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2020 Tour de France, Adam Yates, Features, Mitchelton-Scott, Racing - September 7, 2020

Adam Yates’ yellow was “fun while it lasted”

The Col de Marie Blanque was one climb too many for Adam Yates, who relinquished the maillot jaune to Primoz Roglic on Sunday, undone by the steep slopes of the Pyrenees. “I did everything I could,” Yates said. “I said from the very beginning, even before the Tour started, that I wasn’t at 100 percent, …

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Advantage Jumbo-Visma: Early impressions of the Tour’s battle for yellow

Tuesday’s fourth stage of the 2020 Tour de France offered our first chance to see the yellow-jersey hopefuls do battle. The 160.5-kilometer stage from Sisteron may have been relatively uneventful for most of the day, and we did not get a full-on war of attacks and counterattacks in the closing kilometers, but the final climb …

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Adam Yates, Features, News - August 22, 2020

Ineos signs Adam Yates to a two-year deal

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Adam Yates will join Ineos next season on a two-year deal in what is the first signing of this transfer season for the British WorldTour squad. The move will split Yates from his twin brother Simon Yates, who just signed a contract extension with Mitchelton-Scott, for the first time in their respective pro careers. Both …

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Simon Yates will lead Mitchelton-Scott at the Giro d’Italia

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Mitchelton-Scott has unveiled its long lists for both the Tour de France and the Giro d’Italia, confirming that Simon Yates will target the Giro overall this season as initially planned. Adam Yates and Esteban Chaves, meanwhile, are both on the long list for the squad’s Tour roster, which appears to be focused on hunting stages. …

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Ten riders with something to prove at the 2019 Tour de France

Pressure. The Tour de France presses down on everyone, but even more so if you have something to prove. From established veterans needing to prove they’ve still got the fire to riders making long-awaited Tour debuts, there are plenty of big names that head into this Tour de France with something to prove, for one …

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