PLUMELEC, France: Diminutive climber Adam Yates is glad to see the back of the flat stages at the Tour de France and eager to start tackling the Pyrenees.

The Orica-GreenEdge youngster struggled throughout the first week of the Tour with several mostly flat stages that nonetheless threw up various obstacles such as wind, rain, cobbles and even a heatwave to start the Tour.

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