About Simon Yates (cyclist)
Simon Philip Yates is a retired British professional road and track racing cyclist who last rode 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 eleven Grand Tour stage victories – six at the Giro d'Italia, three at the Tour de France and two at the Vuelta a España. Yates has been a resident of Andorra since 2015. 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. He won the gold medal in the points race at the 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
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