Sweet Jesus, here is a DS you can’t bluff. Having Raas, Tchmil or Sean Yates as a director must make you a better rider; you will be getting little sympathy from the team car with one of these guys behind the wheel. Some ex-racers really let go when they retire but only Sean Yates looks meaner and leaner after he quits the pro peloton. This photo is quite a contrast to an old photo from his early years in the professional ranks.
We have always held Sean in very high esteem. He has always appeared unstoppable, indestructible, a cyclist who actually might end up winning a bar fight. I bet he can put some of the present climbers on the Sky team in a spot of bother on the flats any time he rides with them. He even looks bandaged up here like he went down in a corner. And that black wrist band, I reckon it is a HTFU, Rule V special. No need to speak to a rider when he drops back to the team car to moan about the work being done on the front for Cav, just a quick look towards his black wrist band is all it takes.
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@Jim
He might've just taken that sandwich from some...along with their milk money.
I'd be very good money for the video of Lo Sheriffo and Sean walking down the alley together towards Ferrari. They don't even have to touch him. At 50m, he wets himself and faints.
@Cyclops
Your friends have abandoned you, Cyclops.
Is Yates cycling's answer to soccer's Vinnie Jones?
@Nate
I know he still trains when he is traveling with Sky, he used to own the 50 mile time trial championship in England. Ouch, that's a Hardman's race. Wiki said he didn't race anymore due to heart problems, but really, what does wiki know. Can you be this thin if you aren't riding lots?
@scaler911
Maybe he is super nice, or the sad clown behind those glasses, another mystery wrapped up in an old blown Vittoria tubular. We will get @Roadslave to get to the bottom of this. Go for a ride with him, have six pints, get to know him.
@Gianni
I could well be confused. He sure looks like he still rides.
@Gianni
I didn't know about his heart, but certainly that can thin you out. But, as much as it pains me to say, a heart condition and being thin kinda points backwards to PED's. Ah, well, he's still a legend in my book.
@frank
I do remember LeMan. Thanks for that.
@frank
I can't get enough of those LeMan photos. I really love the one of him descending in the world champ kit with a big grin on his face.
@Nate
Rest easy Nate, if anyone is confused here, it's me. I cannot remember where I read that article about him still training, maybe an old Cycle Sport mag. They all blend together.