Sean Yates

Sean Yates is an English former professional cyclist and later directeur sportif, born in 1960. A strong time trialist, he competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics, finishing sixth in the 4,000 metre individual pursuit, and turned professional in 1982 with Peugeot, where he became British professional individual pursuit champion in 1982 and 1983. In 1988, riding for Fagor, he won the 52 kilometre time trial stage of the Tour de France, and in the same season won a stage of the Vuelta a España. Riding for Motorola in the 1994 Tour de France he took the yellow jersey for a day, only the third Briton to do so. He retired in 1996 having started twelve Tours, with a best overall placing of 45th, and spent much of his career as a domestique. As a team manager he directed Discovery, Astana and Team Sky, where he oversaw Bradley Wiggins's 2012 Tour de France win, and was inducted into the British Cycling Hall of Fame in 2009.