Sean Yates
Yates in 2009
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Sean Yates |
| Nickname | The Animal |
| Born |
18 May 1960 Ewell, Surrey, England |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| ? | Archer Road Club |
| 1980 | 34th Nomads |
| 1981 | ACBB |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 1982–1986 | Peugeot |
| 1987–1988 | Fagor |
| 1989–1990 | 7-Eleven |
| 1991–1996 | Motorola |
| Managerial team(s) | |
| 1998–2001 | Linda McCartney Racing Team |
| 2002 | iTeamNova.com |
| 2003–2004 | Team CSC |
| 2005–2007 | Discovery Channel |
| 2008–2009 | Astana |
| 2010–2012 | Team Sky |
| 2014 | NFTO |
| 2015– | Tinkoff–Saxo |
| Major wins | |
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National Road Race Championships (1992)
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National Road Race Championships (1992)
Sean Yates (born 18 May 1960) is an English former professional cyclist and directeur sportif.
Yates competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics, finishing sixth in the 4,000m individual pursuit. As an amateur in 1980, he won the British 25-mile individual time trial championship, and took the national record for 10-mile time trials with 19m 44s.
As an amateur Yates rode for Athletic Club Boulogne-Billancourt in Paris, Europe's most successful sports club with fellow British riders John Herety and Jeff Williams. Yates first race for the ACBB was the Grand Prix de Saint-Tropez which he won by riding off the front of the peloton. Yates won fifteen races in total for the ACBB and also finished third in the prestigious individual time trial Grand Prix des Nations which was won by Martial Gayant. Yates had develeoped a reputation as a strong time trialist and for an incredible turn of speed and power. He turned professional in 1982 for Peugeot riding alongside Graham Jones, Phil Anderson, Robert Millar and Stephen Roche. He stayed with Peugeot for six seasons and became British professional individual pursuit champion in 1982 and 1983.
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