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New Straits Times
2 days ago
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- New Straits Times
Reserved, resilient Simon Yates casts off Giro demons to crown career
ROME: Simon Yates crowned his cycling career with Sunday's victory in the Giro d'Italia, the Briton putting behind him a series of disappointments to claim the biggest win of his life. Reserved Yates ended years of frustration when he rolled across the line in front of the Circus Maximus Rome wearing the pink jersey for the overall Giro leader, taken with an astonishing performance in Saturday's penultimate stage. "To be honest, I think it's the peak of my career. I don't think anything will top this," said Yates on Saturday. Other than being more guarded, veteran Yates is otherwise indistinguishable from his twin brother Adam, with whom he stood at the start of the 21st and final stage of the Italian Grand Tour. Simon was born a few minutes before Adam 32 years ago in Bury, in northern England, and the pair began cycling together at the nearby Manchester velodrome at the behest of their father John who was himself a cyclist. "I'm happy for him, he's my brother, he's done a good job. We'll celebrate together tonight," said Adam who is one of the leaders of UAE Team Emirates. The brothers both made their professional debuts for the Australian team Orica, now known as Jayco-AlUla. But their paths separated in 2021 when Adam moved to Ineos, while Simon stayed put until last winter when he made the switch to Visma-Lease a bike, a team big enough that he wouldn't have to be the sole leader. Simon Yates is a pure climber probably would never have thought he's had to wait seven years for his second Grand Tour win after taking the Vuelta a Espana title in 2018. Between then and Sunday's victory he obtained some impressive results, like third in the 2021 Giro and fourth in the Tour de France last year, but he also had to deal with a host of setbacks. One of those came just before this year's Giro when he was hit by a car during high-altitude training camp in Tenerife. At the same time he was targeting the brutal Colle delle Finistre climb, the site of Saturday's decisive charge to overall victory and redemption for a harrowing defeat on the same ascent seven years before. Yates lost the pink jersey the last time the Finistre featured in the Giro, on the 19th stage of the 2018 edition when he ended up finishing over an hour behind eventual victor Chris Froome in the overall standings. It was a defeat which stayed with Yates right until Saturday's stunning solo attack which allowed him to do to Isaac Del Toro what fellow Briton Froome did to him all those years ago. "I always had in the back of my mind to try something on this stage, on this climb that has, let's say, defined my career so far," said Yates on Saturday.
eNCA
2 days ago
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- eNCA
Reserved, resilient Simon Yates casts off Giro demons to crown career
Simon Yates crowned his cycling career with Sunday's victory in the Giro d'Italia, the Briton putting behind him a series of disappointments to claim the biggest win of his life. Reserved Yates ended years of frustration when he rolled across the line in front of the Circus Maximus Rome wearing the pink jersey for the overall Giro leader, taken with an astonishing performance in Saturday's penultimate stage. "To be honest, I think it's the peak of my career. I don't think anything will top this," said Yates on Saturday. Other than being more guarded, veteran Yates is otherwise indistinguishable from his twin brother Adam, with whom he stood at the start of the 21st and final stage of the Italian Grand Tour. Simon was born a few minutes before Adam 32 years ago in Bury, in northern England, and the pair began cycling together at the nearby Manchester velodrome at the behest of their father John who was himself a cyclist. "I'm happy for him, he's my brother, he's done a good job. We'll celebrate together tonight," said Adam who is one of the leaders of UAE Team Emirates. The brothers both made their professional debuts for the Australian team Orica, now known as Jayco-AlUla. But their paths separated in 2021 when Adam moved to Ineos, while Simon stayed put until last winter when he made the switch to Visma-Lease a bike, a team big enough that he wouldn't have to be the sole leader. - Redemption - Simon Yates is a pure climber probably would never have thought he's had to wait seven years for his second Grand Tour win after taking the Vuelta a Espana title in 2018. Between then and Sunday's victory he obtained some impressive results, like third in the 2021 Giro and fourth in the Tour de France last year, but he also had to deal with a host of setbacks. One of those came just before this year's Giro when he was hit by a car during high-altitude training camp in Tenerife. At the same time he was targeting the brutal Colle delle Finistre climb, the site of Saturday's decisive charge to overall victory and redemption for a harrowing defeat on the same ascent seven years before. Yates lost the pink jersey the last time the Finistre featured in the Giro, on the 19th stage of the 2018 edition when he ended up finishing over an hour behind eventual victor Chris Froome in the overall standings. It was a defeat which stayed with Yates right until Saturday's stunning solo attack which allowed him to do to Isaac Del Toro what fellow Briton Froome did to him all those years ago. "I always had in the back of my mind to try something on this stage, on this climb that has, let's say, defined my career so far," said Yates on Saturday. "I had some doubts today, this morning, to really try something on this climb but the team really believed in me. So, yeah, I tried and I pulled it off." jk/td/dmc By Jacques Klopp
France 24
2 days ago
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- France 24
Reserved, resilient Simon Yates casts off Giro demons to crown career
Reserved Yates ended years of frustration when he rolled across the line in front of the Circus Maximus Rome wearing the pink jersey for the overall Giro leader, taken with an astonishing performance in Saturday's penultimate stage. "To be honest, I think it's the peak of my career. I don't think anything will top this," said Yates on Saturday. Other than being more guarded, veteran Yates is otherwise indistinguishable from his twin brother Adam, with whom he stood at the start of the 21st and final stage of the Italian Grand Tour. Simon was born a few minutes before Adam 32 years ago in Bury, in northern England, and the pair began cycling together at the nearby Manchester velodrome at the behest of their father John who was himself a cyclist. "I'm happy for him, he's my brother, he's done a good job. We'll celebrate together tonight," said Adam who is one of the leaders of UAE Team Emirates. The brothers both made their professional debuts for the Australian team Orica, now known as Jayco-AlUla. But their paths separated in 2021 when Adam moved to Ineos, while Simon stayed put until last winter when he made the switch to Visma-Lease a bike, a team big enough that he wouldn't have to be the sole leader. Redemption Simon Yates is a pure climber probably would never have thought he's had to wait seven years for his second Grand Tour win after taking the Vuelta a Espana title in 2018. Between then and Sunday's victory he obtained some impressive results, like third in the 2021 Giro and fourth in the Tour de France last year, but he also had to deal with a host of setbacks. One of those came just before this year's Giro when he was hit by a car during high-altitude training camp in Tenerife. At the same time he was targeting the brutal Colle delle Finistre climb, the site of Saturday's decisive charge to overall victory and redemption for a harrowing defeat on the same ascent seven years before. Yates lost the pink jersey the last time the Finistre featured in the Giro, on the 19th stage of the 2018 edition when he ended up finishing over an hour behind eventual victor Chris Froome in the overall standings. It was a defeat which stayed with Yates right until Saturday's stunning solo attack which allowed him to do to Isaac Del Toro what fellow Briton Froome did to him all those years ago. "I always had in the back of my mind to try something on this stage, on this climb that has, let's say, defined my career so far," said Yates on Saturday. "I had some doubts today, this morning, to really try something on this climb but the team really believed in me. So, yeah, I tried and I pulled it off."
Daily Tribune
24-05-2025
- Sport
- Daily Tribune
Pedersen wins Giro stage 13 as Del Toro extends lead
Mads Pedersen won the 13th stage of the Giro d'Italia yesterday as Isaac Del Toro maintained his lead in the battle for the overall title. Lidl-Trek rider Pedersen burst to victory in the final few hundred metres, holding off Wout van Aert in a thrilling end to a punchy 180 kilometres of riding from Rovigo to Vicenza. 'I went a bit earlier than I really wanted to but on such a hard uphill final like this sometimes it's okay to go early because everyone has burning legs the last 100 meters,' said Pedersen. Pedersen claimed his fourth stage of this year's Giro while wearing the sprint jersey, closing in on the six wins Tadej Pogacar racked up on his way to triumph at last year's edition of the Italian Grand Tour. 'I'm just happy with this one and adding another 50 points to the 'ciclomino' (sprint) jersey so let's see how it goes,' added Pedersen.
News18
24-05-2025
- Sport
- News18
Mads Pedersen Wins Giro Stage 13 As Isaac Del Toro Extends Lead
Last Updated: Mads Pedersen won the 13th stage of the Giro d'Italia, holding off Wout van Aert in a thrilling finish. Mads Pedersen won the 13th stage of the Giro d'Italia on Friday as Isaac Del Toro maintained his lead in the battle for the overall title. Lidl-Trek rider Pedersen burst to victory in the final few hundred metres, holding off Wout van Aert in a thrilling end to a punchy 180 kilometres of riding from Rovigo to Vicenza. 'I went a bit earlier than I really wanted to, but on such a hard uphill final like this, sometimes it's okay to go early because everyone has burning legs the last 100 meters," said Pedersen. 4 wins at the @giroditalia looks good on you @Mads__Pedersen 🤩 — Trek Bicycle (@TrekBikes) May 23, 2025 Pedersen claimed his fourth stage of this year's Giro while wearing the sprint jersey, closing in on the six wins Tadej Pogacar racked up on his way to triumph at last year's edition of the Italian Grand Tour. 'I'm just happy with this one and adding another 50 points to the 'ciclomino' (sprint) jersey, so let's see how it goes," added Pederson. 'It's still far to Rome, but now I'm just overwhelmed about winning again." Del Toro came in third and leads his UAE teammate Juan Ayuso by 38 seconds in the general classification, extending the gap over his title rivals. Christian Scaroni was the last of the breakaway riders to be eventually caught with 10km left, on the second of two laps to Vicenza, setting up an engaging finale with a tough climb at the finish. Romain Bardet made a bold attack with 9km to go, pulling fifteen seconds away alongside Pedersen's teammate Mathias Vacek. Both were caught in the final kilometre by the peloton, and Pedersen rocketed away from the pack on a tough final climb to the line. Saturday's 14th stage is another largely flat run from nearby Treviso, 195km to Nova Gorica across Italy's border with Slovenia. A 16km climb awaits the overall pretenders on Sunday, albeit 20km from the finish line, but it will provide a hint of what is to come in the final week. The time gaps across the top 10 riders should be shaken up from stage 16 with five monster climbs and a summit finish as the 21-day marathon enters the Alps. This is followed by another mountain run that is an invitation to the downhill daredevils with two huge descents on stage 17. The decider might be stage 19 with another five-mountain slog, while day 20 has a giant 18.5km climb at a 9.5 per cent gradient to over 2000m altitude. Team UAE's Ayuso and Del Toro have time, youth and a strong posse in hand, but four former winners are lurking with intent. Pure climber Simon Yates of Visma is only 42 seconds behind Ayuso, but Richard Carapaz of EF, Primoz Roglic of Red Bull and Egan Bernal of Ineos all have impressive records on their side too in a wide-open final week. AFP) First Published:
