
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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'I always planned to attack there' - Wout van Aert drops Tadej Pogačar on Montmartre for spectacular final Tour de France stage victory
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Belgian rounds out Tour de France with solo triumph on Champs Elysées

A change for the better? – Tour de France riders and team management uncertain of benefits of inclusion of Montmartre climb on final stage in Paris
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
Analysis Triple ascent of tricky, narrow, short climb eliminates virtually any chance of traditional bunch sprint on Champs-Élysées

'Matteo and I were kind of stuck together' – Tim Wellens explains how unspoken Visma-UAE tension extended into Tour de France stage 20 breakaway with Matteo Jorgenson
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Belgian and American cross the line in eighth and ninth place on transition stage to Pontarlier

'A very different emotion' - Sprinter Kaden Groves moves out of comfort zone at Tour de France for first breakaway victory
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Third win in this year's Tour for Alpecin-Deceuninck, first sprinter to clinch breakaway stage victory in race since 1996

'Only the GC counted' - Felix Gall closes in on fifth overall at Tour de France on final summit finish
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale climber heading for best-ever Grand Tour overall result in Paris

'Not the day to get back four and a half minutes' - Visma-Lease a Bike dodge last-ditch Tour de France GC battle with Jonas Vingegaard after route change
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Dane offers congratulations to Tadej Pogačar at La Plagne summit in apparent recognition winning Tour now impossible

'It's not been an easy Tour' - Tadej Pogačar eyes Tour de France overall victory after conservative ride on final summit finish
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Slovenian remains firmly in control of GC with just two days remaining
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