Simon Yates quietly grows into grand Tour rider (Reuters)

By Julien Pretot LIEGE, Belgium (Reuters) – A modest Simon Yates believes he is still a long way from winning the Tour de France but the Briton already knows what he has to do to get his chance to wear the yellow jersey on the Champs Elysees. The 22-year-old could have joined Team Sky, who produced Britain’s two Tour de France winners in Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome, but he went with his twin brother Adam to Australian outfit Orica GreenEDGE. The Yates brothers, who both have the abilities to mature into grand Tour contenders, would probably have started as domestiques to Froome and Australian Richie Porte in the three-week races — not the best way to learn the ropes of being a team leader, Simon believes.