Simon Yates (cyclist)
Yates in the King of the Mountains jersey of the 2014 Tour of Alberta
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| Full name | Simon Yates | ||||||||||||
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7 August 1992 Bury, Greater Manchester, England, UK |
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| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb; 9.1 st) | ||||||||||||
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| Current team | Orica–Scott | ||||||||||||
| Discipline | Track and road | ||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||
| Rider type | All-rounder (road) Endurance (track) |
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| 2013 | 100% Me | ||||||||||||
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| 2014– | Orica–GreenEDGE | ||||||||||||
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Simon Yates (born 7 August 1992) is a British road and track racing cyclist and twin brother of Adam Yates. He currently competes for the Orica–Scott team.
Simon and Adam 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. At the age of 18 Simon was selected by British Cycling for its Olympic Academy programme. He was also selected for the England team for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, where his room-mate was Chris Froome.
He won the gold medal in the points race at the 2013 Track World Championships.
Simon made his breakthrough on the road in 2013 riding for the British national team. Along with brother Adam, he competed at the 2013 Tour de l'Avenir for the Great Britain national team, where Simon won the race's fifth stage, ahead of Adam. Simon added another stage victory the following day, and finished the race tenth overall.
He was then selected as part of the British national team to take part in the Tour of Britain. He competed well throughout the race and on stage six he took his biggest win to date, sprinting clear of a nine-man group at the finish, which included Bradley Wiggins and Nairo Quintana. Yates finished third overall in the Tour of Britain, and was the best rider in the under-23 classification.
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