Simon Yates is a two time Grand Tour winner who rides for the Dutch Visma Lease A Bike team. Having won the 2025 Giro d'Italia with a long distance attack on the penultimate stage of the race, he became one of only two British riders to have one multiple Grand Tours - the other being Chris Froome.
Yates's previous Grand Tour win was the 2018 Vuelta A España.
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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
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'I’m not an emotional person, but I couldn’t hold back the tears' - Simon Yates writes his redemption arc story to seal Giro d'Italia victory on Colle delle Finestre
British Visma-Lease a Bike rider had the perfect stage on Saturday to jump up general classification and seal overall victory
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Identical start, diverging destinies? The story of Adam and Simon Yates as they both race for pink at the Giro d'Italia
Adam and Simon Yates head to the Giro d’Italia on different teams and with different prospects. As their career paths diverge, does the brotherly bond endure?
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Altitude, Colle delle Finestre and an open field: Simon Yates presents his case for Giro d'Italia glory
The Visma-Lease a Bike rider will return to the Colle delle Finestre in this year's Giro, for the first time since he lost pink on its slopes in 2018.
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Can anyone stop Primož Roglič or Juan Ayuso from winning the Giro d’Italia?
Roglič and Ayuso's form suggest they are the two outright favourites for overall victory in Rome next month
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Visma-Lease a Bike are producing their own kit under Yellow B logo
Dutch team’s deal with Agu ended in December after brand experienced financial difficulty
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Simon Yates says he took a pay cut in order to join Visma-Lease a Bike
32-year-old says it was now or never as he gets set to leave Jayco AIUla after eleven years
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Jayco AlUla set out to win 'every single stage and the GC' at the Tour Down Under
With Simon Yates, Caleb Ewan and Luke Plapp all on one team, the team's big goal for their home race might be in reach
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Simon Yates set to climb 3,275 metres in 87 kilometre hill climb challenge
Vincenzo Nibali won Taiwan-based event in 2017 and holds record for fastest ever ascent
