Tour de France: Adam Yates beats twin brother to opening stage win and yellow jersey
Adam Yates beat twin brother Simon to victory on the opening stage of the Tour de France to take the yellow jersey in Bilbao.
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Tour de France 2023: Adam Yates edges twin brother Simon Yates in Stage 1 thriller, Tadej Pogacar just behind
Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) edged twin brother Simon Yates (Jayco-AlUla) on Stage 1 as the 2023 Tour de France began with a bang. The British duo pulled clear after the final climb with pre-race favourites Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) and Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) content to sit back after earlier lighting up the stage.
Adam beats Simon in Yates twins one-two on Tour stage one
BILBAO, Spain :Britain's Adam Yates pipped his own twin brother Simon to claim the opening stage of the Tour de France and don the first yellow jersey of this year's race at the end of a 182.5-km loop around Bilbao on Saturday.
Tour de France: Tadej Pogacar and Adam Yates to be UAE co-leaders - 'The injury isn’t completely behind him'
Tadej Pogacar and Adam Yates will be co-leaders for UAE Team Emirates at the Tour de France, general manager Mauro Gianetti has revealed. In a surprising move, Pogacar — a two-time winner of the Tour and arguably cycling's standout all-round performer — has been given equal status with Yates, in a decision that has its roots in the Slovenian's crash at Liege-Bastogne-Liege back in April, which has seen him miss large swathes of training ahead of the Tour. Ad Yates, who has a best of fourth at the Tour in 2016, joined UAE from Ineos Grenadiers last September.
Local success as top runners contest Babcock Helensburgh 10k race
Shettleston’s Daniel Bradford won the Babcock Helensburgh 10k, with local runner Sophie Canty taking victory in the women’s race.
Remco Evenepoel wins overall victory at the UAE Tour as Adam Yates finishes in first on Stage 7
Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quickstep) has sealed the overall victory at the UAE Tour after finishing ten seconds behind Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) on Stage 7. Evenepoel has dropped with 3km remaining on the summit finish, but he kept Yates within his sight. Ad The world champion looked to close in on Yates in the final kilometre, but he had to settle for second and finished 10 seconds behind the 30-year-old.
Adam Yates leads UAE Team Emirates charge for third home title
The UAE Team Emirates are targeting a hat-trick of wins in their home race this week - but their attempt to secure a victory treble will be done without star rider Tadej Pogacar.
Four coaches banned for life after NWSL abuse, misconduct probe
LOS ANGELES: Four football coaches named in a National Women’s Soccer League investigation into abuse and malpractice in women’s football have been banned for life, the NWSL said in a statement on Monday.