Adam Yates Archives

Take Me to Your Leader: Who’s Leading the UAE Team Emirates?

May 21, 2025 at 2:43 pm3 min reading

Road cycling

Sunday’s stage 9 of the Giro d’Italia, with its Strade Bianche white gravel sectors, was superbly dramatic, gave Wout van Aert his first win of a disappointing season, and shook up the GC standings to the detriment of pre-race favourite Primož Roglič (Red Bull–BORA–hansgrohe). It…

Yates Wins Tour of Oman Again to Kick Off New Season

February 14, 2025 at 9:30 am4 min reading

Road cycling

Tadej Pogačar’s Grand Tour lieutenant Adam Yates kicked off 2025 the same way he started last year’s road season, by winning the five-stage Tour of Oman. Though the UAE Team Emirates–XRG rider failed to win a stage, two second places in the race’s two mountain…

O’Connor Leads Vuelta as Yates Wins First Big Mountain Stage with Long Solo Ride

August 26, 2024 at 8:33 am3 min reading

Road cycling

Adam Yates single-handedly revived the GC fortunes of UAE Team Emirates, after teammate João Almeida was forced to abandon the Vuelta a España because of Covid, by winning Sunday’s stage 9 with a magisterial solo ride of more than 68km.

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Three-Time Winner Roglič Slight Favourite to Win La Vuelta

August 15, 2024 at 2:09 pm3 min reading

Road cycling

Among other things, the 2024 Vuelta a España, which kicks off on Saturday, August 17, will answer a question that has been bugging cycling fans for one year: Can Visma–Lease a Bike’s Sepp Kuss win the race without the help of Jonas Vingegaard and Primož…

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Pogačar Odds-On Favorite to Win Tour de France and Score Rare Grand Tour Double

June 29, 2024 at 3:18 pm4 min reading

Road cycling

Rarely has a Tour de France been so eagerly anticipated as this year’s edition, and rarely has a Tour been so badly hit by misfortune in the runup. The crashes and illnesses that have affected three of the four main protagonists of the race have…

Road to the Tour: Vingegaard Is 50-50, New Safety Rules and Adam Yates Is Ready

June 17, 2024 at 6:39 am4 min reading

Road cycling

The chances of two-time Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard (Visma–Lease a Bike) being fit enough to ride in the Tour de France are 50-50, his coach, Tim Heemskerk told the Danish news outlet B.T.

Wheels Roundup: The Lefevere-Alaphilippe Feud Heats Up and Other News

February 23, 2024 at 8:16 am4 min reading

Road cycling

Patrick Lefevere, the highly successful general manager of Soudal Quick-Step was never one for diplomacy. But now his critical fusillades targeting his struggling two-time world road race champion Julian Alaphilippe may have caused collateral damage, namely Alaphilippe’s partner, the Tour de France Femmes director Marion…

Adam Yates Wins Tour of Oman with Dominant Climb

February 14, 2024 at 3:30 pm4 min reading

Road cycling

While youth had a major impact on this year’s five-stage Tour of Oman, which ended Wednesday, road racing’s Old Guard held up very well, with 31-year-old Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) winning the GC with a blistering ride on the race’s final climb and 29-year-old…

The 2023 Tour Wrap-Up: A Tour de France That Is Already Legendary

July 24, 2023 at 10:15 am4 min reading

Road cycling

My favourite moment of this remarkable Tour de France, a race that had more memorable moments than a three-week honeymoon, was Matej Mohorič’s reaction to his stage 19 win and his very impassioned interview afterwards. Mohorič races for Bahrain-Victorious, which entered the Tour under the cloud…