{"id":22733,"date":"2013-09-20T14:59:15","date_gmt":"2013-09-20T12:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/keep-an-eye-on-yates-brothers-at-tour-of-britain\/"},"modified":"2013-09-20T14:59:15","modified_gmt":"2013-09-20T12:59:15","slug":"keep-an-eye-on-yates-brothers-at-tour-of-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/keep-an-eye-on-yates-brothers-at-tour-of-britain\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep an eye on Yates brothers at Tour of Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Simon Yates. Photo: Bryn Lennon \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n

As the Tour of Britain heads into its two toughest stages, keep a look out for the young guns on the Great Britain team, and particularly for the Yates brothers, who made such an impact at the Tour de L\u2019Avenir earlier this month.<\/p>\n

Double L\u2019Avenir stage-winner Simon has his sights set on a top ten finish in London on Sunday, while twin brother Adam, runner-up at the L\u2019Avenir, is relishing the prospect of Friday\u2019s summit finish at Haytor in Devon.<\/p>\n

World points race champion Simon admitted to a bit of disappointment following his time trial performance in Knowsley, where he dropped from second overall to 11th, but insisted he\u2019s not out of the GC battle yet.<\/p>\n

\u201cI came here with the GC in the back of my mind, but knew I would lose quite a bit in this test,\u201d he told Cyclingnews.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are some quite hilly days coming up and I could show myself there. I went quite well on the Caerphilly stage last year, but there are some good guys here \u2013 (Nairo) Quintana, Dan Martin, so it\u2019s a bit of a tall order.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adam Yates, who races for the same CC \u00c9tupes club that produced Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a stage-winners Warren Barguil and Kenny Elissonde, said his Tour of Britain experience hasn\u2019t been as positive thanks to a crash coming off the Honister Pass in the Lake District on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy bike broke on the descent off the Honister \u2013 it snapped clean after I hit a hole. I went straight into a fence and into a woman at about 60k an hour and lost 30 minutes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are still some good stages ahead for me. I\u2019ve got my eye on that stage in Devon, although Simon could make the top ten and I will work for him. But, because he\u2019s my brother, he\u2019ll let me have a bit of a freedom if I\u2019m feeling good. I reckon that stage is going to be a really savage one, but I\u2019ll have a good crack at it.\u201d \u2013 Cyclingnews<\/a><\/p>\n

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