Liam on its roster. He was one of their sports directors for Team Tinkoff–Saxo in the 2015 and 2016 seasons. Since relocating to Spain, he has worked part time as a coaching consultant. Post-professional racing In 1997, he won the British 50-mile time-trial championship, and he finished third in the same event in 2005. In May 2007, he said he would not compete as a veteran because of heart irregularities. In 2009, he was inducted into the British Cycling Hall of Fame. In late 2016, Yates had an accident in the course of doing part-time gardening work, and was hospitalised for several weeks. This delayed his plan to move to a small farm near Useras in Spain, where he was living as of June 2020. Major results 1979 6th GP de France 1980 1st Prologue Sealink International 1st Overall Girvan Olympic Games 6th Individual pursuit 7th Team pursuit (with M.Elliot, T.Doyle and G.Mitchell) 2nd GP de France 1981 1st Grand Prix de Saint-Tropez 1st GP de France 1st Issoire 2nd Flèche d'Or 3rd Grand Prix des Nations Amateurs 1982 1st Stage 3 Tour d'Indre-et-Loire 1st Stage 4 Circuit de la Sarthe 1st Airedale 1st Classic New Southsea 1st Great Yorkshire 1st Southsea 1983 1st London 5th Overall Milk Race 1984 1st Bristol 1st Prologue Four Days of Dunkirk 3rd Overall Tour of Sweden 1985 2nd Nice–Alassio 1986 1st Stage 2 Milk Race 1987 1st Grand Prix de Cannes 1st Stage 3 Nissan Classic 8th Grand Prix des Nations 1988 1st Stage 6 Tour de France 1st Stage 12 Vuelta a España 1st Stage 1 Paris–Nice 1st Stage 5 Grand Prix du Midi Libre 4th Overall Tour of Britain 1989 1st Overall Tour of Belgium 1st Stages 1a & 1b 1st Grand Prix Eddy Merckx 1st Prologue Ronde van Nederland 2nd Gent–Wevelgem 1990 3rd Overall Nissan Classic 3rd Trofeo Baracchi 1991 1st Stage 5 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré 2nd Overall Nissan Classic 1st Stage 4 1992 1st Road race, National Road Championships 1993 1st Stage 3 Tour DuPont 8th Paris–Roubaix 1994 1st USPRO Championship 2nd Thrift Drug Classic 2nd Grand Prix d'Isbergues 3rd Paris–Brussels 5th Paris–Roubaix Tour de France Held after Stage 6 See also List of British cyclists List of British cyclists who have led the Tour de France general classification Yellow jersey statistics References Further reading External links Sean Yates Official Website Q&A: Sean Yates, Ben Moore, BBC, 2007.