Hot on the heels of his brother Adam’s successful Tour de France, Simon Yates (Orica-BikeExchange) claimed a classy lone triumph for himself during stage 6 of the Vuelta a Espana that also moves him up to 10th overall.
Team Sky’s very recent team time trial win notwithstanding, Yates' victory is the first for Great Britain since 2012, when Steve Cummings also claimed a solo win in the nearby city of Ferrol.
Whilst Cummings attacked on the flatter roads going into the Galician seaport, Yates' move came on relentlessly undulating terrain and on a day of extreme heat, with temperatures soaring into the high 30s.
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Orica-BikeExchange had played their cards perfectly, softening up the opposition and shedding potential rivals on the second category Alto de Alenza in the final two thirds of the stage.
Movistar proceeded to work furiously to bring back the day’s breakaway, with Yates waiting in the wings. Then, just as last survivor Matthias Frank (IAM Cycling) had all but hove into view, rather than wait for the sprint with Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) as most of their rivals would have been expecting, the Spanish squad cleverly fired Dani Moreno up the road to see what Valverde’s team-mate could do.
However, when Yates blasted out of the pack, first passing Moreno and then shooting past Frank some 3.5 kilometres from the line, it was too late - and Yates had too much power - for Movistar to respond.
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