Adam Yates pips twin brother Simon to stage win and yellow jersey on stage one of 2023 Tour de France

Yates brothers battle it out for stage honours and the first yellow of the race as Tadej Pogačar the best of the rest in Bilbao

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Adam Yates won the battle of the British twins on the opening stage of the 2023 Tour de France to claim the first yellow jersey of the race and the first Tour stage of his career.

The UAE Team Emirates rider prized himself away from his brother inside the final few hundred metres of an exceptionally hilly stage in the Basque Country after the pair had broken clear together over the day's final climb with 9km to race. 

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