Tour de France: Adam Yates finishes with Froome but loses time after stage 1 crash

By Daniel Benson
published

'It doesn't change anything for the first nine days' says Matt White

Image 1 of 4
Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) with team director Matt White (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

With around 100km to go on stage 1 of the Tour de France a smiling Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) could be seen chatting to his former teammate Michael Matthews (Team Sunweb) in the peloton. The pace was relaxed, the sun was out, and the Tour was finally underway. What was there to worry about?

Related Articles

All for Adam Yates: Analysing Mitchelton-Scott's Tour de France selection

Adam Yates: To lead the Tour de France team is an honour

Tour de France: Adam Yates returns with high ambitions

Tour de France: Gaviria wins opener and takes first yellow jersey

Tour de France: Chris Froome crashes and loses time on stage 1

Nightmare start to Tour de France for Nairo Quintana

Thank you for reading 5 articles in the past 30 days*

Join now for unlimited access

Enjoy your first month for just £1 / $1 / €1

*Read any 5 articles for free in each 30-day period, this automatically resets

After your trial you will be billed £4.99 $7.99 €5.99 per month, cancel anytime. Or sign up for one year for just £49 $79 €59

Join now for unlimited access

Try your first month for just £1 / $1 / €1

Daniel Benson
Daniel Benson

Daniel Benson was the Editor in Chief at Cyclingnews.com between 2008 and 2022. Based in the UK, he joined the Cyclingnews team in 2008 as the site's first UK-based Managing Editor. In that time, he reported on over a dozen editions of the Tour de France, several World Championships, the Tour Down Under, Spring Classics, and the London 2012 Olympic Games. With the help of the excellent editorial team, he ran the coverage on Cyclingnews and has interviewed leading figures in the sport including UCI Presidents and Tour de France winners.