Simon Yates

Mitchelton-Scott sport director sees 2020 Tour providing fireworks throughout.

The Australian team will race for the podium with Chaves; defending champion Simon Yates decides to miss the Spanish grand tour.

Despite some key names missing, Vuelta officials are hopeful the race will pack the same punch that fans have grown accustomed to

Pinot powered to second place, Thomas faltered and then rallied, while Alaphilippe finally showed weakness, losing time but holding on to the yellow jersey.

Yates won the three-man sprint after being in the breakaway all day. Behind, the GC contenders called a truce before tomorrow's decisive time trial.

Mitchelton-Scott's Simon Yates may run clinchers at the Tour. What does this mean for tubular tires in years to come?

Adam Yates returns to the Tour de France as Mitchelton-Scott's GC favorite. HIs chief lieutenant will be his brother, Simon.

With no major health problems or crashes, Simon Yates will try to understand what went wrong at the Giro d'Italia

American rider withdraws from Giro d'Italia for health reasons. His departure leaves a hole in Simon Yates' Mitchelton-Scott team

Simon Yates was the victim of a final week ambush in the 2018 Giro. This year, he's the most likely candidate to instigate such a move

The GC favorites are ready for the first major mountain stages following nearly two weeks of flat racing

With Yates now 3:46 down on Roglic, Mitchelton-Scott need to go back to the drawing board and sketch out a new plan for the mountains to come.

In the absence of Tom Dumoulin, Primoz Roglic is hot favorite for stage 9's time trial. However, the hilly profile means GC contenders Simon Yates and Miguel Angel Lopez should be more than able to limit losses.

Now he's plugged the gap in his armor - the time trial - Yates has the rounded skill set required for grand tour glory.

After leading the Giro d'Italia since the start, Primoz Roglic and his Jumbo-Visma team let the pink jersey ride away from them on Thursday's sixth stage

After a hare-like start at last year's Giro, Simon Yates and his team are happy to play a more conservative game in the 2019 edition

The front-end of the Giro d'Italia is stacked with long stages. What effect is this having on the racing?

Mikel Landa blamed Simon Yates for crash before issuing apology on social media

A look at the protagonists and tech choices on the challenging opening time trial of the Giro d'Italia

Mitchelton-Scott gambled on the weather and came out with the trump card of time splits for Yates to refer to in the Giro's opening time trial.

Primoz Roglic might have won the opening stage, but the Giro d'Italia opened with an old-fashioned 'polemica'

Two-time Giro winner responds to Yates' pre-race proclamations that he was the favorite for the final pink jersey.

Previewing stages at the Tour de France is nothing new, but now more teams are doing the same thing at the Giro.

During the 2018 Giro Simon Yates attacked every time the road went uphill. That may not be the case this year.

Yates wins time trial by seven seconds. Kwiatkowski secure in overall lead with third-place result ahead of mountain stages.

Yates says he won't vie for the overall win in Paris-Nice, instead using the French one-week race to tune up for the Giro d'Italia.

Fuglsang takes the overall from defending champion Wellens in Ruta's big climbing test.

The pair will target the general classification in the Italian grand tour, which kicks off May 11 in Bologna.

The Australia-based squad picked up its first grand tour win this year courtesy of Simon Yates at the Vuelta a España.

Yates backed as favorite on challenging road race course that could also benefit the French

Was it a good edition of the Vuelta? What does it mean for Yates? How do we rank this year's grand tours? We unpack the action from Spain.

The British cycling legend admitted that Simon Yates is thriving better at Mitchelton-Scott than he would have on Sky.

Simon Yates won the Vuelta a Espana, his first grand tour victory, but he's still bitter about losing the Giro d'Italia.

After many years of promise, Yates secures first grand tour victory having taken a different path from Team Sky's big-budget approach

Yates balances aggression and moderation to banish Giro demons and become the first Brit to win a grand tour outside of Team Sky's structure

Yates played it perfectly in both dangerous penultimate stage and throughout the Vuelta, proving lessons have been learned from Giro sting.

Yates's Vuelta victory marks a generational shift, with youthful pair Lopez and Mas completing the Vuelta podium.

He prefers to race with aggression and it pays off for Simon Yates in stage 19 as he takes more time in the overall with one test to go.

Alejandro Valverde plans to apply pressure in final mountain stages as Simon Yates clings to 25-second advantage in Vuelta overall.

With two decisive mountain stages left, the Vuelta's GC scenario is eerily similar to that of the Giro. Can Simon Yates hang on?

Simon and Adam Yates will lead the squad at the upcoming UCI world championships in Innsbruck, Austria, later this month.

The Vuelta GC is coming down to a matter of seconds with one week of mountainous racing remaining. What can we expect?

The Mitchelton-Scott rider leads the race by 26 seconds heading into Tuesday's time trial.

Yates is racing with a more calm approach than in May's Giro d'Italia thanks to less pressure on stage 16's time trial

With 43 seconds between top four riders, the Vuelta has hit a stalemate, and the red jersey fight could go to the wire.

Yates in the lead ahead of crucial stage 15 to Lagos de Covadonga. He is carefully pacing himself to avoid late-race meltdown.

GC leader Yates won't sacrifice his team on Vuelta's longest stage, and that doesn't sit well with Valverde and Quintana.

Simon Yates takes a different approach to Vuelta tactics, knowing he won't bleed as much time in time trial as he did at Giro d'Italia.

Simon Yates is in red after the Vuelta's summit finish at La Covatilla

Simon Yates insists his stage 4 attack was accidental, but it shows the Brit is on fine form in the Vuelta.

Simon and Adam Yates will both make the Vuelta a España start for lead Mitchelton-Scott

Mitchelton-Scott locks up their talents through 2020, despite "significant interest from other outfits."

After leading the Giro for weeks and collecting three stage wins, Simon Yates crumbles, but he insists he has no regrets.

Chris Froome attacked on the Colle delle Finestre in Friday's stage 19 at the Giro d'Italia, upending the general classification.

Giro d'Italia leader Simon Yates under pressure as final mountain stages ramp up, but he's still in pink with two big days remaining.

The Giro's three final mountain stages are opportunities for GC rivals to attack, but Yates's defense may be too strong for them.

After a surprisingly good performance in the Giro TT, Simon Yates remains wary of GC rivals through the Giro's final week.

Simon Yates rides a Scott Addict with numerous options for shifting and superlight touches everywhere.

The Giro d'Italia reaches its climax with a decisive time trial and three brutal mountain stages. What can Froome do?

The Giro's final time trial could put Simon Yates on the ropes, but he's content with his haul of three stage wins so far.

Simon Yates is confident in his Mitchelton-Scott team as the Giro d’Italia pedals into the decisive final week.

Tom Dumoulin blasts squabbling rivals following Simon Yates's stage 15 win at the Giro d'Italia.

Simon Yates's quest to conquer a grand tour took a big step ahead with his pink jersey ride up the famous Monte Zoncolan pass deep in the Italian Dolomites.

The squad's two-pronged GC attack is down to one rider after Esteban Chaves lost 25 minutes in stage 10.

The Australian-based team has a pair of leaders — Simon Yates and Esteban Chaves — atop the GC standings.

Mitchelton-Scott deployed near-perfect tactics in Sunday’s slow-burning finale at Gran Sasso to carry huge momentum into the second half of the Giro d’Italia.

They may have the lead, but Simon Yates and Esteban Chaves plan to keep attacking their Giro d'Italia rivals this weekend.

Simon Yates leads the Giro d'Italia and Esteban Chaves sits third overall after a banner day for Mitchelton-Scott on stage 6

Mitchelton-Scott is in a league of its own at the Giro d'Italia with a three-pronged attack to overall race for the pink jersey.

Simon Yates expects a climber-friendly Giro route to favor his talents — and those of his formidable teammate Esteban Chaves as well.

RCS sport released the preliminary start list for the race, which will begin May 4 in Jerusalem.

Simon Yates won the final stage of the Volta a Catalunya in solo fashion, as Alejandro Valverde took the overall title for the third time.

Orica-Scott has carefully developed twin brothers Adam and Simon Yates into true Tour de France contenders — and they're just 24.

Simon Yates is on track to match his twin brother Adam. He took the lead in the Tour's best young rider classification Wednesday.

Orica-Scott's Simon Yates returns to the Tour de France primed to follow up his twin brother's standout 2016 performance.

Once a team of stage hunters and sprinters, Orica-Scott has transformed into a squad focused on GC ambitions of Chaves and Yates.

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Simon Yates claimed his first win of 2017, attacking alone to win a hilly stage 6 at Paris-Nice, and Julian Alaphilippe fought hard to keep the lead.

Esteban Chaves already has two grand tour podium finishes, and this summer he will shoot for another one in France.

After five seasons in the peloton, the Australia-based team has become a GC threat in grand tours and other stage races.