Starting the race as we mean to go on 😤😤😤🏆🥇🟡🟡
So happy to take my first grand tour stage after so many near misses over the years 🥲
Amazing team work from the @uae_team_emirates guys and big thanks to @tadejpogacar for giving me the freedom to go for the win 🔝🤝🏼
… and good job from bruv @simonyatess for giving me a tow to the line 😂😂😂
📍 @letourdefrance 🇫🇷
Amazing couple of weeks with the @uae_team_emirates guys - a long time on the road together all the way back in May from Sierra Nevada until now but enjoyed every minute! Couldn’t ask for a better group of riders and staff to try and win the world’s biggest bike race, and while we didn’t come away with yellow this time, having @tadejpogacar in 2nd also with the white jersey, myself 3rd on the podium and a few stage wins along the way ain’t too bad 💪🏼💪🏼🤩
I just want to say the big thank you to everyone who believed in me and trusted me - a lot of bad luck with either illness or crashes had me doubting myself over the last couple of years whether I could hold it together for 3 weeks, but when you have a team around you that believes in you and pushes you to be your best then anything is possible 👊🏼
And lastly a big thanks to @lisssa25 (and Zoe 🐻❄️😂)for putting up with me and always being at my side when I need you, caru ti 🪨🥰
📍 @letourdefrance 🇫🇷
This one is for my delicious wife @lisajyates_ happy anniversary 🥰😍 - thanks for hanging out with me for far, far too many years 😂
And back to racing - as always thanks the all the @uae_team_emirates for put me in a position to do my thing on the climb 💣🔥 - one more stage to go 🗿
📍 @ograncaminocycling 🇪🇸
🐎 @uae_team_emirates 🇦🇪
✍️ We are pleased to announce the contract extensions of two of our experienced riders: @adamyates7 🇬🇧 and @felixgro93 🇦🇹.
Yates has committed to the team through 2028, while Großschartner will continue with us through 2027.
Both riders have played key roles in our stage races and Grand Tour ambitions, and we look forward to building on that success together in the coming seasons.
#WeAreUAE
