'It doesn't change anything for the first nine days' says Matt White
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Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) with team director Matt White(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Best young rider, Adam Yates (Orica-Scott)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Best young rider Adam Yates (Orica-Scott)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
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?
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.
