken clavicle. Yates was the only person to follow an attack by Rein Taaramäe on the final climb to Elmalı, and ultimately finished the stage in second place, six seconds down on Taaramäe after he had attacked again in the closing metres. After two stages that suited the sprinters, Yates achieved his first professional victory on the sixth stage, finishing at the House of the Virgin Mary in Selçuk. A reduced peloton had formed on the final climb from which Yates attacked with around a kilometre remaining. Yates held off the chasers – led home by Davide Formolo and Davide Rebellin, two seconds in arrears – and was able to take the leader's blue jersey from Taaramäe, who crossed the line seven seconds behind Yates. Yates held the race lead until its conclusion in Istanbul two days later; he extended his lead by a further four seconds on the final stage, as there was a split on the run-in, with only a 28-rider group being given the same time as stage winner, Mark Cavendish. He later described the victory – the first British overall win at the Tour – as "unexpected", having set out with the ambition of winning stages.
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