Adam Yates once again played a crucial role in UAE Emirates’ plan on stage 14 of the Tour. With an attack about 7 kilometers from the finish, he put the pressure on Visma and when his leader Tadej Pogacar was able to make the jump three kilometers later, Yates did another big effort.
“It’s a little bit of improvisation. I was ready to do the pace like normal, and he told me to attack; I was like, ‘What are you on about?’ so I attacked and looked behind a couple of times to see where he was, and he came across,” Yates said at the finish.
“I couldn’t do too much for him because I was a little bit cooked from the effort, but in the end, it was a good day, and we took some time.”
“With Tadej, I’ve got no idea. This morning, he was like, ‘You can win if you go full gas’, and then I was looking behind to see if he was bridging, and you never know. The good thing is, the team’s working super well, and we controlled all day,” Yates said.
