
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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AG2R La Mondiale reportedly due to end co-sponsorship of longstanding French WorldTour team, squad refuses to comment
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Newspaper Le Télégramme also claims American climber Matthew Riccitello new signing for 2026

'A proper Tour de France stage today' – Tadej Pogačar digs deep on tough hilly trek at Critérium du Dauphiné
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
New Slovenian drops to ninth overall as breakaway stays away to finish

Sprinter Arnaud De Lie's rollercoaster 2025 continues apace with podium, crash, abandon and injuries – all in just 24 hours
By Alasdair Fotheringham last updated
News Belgian national champion down to race Tour de Suisse but pending on final checkup

As it happened: Critérium du Dauphiné stage 2 ends in bunch sprint and new race leader
By Alasdair Fotheringham last updated
LIVE Long, hilly stage with six classified climbs culminates in mass dash for the line

Tour of Slovenia: Dylan Groenewegen snaps up second bunch sprint win in three days
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
Results No change to GC on eve of decisive mountain stage, Fabio Christen still leads

'Vingegaard and Pogačar would be a great 90th anniversary present' – Vuelta a España boss hopes star names will take part this year
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Future Vuelta stages in the Canary Islands a key short-term goal, but still unconfirmed

'We're not afraid of Vingegaard, we're not afraid of anyone' – UAE Team Emirates-XRG confident ahead of Dauphiné face-off
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News UAE Team Emirates-XRG DS Andrej Hauptman confident that Slovenian star will be at his top level for both races

Mathieu van der Poel confirmed for Critérium du Dauphiné following wrist fracture
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Alpecin-Deceuninck report that Dutchman 'has recovered sufficiently from wrist injury'
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