{"id":291863,"date":"2023-09-24T06:34:03","date_gmt":"2023-09-24T06:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=291863"},"modified":"2023-09-24T06:34:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T06:34:03","slug":"on-this-day-in-2018-simon-yates-seals-british-grand-tours-treble-at-la-vuelta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/cycling\/on-this-day-in-2018-simon-yates-seals-british-grand-tours-treble-at-la-vuelta\/","title":{"rendered":"On this day in 2018: Simon Yates seals British Grand Tours treble at La Vuelta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/static-assets\/images\/newsletter\/sport\/sport-135x135.png\" width=\"134\" height=\"134\" layout=\"responsive\"><\/p>\n<h3>Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing<\/h3>\n<h3>Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news<\/h3>\n<h2>Thanks for signing up to the<br \/> Sport email<\/h2>\n<p>Simon Yates sealed victory in La Vuelta on this day in 2018 to complete a British clean sweep of the year\u2019s Grand Tours.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Yates\u2019 success followed that of Chris Froome at the Giro d\u2019Italia and Geraint Thomas at the Tour de France to round off an unprecedented year for British cycling.<\/p>\n<p>The three titles had never before been held by three riders from the same country.<\/p>\n<h3>Recommended<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2022\/11\/30\/15\/GettyImages-1388382959%20copy.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2022\/12\/01\/03\/GettyImages-1245251240.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Yates said: \u201cIt\u2019s astonishing really. Growing up I was so accustomed to seeing the French, Italian and Spanish riders lead the way, so for myself, Chris and Geraint to all win a Grand Tour in the same year just shows how far the sport has come in this country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Froome, whose Tour-Vuelta double in 2017 meant British riders had at that point won five Grand Tours in a row, paid tribute to Yates\u2019 achievement, saying: \u201cSimon has looked so strong over the last three weeks and it\u2019s great to see him take home the maillot rojo. It\u2019s been a perfect year for British riders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/sport\/cycling\/simon-yates-british-tour-de-france-chris-froome-geraint-thomas-b2412683.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Thanks for signing up to the Sport email Simon Yates sealed victory&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291862,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>On this day in 2018: Simon Yates seals British Grand Tours treble at La Vuelta - Sports-Life-News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/cycling\/on-this-day-in-2018-simon-yates-seals-british-grand-tours-treble-at-la-vuelta\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"On this day in 2018: Simon Yates seals British Grand Tours treble at La Vuelta - 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