Adam Yates reiterates that he isn't targeting Tour de France GC
Adam Yates says that a stage win is his only priority in this year's Tour de France.

Despite finishing in the select group of general classification riders on the Tour de France's first mountain stage, Adam Yates has reiterated that stage honours as opposed to a high overall placing remains his priority during this year's race.
The Orica-BikeExchange rider is currently 13th on GC after five stages and on the same time as favourites Chris Froome (Sky) and Nairo Quintana (Movistar).
The Lancastrian, however, stated before the Tour that a top-10 in the GC was not his aim and that hasn't changed despite faring well on stage five in the Massif Central, two days before the first collection of mountain stages in the Pyrénées.
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However, he is adamant that he will not forfeit time just to enhance his prospects of stage victory - a tactic seemingly employed by Tinkoff's Rafal Majka.
"I’ll just try and stay up there [GC] as long as possible and try to take that stage win," the 23-year-old said.
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"I’m not going to lose time on purpose. It’s bad for your head and bad mentally to do that.
"It’s all about saving energy. If you spend your bullets too early, then one day you suffer and can lose minutes, not seconds.
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"The GC has started to come together already. It’s not like people are making big moves, it’s just coming together."
Asked if he would reconsider his GC ambitions, he replied: "In Paris! Stage 17, 18, and 19 are all real savage and anything can happen. If I have a bad day I can lose 20 minutes. That’s what can happen."
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Chris first started writing for Cycling Weekly in 2013 on work experience and has since become a regular name in the magazine and on the website. Reporting from races, long interviews with riders from the peloton and riding features drive his love of writing about all things two wheels.
Probably a bit too obsessed with mountains, he was previously found playing and guiding in the Canadian Rockies, and now mostly lives in the Val d’Aran in the Spanish Pyrenees where he’s a ski instructor in the winter and cycling guide in the summer. He almost certainly holds the record for the most number of interviews conducted from snowy mountains.
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