
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 Independent, The Guardian, ProCycling, The Express and Reuters.
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Czech Tour: Junior Lecerf wins stage 2 summit finish to move into race lead
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
Results Alessandro Fancellu out-paces Cian Uijtdebroeks for second

Five top teams disqualified from Tour de Romandie Féminin in major dispute over GPS safety trackers
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Visma-Lease a Bike, Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto, EF Education-Oatly, Picnic-PostNL, Lidl-Trek confirmed by UCI as out of race

'I've been working towards this for months' - Christophe Laporte finally back in saddle at Cyclassics Hamburg
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Wout van Aert brings forward post-Tour de France return to racing to German WorldTour Classic after defending champion Olav Kooij falls ill

'Being Tadej Pogačar is nice, but it's not easy' – UAE Team Emirates-XRG explain why the Tour de France winner will not ride the Vuelta a España
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Team manager Mauro Gianetti says Slovenian's need for 'enough mental and physical space' after intense first half of season meant racing in Spain 'was not viable'

'A great sign for the Vuelta a España' - Italy's Antonio Tiberi confirms rising form for next Grand Tour with second overall in Tour de Pologne
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Bahrain Victorious rider uses fourth place in final TT behind Brandon McNulty to earn podium spot

'We've all been thinking of him' - Brandon McNulty dedicates Tour de Pologne win to badly-injured teammate Filippo Baroncini
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News US rider pledges first WorldTour overall stage race win of career to Italian, who crashed on stage 3 of Pologne

Victor Langellotti makes cycling history in Tour de Pologne with Monaco's first-ever WorldTour stage win and overall lead
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Searing 500 metre effort pushes Ineos Grenadiers rider into overall lead

'I almost had the stage' - Brandon McNulty poised to fight for overall victory at Tour de Pologne despite narrow near-miss in summit finish
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Second on stage and second overall, US rider heads pre-race favourites on GC into final time trial
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