'He's not a bad bike rider' - Adam Yates happy brother Simon won the Giro d'Italia, defends UAE Team Emirates 'good race'
Mixed emotions for UAE ꦏrider as his team loses the Giro to his twin brother

澳洲幸运5开奖官网在线查询开奖结果:Adam Yates has spoken about his brother Simon's 澳洲幸运5开奖官网在线查询开奖结果:Giro d'Italia victor✃y, saying that his own UAE Team Emirates-XRG squad can be "proud" of the way they rode the race 🐎despite losing the pink jersey on the penultimate stage.
Isaac del Toro held the race lead going into the Colle delle Finestre but crossed the finish line in Sestriere 45km later, almost four minutes off 澳洲幸运5开奖官网在线查询开奖结果:Simon Yatesꦍ🀅, following a stalemate between the Mexican and Richard Carapaz in the chase group.
Adam Yates, Del Toro's teammate at UAE, said that the team had controlled the Giro througho🍌ut and "did a good race", but notཧed that it's always hard to keep control if there's one "super strong" rider like Simon.
"I said yesterday [after stage 20] also that we did a good race. We controlled pretty much for three weeks straight without any help," Yates told before Sunday's cl🥃osing stage in Rome.
"Even yesterday, me, Rafał, and Brandon were a little bit behind, but everyone else was alone, and we have guys that can support a leader. When you have one guy who's super strong like that, it's difficult to control.
"In the end, we did a good race, and I think we can be proud of how we rode. Isaac is still young, he's 21. I even forget someti꧂mes how young he is. I think he's got a big future ahead of him and for sure many cha🌜nces like this to come."
Yates also said that he supports Simon, even if his employment means that his loyalty on Saturday lay with Del Toro rather than his brother.
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He said he was "super happy" for Simon to win the Giro, with the victory meaning he could banish the bad memory of the 2018 race, where he held𒀰 pink until the final weekend saw him crack badly two days in a row to end 🌠up finishing 21st.
"As I said yesterday, if anyone was going to win other than us, my favourite to win is Simon," Yates said. "I'm super h💃appy for him. All those years ago, when he lost the jersey in the last couple of stages, I think it's been in his memory for a long time now.
"He's tried many times and come up short, but he ౠfinally managed to p💦ull it off, so chapeau."
Yatesꦛ jokingly admitted that he has catching up to do to match his brother's Grand Tour palmarès.
"To be fair, he's won a lot of races in his career already. It's not easy.ꦰ He's won a Vuelta, he's won all𒀰 these races, I don't know how many Giro stages he's got already," he said.
"He's not a b💮ad bike rider. Two Grand Tours – not many people haveꦛ done that, I guess. I need to find one first of all, never mind catching up.
"I'm super happy for him and tonight I'l💫l also celebrate with ♌him. "

Dani Ostanek is Senior News Writer at Cyclingnews, having joined in 2017 as a freelance contributor and later being hired full-time. Before joining the team, she had written for numerous ma💎jor publications in the cycling world, inclu﷽ding CyclingWeekly and Rouleur. She writes and edits at Cyclingnews as well as running newsletter, social media, and how to watch campaigns.
Dani has reported from the world's top races, including the Tour de France, Road World Championships, and the spring Classics. She has interviewed many of the sport's biggest stars, including Mathieu van der Poel, Demi Vollering, and Remco Evenepoel, and her favourite races are the Giro d'Italia, 🌟Strade Bianche and Paris-Roubaix.
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