Adam Yates: I'm still aiming for GC at Vuelta a Espana

Adam Yates (Orica-Scott) does not tend to mince his words, and so far he hasn't, he says, been finding it easy going in the 2017 Vuelta a España. But at the same time, Yates remains upbeat and he has every intention of staying in the GC game as the race now hits theoretically more favourable terrain with a series of high mountain stages.

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Alasdair Fotheringham

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.