Come August and the Vuelta a Espaņa, deep into the second half of the season, only a handful of teams have the strength in depth to line up with two general classification leaders for the final Grand Tour of the season. But for this year`s race, Orica-Scott have bucked the trend with a vengeance and will be present on the start line in Nimes on Saturday with no fewer than three leaders. Colombian Esteban Chaves, third in last year`s Vuelta, will join Adam and Simon Yates in a three-pronged attack on the overall classification that arguably makes Orica-Scott`s the strongest line-up of any of the teams in the Vuelta. Like Chaves, Simon Yates has some previous in Spain, finishing sixth overall last year, when he also claimed a stage win in the opening week on a blisteringly hot trek through the hills of Galicia. Adam Yates, meanwhile, raced and completed the Vuelta back in 2014, in his first Grand Tour appearance.ADVERTISEMENT For the Yates brothers, the 2017 Vuelta is their first Grand Tour together since the 2015 Tour de France. In addition to considerable success elsewhere, they have since won the best young rider classification at the Tour in successive years. And while Simon Yates shone in the Vuelta last year, Adam took ninth overall in the Giro d`Italia in May, despite losing a lot of time in one bad crash at the foot of the Blockhaus. This will also mark the first time that the Yates brothers have tackled two Grand Tours in one season and for Simon Yates, it`s his first race since the Tour in July. `I had some down time and enjoyed myself a bit after France because before the Tour it was full on and you don`t get much time to enjoy the small things,` Simon Yates told Cyclingnews on Thursday morning in Nimes. Adam Yates ready after post-Giro break Racing with Esteban Chaves
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