
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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Mathieu van der Poel will not race Road World Championships as Tour de France double stage winner Thymen Arensman named as Dutch team leader for Rwanda
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Question mark still remains over Van der Poel trying for mountain bike world title on September 14

Bernardo Ruiz obituary – the international pioneer of Spanish racing
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
Obituary Remembering the first Spanish racer to reach the Tour de France podium and 1948 Vuelta a España winner, who died August 14, 2025 aged 100

Can Jonas Vingegaard fill the power vacuum left by Primož Roglič? – Vuelta a España analysis
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
Analysis Final Grand Tour of 2025 set to be marked by Roglič's first absence from Vuelta since 2018

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
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Eyewitness: Destroyed barricades, flares and police lines – the unfolding turmoil that stopped the Vuelta a España reaching the final finish line in Madrid
As riders celebrated on the road in the early kilometres of stage 21 ominous signs mounted around the pro-Palestine protest lined barriers of the final circuit
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Four stages altered so far and security radically heightened as protests repeatedly affect 2025 race
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