Adam and Simon Yates become the first twins to top a Tour de France stage

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Adam and Simon Yates celebrate together after completing stage one of the Tour de France 2023
Adam Yates beat his older brother Simon in stage one of the Tour de France in Bilbao
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The British cyclists Adam and Simon Yates have become the first twins ever to achieve the top two positions in a stage of the Tour de France. Adam, who is the younger of the brothers by five minutes, beat Simon by four seconds in stage one of the tour in Bilbao, taking the first yellow jersey of the 2023 race. Their mother Susan, a civil servant, told reporters that she’d watched their victory unfold on her phone in the car, while being driven by her husband John, the twins’ father, along the stage route. “I was just screaming and shouting,” she said. “I didn’t care who won, I just wanted one of them to win.”

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