YATES Simon Philip

Great Britain
Cycling Road
7 Aug 1992
29
Male
BURY
 
Great Britain
ANDORRA

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
CRD Cycling Road Men's Road Race 17

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Fuji International Speedway
Men's Road Race
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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CYCLING ROAD

UCI Road World Championships
YearLocationRoad Race
2018Innsbruck, AUTDNF
2014Ponferrada, ESPDNF

Tour de France
RankEventYearLocation
7Men's Individual2017Paris, FRA
49Men's Individual2019Paris, FRA
89Men's Individual2015Paris, FRA

Giro d'Italia
RankEventYearLocation
3Men's Individual2021Milan, ITA
8Men's Individual2019Verona, ITA
21Men's Individual2018Rome, ITA

Vuelta a Espanya
RankEventYearLocation
1Men's Individual2018Madrid, ESP
6Men's Individual2016Madrid, ESP
44Men's Individual2017Madrid, ESP

Ten best WorldTour performances in career
RankYearEventCompetitionLocation
12020Men's IndividualTirreno - AdriaticoSan Benedetto del Tronto, ITA
22018Men's IndividualTour de PologneBukowina Tatrzanska, POL
22018Men's IndividualParis - NiceNice, FRA
22017Men's IndividualTour de RomandieLausanne, SUI
32020Men's IndividualTour de PologneKrakow, POL
42018Men's IndividualVolta a CatalunyaMontjuic, ESP
52015Men's IndividualCriterium du DauphineModane, FRA
52015Men's IndividualVuelta al Pais VascoAia, ESP
62015Men's IndividualTour de RomandieLausanne, SUI
72020Men's IndividualTour Down UnderWillunga Hill, SA, AUS
72016Road RaceClasica San SebastianSan Sebastian, ESP


Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified, OTL - Outside the Time Limit

CYCLING TRACK

World Championships
YearLocationPoints RaceMadison
2013Minsk, BLR111


Legend
IP - Individual Pursuit, TP - Team Pursuit, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified
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Athlete
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English
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Team BikeExchange [Australia] since 2014
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His twin brother Adam has represented Great Britain in road cycling and placed 15th in the road race at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. His father John competed in running events for Horwich RMI Harriers Athletics Club in England. (SportsDeskOnline, 28 Jan 2020; simon-yates.com, 01 Jan 2019)
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He has represented Great Britain in track cycling and won gold in the points race at the 2013 World Championships in Minsk, Belarus. (SportsDeskOnline, 11 Feb 2020)
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Turned professional in 2014
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He was forced to withdraw from the 2020 Giro d'Italia ahead of stage eight of the race after he tested positive for COVID-19. (bbc.co.uk, 10 Oct 2020)

He sustained a knee injury after a crash on stage two of the 2020 Tour Down Under in Australia. He made the start line for stage three and finished in third place on the day. (bbc.co.uk, 23 Jan 2020)

He broke his collarbone at the 2014 Tour of Turkey. (bbc.co.uk, 27 Sep 2014)
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He was inspired to take up the sport at age nine after visiting the National Cycling Centre in Manchester, England. (simon-yates.com, 01 Jan 2019)
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He was introduced to cycling by his parents. (simon-yates.com, 01 Jan 2019)
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To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (eurosport.co.uk, 13 Sep 2020)

General Interest

Type of rider
Climber (cyclingweekly.com, 14 Mar 2019)

General
SANCTION
In March 2016 he tested positive for the prohibited substance terbutaline during the final stage of the Paris-Nice event in France. In June that year he received a four-month suspension from competition after the International Cycling Union [UCI] concluded that it was a non-intentional violation. He was eligible to return to competition on 11 July 2016. "I received a notification from the UCI in mid-April that they had discovered the prohibited substance terbutaline in my control test sample from Paris-Nice. Unbeknown to me, this substance was in the medication prescribed to treat my asthma during the race, asthma being a condition I was diagnosed with as a child and have suffered with since then. Whilst the medication prescribed was clearly stated on the doping control test form by my team doctor, he made an administrative error by failing to apply for the necessary therapeutic use exemption [TUE] for the use of this medication." (cyclingweekly.com, 18 Jun 2016)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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