Career
He currently competes for the Orica–GreenEDGE team Early career
Both brothers soon started riding on the road for Bury Clarion and on the track for Eastlands Velo. At the age of 18 Simon was selected by British Cycling for its Olympic Academy programme.
Simon made his breakthrough on the road in 2013 riding for the British national team
Simon added another stage victory the following day, and finished the race tenth overall. He was then selected as part of the British national team to take part in the Tour of Britain.
Yates finished third overall in the Tour of Britain, and was the best rider in the under-23 classification. The brothers are not related to retired British cyclist Sean Yates.
Orica Greenedge (since 2014)
He finished 12th Overall in one of his first World Tour races, the Tour of the Basque Country.
Yates suffered a broken collarbone on Stage 3 of the Tour of Turkey. He recovered to take seventh overall and the Young Riders Classification in the Tour of Slovenia in June. He was a surprise selection for the Orica Greenedge team for the 2014 Tour de France, with only 5 days notice, and was one of only 4 British riders to take to the Grand Depart startline in Leeds.
Yates featured in two breakaways during his Grand Tour debut, before being withdrawn by his team on the second rest day.
In April 2015 Yates finished fifth overall in the Tour of the Basque Country. Later that month he rode the Tour de Romandie and placed sixth overall.
In June 2015 Yates finished fifth overall in the Critérium du Dauphiné after finishing second behind Chris Froome on the final stage, a summit finish at Modane. Simon placed eighth on Stage 3, which finished on the Mur de Huy, and eleventh on Stage 20, the queen stage of the race finishing on Alpe d"Huez.
Grand Tour General Classification results timeline
Other major stage races.