Giro d'Italia celebrations, the Tour de France, BBC Sports Personality of the Year? What's next for Simon Yates

'It's his crowning moment, without a doubt' says Nick Hall, former Bury Clarion Cycling Club chair

Simon Yates
Simon Yates was mobbed by Visma-Lease a Bike staff after crossing the line in Sestrieres on Stage 20
(Image credit: Getty Images)

The pink jersey, the Trofeo Senza Fine, and a meeting with Pope Leo XIV would be enough for most people, but Simon Yates is deserving of more - a BBC Sports Personality of the Year nomination no less, according to his former cycling club's treasurer.

In a dramatic turn of events, the 32-year-old achieved Giro d'Italia redemption on the slopes of the Colle delle Finestre on Saturday, turning this year's race back in his favour on the penultimate stage in the Italian Alps.

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Tom Thewlis
News and Features Writer

After previously working in higher education, Tom joined Cycling Weekly in 2022 and hasn't looked back. He's been covering professional cycling ever since; reporting on the ground from some of the sport's biggest races and events, including the Tour de France, Paris-Roubaix and the World Championships. His earliest memory of a bike race is watching the Tour on holiday in the early 2000's in the south of France - he even made it on to the podium in Pau afterwards. His favourite place that cycling has taken him is Montréal in Canada.

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