Simon Yates (cyclist)
Yates, Stage 15, Tour de France, 2024. | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Simon Philip Yates | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 August 1992 Bury, Greater Manchester, England | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 59 kg (130 lb; 9 st 4 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Visma–Lease a Bike | ||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Climber All-rounder (road) Endurance (track) | ||||||||||||||
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| 2013 | 100% me | ||||||||||||||
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| 2014–2024 | Orica–GreenEDGE | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Visma–Lease a Bike | ||||||||||||||
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Simon Philip Yates (born 7 August 1992) is a British professional road and track racing cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam Visma–Lease a Bike. 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 and 2025 Giro d'Italia. 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. Yates has been a resident of Andorra since 2015.