While some British cycling fans maybe disappointed not to see Adam and Simon Yates at this year’s Tour de France, the twin brothers are happy to follow a more carefully planned career trajectory that sees them ride the Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a Espana in 2017 as they continue to develop and hone their Grand Tour ability.
Adam and Simon, who will turn 25 on August 7, have been professional riders since 2014 and have already confirmed their talent with a series of results and victories. However, the twins from Lancashire, and the Orica-Scott team management, are taking a long-term view of their careers.
“The Tour is the biggest race we race, but we are still young riders,” Simon Yates explained in an interview published on the team’s website. "It’s good to experience something else. I experienced the Vuelta last year and it was great, and I want to experience the whole calendar.
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“The team really understand us as riders," ,” Simon Yates said. "They understand that we are young, that it takes time to develop into GC riders and build up that endurance to last for three-weeks. Because of that, the results have been good, but there’s still not a lot of pressure to get results. They understand that we are young and that we want to do well. We don’t need motivation to go for big results and that goes a long way to preparing us as riders.”
Adam and Simon Yates will face some serious competition at the 100th edition of the Giro d’Italia, with Nairo Quintana (Movistar), Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida), Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb), Geraint Thomas (Team Sky), Tejay van Garderen (BMC), Thibaut Pinot (FDJ), Fabio Aru (Astana) and Steven Kruijswijk (LottoNL-Jumbo) all due to line up in Sardinia on May 5.
However they remain ambitious.
Two Grand Tours
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