Simon Yates

Simon Yates appeals to me precisely because he is a climber's climber, the kind of rider who turns mountain stages into theater. Born in Bury in 1992 with twin brother Adam also racing at the top level, his story has a built-in romance of sibling rivalry and shared ambition. The 2013 points race world title showed his track pedigree before he reinvented himself for grueling Grand Tours. What I admire most is not the medal count but the resilience of a slight 172 cm rider repeatedly attacking the steepest gradients. He embodies suffering as spectacle.

Name (English)

Simon Yates

Name (Japanese)

サイモン・イェーツ

Reading

さいもん・いぇーつ

Born

August 7, 1992 (age 34)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Monkey

Origin

Bury, United Kingdom

Height

172 cm

Occupation

track cyclist / sport cyclist / athlete

• Official sitehttp://www.simon-yates.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/SimonYatess
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon%20Yates%20(cyclist)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%84
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3328610

Tags

• track cyclist
• sport cyclist
• athlete

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.