Team Sky eyes Yates brothers for 2016

Team Sky boss David Brailsford says signing Adam and Simon Yates would 'make absolute sense'

Adam Yates wins Stage 6 of the 2014 Tour of Turkey

(Image credit: Graham Watson)

Team Sky has its eyes on signing rising British stage race talents, Yates twins Adam and Simon for the 2016 season.

"It doesn't take a genius [to figure it out]," team boss, Dave Brailsford told Cycling Weekly. "We are a British team ultimately, with a global roster and global race programme, but to have them would seem to make absolute sense."

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Gregor Brown

Gregor Brown is an experienced cycling journalist, based in Florence, Italy. He has covered races all over the world for over a decade - following the Giro, Tour de France, and every major race since 2006. His love of cycling began with freestyle and BMX, before the 1998 Tour de France led him to a deep appreciation of the road racing season.