Yates’ success followed that of Chris Froome at the Giro d’Italia and Geraint Thomas at the Tour de France.
Simon Yates won La Vuelta in 2018 to add to fellow Britons Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas’ sucesses that year at the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France respectively
Simon Yates sealed victory in La Vuelta on this day in 2018 to complete a British clean sweep of the year’s Grand Tours. The 26-year-old Bury racer headed into the largely processional final stage into Madrid with a one minute and 46 seconds lead and avoided any late mishaps to land his first Grand Tour title.
Yates’ success followed that of Chris Froome at the Giro d’Italia and Geraint Thomas at the Tour de France to round off an unprecedented year for British cycling.
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