UAE Team Emirates rider Adam Yates held off the challenge of his twin brother, Simon, to win the opening stage of the 2023 Tour de France on Saturday.
Adam, 30, pulled away from Jayco AlUla rider Simon in the final stages of the uphill finish to win his first ever Tour stage.
Adam's teammate and Two-time winner Tadej Pogacar claimed third in a mini-group sprint. The brothers went clear at the top of the Cote de Pike towards the end of the lumpy opening 182km stage and opened up a gap on the descent back into town.
Having opened up a gap of 20 seconds on a chasing group, the brothers knew the fight was between themselves on the uphill sprint to the finish line and it was Adam who had the power to ride away at the very end to take yellow for the second time in his career. “Honestly, I don’t even know what to say,” Adam Yates said. “We tried to set the climb up for Tadej, he attacked but then it was a headwind on the descent.