Adam Yates

Who Is Adam Yates?

Adam Yates is a very talented English racing cyclist. He is a great road and track cyclist and has had many big successes in his career. He rides for a top team and has won many big competitions.

Adam is also known for being a twin, and his brother is also a cyclist. This must make their family very proud to have two talented sons who are good at the same thing. Adam is a strong and skilled cyclist who has worked hard to get where he is today.

Early Life and Background

Adam Yates was born on August 7, 1992.

Career and Claim to Fame

For more information about Adam Yates you can visit his official website.

His website is a great place to learn more about his career and all the things he has achieved as a cyclist. You can find out about his big wins and all the hard work he has put into becoming a top cyclist.

Birthday, Age and Zodiac

Adam Yates was born on August 7, 1992, which makes him 34 years old. His zodiac sign is Leo, which is a strong and confident sign. People who are Leos are known for being brave and loyal, which are great qualities for a cyclist to have.

As a Leo, Adam is likely to be a natural leader and have a strong personality. He is probably very determined and always tries his best, which has helped him to succeed in his career as a cyclist.

Fun Facts and Legacy

So we know that Adam Yates is a talented English racing cyclist who was born on August 7, 1992, and is 34 years old. He is a Leo, which means he is strong and confident. We also know that he has a website where you can find out more about his career and all the things he has achieved.

Adam is a great example of how hard work and determination can help you to succeed in your chosen career. He is a talented cyclist who has worked hard to get where he is today, and we can all learn from his strong personality and brave spirit.

Adam Yates is a very skilled cyclist who has had many big successes in his career, and we wish him all the best for the future. He will always be remembered as a talented English racing cyclist who was born on August 7, 1992, and is a proud Leo.

Adam Yates - Quick Facts

Profile Overview of Adam Yates

Adam Richard Yates (born 7 August 1992) is a British professional road and track racing cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates XRG. Yates placed third overall at the 2023 Tour de France. In 2016 he became the first British rider to win the young rider classification, one year ahead of his twin brother Simon Yates.

This profile of Adam Yates covers Early Life and Family Background, Orica–GreenEDGE (2014–2020), Ineos Grenadiers (2021–2022) and UAE Team Emirates (2023–).

Yates has taken more than twenty wins during his professional career, including overall victories at the 2021 Volta a Catalunya, the 2023 Tour de Romandie and the 2024 Tour de Suisse. He has also won a stage at the Tour de France, in 2023, and the one-day races Clásica de San Sebastián (2015) and the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal (2023).

Early Life and Family Background of Adam Yates

Yates grew up in Bury in Greater Manchester and attended Derby High School.

Adam and Simon Yates 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. Whilst Simon was selected for the British Cycling Olympic Academy programme, Adam pursued his road racing career in France with financial help from the Dave Rayner Fund.

Yates finished second by just 55 seconds to Spanish rider Rubén Fernández in the general classification of the 2013 Tour de l'Avenir while representing the British national team.

Orica–GreenEDGE (2014–2020) of Adam Yates

Having spent a successful season with French amateur team CC Etupes, he joined the Australian UCI World Tour team Orica–GreenEDGE along with his brother in 2014. In his first professional race, the Tour de San Luis in Argentina, Yates finished eleventh overall and first in the young rider classification.

Yates's breakthrough results came at the Tour of Turkey in late April and early May 2014. He had been one of the team's protected riders for the general classification, along with his brother. On the third stage, he became the de facto team leader after Simon crashed out of the race. Yates was the only person to follow an attack by Rein Taaramäe on the final climb to Elmalı, and ultimately finished the stage in second place, six seconds down on Taaramäe after he had attacked again in the closing metres. After two stages that suited the sprinters, Yates achieved his first professional victory on the sixth stage, finishing at the House of the Virgin Mary in Selçuk. A reduced peloton had formed on the final climb from which Yates attacked with around a kilometre remaining. Yates held off the chasers – led home by Davide Formolo and Davide Rebellin, two seconds in arrears – and could take the leader's blue jersey from Taaramäe, who crossed the line seven seconds behind Yates. Yates held the race lead until its conclusion in Istanbul two days later; he extended his lead by a further four seconds on the final stage, as there was a split on the run-in, with only a 28-rider group being given the same time as stage winner, Mark Cavendish. He later described the victory – the first British overall win at the Tour of Turkey – as "unexpected", having set out with the ambition of winning stages.

Yates next competed at the Tour of California. After being passed on the road by Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) on Stage 2, the 20-kilometre (12-mile) individual time trial around Folsom, he finished fourth on Stage 3, which finished on Mount Diablo, and fourth on Stage 6, which finished on Mountain High. Yates finished fifth overall in the general classification, 2 minutes and 14 seconds behind the winner, Wiggins. Yates's good form continued at the Critérium du Dauphiné, where he placed eighth on the first mountain top finish on Stage 2. He finished third on Stage 5 after launching a late attack with Wilco Kelderman (Belkin Pro Cycling), and again finished third on Stage 8, a mountain-top finish at Courchevel. Yates finished the UCI World Tour race sixth overall. Orica–GreenEDGE decided not to select Yates for the Tour de France. He returned to racing at the GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano in July, which he won to take his first one-day professional victory. Yates made the lead group at the Clásica de San Sebastián with Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team), Bauke Mollema (Belkin Pro Cycling), Joaquim Rodríguez (Team Katusha) and Mikel Nieve (Team Sky), but crashed heavily on a descent with 3.5 kilometres (2.2 miles) remaining, missing out on the chance of his first World Tour victory. He made his Grand Tour debut at the Vuelta a España, finishing 82nd overall.

Having finished ninth at Tirreno–Adriatico, Yates was named in the start list for the Tour de France. He finished seventh on Stage 8, which finished on the Mûr-de-Bretagne, and seventh on the first mountain stage, Stage 10, which finished on the Col de la Pierre St Martin in the Pyrenees. He added a further top-10 stage finish at the Pra-Loup ski resort, as he finished 50th overall. The week following the Tour de France, Yates took his biggest victory to that point by winning the Clásica de San Sebastián one-day race, after attacking on the final climb as leader Greg Van Avermaet of BMC Racing Team was involved in a crash with a race motorcycle, and holding off the chasers on the descent into San Sebastián. In the confusion after Van Avermaet's crash Yates did not realise he had won, so did not initially celebrate when crossing the finishing line. In September, Yates recorded podium finishes in two Canadian races held in consecutive weeks; he finished second overall to Bauke Mollema at the Tour of Alberta – winning the young rider classification in the process – before losing a sprint à deux against Tim Wellens at the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal, a result that still left him "pretty happy".

Source: adapted from Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Yates), text available under CC BY-SA 4.0.