Adam Yates (Orica-GreenEdge) took the biggest victory of his career at the WorldTour Clásica San Sebastián on Saturday, however, he wasn’t able to properly savour the moment when he crossed the finish line because he didn’t know that he had won.
“Incredible,” Yates said in a post-race press conference. “I won, but I didn’t know I had won. I spoke on the radio to my sport director but because of the crowds the radio was too quiet.
“For sure this is the biggest win of my career. And it’s my first victory this year.”
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Yates attacked near the top of the final steep climb over the Bordako Tontorra, which summited just seven kilometres from the finish line. Confusion was created on the climb when a TV motorcycle collided with Greg Van Avermaet (BMC), who was just ahead of Yates at the time, and as remnants of an original breakaway were still being caught. Additional confusion occurred because of problems with the plane that helps transmit live television images, which forced teams to get details from race radio only.
Yates made it down the descent and held a 15-second gap on the chase group but he was not aware that he was the solo leader on the road coming into the downtown finish in San Sebastian.
“On the final climb there was a breakaway still up the road. Then there was a lot of carnage on the climb, there was a crash with a motorbike, and so I just went full gas. At the time I didn’t know if I had reached the lead or not,” Yates said.
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