Simon Yates wins second Tour de France Stage
22 July 2019
2018 Vuelta España champion Simon Yates outlasted the breakaway riders to take a solo victory at the Tour de France yesterday on another hard summit finish in the Pyrenees. This makes it two wins at this year’s edition not only for him, but also for the all-new Addict RC.
Yates attacked at the base of the final climb and held off the general classification contenders to claim his second victory of the race. The win comes just three-days after his first ever Tour de France victory on stage 12 and makes it a hat-trick of stage wins for Mitchelton-SCOTT in this year's edition of the race following Daryl Impey's win on stage nine.
Reaching the base of the final climb still holding onto a one-minute forty second lead over the chasers, Simon Yates took his chances again and with 8.5 kilometres to go on the steepest section of the climb he launched another attack and dropped Geschke. Powering ahead, the Briton maintained his lead hovering around one-minute in front of Landa for most of the climb, finally reaching the line 33 seconds ahead of a late attacker, second place Thibaut Pinot to take another incredible stage victory.
Simon Yates - Stage 15 Winner
“It was on from start to finish. The GC guys were coming fast, I know personally how fast they can go, so I wanted to maintain the advantage to the bottom of the final climb. Simon Geschke was a great companion on the descent, so thank you to him, but I knew I had to go early on the final climb.
“I came here with the first objective to help my brother, the second to try to get a stage win. Now I have two so I’m very proud. This one was really hard, the first wasn’t easy, but this one, with the parcours was extremely difficult. I’m very tired now but there are three very hard stages in the final week so we will try again.”
Tour de France 2019 Stage 15 Results:
1. Simon Yates (Mitchelton-SCOTT) 4:47:04
2. Thibaut Pinot (Groupama FDJ) +0:33
3. Mikel Landa (Movistar Team) ST
Simon Yates’s Addict RC Pro - Team Edition
Simon Yates won the stage on the just recently launched all-new SCOTT Addict RC, the new benchmark road bike when it comes to racing. It is designed to fit the needs of our UCI World Tour team Mitchelton-SCOTT and ambitious everyday riders alike. Extremely lightweight with the best performing carbon structure to date, plus completely integrated cable routing and aero features, makes it a dream bike any way you look at it.
Simon Yates’ new team edition has a completely new and astonishing finish. Depending on the light, the black chameleon paint will sparkle green, blue or even purple. To make this bike unique, this paint was also applied to the new handlebar cockpit from Syncros. His bike weights race ready with disc brakes just 6.8kg.
SIMON YATES’ Addict RC Pro features:
Frame – Addict RC Pro
Groupset - Shimano Dura Ace R9160
Crankset - Shimano Dura Ace Di2
Cockpit – Syncros Creston iC SL
Wheelset – Shimano C40
Tires - Pirelli Zero
Saddle – Syncros
Pedals - Shimano Dura Ace 9100
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