Cycling News — Simon Yates

SATURDAY, MAY 21, 2022 Team BikeExchange-Jayco rider Simon Yates scored his second stage win at the Giro d’Italia, making a solo attack late in a thrilling Stage 14 to earn a hard-fought victory in Turin. It was a big day for the team, which also saw sprinter Dylan Groenewegen win the Veenendaal-Veenendall Classic in the Netherlands. Yates, riding his TCR Advanced SL Disc team bike with a CADEX WheelSystem, made the decisive move with about 5km to go, just before the final descent into Turin. The 147km stage featured five categorized climbs totaling about 3000m of climbing and saw plenty of attacks from...

SATURDAY, MAY 7, 2022 Team BikeExchange-Jayco rider Simon Yates turned in the best time trial ride of his career to earn the win on Stage 2 of the Giro d’Italia. With the victory, the Brit gained valuable time on general classification rivals as he moved into second place overall behind Stage 1 winner Mathieu van der Poel. Yates was confident heading into the short but challenging 9.2km TT in Budapest, Hungary. The 29-year-old has shown big improvements against the clock since his team partnered with Giant this year and he began racing on a Trinity Advanced Pro TT bike with a CADEX WheelSystem....

MONDAY, MAY 2, 2022 Team BikeExchange-Jayco rider Simon Yates put the final touches on his preparation for the Giro d’Italia stage race, winning two out of three stages at the Vuelta Asturias in Spain. The 29-year-old Brit now looks ahead to the Giro, which kicks off Friday in Budapest. Yates won Stage 1 and Stage 3 at the Vuelta Asturias, a mountainous stage race that’s used by climbers and general classification hopefuls as a key tune-up before the Giro. On the opening stage Yates scored a spectacular solo win on his TCR Advanced SL Disc team bike, attacking on the final climb to...

SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 2022 Simon Yates put the finishing touch on a brilliant effort at the Paris-Nice stage race in France, scoring a stunning solo victory on the final stage into Nice. The Team BikeExchange-Jayco leader launched the decisive attack on the final stage and held off Primoz Roglic and Wout van Aert of Jumbo-Visma to take the win and secure second place overall in the eight-day WorldTour race. Yates showed top form all week long in France. The British rider finished top-five in the pivotal time trial on day four on his Giant Trinity Advanced Pro TT bike and then emerged as...