
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 felt safe' - Heightened security sees shortened Vuelta a España time trial stage run normally with no major incidents
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Pro-Palestine protests take place, but only two arrests in the stage won by Filippo Ganna

'The best time trial of my life' - Tom Pidcock adds three seconds to Vuelta a España GC gap on podium rival Jai Hindley
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Q36.5 leader turning in top performances in battle for best-ever Grand Tour result

'Life is based on ifs' - João Almeida left wondering at Vuelta a España after gaining 10 seconds on leader Jonas Vingegaard on shortened time trial course
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Portuguese racer and Vingegaard now only 40 seconds apart as mountain showdown stage looms

'Not a great combination'- Vuelta a España protests and major team changes make for tough job market for contractless riders
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Uncertainty over Vuelta's final stages provides an added challenge as riders look for opportunities to shine

'I survived' - Vuelta a España leader Jonas Vingegaard looks for bright spots after low-key performance on second to last summit finish
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Dane claims fourth, adds two seconds to overall advantage on João Almeida

'I sacrificed the stage' - Tom Pidcock says podium now top target at Vuelta a España's final week
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Briton races conservatively on Alto de El Morredero, finally claiming second

'Jonas wasn't super, but neither was I' - stalemate on Vuelta a España summit finish as neither João Almeida nor leader Vingegaard attack
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Current runner-up on Vuelta GC briefly dropped but remains in contention

'It's a crazy situation and it will be getting worse' - First-person account on how stage 16 of Vuelta a España descended into chaos
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
Eyewitness A second part-suspension of a Vuelta stage takes place as pro-Palestine protesters over-run the originally planned finish area
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