
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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'Maybe this jersey gave me wings' – Egan Bernal raises the bar again at Giro d'Italia with third on summit finish
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News 2021 Giro winner launches multiple late attacks on Tagliacozzo climb

'We're here to win' - Juan Ayuso takes page out of Primož Roglič playbook to win first Giro d'Italia stage of career
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Spaniard moves to second overall, confirms favourite status with late mountain attack

'We just have to be patient' - As mountains loom Michael Storer bides his time in Giro d'Italia GC bid
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Tour of the Alps winner says the opening week of Giro d'Italia 'has been good for me'

'Tomorrow, everything changes' - Juan Ayuso and UAE Team Emirates-XRG aiming to do battle on Giro d'Italia's first summit finish
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News UAE team management expecting first major sortout of GC riders on Apennines summit finish

'A lot of mixed feelings' - Kaden Grove dedicates Giro d'Italia sprint win to injured teammate Juri Hollmann
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Australian fastman expresses support for organisation's decision to neutralise last part of rainsoaked stage

Luke Plapp downplays chances of the Giro d'Italia going Down Under in 2027 – 'It's going to be very hard'
By Matilda Price, Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Australian cites jet lag, travel and fan interest as reasons why a start down under would be difficult

'It wasn't hard enough to attack' - Primož Roglič makes presence felt on front of bunch in hilly Giro d'Italia finale
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Slovenian delivers menacing manoeuvre in stage 5's tricky, technical closing kilometres

'It's insane, more than we even dreamed' - Leader Mads Pedersen carves place in Giro d'Italia record books with three wins in first five days
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Dane reinforces grip on points jersey and maglia rosa as first week domination continues

'We're all hunting for stage wins' - Lacking a GC bid, XDS Astana move into crunch time at Giro d'Italia
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Diego Ulissi eyes tricky stage 5 finish at Matera, others waiting for opportunities in mountains and help defend Lorenzo Fortunato's KOM lead

'I really have no idea how I stayed upright' - Richard Carapaz puts Giro d'Italia time trial near-crash behind him to continue fight for second overall win
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News EF Education-Easy Post leader hopeful of opportunities to repeat first week 2019 stage win on similar stage 4 finish
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