Britain's Adam Yates beats identical twin Simon to win Tour de France stage one
Britain's Adam Yates beat identical twin brother Simon to win stage one of the Tour de France in Bilbao, Spain and take the leader's yellow jersey.
"I knew Simon was going good, I speak to him every day, we are really close and yeah just sharing this experience with him is really nice.Simon said cramps on the final climb had affected his speed at the finish."He gave Pogacar the nod, sort of 'can I go? What's the situation?' and it was 'yeah, sure', so he's gone and I've gone across to him.
Earlier, Spanish rider Enric Mas and Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz both crashed on the descent of Cote de Vivero. Two-time winner Pogacar and the defending champion, Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard, burst clear along with French rider Victor Lafay to reach the summit first but they were passed by both Yates brothers on the descent.
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